David M. Sluss

3.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
17 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

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David M. Sluss is a scholar working on Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Social Psychology and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, David M. Sluss has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, 9 papers in Social Psychology and 6 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in David M. Sluss's work include Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior (10 papers), Social and Intergroup Psychology (5 papers) and Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (4 papers). David M. Sluss is often cited by papers focused on Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior (10 papers), Social and Intergroup Psychology (5 papers) and Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (4 papers). David M. Sluss collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Netherlands. David M. Sluss's co-authors include Blake E. Ashforth, Alan M. Saks, Glen E. Kreiner, Malayka Klimchak, Robert E. Ployhart, Spencer Harrison, Keith Leavitt, Gary A. Ballinger, Jody Hoffer Gittell and Emily Heaphy and has published in prestigious journals such as Academy of Management Review, Academy of Management Journal and Journal of Applied Psychology.

In The Last Decade

David M. Sluss

16 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Relational Identity and Identification: Defining Ourselves Through Work Relationships

2007 778 citations David M. Sluss, Blake E. Ashforth Academy of Management Review profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
David M. Sluss United States	12	1.7k	918	755	368	350	17	2.5k
Aichia Chuang Taiwan	17	2.2k 1.3×	857 0.9×	694 0.9×	265 0.7×	227 0.6×	30	2.9k
Spencer Harrison United States	15	1.7k 1.0×	886 1.0×	716 0.9×	375 1.0×	371 1.1×	28	3.0k
Patricia Faison Hewlin Canada	14	1.4k 0.8×	791 0.9×	712 0.9×	297 0.8×	184 0.5×	21	2.2k
Suzanne S. Masterson United States	17	2.4k 1.4×	1.0k 1.1×	740 1.0×	342 0.9×	237 0.7×	32	3.2k
Robyn L. Brouer United States	19	2.1k 1.3×	1.1k 1.2×	967 1.3×	366 1.0×	219 0.6×	33	3.0k
Laura Morgan Roberts United States	18	1.4k 0.8×	902 1.0×	626 0.8×	705 1.9×	257 0.7×	46	2.6k
Crystal I Chien Farh United States	14	1.7k 1.0×	894 1.0×	1.1k 1.5×	283 0.8×	592 1.7×	23	2.7k
Nikos Bozionelos United Kingdom	29	1.2k 0.7×	799 0.9×	942 1.2×	441 1.2×	357 1.0×	81	2.9k
Subrahmaniam Tangirala United States	27	2.2k 1.3×	1.1k 1.2×	1.2k 1.6×	253 0.7×	519 1.5×	38	3.3k
Jian Liang China	11	2.1k 1.3×	850 0.9×	1.1k 1.4×	205 0.6×	275 0.8×	30	2.9k

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17 of 17 papers shown

Strauss, Karoline, et al.. (2025). Complementarity in Future Selves: How Networks of Future-Oriented Cognitive Representations Influence Individuals’ Ability to Proactively and Adaptively Manage Their Career. Organization Science. 37(1). 90–112.

Sluss, David M., et al.. (2024). Subordinate-to-supervisor relational identification: A meta-analytic review.. Journal of Applied Psychology. 109(9). 1431–1460. 4 indexed citations

Heaphy, Emily, Kris Byron, Gary A. Ballinger, et al.. (2018). Introduction to Special Topic Forum: The Changing Nature of Work Relationships. Academy of Management Review. 43(4). 558–569. 43 indexed citations

Leavitt, Keith & David M. Sluss. (2015). Lying for Who We Are: An Identity-Based Model of Workplace Dishonesty. Academy of Management Review. 40(4). 587–610. 73 indexed citations

Ashforth, Blake E., Spencer Harrison, & David M. Sluss. (2014). Becoming: the interaction of socialization and identity in organizations over time. 316–339. 17 indexed citations

Sluss, David M., et al.. (2012). Generalizing Newcomers' Relational and Organizational Identifications: Processes and Prototypicality. Academy of Management Journal. 55(4). 949–975. 184 indexed citations

Sluss, David M., et al.. (2012). Socializing the newcomer: The mediating role of leader–member exchange. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. 119(1). 114–125. 93 indexed citations

Sluss, David M., et al.. (2012). Saying Thank-You: Authentic and Strategic Gratitude and Their Effects on Work Relationships. Academy of Management Proceedings. 2012(1). 13365–13365. 1 indexed citations

Sluss, David M., et al.. (2012). The search for meaning in (new) work: Task significance and newcomer plasticity. Journal of Vocational Behavior. 81(2). 199–208. 17 indexed citations

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Harrison, Spencer, David M. Sluss, & Blake E. Ashforth. (2011). Curiosity adapted the cat: The role of trait curiosity in newcomer adaptation.. Journal of Applied Psychology. 96(1). 211–220. 116 indexed citations

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Ashforth, Blake E., Karen K. Myers, & David M. Sluss. (2011). Socialization Perspectives and Positive Organizational Scholarship. Oxford University Press eBooks. 8 indexed citations

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Sluss, David M., et al.. (2009). SOCIALIZATION AND SOCIAL EXCHANGE: LEADER-MEMBER EXCHANGE AS MEDIATOR BETWEEN TACTICS AND ATTACHMENT.. Academy of Management Proceedings. 2009(1). 1–6. 1 indexed citations

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Sluss, David M., et al.. (2008). Perceived organizational support as a mediator between relational exchange and organizational identification. Journal of Vocational Behavior. 73(3). 457–464. 222 indexed citations

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Sluss, David M. & Blake E. Ashforth. (2008). How Relational and Organizational Identification Converge: Processes and Conditions. Organization Science. 19(6). 807–823. 305 indexed citations

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Sluss, David M. & Blake E. Ashforth. (2007). Relational Identity and Identification: Defining Ourselves Through Work Relationships. Academy of Management Review. 32(1). 9–32. 778 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ashforth, Blake E., David M. Sluss, & Alan M. Saks. (2007). Socialization tactics, proactive behavior, and newcomer learning: Integrating socialization models. Journal of Vocational Behavior. 70(3). 447–462. 371 indexed citations

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Kreiner, Glen E., Blake E. Ashforth, & David M. Sluss. (2006). Identity Dynamics in Occupational Dirty Work: Integrating Social Identity and System Justification Perspectives. Organization Science. 17(5). 619–636. 297 indexed citations

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