Shimul Melwani

1.8k total citations
19 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Shimul Melwani is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Shimul Melwani has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Social Psychology, 9 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 6 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Shimul Melwani's work include Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior (5 papers), Creativity in Education and Neuroscience (5 papers) and Emotions and Moral Behavior (3 papers). Shimul Melwani is often cited by papers focused on Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior (5 papers), Creativity in Education and Neuroscience (5 papers) and Emotions and Moral Behavior (3 papers). Shimul Melwani collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Singapore. Shimul Melwani's co-authors include Jennifer Mueller, Jack A. Goncalo, Naomi B. Rothman, Sigal G. Barsade, Jessica R. Methot, Jeffrey Loewenstein, Jennifer J. Deal, Allan Filipowicz, Jennifer R. Overbeck and Cristiano L. Guarana and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Academy of Management Review and Academy of Management Journal.

In The Last Decade

Shimul Melwani

18 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Shimul Melwani United States 12 446 409 388 375 133 19 1.2k
Inga J. Hoever Netherlands 9 471 1.1× 522 1.3× 496 1.3× 204 0.5× 201 1.5× 22 1.3k
David P. Costanza United States 16 275 0.6× 435 1.1× 375 1.0× 294 0.8× 104 0.8× 34 1.3k
Justin M. Berg United States 14 535 1.2× 965 2.4× 263 0.7× 533 1.4× 150 1.1× 20 1.9k
Kimberly S. Jaussi United States 12 289 0.6× 532 1.3× 364 0.9× 172 0.5× 223 1.7× 17 1.0k
Julianna Pillemer United States 9 268 0.6× 304 0.7× 297 0.8× 196 0.5× 83 0.6× 15 857
Øyvind Lund Martinsen Norway 17 474 1.1× 656 1.6× 331 0.9× 191 0.5× 194 1.5× 42 1.6k
Andrew Pirola‐Merlo Australia 10 586 1.3× 612 1.5× 251 0.6× 221 0.6× 308 2.3× 14 1.4k
Nora Madjar United States 12 449 1.0× 711 1.7× 612 1.6× 250 0.7× 216 1.6× 18 1.4k
Hoon‐Seok Choi South Korea 12 462 1.0× 214 0.5× 224 0.6× 270 0.7× 172 1.3× 37 917
Sherry K. Schneider United States 11 533 1.2× 285 0.7× 166 0.4× 386 1.0× 89 0.7× 18 1.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Shimul Melwani

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Fields of papers citing papers by Shimul Melwani

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Shimul Melwani

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All Works

19 of 19 papers shown
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Melwani, Shimul, et al.. (2025). Paying off the intergenerational debt: How and why children of immigrants status-strive at work. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. 187. 104406–104406. 1 indexed citations
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Melwani, Shimul, et al.. (2024). Breaking boredom: Interrupting the residual effect of state boredom on future productivity.. Journal of Applied Psychology. 109(6). 829–849. 1 indexed citations
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Melwani, Shimul, et al.. (2022). Paying Off Intergenerational Debt: The Immigrant Bargain and Status-Striving Behaviors. Academy of Management Proceedings. 2022(1). 1 indexed citations
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Melwani, Shimul, et al.. (2022). “Am I Next?” The Spillover Effects of Mega-Threats on Avoidant Behaviors at Work. Academy of Management Journal. 65(3). 720–748. 50 indexed citations
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Guarana, Cristiano L., Naomi B. Rothman, & Shimul Melwani. (2022). Leader subjective ambivalence: Enabling team task performance via information‐seeking processes. Personnel Psychology. 76(3). 913–944. 4 indexed citations
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Melwani, Shimul & Naomi B. Rothman. (2021). The push-and-pull of frenemies: When and why ambivalent relationships lead to helping and harming.. Journal of Applied Psychology. 107(5). 707–723. 17 indexed citations
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Melwani, Shimul, et al.. (2021). Am I Next? The Spillover Effects of Mega-Threats on Identity Threat, Identity Labor, and Withdrawal. Academy of Management Proceedings. 2021(1). 11976–11976. 1 indexed citations
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Melwani, Shimul, et al.. (2020). More tasks, more ideas: The positive spillover effects of multitasking on subsequent creativity.. Journal of Applied Psychology. 106(4). 542–559. 48 indexed citations
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Goncalo, Jack A., Jennifer Mueller, & Shimul Melwani. (2019). The Bias Against Creativity: Why People Desire but Reject Creative Ideas. Carolina Digital Repository (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill). 16 indexed citations
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Melwani, Shimul, et al.. (2019). #BlackEmployeesMatter: Mega-Threats, Identity Fusion, and Enacting Positive Deviance in Organizations. Academy of Management Review. 44(3). 564–591. 123 indexed citations
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Mueller, Jennifer, Shimul Melwani, Jeffrey Loewenstein, & Jennifer J. Deal. (2017). Reframing the Decision-Makers’ Dilemma: Towards a Social Context Model of Creative Idea Recognition. Academy of Management Journal. 61(1). 94–110. 93 indexed citations
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Methot, Jessica R., Shimul Melwani, & Naomi B. Rothman. (2017). The Space Between Us: A Social-Functional Emotions View of Ambivalent and Indifferent Workplace Relationships. Journal of Management. 43(6). 1789–1819. 130 indexed citations
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Rothman, Naomi B. & Shimul Melwani. (2016). Feeling Mixed, Ambivalent, and in Flux: The Social Functions of Emotional Complexity for Leaders. Academy of Management Review. 42(2). 259–282. 122 indexed citations
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Mueller, Jennifer, Jeffrey Loewenstein, & Shimul Melwani. (2013). Social Roles and Category Use: A Study of Creativity Assessment. Cognitive Science. 35(35). 1 indexed citations
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Melwani, Shimul, Jennifer Mueller, & Jennifer R. Overbeck. (2012). Looking down: The influence of contempt and compassion on emergent leadership categorizations.. Journal of Applied Psychology. 97(6). 1171–1185. 65 indexed citations
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Melwani, Shimul. (2012). A Little Bird Told Me So...:the Emotional, Attributional, Relational And Team-Level Outcomes Of Engaging In Gossip. Scholarly Commons (University of Pennsylvania). 5 indexed citations
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Mueller, Jennifer, Shimul Melwani, & Jack A. Goncalo. (2011). The Bias Against Creativity. Psychological Science. 23(1). 13–17. 434 indexed citations
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Melwani, Shimul & Sigal G. Barsade. (2011). Held in contempt: The psychological, interpersonal, and performance consequences of contempt in a work context.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 101(3). 503–520. 56 indexed citations
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Filipowicz, Allan, Sigal G. Barsade, & Shimul Melwani. (2011). Understanding emotional transitions: The interpersonal consequences of changing emotions in negotiations.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 101(3). 541–556. 67 indexed citations

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