Sara Willis

820 total citations · 1 hit paper
11 papers, 564 citations indexed

About

Sara Willis is a scholar working on Radiological and Ultrasound Technology, Strategy and Management and Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty. According to data from OpenAlex, Sara Willis has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 564 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Radiological and Ultrasound Technology, 5 papers in Strategy and Management and 5 papers in Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty. Recurrent topics in Sara Willis's work include Occupational Health and Safety Research (6 papers), Risk and Safety Analysis (5 papers) and Supply Chain Resilience and Risk Management (3 papers). Sara Willis is often cited by papers focused on Occupational Health and Safety Research (6 papers), Risk and Safety Analysis (5 papers) and Supply Chain Resilience and Risk Management (3 papers). Sara Willis collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and United States. Sara Willis's co-authors include Allan Lee, Amy Wei Tian, Sheena Johnson, Sharon Clarke, Sharon Clarke, Berrin Erdoğan, David Holman, Ivan T. Robertson, Chia‐Huei Wu and Lixin Jiang and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Organizational Behavior, Risk Analysis and Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology.

In The Last Decade

Sara Willis

11 papers receiving 543 citations

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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.

Empowering leadership: A meta‐analytic examination of incremental contribution, mediation, and moderation

2017 264 citations Allan Lee, Sara Willis et al. Journal of Organizational Behavior profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sara Willis United Kingdom	6	315	143	129	89	87	11	564
Veselina Vracheva United States	7	339 1.1×	195 1.4×	110 0.9×	150 1.7×	70 0.8×	14	756
Mathis Schulte United States	8	268 0.9×	159 1.1×	88 0.7×	137 1.5×	160 1.8×	11	687
Edward H. Powley United States	13	240 0.8×	102 0.7×	221 1.7×	116 1.3×	130 1.5×	19	629
Roy K. Smollan New Zealand	14	355 1.1×	147 1.0×	121 0.9×	127 1.4×	53 0.6×	35	626
Jennifer L. Sparr Switzerland	12	314 1.0×	124 0.9×	87 0.7×	89 1.0×	48 0.6×	19	555
Lisa Dragoni United States	8	391 1.2×	275 1.9×	88 0.7×	97 1.1×	74 0.9×	14	671
Jamel Chafra Türkiye	17	462 1.5×	215 1.5×	114 0.9×	169 1.9×	90 1.0×	27	716
Silja Hartmann Germany	5	162 0.5×	108 0.8×	176 1.4×	53 0.6×	231 2.7×	12	563
Namra Mubarak Pakistan	12	199 0.6×	77 0.5×	90 0.7×	64 0.7×	75 0.9×	26	421
Seung‐Yoon Rhee South Korea	12	355 1.1×	183 1.3×	89 0.7×	163 1.8×	53 0.6×	34	553

Countries citing papers authored by Sara Willis

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sara Willis

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11 of 11 papers shown

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Hu, Xiaowen, Lixin Jiang, Sara Willis, Tristan Casey, & Chia‐Huei Wu. (2024). Paradoxical safety leadership: Conceptualization and measurement. Journal of Organizational Behavior. 46(1). 66–89. 2 indexed citations

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Willis, Sara, et al.. (2023). Understanding the regulator–regulatee relationship for developing safety culture. Risk Analysis. 44(4). 972–990. 3 indexed citations

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Willis, Sara, et al.. (2021). Identifying the optimal safety leader: a person-centered approach. Journal of Managerial Psychology. 36(3). 226–240. 7 indexed citations

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Clarke, Sharon, et al.. (2020). Workplace team resilience: A systematic review and conceptual development. Organizational Psychology Review. 10(3-4). 169–200. 112 indexed citations

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Lee, Allan, et al.. (2020). Perceived overqualification and task performance: Reconciling two opposing pathways. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology. 94(1). 80–106. 68 indexed citations

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Willis, Sara & Allan Lee. (2019). Perceived Overqualification and In-Role Job Performance: Mediating and Moderating Mechanisms. Academy of Management Proceedings. 2019(1). 19558–19558. 1 indexed citations

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Johnson, Sheena, Sara Willis, & Ivan T. Robertson. (2018). Cross-validation of a short stress measure: ASSET Pulse.. International Journal of Stress Management. 25(4). 391–400. 4 indexed citations

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Johnson, Sheena, et al.. (2018). An examination of stressors, strain, and resilience in academic and non-academic U.K. university job roles.. International Journal of Stress Management. 26(2). 162–172. 60 indexed citations

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Lee, Allan, Sara Willis, & Amy Wei Tian. (2017). Empowering leadership: A meta‐analytic examination of incremental contribution, mediation, and moderation. Journal of Organizational Behavior. 39(3). 306–325. 264 indexed citations breakdown →

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Willis, Sara, et al.. (2017). Who Is the Optimal Safety Leader? A Person-Centered Perspective. Academy of Management Proceedings. 2017(1). 16501–16501. 1 indexed citations

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Willis, Sara, et al.. (2017). Contextualizing leadership: Transformational leadership and Management‐By‐Exception‐Active in safety‐critical contexts. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology. 90(3). 281–305. 42 indexed citations

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