Jaco Pienaar

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
29 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Jaco Pienaar is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jaco Pienaar has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in General Health Professions, 12 papers in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management and 10 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Jaco Pienaar's work include Workplace Health and Well-being (12 papers), Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior (11 papers) and Employment and Welfare Studies (6 papers). Jaco Pienaar is often cited by papers focused on Workplace Health and Well-being (12 papers), Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior (11 papers) and Employment and Welfare Studies (6 papers). Jaco Pienaar collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, Belgium and Sweden. Jaco Pienaar's co-authors include Nele De Cuyper, Hans De Witte, Leon T. De Beer, Sebastiaan Rothmann, Karina Mostert, C.J. Botha, Patrick De Pelsmacker, Marié‐Luce Muller, Ludo Cuyvers and Andrea Saayman and has published in prestigious journals such as The International Journal of Human Resource Management, Journal of Criminal Justice and Anxiety Stress & Coping.

In The Last Decade

Jaco Pienaar

29 papers receiving 1.1k citations

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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.

Review of 30 Years of Longitudinal Studies on the Association Between Job Insecurity and Health and Well‐Being: Is There Causal Evidence?

2016 426 citations Hans De Witte, Jaco Pienaar et al. Australian Psychologist profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jaco Pienaar South Africa	18	605	498	359	196	159	29	1.2k
Sharon Glazer United States	13	403 0.7×	494 1.0×	399 1.1×	316 1.6×	126 0.8×	37	1.2k
Jessica van Wingerden Netherlands	14	445 0.7×	845 1.7×	499 1.4×	209 1.1×	254 1.6×	23	1.3k
Elpine M. de Boer Netherlands	5	568 0.9×	637 1.3×	365 1.0×	247 1.3×	125 0.8×	6	1.1k
Riku Perhoniemi Finland	13	560 0.9×	644 1.3×	517 1.4×	410 2.1×	293 1.8×	33	1.4k
Greta Mazzetti Italy	19	320 0.5×	451 0.9×	519 1.4×	239 1.2×	273 1.7×	51	1.1k
Sarah Moore United States	16	418 0.7×	323 0.6×	185 0.5×	214 1.1×	77 0.5×	34	840
Evelyne Fouquereau France	15	313 0.5×	559 1.1×	449 1.3×	172 0.9×	153 1.0×	27	939
Coralia Șulea Romania	16	290 0.5×	598 1.2×	439 1.2×	231 1.2×	203 1.3×	34	1.1k
Qiao Hu Netherlands	12	558 0.9×	622 1.2×	556 1.5×	266 1.4×	319 2.0×	14	1.3k
Carolyn Boyd Australia	15	496 0.8×	549 1.1×	420 1.2×	274 1.4×	246 1.5×	25	1.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jaco Pienaar

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Witte, Hans De, Jaco Pienaar, & Nele De Cuyper. (2016). Review of 30 Years of Longitudinal Studies on the Association Between Job Insecurity and Health and Well‐Being: Is There Causal Evidence?. Australian Psychologist. 51(1). 18–31. 426 indexed citations breakdown →

Moodley, Clinton, Jaco Pienaar, Natalie Beylis, et al.. (2016). Human brucellosis in South Africa: Public health and diagnostic pitfalls. South African Medical Journal. 106(9). 883–883. 16 indexed citations

Beer, Leon T. De, Jaco Pienaar, & Sebastiaan Rothmann. (2015). Work overload, burnout, and psychological ill-health symptoms: a three-wave mediation model of the employee health impairment process. Anxiety Stress & Coping. 29(4). 387–399. 66 indexed citations

Beer, Leon T. De, Sebastiaan Rothmann, & Jaco Pienaar. (2015). Job insecurity, career opportunities, discrimination and turnover intention in post-apartheid South Africa: examples of informative hypothesis testing. The International Journal of Human Resource Management. 27(4). 427–439. 14 indexed citations

Pienaar, Jaco, et al.. (2013). Towards understanding causality between work engagement and psychological capital : original research. SA Journal of Industrial Psychology. 39(2). 1–10. 1 indexed citations

Beer, Leon T. De, Jaco Pienaar, & Sebastiaan Rothmann. (2013). Investigating the reversed causality of engagement and burnout in job demands-resources theory. SA Journal of Industrial Psychology. 39(1). 23 indexed citations

Beer, Leon T. De, Jaco Pienaar, & Sebastiaan Rothmann. (2013). Investigating the reversed causality of engagement and burnout in job demands-resources theory : original research. 39(1). 1–9. 1 indexed citations

Pienaar, Jaco, et al.. (2013). Towards understanding causality between work engagement and psychological capital. SA Journal of Industrial Psychology. 39(2). 53 indexed citations

Beer, Leon T. De, Sebastiaan Rothmann, & Jaco Pienaar. (2012). A Confirmatory Investigation of a Job Demands-Resources Model Using a Categorical Estimator. Psychological Reports. 111(2). 528–544. 30 indexed citations

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Pienaar, Jaco, et al.. (2011). Unravelling safety compliance in the mining industry: examining the role of work stress, job insecurity, satisfaction and commitment as antecedents. SA Journal of Industrial Psychology. 37(1). 35 indexed citations

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Pienaar, Jaco, et al.. (2011). Management of employee wellness in South Africa: Employer, service provider and union perspectives. SA Journal of Human Resource Management. 9(1). 27 indexed citations

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Pienaar, Jaco. (2010). Ethics in economic and management sciences: a researcher’s resource. South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences. 13(2). 177–189. 4 indexed citations

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Näswall, Katharina, Michael Allvin, Johnny Hellgren, et al.. (2008). The Individual in the Changing Working Life. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 122 indexed citations

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Pienaar, Jaco, et al.. (2008). Towards a research agenda for job insecurity in South Africa.. Southern African Business Review. 12(2). 49–86. 17 indexed citations

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Saayman, Andrea, Jaco Pienaar, Patrick De Pelsmacker, et al.. (2008). Competitive intelligence: construct exploration, validation and equivalence. Aslib Proceedings. 60(4). 383–411. 81 indexed citations

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Pienaar, Jaco, et al.. (2007). Investigating turnover intentions by role overload, job satisfaction and social support moderation. SA Journal of Industrial Psychology. 33(2). 32 indexed citations

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Mostert, Karina, et al.. (2006). Job resources, work engagement and the mediating role of positive work-home interaction of police officers in the North West Province. Acta criminologica. 19(3). 64–87. 24 indexed citations

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Pienaar, Jaco, et al.. (2006). Teacher burnout : construct equivalence and the role of union membership. South African Journal of Education. 26(4). 541–551. 19 indexed citations

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Botha, C.J. & Jaco Pienaar. (2005). South African correctional official occupational stress: The role of psychological strengths. Journal of Criminal Justice. 34(1). 73–84. 42 indexed citations

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Pienaar, Jaco, et al.. (2004). Coping, stress and suicide ideation in the South African Police Service in Gauteng Province.. Boloka Institutional Repository (North-west University). 17(2). 17–33. 4 indexed citations

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