Sabine Sonnentag

32.4k total citations · 17 hit papers
204 papers, 22.3k citations indexed

About

Sabine Sonnentag is a scholar working on Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Social Psychology and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Sabine Sonnentag has authored 204 papers receiving a total of 22.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 114 papers in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, 93 papers in Social Psychology and 73 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Sabine Sonnentag's work include Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior (111 papers), Work-Family Balance Challenges (61 papers) and Workplace Health and Well-being (32 papers). Sabine Sonnentag is often cited by papers focused on Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior (111 papers), Work-Family Balance Challenges (61 papers) and Workplace Health and Well-being (32 papers). Sabine Sonnentag collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Netherlands and United States. Sabine Sonnentag's co-authors include Charlotte Fritz, Carmen Binnewies, Eva J. Mojza, Sabine A. E. Geurts, Sandra Ohly, Cornelia Niessen, Fred Zijlstra, Michael Fresé, Jana Kühnel and Anne Casper and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Applied Psychology and Journal of Management.

In The Last Decade

Sabine Sonnentag

201 papers receiving 21.0k citations

Hit Papers

The Recovery Experience Questionnaire: Development and va... 2001 2026 2009 2017 2007 2003 2010 2014 2006 400 800 1.2k
What are hit papers?

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. The Recovery Experience Questionnaire: Development and validation of a measure for assessing recuperation and unwinding from work.
    2007 1.4k citations Sabine Sonnentag et al. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology profile →
  2. Recovery, work engagement, and proactive behavior: A new look at the interface between nonwork and work.
    2003 1.3k citations Sabine Sonnentag Journal of Applied Psychology profile →
  3. Diary Studies in Organizational Research
    2010 803 citations Sabine Sonnentag et al. profile →
  4. Recovery from job stress: The stressor-detachment model as an integrative framework
    2014 801 citations Sabine Sonnentag et al. Journal of Organizational Behavior profile →
  5. Recovery as an explanatory mechanism in the relation between acute stress reactions and chronic health impairment
    2006 661 citations Sabine A. E. Geurts, Sabine Sonnentag profile →
  6. Switching Off Mentally: Predictors and Consequences of Psychological Detachment From Work During Off-Job Time.
    2005 605 citations Sabine Sonnentag et al. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology profile →
  7. "Did you have a nice evening?" A day-level study on recovery experiences, sleep, and affect.
    2008 563 citations Sabine Sonnentag et al. Journal of Applied Psychology profile →
  8. Organizational Error Management Culture and Its Impact on Performance: A Two-Study Replication.
    2005 543 citations Cathy van Dyck, Michael Fresé et al. Journal of Applied Psychology profile →
  9. Job characteristics and off-job activities as predictors of need for recovery, well-being, and fatigue.
    2006 538 citations Sabine Sonnentag et al. Journal of Applied Psychology profile →
  10. Work, recovery activities, and individual well-being: A diary study.
    2001 519 citations Sabine Sonnentag Journal of Occupational Health Psychology profile →
  11. Experience Sampling Methods: A Discussion of Critical Trends and Considerations for Scholarly Advancement
    2018 469 citations Sabine Sonnentag et al. profile →
  12. Advances in recovery research: What have we learned? What should be done next?
    2017 398 citations Sabine Sonnentag, Laura Venz et al. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology profile →
  13. Pandemics: Implications for research and practice in industrial and organizational psychology
    2021 310 citations Sabine Sonnentag et al. profile →
  14. Stress and well-being at work: A century of empirical trends reflecting theoretical and societal influences.
    2017 267 citations Sabine Sonnentag et al. Journal of Applied Psychology profile →
  15. The recovery paradox: Portraying the complex interplay between job stressors, lack of recovery, and poor well-being
    2018 215 citations Sabine Sonnentag profile →
  16. Recovery from Work: Advancing the Field Toward the Future
    2021 162 citations Sabine Sonnentag, Bonnie Hayden Cheng et al. Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior profile →
  17. A review on health and well‐being at work: More than stressors and strains
    2023 67 citations Sabine Sonnentag, Hadar Nesher Shoshan 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
Sabine Sonnentag Germany 74 11.1k 10.0k 7.0k 5.9k 3.3k 204 22.3k
S. Alexander Haslam Australia 91 5.8k 0.5× 12.1k 1.2× 14.7k 2.1× 4.0k 0.7× 1.8k 0.5× 461 32.6k
Marisa Salanova Spain 53 14.0k 1.3× 11.9k 1.2× 4.9k 0.7× 7.6k 1.3× 1.6k 0.5× 174 26.9k
Jeffery A. LePine United States 48 15.4k 1.4× 9.1k 0.9× 6.3k 0.9× 3.0k 0.5× 1.5k 0.5× 76 24.9k
Joyce E. Bono United States 43 11.0k 1.0× 8.9k 0.9× 4.9k 0.7× 2.4k 0.4× 1.9k 0.6× 55 21.4k
Remus Ilieș United States 58 9.1k 0.8× 7.5k 0.7× 5.0k 0.7× 1.6k 0.3× 1.8k 0.6× 112 16.8k
Russell Cropanzano United States 65 21.0k 1.9× 9.9k 1.0× 12.1k 1.7× 4.0k 0.7× 1.2k 0.4× 144 33.0k
Toon W. Taris Netherlands 71 8.8k 0.8× 8.3k 0.8× 4.8k 0.7× 8.2k 1.4× 1.2k 0.4× 251 20.0k
Greg R. Oldham United States 45 13.9k 1.3× 7.6k 0.8× 4.2k 0.6× 3.1k 0.5× 4.2k 1.3× 79 23.8k
Jennifer M. George United States 54 10.8k 1.0× 8.3k 0.8× 4.6k 0.7× 1.3k 0.2× 3.6k 1.1× 92 20.8k
Marylène Gagné Australia 45 7.0k 0.6× 8.8k 0.9× 3.5k 0.5× 1.8k 0.3× 1.8k 0.5× 104 18.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Sabine Sonnentag

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sabine Sonnentag

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Sonnentag, Sabine, et al.. (2024). Mind the misalignment: The moderating role of daily social sleep lag in employees' recovery processes. Journal of Organizational Behavior. 45(5). 684–701. 2 indexed citations
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Sonnentag, Sabine, et al.. (2024). It is Monday again: Weekend sleep differentially relates to the workweek via reattachment on Monday. Journal of Organizational Behavior. 45(6). 800–817. 2 indexed citations
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Sonnentag, Sabine, Ronit Kark, & Laura Venz. (2024). Leader support for recovery: A multi‐level approach to employee psychological detachment from work. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology. 97(4). 1762–1788. 3 indexed citations
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Sonnentag, Sabine, et al.. (2023). Time matters: The role of recovery for daily mood trajectories at work. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology. 96(4). 754–785. 2 indexed citations
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Shoshan, Hadar Nesher, Laura Venz, & Sabine Sonnentag. (2023). Reciprocal relations between emotional exhaustion and episode-specific emotional labour: An experience-sampling study. Work & Stress. 37(4). 421–445. 8 indexed citations
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Kubicek, Bettina, et al.. (2022). Less detachment but more cognitive flexibility? A diary study on outcomes of cognitive demands of flexible work.. International Journal of Stress Management. 29(1). 75–87. 9 indexed citations
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Venz, Laura, et al.. (2022). A dynamic view on work‐related perfectionism: A ntecedents at work and implications for employee well‐being. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology. 95(4). 846–866. 10 indexed citations
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Wehrt, Wilken, et al.. (2022). Obtaining Semi-Formal Models from Qualitative Data: From Interviews Into BPMN Models in User-Centered Design Processes. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction. 39(3). 476–493. 7 indexed citations
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Sonnentag, Sabine, Bonnie Hayden Cheng, & Stacey L. Parker. (2021). Recovery from Work: Advancing the Field Toward the Future. Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior. 9(1). 33–60. 162 indexed citations breakdown →
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Venz, Laura, Alexander Pundt, & Sabine Sonnentag. (2017). What matters for work engagement? A diary study on resources and the benefits of selective optimization with compensation for state work engagement. Journal of Organizational Behavior. 39(1). 26–38. 36 indexed citations
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Sonnentag, Sabine, Laura Venz, & Anne Casper. (2017). Advances in recovery research: What have we learned? What should be done next?. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology. 22(3). 365–380. 398 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sonnentag, Sabine, Alexander Pundt, & Laura Venz. (2016). Distal and proximal predictors of snacking at work: A daily-survey study.. Journal of Applied Psychology. 102(2). 151–162. 30 indexed citations
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Shimazu, Akihito, Sabine Sonnentag, Kazumi Kubota, & Norito Kawakami. (2012). Validation of the Japanese Version of the Recovery Experience Questionnaire. Journal of Occupational Health. 54(3). 196–205. 77 indexed citations
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Bloom, Jessica de, Sabine A. E. Geurts, Toon W. Taris, et al.. (2010). Effects of vacation from work on health and well-being: Lots of fun, quickly gone. Work & Stress. 24(2). 196–216. 140 indexed citations
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Bloom, Jessica de, Michiel A. J. Kompier, Sabine A. E. Geurts, et al.. (2009). Do We Recover from Vacation? Meta‐analysis of Vacation Effects on Health and Well‐being. Journal of Occupational Health. 51(1). 13–25. 189 indexed citations
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Dyck, Cathy van, Michael Fresé, Markus Baer, & Sabine Sonnentag. (2005). Organizational Error Management Culture and Its Impact on Performance: A Two-Study Replication.. Journal of Applied Psychology. 90(6). 1228–1240. 543 indexed citations breakdown →
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Rauch, Andreas, Michael Fresé, & Sabine Sonnentag. (2000). Cultural differences in planning/success relationships : A comparison of small enterprises in Ireland, West Germany, and East Germany. Journal of Small Business Management. 38(4). 28–41. 82 indexed citations
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Sonnentag, Sabine. (1996). Knowledge about working strategies and errors in software professionals: Effects of expertise and experience.. PPIG. 19. 2 indexed citations
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Sonnentag, Sabine. (1996). Arbeitsbedingungen und psychisches Befinden bei Frauen und Mannern. Eine Meta-Analyse. Zeitschrift für Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie A&O. 49(3). 118–126. 1 indexed citations
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Sonnentag, Sabine. (1993). Stress in software development : User representatives pay for user participation. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 1 indexed citations

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