Robert E. Ployhart

19.1k total citations · 8 hit papers
117 papers, 12.6k citations indexed

About

Robert E. Ployhart is a scholar working on Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Strategy and Management and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert E. Ployhart has authored 117 papers receiving a total of 12.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 56 papers in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, 30 papers in Strategy and Management and 26 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Robert E. Ployhart's work include Employer Branding and e-HRM (25 papers), Innovation and Knowledge Management (24 papers) and Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior (24 papers). Robert E. Ployhart is often cited by papers focused on Employer Branding and e-HRM (25 papers), Innovation and Knowledge Management (24 papers) and Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior (24 papers). Robert E. Ployhart collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Singapore. Robert E. Ployhart's co-authors include Robert J. Vandenberg, Ann Marie Ryan, Paul D. Bliese, Thomas P. Moliterno, Teppo Felin, Beng‐Chong Lim, Nicolai J. Foss, Youngsang Kim, Jeff A. Weekley and Anthony J. Nyberg and has published in prestigious journals such as Academy of Management Review, Academy of Management Journal and Journal of Applied Psychology.

In The Last Decade

Robert E. Ployhart

115 papers receiving 11.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Longitudinal Research: The Theory, Design, and Analysis of Change

2009 1.0k citations Robert E. Ployhart et al. Journal of Management profile →
Emergence of the Human Capital Resource: A Multilevel Model

2011 785 citations Robert E. Ployhart et al. profile →
The Microfoundations Movement in Strategy and Organization Theory

2015 680 citations Teppo Felin, Nicolai J. Foss et al. Academy of Management Annals profile →
Growth Modeling Using Random Coefficient Models: Model Building, Testing, and Illustrations

2002 610 citations Robert E. Ployhart et al. profile →
Multilevel Influences on Voluntary Workplace Green Behavior: Individual Differences, Leader Behavior, and Coworker Advocacy

2014 469 citations Andrea Kim, Youngsang Kim et al. Journal of Management profile →
The Microfoundations Movement in Strategy and Organization Theory

2015 377 citations Teppo Felin, Robert E. Ployhart et al. Academy of Management Annals profile →
Human Capital Is Dead; Long Live Human Capital Resources!

2013 341 citations Robert E. Ployhart, Anthony J. Nyberg et al. Journal of Management profile →
Social media: A contextual framework to guide research and practice.

2015 280 citations Lynn A. McFarland, Robert E. Ployhart Journal of Applied Psychology profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Robert E. Ployhart	5.8k	3.0k	2.6k	2.5k	1.4k	117	12.6k
Abraham Carmeli	7.1k 1.2×	4.1k 1.4×	2.1k 0.8×	3.4k 1.3×	1.1k 0.8×	148	13.6k
Jennifer A. Chatman	7.3k 1.3×	2.6k 0.9×	3.5k 1.3×	3.0k 1.2×	760 0.6×	58	13.1k
Daniel M. Cable	8.7k 1.5×	2.4k 0.8×	3.4k 1.3×	2.9k 1.1×	1.5k 1.1×	67	14.7k
Jeremy Dawson	4.0k 0.7×	1.8k 0.6×	2.4k 0.9×	2.4k 0.9×	1.1k 0.8×	127	10.9k
Kathleen M. Sutcliffe	5.1k 0.9×	5.1k 1.7×	3.0k 1.1×	2.2k 0.9×	1.1k 0.8×	102	16.1k
Susan J. Ashford	10.0k 1.7×	2.7k 0.9×	4.3k 1.6×	5.0k 2.0×	1.1k 0.8×	100	17.6k
Deanne N. Den Hartog	7.6k 1.3×	2.5k 0.8×	2.3k 0.9×	3.0k 1.2×	924 0.7×	120	12.5k
Jason D. Shaw	6.3k 1.1×	1.7k 0.6×	3.6k 1.4×	2.7k 1.1×	604 0.4×	113	11.6k
Alexander Newman	6.4k 1.1×	2.3k 0.7×	2.4k 0.9×	2.4k 1.0×	1.3k 1.0×	179	12.4k
David A. Waldman	6.7k 1.2×	5.4k 1.8×	2.0k 0.7×	2.7k 1.1×	822 0.6×	163	15.1k

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Iddekinge, Chad H. Van, et al.. (2025). Do the People Make the Place? A 40-Year Review of Research on ASA Theory. Journal of Management. 52(1). 9–41.

Nyberg, Anthony J., Deidra J. Schleicher, Bradford S. Bell, et al.. (2025). A Brave New World of Human Resources Research: Navigating Perils and Identifying Grand Challenges of the GenAI Revolution. Journal of Management. 51(6). 2677–2718. 4 indexed citations

Ployhart, Robert E., et al.. (2024). Conceptualizing Team Disruption Through an Event-System Framework. Group & Organization Management. 49(2). 471–506. 2 indexed citations

Iddekinge, Chad H. Van, et al.. (2023). The definition and measurement of human capital resources: A content and meta-analytic review.. Journal of Applied Psychology. 108(9). 1486–1514. 10 indexed citations

Chen, Gilad, et al.. (2022). When new talent scores: The impact of human capital and the team socialization context on newcomer performance in professional sports teams.. Journal of Applied Psychology. 108(6). 1046–1059. 3 indexed citations

Ployhart, Robert E., Donald J. Schepker, & Lynn A. McFarland. (2021). A review and theoretical framework for understanding external team contexts.. Journal of Applied Psychology. 107(7). 1052–1069. 11 indexed citations

McFarland, Lynn A., et al.. (2020). Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on job search behavior: An event transition perspective.. Journal of Applied Psychology. 105(11). 1207–1217. 81 indexed citations

Shepherd, William, et al.. (2020). The neglected role of collective customer perceptions in shaping collective employee satisfaction, service climate, voluntary turnover, and involuntary turnover: A cautionary note.. Journal of Applied Psychology. 105(11). 1327–1337. 21 indexed citations

Sitzmann, Traci, Robert E. Ployhart, & Youngsang Kim. (2018). A process model linking occupational strength to attitudes and behaviors: The explanatory role of occupational personality heterogeneity.. Journal of Applied Psychology. 104(2). 247–269. 9 indexed citations

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DeOrtentiis, Philip S., et al.. (2018). Build or buy? The individual and unit-level performance of internally versus externally selected managers over time.. Journal of Applied Psychology. 103(8). 916–928. 27 indexed citations

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Campion, Michael C., Robert E. Ployhart, & Michael A. Campion. (2017). Using recruitment source timing and diagnosticity to enhance applicants’ occupation-specific human capital.. Journal of Applied Psychology. 102(5). 764–781. 10 indexed citations

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Ployhart, Robert E., Neal Schmitt, & Nancy T. Tippins. (2017). Solving the Supreme Problem: 100 years of selection and recruitment at the Journal of Applied Psychology.. Journal of Applied Psychology. 102(3). 291–304. 91 indexed citations

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Ward, Anna‐Katherine, Elizabeth C. Ravlin, Brian S. Klaas, Robert E. Ployhart, & Nancy R. Buchan. (2016). When do high-context communicators speak up? Exploring contextual communication orientation and employee voice.. Journal of Applied Psychology. 101(10). 1498–1511. 53 indexed citations

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Felin, Teppo, Nicolai J. Foss, & Robert E. Ployhart. (2015). The Microfoundations Movement in Strategy and Organization Theory. Academy of Management Annals. 9(1). 575–632. 680 indexed citations breakdown →

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McFarland, Lynn A. & Robert E. Ployhart. (2015). Social media: A contextual framework to guide research and practice.. Journal of Applied Psychology. 100(6). 1653–1677. 280 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kim, Andrea, Youngsang Kim, Kyongji Han, Susan E. Jackson, & Robert E. Ployhart. (2014). Multilevel Influences on Voluntary Workplace Green Behavior: Individual Differences, Leader Behavior, and Coworker Advocacy. Journal of Management. 43(5). 1335–1358. 469 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kim, Youngsang & Robert E. Ployhart. (2013). The effects of staffing and training on firm productivity and profit growth before, during, and after the Great Recession.. Journal of Applied Psychology. 99(3). 361–389. 204 indexed citations

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Lim, Beng‐Chong & Robert E. Ployhart. (2004). Transformational Leadership: Relations to the Five-Factor Model and Team Performance in Typical and Maximum Contexts.. Journal of Applied Psychology. 89(4). 610–621. 303 indexed citations

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Hinsz, Verlin B. & Robert E. Ployhart. (1998). Trying, Intentions, and the Processes by Which Goals Influence Performance: An Empirical Test of the Theory of Goal Pursuit¹. Journal of Applied Social Psychology. 28(12). 1051–1066. 14 indexed citations

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Ployhart, Robert E. & Ann Marie Ryan. (1998). Applicants' reactions to the fairness of selection procedures: The effects of positive rule violations and time of measurement.. Journal of Applied Psychology. 83(1). 3–16. 140 indexed citations

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