Thomas Sy

4.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
24 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Thomas Sy is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Sy has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Social Psychology, 13 papers in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management and 9 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Thomas Sy's work include Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior (12 papers), Social and Intergroup Psychology (8 papers) and Emotional Intelligence and Performance (7 papers). Thomas Sy is often cited by papers focused on Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior (12 papers), Social and Intergroup Psychology (8 papers) and Emotional Intelligence and Performance (7 papers). Thomas Sy collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Korea and Canada. Thomas Sy's co-authors include Stéphane Côté, Richard Saavedra, Linda A. O’Hara, Jin Nam Choi, Paul Whiteley, Stefanie K. Johnson, Anna Topakas, Robin Martin, Olga Epitropaki and Judy Strauss and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Organizational Behavior and The Leadership Quarterly.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Sy

23 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The Contagious Leader: Impact of the Leader's Mood on the Mood of Group Members, Group Affective Tone, and Group Processes.

2005 762 citations Thomas Sy, Stéphane Côté et al. Journal of Applied Psychology profile →
Relation of employee and manager emotional intelligence to job satisfaction and performance

2006 547 citations Thomas Sy, Linda A. O’Hara et al. Journal of Vocational Behavior profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thomas Sy United States	18	1.5k	1.5k	791	364	337	24	2.7k
Roseanne J. Foti United States	24	1.4k 0.9×	1.5k 1.0×	802 1.0×	451 1.2×	360 1.1×	40	2.8k
Marie T. Dasborough United States	24	1.5k 1.0×	1.8k 1.1×	882 1.1×	202 0.6×	382 1.1×	63	2.9k
Gary J. Greguras Singapore	23	1.1k 0.7×	1.7k 1.1×	861 1.1×	226 0.6×	289 0.9×	48	2.8k
Rebecca J. Reichard United States	20	1.4k 0.9×	1.5k 1.0×	495 0.6×	357 1.0×	550 1.6×	41	3.2k
Chad H. Van Iddekinge United States	29	716 0.5×	1.4k 0.9×	840 1.1×	376 1.0×	502 1.5×	65	2.9k
Nikos Bozionelos United Kingdom	29	942 0.6×	1.2k 0.8×	799 1.0×	441 1.2×	438 1.3×	81	2.9k
Abbie J. Shipp United States	22	1.1k 0.7×	1.5k 1.0×	725 0.9×	239 0.7×	262 0.8×	30	2.9k
Niels Van Quaquebeke Germany	33	906 0.6×	1.5k 1.0×	927 1.2×	297 0.8×	299 0.9×	96	3.0k
Dishan Kamdar United States	15	1.1k 0.7×	1.9k 1.3×	771 1.0×	211 0.6×	242 0.7×	20	2.6k
Lynn R. Offermann United States	22	987 0.6×	1.3k 0.8×	832 1.1×	639 1.8×	224 0.7×	49	2.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Thomas Sy

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Fields of papers citing papers by Thomas Sy

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas Sy

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Thomas Sy. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Thomas Sy based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Thomas Sy. Thomas Sy is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Sy, Thomas, et al.. (2025). The conditioned follower: Enhancing followership self-expectations via Galatea training. Computers in Human Behavior Reports. 17. 100597–100597.

Choi, Jin Nam, et al.. (2022). Translating proactive and responsive creativity to innovation implementation: The roles of internal and external team behaviours for implementation. Creativity and Innovation Management. 31(2). 162–178. 7 indexed citations

Sy, Thomas & Daan van Knippenberg. (2021). The emotional leader: Implicit theories of leadership emotions and leadership perceptions. Journal of Organizational Behavior. 42(7). 885–912. 22 indexed citations

Johnson, Stefanie K., et al.. (2020). Exploring the Bounds of Pygmalion Effects: Congruence of Implicit Followership Theories Drives and Binds Leader Performance Expectations and Follower Work Engagement. Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies. 28(2). 137–153. 33 indexed citations

Sy, Thomas, et al.. (2018). I Am as Incompetent as the Prototypical Group Member: An Investigation of Naturally Occurring Golem Effects in Work Groups. Frontiers in Psychology. 9. 1581–1581. 10 indexed citations

Sy, Thomas, et al.. (2018). Charismatic leadership: Eliciting and channeling follower emotions. The Leadership Quarterly. 29(1). 58–69. 68 indexed citations

Sy, Thomas, et al.. (2017). Developing minority leaders: Key success factors of Asian Americans.. Asian American Journal of Psychology. 8(2). 142–155. 19 indexed citations

Sy, Thomas, Jin Nam Choi, & Stefanie K. Johnson. (2013). Reciprocal interactions between group perceptions of leader charisma and group mood through mood contagion. The Leadership Quarterly. 24(4). 463–476. 35 indexed citations

Murray, Carolyn B., et al.. (2013). I See Me the Way You See Me. Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies. 21(1). 102–119. 29 indexed citations

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Epitropaki, Olga, et al.. (2013). Implicit Leadership and Followership Theories “in the wild”: Taking stock of information-processing approaches to leadership and followership in organizational settings. The Leadership Quarterly. 24(6). 858–881. 230 indexed citations

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Sy, Thomas & Jin Nam Choi. (2013). Contagious leaders and followers: Exploring multi-stage mood contagion in a leader activation and member propagation (LAMP) model. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. 122(2). 127–140. 82 indexed citations

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Sy, Thomas, et al.. (2012). A Part but Apart from Leadership: A Conceptual Synthesis of the Field of Followership. Academy of Management Proceedings. 2012(1). 18064–18064. 1 indexed citations

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Kruse, Elliott & Thomas Sy. (2011). MANIPULATING IMPLICIT THEORIES BY INDUCING AFFECT. Academy of Management Proceedings. 2011(1). 1–6. 14 indexed citations

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Sy, Thomas, et al.. (2011). Team Emotional Intelligence and Performance. Small Group Research. 43(1). 75–104. 79 indexed citations

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Sy, Thomas, et al.. (2010). Leadership perceptions as a function of race–occupation fit: The case of Asian Americans.. Journal of Applied Psychology. 95(5). 902–919. 160 indexed citations

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Shore, Ted H., Thomas Sy, & Judy Strauss. (2006). Leader responsiveness, equity sensitivity, and employee attitudes and behavior. Journal of Business and Psychology. 21(2). 227–241. 40 indexed citations

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Sy, Thomas, et al.. (2006). Relation of employee and manager emotional intelligence to job satisfaction and performance. Journal of Vocational Behavior. 68(3). 461–473. 547 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sy, Thomas, et al.. (2005). Challenges and Strategies of Matrix Organizations: Top-Level and Mid-Level Managers' Perspectives. 28(1). 39–49. 44 indexed citations

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Sy, Thomas, Stéphane Côté, & Richard Saavedra. (2005). The Contagious Leader: Impact of the Leader's Mood on the Mood of Group Members, Group Affective Tone, and Group Processes.. Journal of Applied Psychology. 90(2). 295–305. 762 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sy, Thomas & Stéphane Côté. (2004). Emotional intelligence. Journal of Management Development. 23(5). 437–455. 78 indexed citations

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