Robert F. Bales

14.6k citations
45 papers · 5.8k indexed · 7 hit papers · h-index 28

Robert F. Bales

45 papers receiving 4.7k citations

Hit Papers

Personality and Interpersonal Behavior.5171951202619762001200400600

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Robert F. Bales
Comparison fields: 5 of 146
  • Social Psychology 2.0k
  • Gender Studies 737
  • Communication 482
  • General Psychology 66
  • Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 530
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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1
Symlog, A System for the Multiple Level Observation of Groups
1979309
2 19761
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Personality and Interpersonal Behavior.breakdown →
1971395
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Personality and Interpersonal Behavior.breakdown →
1971517
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Personality and interpersonal behavior / Robert Freed Bales
19701
6 196616
7 196528
8 19623
9 196012
10 1956174
11 1956285
12 195663
13 195660
14 19543
15 1954100
16 195329
17 195369
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Channels of Communication in Small Groupsbreakdown →
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19 19515
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Phases in group problem-solving.breakdown →
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About Robert F. Bales

Robert F. Bales is a scholar working on Management Science and Operations Research, Law and Sociology and Political Science, having authored 45 papers that have together received 5.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Complex Systems and Decision Making (2 papers), Social and Educational Sciences (1 paper), Social and Intergroup Psychology (1 paper), Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice (1 paper), Advanced Text Analysis Techniques (1 paper), Team Dynamics and Performance (1 paper), Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending (1 paper) and Stalking, Cyberstalking, and Harassment (1 paper). The work is most often cited by research in Social Psychology (2.0k citations), Gender Studies (737 citations) and Communication (482 citations). Robert F. Bales has collaborated with scholars based in United States. Frequent co-authors include Talcott Parsons, Fred L. Strodtbeck, Theodore M. Mills, Carolyn W. Sherif, Philip E. Slater, Morris Zelditch, John Olds, Edgar F. Borgatta, Edward Shils and Guy E. Swanson. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of the American Statistical Association, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and American Sociological Review.

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