Göran Ekvall

3.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Göran Ekvall is a scholar working on Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Social Psychology and Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management. According to data from OpenAlex, Göran Ekvall has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, 8 papers in Social Psychology and 7 papers in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management. Recurrent topics in Göran Ekvall's work include Creativity in Education and Neuroscience (9 papers), Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior (5 papers) and Design Education and Practice (3 papers). Göran Ekvall is often cited by papers focused on Creativity in Education and Neuroscience (9 papers), Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior (5 papers) and Design Education and Practice (3 papers). Göran Ekvall collaborates with scholars based in Sweden and United States. Göran Ekvall's co-authors include Jouko Arvonen, Scott G. Isaksen, Stina Fransson Sellgren, Göran Tomson, Lars Ryhammar, Kenneth J. Lauer, Alexander Britz and Kerstin Nilsson Kajermo and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Nursing, European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology and Journal of Nursing Management.

In The Last Decade

Göran Ekvall

21 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

Organizational climate for creativity and innovation 1996 2026 2006 2016 1996 200 400 600
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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.

  1. Organizational climate for creativity and innovation
    1996 689 citations Göran Ekvall European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Göran Ekvall Sweden 17 905 644 632 398 307 23 2.2k
Sarah Harvey United Kingdom 14 339 0.4× 365 0.6× 273 0.4× 323 0.8× 137 0.4× 25 1.2k
Paula Phillips Carson United States 24 788 0.9× 101 0.2× 341 0.5× 333 0.8× 343 1.1× 77 1.9k
Jeffery D. Houghton United States 26 1.6k 1.8× 308 0.5× 394 0.6× 821 2.1× 201 0.7× 73 3.0k
Sharon Arad United States 8 1.4k 1.5× 222 0.3× 445 0.7× 750 1.9× 142 0.5× 9 2.5k
John W. Fleenor United States 22 1.4k 1.6× 212 0.3× 263 0.4× 852 2.1× 180 0.6× 50 2.7k
Simon Taggar Canada 20 1.1k 1.2× 479 0.7× 497 0.8× 856 2.2× 54 0.2× 38 2.2k
Linda R. Shanock United States 21 2.1k 2.3× 292 0.5× 308 0.5× 1.1k 2.8× 405 1.3× 36 3.6k
David P. Costanza United States 16 435 0.5× 375 0.6× 104 0.2× 275 0.7× 93 0.3× 34 1.3k
Øyvind Lund Martinsen Norway 17 656 0.7× 331 0.5× 194 0.3× 474 1.2× 87 0.3× 42 1.6k
Steven S. Taylor United States 18 794 0.9× 348 0.5× 169 0.3× 175 0.4× 60 0.2× 45 1.5k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Isaksen, Scott G. & Göran Ekvall. (2010). Managing for Innovation: The Two Faces of Tension in Creative Climates. Creativity and Innovation Management. 19(2). 73–88. 153 indexed citations
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Sellgren, Stina Fransson, Kerstin Nilsson Kajermo, Göran Ekvall, & Göran Tomson. (2009). Nursing staff turnover at a Swedish university hospital: an exploratory study. Journal of Clinical Nursing. 18(22). 3181–3189. 33 indexed citations
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Sellgren, Stina Fransson, Göran Ekvall, & Göran Tomson. (2008). Leadership behaviour of nurse managers in relation to job satisfaction and work climate. Journal of Nursing Management. 16(5). 578–587. 111 indexed citations
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Sellgren, Stina Fransson, Göran Ekvall, & Göran Tomson. (2007). Nursing staff turnover: does leadership matter?. Leadership in health services. 20(3). 169–183. 65 indexed citations
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Sellgren, Stina Fransson, Göran Ekvall, & Göran Tomson. (2006). Leadership styles in nursing management: preferred and perceived. Journal of Nursing Management. 14(5). 348–355. 93 indexed citations
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Ekvall, Göran, et al.. (2002). Leadership style and managerial type as related to working climate, gender and personality in terms of the Spiral Aftereffect Technique (SAT). Lund University Publications (Lund University). 1 indexed citations
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Isaksen, Scott G., Kenneth J. Lauer, Göran Ekvall, & Alexander Britz. (2001). Perceptions of the Best and Worst Climates for Creativity: Preliminary Validation Evidence for the Situational Outlook Questionnaire. Creativity Research Journal. 13(2). 171–184. 164 indexed citations
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Ekvall, Göran. (2000). Management and Organizational Philosophies and Practices as Stimulants or Blocks to Creative Behavior: A Study of Engineers. Creativity and Innovation Management. 9(2). 94–99. 17 indexed citations
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Isaksen, Scott G., Kenneth J. Lauer, & Göran Ekvall. (1999). Situational Outlook Questionnaire: A Measure of the Climate for Creativity and Change. Psychological Reports. 85(2). 665–674. 102 indexed citations
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Arvonen, Jouko & Göran Ekvall. (1999). Effective Leadership Style: Both Universal and Contingent?. Creativity and Innovation Management. 8(4). 242–250. 34 indexed citations
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Ekvall, Göran. (1997). Organizational Conditions and Levels of Creativity. Creativity and Innovation Management. 6(4). 195–205. 115 indexed citations
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Ekvall, Göran. (1996). Organizational climate for creativity and innovation. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology. 5(1). 105–123. 689 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ekvall, Göran & Jouko Arvonen. (1994). Leadership Profiles, Situation and Effectiveness. Creativity and Innovation Management. 3(3). 139–161. 106 indexed citations
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Ekvall, Göran. (1993). Creativity in Project Work: a longitudinal study of a product development project. Creativity and Innovation Management. 2(1). 17–26. 38 indexed citations
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Ekvall, Göran. (1991). Change‐centred Leaders: Empirical Evidence of a ThirdDimension of Leadership. Leadership & Organization Development Journal. 12(6). 18–23. 32 indexed citations
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Ekvall, Göran & Jouko Arvonen. (1991). Change-centered leadership: An extension of the two-dimensional model. Scandinavian Journal of Management. 7(1). 17–26. 219 indexed citations
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Ekvall, Göran, et al.. (1986). El clima organizacional: Una puesta a punto de la teoría e investigaciones.. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 2(4). 95–113. 1 indexed citations
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Ekvall, Göran. (1976). Creativity at the Place of Work: Studies of Suggestors and Suggestion Systems in Industry. The Journal of Creative Behavior. 10(1). 52–70. 5 indexed citations
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Ekvall, Göran. (1971). Creativity at the place of work : A study of suggestors and suggestion systems in the Swedish mechanical industry. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 11 indexed citations
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Ekvall, Göran. (1967). Industrial suggestion schemes : studies concerning their psychological background. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 4 indexed citations

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