Wolfgang Kälin

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Wolfgang Kälin is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Wolfgang Kälin has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in General Health Professions, 13 papers in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management and 7 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Wolfgang Kälin's work include Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior (12 papers), Workplace Health and Well-being (10 papers) and Employment and Welfare Studies (10 papers). Wolfgang Kälin is often cited by papers focused on Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior (12 papers), Workplace Health and Well-being (10 papers) and Employment and Welfare Studies (10 papers). Wolfgang Kälin collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and Germany. Wolfgang Kälin's co-authors include Norbert K. Semmer, Achim Elfering, Laurenz L. Meier, Nicola Jacobshagen, Franziska Tschan, Simone Grebner, Terry A. Beehr, Anita C. Keller, Martial Berset and Maria U. Kottwitz and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Applied Psychology and Journal of Vocational Behavior.

In The Last Decade

Wolfgang Kälin

22 papers receiving 1.3k 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.

  1. Taking the chance: Core self-evaluations predict relative gain in job resources following turnover
    2016 269 citations Achim Elfering, Anita C. Keller et al. SpringerPlus profile →

Peers

Wolfgang Kälin
Anita C. Keller Switzerland
Simone Grebner Switzerland
Andrew Bennett United States
Alyssa Mitchell Gibbons United States
Antonio Rial Boubeta Spain
Andrew T. Jebb United States
Danielle King United States
Diep Nguyen Australia
Yuhsuan Chang Taiwan
Haeyoung Lee South Korea
Anita C. Keller Switzerland
Wolfgang Kälin
Citations per year, relative to Wolfgang Kälin Wolfgang Kälin (= 1×) peers Anita C. Keller

Countries citing papers authored by Wolfgang Kälin

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Fields of papers citing papers by Wolfgang Kälin

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wolfgang Kälin

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Semmer, Norbert K., Marcel Kern, Wolfgang Kälin, et al.. (2025). Undermining the experience of task‐related success by illegitimate tasks: A three‐wave study. Applied Psychology. 74(6).
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Semmer, Norbert K., Wolfgang Kälin, Fabienne T. Amstad, et al.. (2025). Dysfunctional Social Support: Delivering Social Support at Work in an Unappreciative Way. Occupational Health Science. 9(2). 583–608. 2 indexed citations
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Kottwitz, Maria U., Wolfgang Kälin, & Kathleen Otto. (2025). Illegitimate Tasks Predict Sleep Disturbances and Musculoskeletal Pain: Single and Serial Indirect Effects of Qualitative Job Insecurity and Emotional Exhaustion. Occupational Health Science. 9(3). 711–742.
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Gerhardt, Christin, Norbert K. Semmer, Wolfgang Kälin, et al.. (2021). How are social stressors at work related to well-being and health? A systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Public Health. 21(1). 890–890. 45 indexed citations
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Kottwitz, Maria U., et al.. (2021). Why do Illegitimate Tasks Cause Pain? Qualitative Job Insecurity as an Underlying Mechanism. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 6(1). 10 indexed citations
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Pfister, Isabel B., et al.. (2020). Appreciation and Illegitimate Tasks as Predictors of Affective Well-being: Disentangling Within- and Between-Person Effects. Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology. 36(1). 63–75. 24 indexed citations
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Semmer, Norbert K., Franziska Tschan, Nicola Jacobshagen, et al.. (2019). Stress as Offense to Self: a Promising Approach Comes of Age. Occupational Health Science. 3(3). 205–238. 110 indexed citations
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Kälin, Wolfgang, et al.. (2018). Do Co‐Worker Conflicts Enhance Daily Worries about Job Insecurity: A Diary Study. Applied Psychology. 68(1). 26–52. 14 indexed citations
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Elfering, Achim, Anita C. Keller, Martial Berset, et al.. (2016). Taking the chance: Core self-evaluations predict relative gain in job resources following turnover. SpringerPlus. 5(1). 1702–1702. 269 indexed citations breakdown →
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Semmer, Norbert K., Nicola Jacobshagen, Laurenz L. Meier, et al.. (2015). Illegitimate tasks as a source of work stress. Work & Stress. 29(1). 32–56. 232 indexed citations
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Salathé, Cornelia Rolli, Markus Melloh, Wolfgang Kälin, et al.. (2013). Comparison of pain‐resilient working individuals to population‐based case controls with/without momentary low back pain. European Journal of Pain. 17(9). 1411–1421. 6 indexed citations
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Kälin, Wolfgang, et al.. (2012). Stress bei Schweizer Erwerbstätigen. Bern Open Repository and Information System (University of Bern). 3 indexed citations
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Kottwitz, Maria U., Laurenz L. Meier, Nicola Jacobshagen, et al.. (2012). Illegitimate tasks associated with higher cortisol levels among male employees when subjective health is relatively low: an intra-individual analysis. Scandinavian Journal of Work Environment & Health. 39(3). 310–318. 60 indexed citations
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Groß, Sven, Norbert K. Semmer, Laurenz L. Meier, et al.. (2011). The effect of positive events at work on after-work fatigue: They matter most in face of adversity.. Journal of Applied Psychology. 96(3). 654–664. 89 indexed citations
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Semmer, Norbert K., et al.. (2011). The ambivalence of challenge stressors: Time pressure associated with both negative and positive well-being. Journal of Vocational Behavior. 80(2). 422–433. 196 indexed citations
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Elfering, Achim, et al.. (2006). First years in job: A three-wave analysis of work experiences. Journal of Vocational Behavior. 70(1). 97–115. 43 indexed citations
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Grebner, Simone, et al.. (2003). Working conditions, well-being, and job-related attitudes among call centre agents. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology. 12(4). 341–365. 140 indexed citations
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Kälin, Wolfgang, Norbert K. Semmer, Achim Elfering, et al.. (2000). Work characteristics and well- being of Swiss apprentices entering the labor market 1. 59(4). 272. 22 indexed citations

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