Paul E. Spector

63.5k total citations · 24 hit papers
315 papers, 44.4k citations indexed

About

Paul E. Spector is a scholar working on Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Social Psychology and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Paul E. Spector has authored 315 papers receiving a total of 44.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 142 papers in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, 97 papers in Social Psychology and 89 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Paul E. Spector's work include Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior (129 papers), Workplace Health and Well-being (48 papers) and Workplace Violence and Bullying (34 papers). Paul E. Spector is often cited by papers focused on Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior (129 papers), Workplace Health and Well-being (48 papers) and Workplace Violence and Bullying (34 papers). Paul E. Spector collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Israel. Paul E. Spector's co-authors include Suzy Fox, Steve M. Jex, Yochi Cohen‐Charash, Michael Τ. Brannick, Peter Y. Chen, Lisa M. Penney, Stacey R. Kessler, Cary L. Cooper, Charles E. Michaels and Kari Bruursema and has published in prestigious journals such as Psychological Bulletin, Academy of Management Journal and Journal of Applied Psychology.

In The Last Decade

Paul E. Spector

304 papers receiving 39.7k citations

Hit Papers

Job Satisfaction: Application, Assessment, Causes, and Co... 1982 2026 1996 2011 1997 2006 2001 1992 1998 1000 2.0k 3.0k
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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. Job Satisfaction: Application, Assessment, Causes, and Consequences
    1997 3.3k citations Paul E. Spector Digital Commons - University of South Florida (University of South Florida) profile →
  2. Method Variance in Organizational Research
    2006 2.8k citations Paul E. Spector Organizational Research Methods profile →
  3. The Role of Justice in Organizations: A Meta-Analysis
    2001 2.6k citations Yochi Cohen‐Charash, Paul E. Spector Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes profile →
  4. Summated Rating Scale Construction
    1992 1.6k citations Paul E. Spector profile →
  5. Development of four self-report measures of job stressors and strain: Interpersonal Conflict at Work Scale, Organizational Constraints Scale, Quantitative Workload Inventory, and Physical Symptoms Inventory.
    1998 1.4k citations Paul E. Spector et al. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology profile →
  6. Measurement of human service staff satisfaction: Development of the Job Satisfaction Survey
    1985 1.4k citations Paul E. Spector profile →
  7. Counterproductive Work Behavior (CWB) in Response to Job Stressors and Organizational Justice: Some Mediator and Moderator Tests for Autonomy and Emotions
    2001 1.0k citations Paul E. Spector et al. profile →
  8. Perceived Control by Employees: A Meta-Analysis of Studies Concerning Autonomy and Participation at Work
    1986 972 citations Paul E. Spector Human Relations profile →
  9. The dimensionality of counterproductivity: Are all counterproductive behaviors created equal?
    2005 909 citations Paul E. Spector, Stacey R. Kessler et al. profile →
  10. Do Not Cross Me: Optimizing the Use of Cross-Sectional Designs
    2019 879 citations Paul E. Spector profile →
  11. Methodological Urban Legends: The Misuse of Statistical Control Variables
    2010 859 citations Paul E. Spector, Michael Τ. Brannick Organizational Research Methods profile →
  12. Using self‐report questionnaires in OB research: A comment on the use of a controversial method
    1994 849 citations Paul E. Spector Journal of Organizational Behavior profile →
  13. An emotion-centered model of voluntary work behavior
    2002 818 citations Paul E. Spector et al. profile →
  14. Method variance as an artifact in self-reported affect and perceptions at work: Myth or significant problem?
    1987 769 citations Paul E. Spector profile →
  15. Development of the Work Locus of Control Scale
    1988 726 citations Paul E. Spector profile →
  16. Statistical control in correlational studies: 10 essential recommendations for organizational researchers
    2015 722 citations Thomas E. Becker, Guclu Atinc et al. Journal of Organizational Behavior profile →
  17. Behavior in organizations as a function of employee's locus of control.
    1982 672 citations Paul E. Spector profile →
  18. Job stress, incivility, and counterproductive work behavior (CWB): the moderating role of negative affectivity
    2005 641 citations Paul E. Spector et al. Journal of Organizational Behavior profile →
  19. A model of work frustration-aggression
    1999 638 citations Paul E. Spector et al. Journal of Organizational Behavior profile →
  20. Using the Job-Related Affective Well-Being Scale (JAWS) to investigate affective responses to work stressors.
    2000 623 citations Paul E. Spector et al. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology profile →
  21. Causes of employee turnover: A test of the Mobley, Griffeth, Hand, and Meglino model.
    1982 595 citations Paul E. Spector et al. profile →
  22. Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Research and Practice
    1995 508 citations Paul E. Spector profile →
  23. Nurse exposure to physical and nonphysical violence, bullying, and sexual harassment: A quantitative review
    2013 463 citations Paul E. Spector, Zhiqing E. Zhou et al. profile →
  24. Can work make you sick? A meta-analysis of the relationships between job stressors and physical symptoms
    2011 436 citations Paul E. Spector et al. Work & Stress profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Paul E. Spector United States 90 24.1k 14.8k 14.6k 9.2k 5.2k 315 44.4k
Cary L. Cooper United Kingdom 100 15.8k 0.7× 11.7k 0.8× 13.4k 0.9× 15.0k 1.6× 5.7k 1.1× 849 43.7k
Russell Cropanzano United States 65 21.0k 0.9× 12.1k 0.8× 9.9k 0.7× 4.0k 0.4× 2.4k 0.5× 144 33.0k
Timothy A. Judge United States 116 33.6k 1.4× 14.7k 1.0× 23.7k 1.6× 6.5k 0.7× 11.7k 2.3× 246 62.8k
John P. Meyer Canada 61 36.9k 1.5× 12.1k 0.8× 12.5k 0.9× 5.5k 0.6× 2.5k 0.5× 128 51.1k
Robert Eisenberger United States 56 23.1k 1.0× 8.8k 0.6× 8.7k 0.6× 4.4k 0.5× 2.4k 0.5× 121 34.6k
Blake E. Ashforth United States 73 25.2k 1.0× 18.0k 1.2× 11.0k 0.8× 6.0k 0.6× 2.5k 0.5× 140 45.9k
Stevan E. Hobfoll United States 69 18.7k 0.8× 14.8k 1.0× 15.2k 1.0× 12.6k 1.4× 15.2k 2.9× 250 47.0k
Bruce J. Avolio United States 94 30.3k 1.3× 7.9k 0.5× 17.8k 1.2× 4.0k 0.4× 5.6k 1.1× 197 54.2k
Edwin A. Locke United States 94 22.3k 0.9× 9.0k 0.6× 17.9k 1.2× 4.6k 0.5× 4.6k 0.9× 264 58.3k
Evangelia Demerouti Netherlands 88 34.0k 1.4× 14.6k 1.0× 22.5k 1.5× 23.2k 2.5× 9.4k 1.8× 246 59.3k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Pindek, Shani, et al.. (2025). Understaffing as a Two‐Dimensional Phenomenon: A Cross‐Sectional Study of Hospital Nurses' Manpower and Expertise Understaffing. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 81(10). 6560–6568. 1 indexed citations
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Lapierre, Laurent, Paul E. Spector, Johannés Siegrist, et al.. (2023). Organizational Stress and Well-Being. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 10 indexed citations
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Pindek, Shani, Winny Shen, Cheryl E. Gray, & Paul E. Spector. (2022). Clarifying the inconsistently observed curvilinear relationship between workload and employee attitudes and mental well-being. Work & Stress. 37(2). 195–221. 6 indexed citations
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Andel, Stephanie A., Shani Pindek, Paul E. Spector, et al.. (2022). Adding fuel to the fire: The exacerbating effects of calling intensity on the relationship between emotionally disturbing work and employee health.. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology. 27(5). 488–502. 10 indexed citations
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Kessler, Stacey R., Lorenzo Lucianetti, Shani Pindek, Zhu Zhu, & Paul E. Spector. (2020). Job satisfaction and firm performance: Can employees’ job satisfaction change the trajectory of a firm’s performance?. Journal of Applied Social Psychology. 50(10). 563–572. 28 indexed citations
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Pindek, Shani, et al.. (2020). Workdays are not created equal: Job satisfaction and job stressors across the workweek. Human Relations. 74(9). 1447–1472. 26 indexed citations
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Andel, Stephanie A., Stacey R. Kessler, Shani Pindek, Gary Kleinman, & Paul E. Spector. (2019). Is Cyberloafing More Complex than we Originally Thought? Cyberloafing as a Coping Response to Workplace Aggression Exposure. Publisher. 2 indexed citations
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Andel, Stephanie A., Stacey R. Kessler, Shani Pindek, Gary Kleinman, & Paul E. Spector. (2019). Is cyberloafing more complex than we originally thought? Cyberloafing as a coping response to workplace aggression exposure. Computers in Human Behavior. 101. 124–130. 120 indexed citations
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Pindek, Shani, et al.. (2019). Organizational constraints and performance: an indirect effects model. Journal of Managerial Psychology. 34(2). 79–95. 36 indexed citations
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Pindek, Shani, et al.. (2018). Cyberloafing as a coping mechanism: Dealing with workplace boredom. Computers in Human Behavior. 86. 147–152. 124 indexed citations
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Becker, Thomas E., Guclu Atinc, James A. Breaugh, et al.. (2015). Statistical control in correlational studies: 10 essential recommendations for organizational researchers. Journal of Organizational Behavior. 37(2). 157–167. 722 indexed citations breakdown →
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Spector, Paul E. & Michael Τ. Brannick. (2010). Methodological Urban Legends: The Misuse of Statistical Control Variables. Organizational Research Methods. 14(2). 287–305. 859 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lu, Luo, Cary L. Cooper, Shu‐Fang Kao, et al.. (2010). Cross‐cultural differences on work‐to‐family conflict and role satisfaction: A Taiwanese‐British comparison. Human Resource Management. 49(1). 67–85. 86 indexed citations
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Kessler, Stacey R., et al.. (2008). Organizational violence and aggression: Development of the three-factor Violence Climate Survey. Work & Stress. 22(2). 108–124. 82 indexed citations
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Spector, Paul E., Martha L. Coulter, Heather Stockwell, & Mary Matz. (2007). Perceived violence climate: A new construct and its relationship to workplace physical violence and verbal aggression, and their potential consequences. Work & Stress. 21(2). 117–130. 133 indexed citations
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Pitariu, Horea, Paul E. Spector, Michael P. O’Driscoll, et al.. (2004). Conflictul munca-familie la managerii din Romania. Un studiu correlational [Work-family conflict related to managers in Romania. A correlational study]. 2. 16. 1 indexed citations
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Cohen‐Charash, Yochi & Paul E. Spector. (2001). The Role of Justice in Organizations: A Meta-Analysis. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. 86(2). 278–321. 2588 indexed citations breakdown →
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Narayanan, Lakshmi, Shanker Menon, & Paul E. Spector. (1999). Stress in the workplace: a comparison of gender and occupations. Journal of Organizational Behavior. 20(1). 63–73. 14 indexed citations
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Spector, Paul E.. (1992). A Consideration of the Validity and Meaning of Self-Report Measures of Job Conditions. Digital Commons - University of South Florida (University of South Florida). 7(5). 123–9. 311 indexed citations
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Spector, Paul E.. (1987). An Empirical Comparison of Four Measures of Training Effectiveness. Digital Commons - University of South Florida (University of South Florida). 11(2). 16–20. 1 indexed citations

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