Umar Safdar

814 total citations · 1 hit paper
17 papers, 577 citations indexed

About

Umar Safdar is a scholar working on Communication, Economics and Econometrics and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Umar Safdar has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 577 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Communication, 4 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 3 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Umar Safdar's work include Knowledge Management and Sharing (4 papers), Technology Adoption and User Behaviour (3 papers) and Organizational and Employee Performance (2 papers). Umar Safdar is often cited by papers focused on Knowledge Management and Sharing (4 papers), Technology Adoption and User Behaviour (3 papers) and Organizational and Employee Performance (2 papers). Umar Safdar collaborates with scholars based in Pakistan, Thailand and Oman. Umar Safdar's co-authors include Yuosre F. Badir, Bilal Afsar, Adeel Tariq, Waqas Tariq, Kamal Badar, Saif Ullah, Basharat Raza, Ahsen Maqsoom, Zeeshan Ali and Mir Dost and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Frontiers in Psychology and Journal of Environmental Psychology.

In The Last Decade

Umar Safdar

16 papers receiving 543 citations

Hit Papers

Linking spiritual leadership and employee pro-environment... 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 100 200 300 400
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. Linking spiritual leadership and employee pro-environmental behavior: The influence of workplace spirituality, intrinsic motivation, and environmental passion
    2015 412 citations Bilal Afsar, Yuosre F. Badir et al. Journal of Environmental Psychology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Umar Safdar Pakistan 7 280 191 168 155 112 17 577
Farheen Javed Pakistan 8 439 1.6× 210 1.1× 316 1.9× 367 2.4× 78 0.7× 11 822
Md Karim Rabiul Thailand 15 223 0.8× 85 0.4× 386 2.3× 154 1.0× 116 1.0× 44 747
Anugamini Priya Srivastava India 15 216 0.8× 114 0.6× 139 0.8× 170 1.1× 28 0.3× 44 537
H. H. D. N. P. Opatha Sri Lanka 13 594 2.1× 308 1.6× 231 1.4× 452 2.9× 58 0.5× 46 1.1k
Kullada Phetvaroon Thailand 8 764 2.7× 427 2.2× 175 1.0× 460 3.0× 43 0.4× 12 1.0k
Rana Muhammad Naeem Pakistan 8 479 1.7× 242 1.3× 225 1.3× 316 2.0× 78 0.7× 17 780
Roselina Ahmad Saufi Malaysia 15 143 0.5× 53 0.3× 289 1.7× 138 0.9× 63 0.6× 50 713
Wanxing Jiang China 8 221 0.8× 55 0.3× 114 0.7× 280 1.8× 39 0.3× 19 491

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Fields of papers citing papers by Umar Safdar

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Umar Safdar

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Umar Safdar. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Umar Safdar 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 Umar Safdar. Umar Safdar is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

17 of 17 papers shown
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Ahmed, Ishfaq, et al.. (2025). Consumers' perceptions of quality, packaging, and purchase intentions: an analysis of the perfume market in Oman. Sapienza International Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies. 6(1). e25001–e25001. 1 indexed citations
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Safdar, Umar, et al.. (2023). An augmentation for innovation: psycho-Tech innovative work behavior model through an intellectual risk-taking pathway. Economic Research-Ekonomska Istraživanja. 36(3). 1 indexed citations
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Ullah, Saif, et al.. (2022). Consumers’ Intention to Adopt m-payment/m-banking: The Role of Their Financial Skills and Digital Literacy. Frontiers in Psychology. 13. 873708–873708. 34 indexed citations
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Safdar, Umar, et al.. (2022). Herd behaviour in foreign exchange market. Journal of Economic Structures. 11(1). 3 indexed citations
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Kaur, Parveen, et al.. (2020). Relationship between Organizational Benefits and Employee Job Engagement. European Online Journal of Natural and Social Sciences. 9(2). 339–350. 4 indexed citations
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Tariq, Adeel, Yuosre F. Badir, Umar Safdar, Waqas Tariq, & Kamal Badar. (2019). Linking firms’ life cycle, capabilities, and green innovation. Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management. 31(2). 284–305. 47 indexed citations
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Safdar, Umar, et al.. (2019). Inclusive leadership and creative self-efficacy: Testing the moderating and mediating mechanisms. Academy of Management Proceedings. 2019(1). 17550–17550. 2 indexed citations
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Maqsoom, Ahsen, et al.. (2018). Intrinsic psychosocial stressors and construction worker productivity: impact of employee age and industry experience. Economic Research-Ekonomska Istraživanja. 31(1). 1880–1902. 20 indexed citations
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Afsar, Bilal, Zeeshan Ali, Mir Dost, & Umar Safdar. (2017). Linking error management practices with call center employees' helping behaviors and service recovery performance. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.
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Safdar, Umar, Yuosre F. Badir, & Bilal Afsar. (2017). Who can I ask? How psychological safety affects knowledge sourcing among new product development team members. The Journal of High Technology Management Research. 28(1). 79–92. 24 indexed citations
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Ali, Zeeshan, Mir Dost, Umar Safdar, & Bilal Afsar. (2017). Flight attendant's knowledge sharing, innovative work behaviour, and new service development. 2(2/3). 193–193. 2 indexed citations
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Afsar, Bilal, Umar Safdar, Mir Dost, & Zeeshan Ali. (2017). Flight attendant's knowledge sharing, innovative work behaviour, and new service development. 2(2/3). 193–193. 4 indexed citations
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Afsar, Bilal, Yuosre F. Badir, & Umar Safdar. (2015). Linking spiritual leadership and employee pro-environmental behavior: The influence of workplace spirituality, intrinsic motivation, and environmental passion. Journal of Environmental Psychology. 45. 79–88. 412 indexed citations breakdown →
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Safdar, Umar, et al.. (2012). The Influence of Job Burnout on Intention to Stay in the Organization: Mediating Role of Affective Commitment. 9 indexed citations

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