Vas Taras

5.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
61 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Vas Taras is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Communication and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Vas Taras has authored 61 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Social Psychology, 31 papers in Communication and 19 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Vas Taras's work include Team Dynamics and Performance (25 papers), International Student and Expatriate Challenges (25 papers) and Cultural Differences and Values (17 papers). Vas Taras is often cited by papers focused on Team Dynamics and Performance (25 papers), International Student and Expatriate Challenges (25 papers) and Cultural Differences and Values (17 papers). Vas Taras collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and Canada. Vas Taras's co-authors include Piers Steel, Bradley L. Kirkman, Riikka M. Sarala, Paulina Junni, Shlomo Y. Tarba, J.I.A. Rowney, Marjaana Gunkel, Christopher Schlaegel, Peter Magnusson and Alfredo Jiménez and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Business Research and Journal of International Business Studies.

In The Last Decade

Vas Taras

57 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Examining the impact of Culture's consequences: A three-decade, multilevel, meta-analytic review of Hofstede's cultural value dimensions.

2010 754 citations Vas Taras, Bradley L. Kirkman et al. Journal of Applied Psychology profile →
Organizational Ambidexterity and Performance: A Meta-Analysis

2013 670 citations Paulina Junni, Riikka M. Sarala et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Vas Taras United States	19	1.2k	915	895	804	761	61	3.3k
Alexander Pundt Germany	13	1.3k 1.1×	740 0.8×	1.4k 1.6×	837 1.0×	686 0.9×	25	3.5k
Sven C. Voelpel Germany	30	814 0.7×	1.3k 1.4×	1.5k 1.6×	783 1.0×	732 1.0×	73	4.1k
Jill Perry-Smith United States	14	1.0k 0.9×	1.3k 1.4×	1.6k 1.7×	1.1k 1.4×	861 1.1×	19	4.5k
Mary Sully de Luque United States	19	646 0.5×	708 0.8×	1.1k 1.3×	505 0.6×	476 0.6×	33	2.4k
Kevin Au Hong Kong	32	881 0.7×	784 0.9×	1.6k 1.8×	909 1.1×	676 0.9×	59	3.4k
Tomasz Lenartowicz United States	17	655 0.6×	467 0.5×	697 0.8×	639 0.8×	636 0.8×	23	2.2k
Tae‐Yeol Kim China	30	1.3k 1.1×	868 0.9×	2.5k 2.8×	913 1.1×	491 0.6×	123	4.2k
Ella Miron‐Spektor Israel	20	738 0.6×	1.5k 1.6×	1.2k 1.3×	454 0.6×	457 0.6×	42	3.6k
Sherry M. B. Thatcher United States	31	1.2k 1.0×	819 0.9×	2.0k 2.2×	1.5k 1.9×	536 0.7×	84	4.3k
Spencer Harrison United States	15	716 0.6×	608 0.7×	1.7k 1.9×	886 1.1×	371 0.5×	28	3.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Vas Taras

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Vas Taras

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Taras, Vas. (2025). The barriers to global virtual team effectiveness: Expectations vs. reality. Organizational Dynamics. 54(3). 101144–101144.

Richards, Malika, et al.. (2025). Perceptions of leadership effectiveness in global virtual teams: Gender, personality, and self- versus peer evaluations. The Leadership Quarterly. 36(3). 101859–101859. 1 indexed citations

Johnson, William H.A., et al.. (2025). Transcending conflict in global virtual teams: Multi-level effects of cultural intelligence and perceptions of conflict on subjective and objective outcomes. Journal of International Management. 31(1). 101219–101219.

Taras, Vas, et al.. (2024). Reducing freeloading in Global Virtual Teams: A quasi-experimental approach. Journal of World Business. 59(5). 101566–101566. 2 indexed citations

Froese, Fabian Jintae, et al.. (2024). Motivation in Virtual Teams: A Dynamic Exploration of Trajectories and Contextual Associations. Academy of Management Proceedings. 2024(1). 1 indexed citations

Tavoletti, Ernesto, et al.. (2024). A configurational analysis of university ranking, cognitive ability and cultural intelligence in global virtual teams: The role of academic pedigree. The International Journal of Management Education. 22(3). 101040–101040. 2 indexed citations

Hirokawa, Kumi, et al.. (2023). Hofstede’s Cultural Values and Birth Rate and Longevity: A National-Level Analysis. Journal of Adult Development. 31(2). 87–98. 1 indexed citations

Tavoletti, Ernesto, et al.. (2023). Peer performance evaluations in global virtual teams: A longitudinal analysis of surface- and deep-level attributes. Journal of International Management. 29(3). 101029–101029. 6 indexed citations

Şahin, Faruk, et al.. (2023). A configurational approach for analyzing cultural values and performance in Global Virtual Teams. International Business Review. 33(1). 102204–102204. 3 indexed citations

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Richter, Nicole, et al.. (2022). International business strategy and cross-cultural management:an applied approach. University of Southern Denmark Research Portal (University of Southern Denmark). 1 indexed citations

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Taras, Vas, et al.. (2022). The many names of “Roots tourism”: An integrative review of the terminology. Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management. 50. 245–258. 14 indexed citations

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Arora, Anshu Saxena, Amit Arora, & Vas Taras. (2019). The moderating role of culture in social media-based spatial imagery, consumer xenocentrism, and word-of-mouth for global virtual teams. International Journal of Cross Cultural Management. 19(2). 160–193. 18 indexed citations

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Poór, József, et al.. (2018). Central and Eastern European Experience of the X-Culture Project in Teaching International Management and Cross-Cultural Communication. Journal of Intercultural Management. 10(1). 5–41. 3 indexed citations

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González-Pérez, María Alejandra & Vas Taras. (2015). Conceptual and Theoretical Foundations: Experiential Learning in International Business and International Management Fields. 12–16. 4 indexed citations

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Taras, Vas, et al.. (2015). Cross-cultural Virtual Group Work: Cooperation vs. Collaboration (Case of Project ‘X-Culture’). 88(2). 1 indexed citations

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Taras, Vas, Piers Steel, & Bradley L. Kirkman. (2014). Does Country Equal Culture? Beyond Geography in the Search for Cultural Entities. Academy of Management Proceedings. 2014(1). 17239–17239. 4 indexed citations

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Taras, Vas, Dan V. Caprar, Daniel Rottig, et al.. (2013). A Global Classroom? Evaluating the Effectiveness of Global Virtual Collaboration as a Teaching Tool in Management Education. Universiti Utara Malaysia Institutional Repository (Universiti Utara Malaysia). 1 indexed citations

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Junni, Paulina, Riikka M. Sarala, Vas Taras, & Shlomo Y. Tarba. (2013). A meta-analysis of the effect of organizational ambidexterity on performance. Academy of Management Proceedings. 2013(1). 17601–17601. 3 indexed citations

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Taras, Vas, Piers Steel, & Bradley L. Kirkman. (2011). Three decades of research on national culture in the workplace. Organizational Dynamics. 40(3). 189–198. 71 indexed citations

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Taras, Vas, Bradley L. Kirkman, & Piers Steel. (2010). Examining the impact of Culture's consequences: A three-decade, multilevel, meta-analytic review of Hofstede's cultural value dimensions.. Journal of Applied Psychology. 95(3). 405–439. 754 indexed citations breakdown →

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