Eric A. Surface

1.1k total citations
24 papers, 715 citations indexed

About

Eric A. Surface is a scholar working on Applied Psychology, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Eric A. Surface has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 715 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Applied Psychology, 10 papers in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management and 8 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Eric A. Surface's work include Human Resource Development and Performance Evaluation (10 papers), Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior (7 papers) and Social and Intergroup Psychology (3 papers). Eric A. Surface is often cited by papers focused on Human Resource Development and Performance Evaluation (10 papers), Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior (7 papers) and Social and Intergroup Psychology (3 papers). Eric A. Surface collaborates with scholars based in United States and Norway. Eric A. Surface's co-authors include Erich C. Dierdorff, Lori Foster Thompson, Brian D. Blume, J. Kevin Ford, Michael G. Sanders, Jeffrey Olenick, Kenneth G. Brown, Kristina N. Bauer, Karin A. Orvis and Katherine Ely and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Management and Personnel Psychology.

In The Last Decade

Eric A. Surface

24 papers receiving 648 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Eric A. Surface United States 13 280 185 166 133 115 24 715
Adam Beatty United States 12 255 0.9× 73 0.4× 182 1.1× 100 0.8× 138 1.2× 25 694
Kevin Tasa Canada 10 303 1.1× 103 0.6× 374 2.3× 155 1.2× 61 0.5× 19 889
Marcel van der Klink Netherlands 17 275 1.0× 116 0.6× 133 0.8× 100 0.8× 596 5.2× 44 1.1k
Steven F. Cronshaw Canada 15 358 1.3× 88 0.5× 297 1.8× 216 1.6× 65 0.6× 39 908
Frans Cilliers South Africa 18 316 1.1× 115 0.6× 244 1.5× 109 0.8× 106 0.9× 83 850
Mark van Vuuren Netherlands 18 287 1.0× 36 0.2× 239 1.4× 203 1.5× 108 0.9× 42 755
Harry Garst Netherlands 5 425 1.5× 77 0.4× 275 1.7× 138 1.0× 87 0.8× 6 821
Stephanie L. Dailey United States 15 154 0.6× 80 0.4× 128 0.8× 369 2.8× 109 0.9× 42 724
John Fiset Canada 12 355 1.3× 74 0.4× 292 1.8× 166 1.2× 39 0.3× 39 712
Paul Nesbit Australia 13 290 1.0× 59 0.3× 117 0.7× 48 0.4× 164 1.4× 38 652

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Eric A. Surface

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Dierdorff, Erich C., et al.. (2018). Ebb and Flow of Dispositional Goal Orientations: Exploring the Consequences of Within-Person Variability. Journal of Business and Psychology. 35(2). 117–134. 5 indexed citations
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Blume, Brian D., J. Kevin Ford, Eric A. Surface, & Jeffrey Olenick. (2017). A dynamic model of training transfer. Human Resource Management Review. 29(2). 270–283. 122 indexed citations
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Ellington, J. Kemp, Eric A. Surface, Brian D. Blume, & Mark A. Wilson. (2015). Foreign Language Training Transfer: Individual and Contextual Predictors of Skill Maintenance and Generalization. Military Psychology. 27(1). 36–51. 7 indexed citations
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Bauer, Kristina N., Karin A. Orvis, Katherine Ely, & Eric A. Surface. (2015). Re-examination of Motivation in Learning Contexts: Meta-analytically Investigating the Role Type of Motivation Plays in the Prediction of Key Training Outcomes. Journal of Business and Psychology. 31(1). 33–50. 53 indexed citations
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Ellington, J. Kemp, et al.. (2014). Exploring qualitative training reactions: Individual and contextual influences on trainee commenting.. Journal of Applied Psychology. 100(3). 894–916. 12 indexed citations
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Towler, Annette, et al.. (2014). Signaling the importance of training. Journal of Managerial Psychology. 29(7). 829–849. 12 indexed citations
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Surface, Eric A., et al.. (2014). Examining the Incremental Validity and Relative Importance of Specific Cognitive Abilities in a Training Context. Journal of Personnel Psychology. 13(3). 146–156. 12 indexed citations
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Glisan, Eileen W., Elvira Swender, & Eric A. Surface. (2013). Oral Proficiency Standards and Foreign Language Teacher Candidates: Current Findings and Future Research Directions. Foreign Language Annals. 46(2). 264–289. 31 indexed citations
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Pond, Samuel B., et al.. (2013). Core self-evaluations and training effectiveness: Prediction through motivational intervening mechanisms.. Journal of Applied Psychology. 98(5). 820–831. 20 indexed citations
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Surface, Eric A., et al.. (2012). Trainee Characteristics and Achievement during Special Operations Forces Initial Acquisition Foreign Language Training. 1 indexed citations
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Dierdorff, Erich C., Eric A. Surface, & Kenneth G. Brown. (2010). Frame-of-reference training effectiveness: Effects of goal orientation and self-efficacy on affective, cognitive, skill-based, and transfer outcomes.. Journal of Applied Psychology. 95(6). 1181–1191. 82 indexed citations
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Thompson, Lori Foster & Eric A. Surface. (2009). Promoting Favorable Attitudes Toward Personnel Surveys: The Role of Follow-Up. Military Psychology. 21(2). 139–161. 8 indexed citations
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Dierdorff, Erich C. & Eric A. Surface. (2008). If You Pay for Skills, Will They Learn? Skill Change and Maintenance Under a Skill-Based Pay System. Journal of Management. 34(4). 721–743. 32 indexed citations
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Surface, Eric A., et al.. (2008). Two Studies Investigating the Reliability and Validity of the English ACTFL OPIc ® with Korean Test Takers The ACTFL OPIc ® Validation Project Technical Report. 4 indexed citations
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Thompson, Lori Foster & Eric A. Surface. (2007). Employee Surveys Administered Online. Organizational Research Methods. 10(2). 241–261. 39 indexed citations
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Thompson, Lori Foster, et al.. (2007). A Comment on Employee Surveys. Organizational Research Methods. 11(3). 614–630. 57 indexed citations
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Swender, Elvira, et al.. (2007). What Proficiency Testing is Telling Us About Teacher Certification Candidates. 9 indexed citations
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Surface, Eric A.. (2004). An Integration of the Training Evaluation and Job Performance Modeling Literatures : Confirming be Know do With United States Army Special Forces Training Data. NCSU Libraries Repository (North Carolina State University Libraries). 1 indexed citations
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Surface, Eric A. & Erich C. Dierdorff. (2003). Reliability and the ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interview: Reporting Indices of Interrater Consistency and Agreement for 19 Languages. Foreign Language Annals. 36(4). 507–519. 26 indexed citations
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Thompson, Lori Foster, et al.. (2003). FROM PAPER TO PIXELS: MOVING PERSONNEL SURVEYS TO THE WEB. Personnel Psychology. 56(1). 197–227. 122 indexed citations

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