Michele J. Gelfand

40.8k total citations · 12 hit papers
211 papers, 18.0k citations indexed

About

Michele J. Gelfand is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Social Psychology and Communication. According to data from OpenAlex, Michele J. Gelfand has authored 211 papers receiving a total of 18.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 132 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 124 papers in Social Psychology and 28 papers in Communication. Recurrent topics in Michele J. Gelfand's work include Cultural Differences and Values (100 papers), Social and Intergroup Psychology (68 papers) and Conflict Management and Negotiation (32 papers). Michele J. Gelfand is often cited by papers focused on Cultural Differences and Values (100 papers), Social and Intergroup Psychology (68 papers) and Conflict Management and Negotiation (32 papers). Michele J. Gelfand collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Singapore. Michele J. Gelfand's co-authors include Harry C. Triandis, Ryan Fehr, Jana L. Raver, Theodore M. Singelis, Dharm P. S. Bhawuk, Fritz Drasgow, C. Ashley Fulmer, Lisa H. Nishii, Zeynep Aycan and Miriam Erez and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology and Psychological Bulletin.

In The Last Decade

Michele J. Gelfand

202 papers receiving 16.8k citations

Hit Papers

Converging measurement of horizontal and vertical individ... 1995 2026 2005 2015 1998 1995 2006 2006 1997 500 1000 1.5k
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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. Converging measurement of horizontal and vertical individualism and collectivism.
    1998 2.0k citations Harry C. Triandis, Michele J. Gelfand Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →
  2. Horizontal and Vertical Dimensions of Individualism and Collectivism: A Theoretical and Measurement Refinement
    1995 1.6k citations Harry C. Triandis, Michele J. Gelfand et al. profile →
  3. Cross-Cultural Organizational Behavior
    2006 833 citations Michele J. Gelfand, Miriam Erez et al. profile →
  4. On the nature and importance of cultural tightness-looseness.
    2006 706 citations Michele J. Gelfand, Jana L. Raver et al. Journal of Applied Psychology profile →
  5. Antecedents and consequences of sexual harassment in organizations: A test of an integrated model.
    1997 667 citations Fritz Drasgow, Michele J. Gelfand et al. Journal of Applied Psychology profile →
  6. Measuring Sexual Harassment: Theoretical and Psychometric Advances
    1995 650 citations Michele J. Gelfand, Fritz Drasgow et al. profile →
  7. At What Level (and in Whom) We Trust
    2012 617 citations Michele J. Gelfand et al. profile →
  8. The road to forgiveness: A meta-analytic synthesis of its situational and dispositional correlates.
    2010 517 citations Michele J. Gelfand et al. profile →
  9. The Psychology of Radicalization and Deradicalization: How Significance Quest Impacts Violent Extremism
    2014 426 citations Arie W. Kruglanski, Michele J. Gelfand et al. profile →
  10. Tightness–looseness across the 50 united states
    2014 376 citations Michele J. Gelfand et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  11. The relationship between cultural tightness–looseness and COVID-19 cases and deaths: a global analysis
    2021 328 citations Michele J. Gelfand et al. profile →
  12. Norm Dynamics: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Social Norm Emergence, Persistence, and Change
    2023 58 citations Michele J. Gelfand, Sergey Gavrilets et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michele J. Gelfand United States 59 9.3k 8.9k 3.7k 2.4k 2.1k 211 18.0k
William G. Austin United States 14 12.8k 1.4× 6.9k 0.8× 2.8k 0.8× 3.2k 1.3× 1.7k 0.8× 29 19.6k
Stephen Reicher United Kingdom 57 11.0k 1.2× 6.7k 0.7× 1.8k 0.5× 2.0k 0.9× 1.6k 0.7× 195 16.8k
Naomi Ellemers Netherlands 70 14.3k 1.5× 9.0k 1.0× 3.8k 1.0× 5.0k 2.1× 1.3k 0.6× 302 21.8k
Dominic Abrams United Kingdom 65 11.1k 1.2× 7.0k 0.8× 1.5k 0.4× 2.9k 1.2× 1.1k 0.5× 268 17.5k
Tom Postmes Netherlands 63 11.0k 1.2× 7.1k 0.8× 1.3k 0.4× 1.8k 0.7× 3.5k 1.6× 215 18.4k
Michael Harris Bond Hong Kong 69 8.6k 0.9× 11.7k 1.3× 4.1k 1.1× 1.0k 0.4× 3.1k 1.5× 270 23.3k
Marilynn B. Brewer United States 74 17.9k 1.9× 11.7k 1.3× 3.0k 0.8× 3.5k 1.5× 2.0k 0.9× 160 28.0k
Mark P. Zanna Canada 71 10.1k 1.1× 8.3k 0.9× 2.1k 0.6× 1.8k 0.7× 980 0.5× 214 20.9k
Mark Snyder United States 68 11.8k 1.3× 7.7k 0.9× 3.0k 0.8× 1.3k 0.5× 1.0k 0.5× 210 22.4k
Adam D. Galinsky United States 90 16.1k 1.7× 13.0k 1.5× 4.6k 1.2× 3.1k 1.3× 1.7k 0.8× 284 30.2k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Gelfand, Michele J., et al.. (2025). Sexual orientation and vocational interests across 48 countries: The moderating effect of cultural tightness–looseness.. Journal of Counseling Psychology. 72(2). 136–147.
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Choi, Hyewon, Michele J. Gelfand, Ying‐yi Hong, et al.. (2025). Culture & personality: Five expert visions. Repositori digital de la UPF (Universitat Pompeu Fabra). 6. 1 indexed citations
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Gelfand, Michele J., et al.. (2025). Significance loss as the rhetoric of extreme ideologies: Evidence from the political and the terroristic context. Current Research in Ecological and Social Psychology. 8. 100225–100225.
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Gelfand, Michele J., et al.. (2024). Majority rule: Do minorities live in ‘tighter’ social worlds?. Current Opinion in Psychology. 60. 101885–101885.
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Ember, Carol R., et al.. (2024). Cultural tightness and resilience against environmental shocks in nonindustrial societies. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(49). e2403386121–e2403386121. 1 indexed citations
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Webber, David, Erica Molinario, Katarzyna Jaśko, Michele J. Gelfand, & Arie W. Kruglanski. (2023). The Way They See Us: Examining the Content, Accuracy, and Bias of Metaperceptions Held by Syrian Refugees About the Communities That Host Them. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 51(3). 423–438. 2 indexed citations
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Milyavsky, Maxim, Arie W. Kruglanski, Michele J. Gelfand, et al.. (2022). People Who Need People (and Some Who Think They Don't): On Compensatory Personal and Social Means of Goal Pursuit. Psychological Inquiry. 33(1). 1–22. 8 indexed citations
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Han, Xiaochun, Michele J. Gelfand, Bing Wu, et al.. (2020). A neurobiological association of revenge propensity during intergroup conflict. eLife. 9. 15 indexed citations
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Salvador, Cristina, Brian Kraus, Joshua M. Ackerman, Michele J. Gelfand, & Shinobu Kitayama. (2020). Interdependent self-construal predicts reduced sensitivity to norms under pathogen threat: An electrocortical investigation. Biological Psychology. 157. 107970–107970. 8 indexed citations
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Gelfand, Michele J., Sarah Gordon, Chengguang Li, Virginia K. Choi, & Piotr Prokopowicz. (2018). One reason mergers fail: the two cultures aren’t compatible. mediaTUM (Technical University of Munich). 8 indexed citations
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Gelfand, Michele J., Zeynep Aycan, Miriam Erez, & Kwok Leung. (2017). Cross-cultural industrial organizational psychology and organizational behavior: A hundred-year journey.. Journal of Applied Psychology. 102(3). 514–529. 112 indexed citations
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Gelfand, Michele J., et al.. (2015). Belonging nowhere: Marginalization & radicalization risk among Muslim immigrants. Behavioral Science & Policy. 1(2). 1–12. 27 indexed citations
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Gal, Kobi, et al.. (2012). A cultural sensitive agent for human-computer negotiation. Adaptive Agents and Multi-Agents Systems. 451–458. 30 indexed citations
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Gelfand, Michele J., et al.. (2011). Cultural Influences on Errors:Prevention, Detection, and Management. Multilingual Matters (Channel View Publications). 6 indexed citations
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Gelfand, Michele J., Miriam Erez, & Zeynep Aycan. (2007). Cross-Cultural Organizational Behavior. SSRN Electronic Journal. 6 indexed citations
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Kim, Kibum, et al.. (2005). Cultural ‘Tightness-Looseness’：A Multilevel Theory. 19(3). 101–116.
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Gelfand, Michele J., Beng‐Chong Lim, & Jana L. Raver. (2004). Culture and accountability in organizations: Variations in forms of social control across cultures. Human Resource Management Review. 14(1). 135–160. 92 indexed citations
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Laschever, Sara, Linda Babcock, Deborah A. Small, & Michele J. Gelfand. (2003). Nice Girls Don't Ask. Harvard business review. 81(10). 14–16. 56 indexed citations
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Babcock, Linda, et al.. (2002). Propensity to Initiate Negotiations: A New Look at Gender Variation in Negotiation Behavior. SSRN Electronic Journal. 13 indexed citations
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Triandis, Harry C. & Michele J. Gelfand. (1998). Converging measurement of horizontal and vertical individualism and collectivism.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 74(1). 118–128. 1975 indexed citations breakdown →

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