Most cited papers in Emotional Intelligence and Performance
What are the most cited papers in Emotional Intelligence and Performance?
The most cited paper in Emotional Intelligence and Performance is "The role of positive emotions in positive psychology: The broaden-and-build theory of positive emotions." (Barbara L. Fredrickson, 2001), with 14,780 citations. Next come "Emotional Intelligence" (9,321) and "THE BIG FIVE PERSONALITY DIMENSIONS AND JOB PERFORMANCE: A META‐ANALYSIS" (8,760).
Showing 50 of 99 papers. Every paper with more than 1,392 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The role of positive emotions in positive psychology: The broaden-and-build theory of positive emotions. Barbara L. Fredrickson · American Psychologist | Mar 2001 | 14,780 |
| 2 | Emotional Intelligence Peter Salovey, John D. Mayer · Imagination Cognition and Personality | Mar 1990 | 9,321 |
| 3 | THE BIG FIVE PERSONALITY DIMENSIONS AND JOB PERFORMANCE: A META‐ANALYSIS Murray R. Barrick, Michael Kelly Mount · Personnel Psychology | Mar 1991 | 8,760 |
| 4 | Unskilled and unaware of it: How difficulties in recognizing one's own incompetence lead to inflated self-assessments. Justin Kruger, David Alan Dunning · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology | 1999 | 7,146 |
| 5 | What Good Are Positive Emotions? Barbara L. Fredrickson · Review of General Psychology | Sep 1998 | 5,669 |
| 6 | Authentic leadership development: Getting to the root of positive forms of leadership Bruce J. Avolio, William L. Gardner · The Leadership Quarterly | 26 Apr 2005 | 5,436 |
| 7 | The development of markers for the Big-Five factor structure. Lewis R. Goldberg · Psychological Assessment | Mar 1992 | 5,305 |
| 8 | Human Problem Solving Allen Newell | Jun 1972 | 4,914 |
| 9 | Measuring personality in one minute or less: A 10-item short version of the Big Five Inventory in English and German Beatrice Rammstedt, Oliver P. John · Journal of Research in Personality | 5 Apr 2006 | 4,330 |
| 10 | The broaden–and–build theory of positive emotions Barbara L. Fredrickson · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences | 17 Aug 2004 | 4,217 |
| 11 | Transformational and Transactional Leadership: A Meta-Analytic Test of Their Relative Validity. Timothy A. Judge, Ronald F. Piccolo · Journal of Applied Psychology | Oct 2004 | 4,169 |
| 12 | The validity and utility of selection methods in personnel psychology: Practical and theoretical implications of 85 years of research findings. Frank L. Schmidt, John E. Hunter · Psychological Bulletin | Sep 1998 | 4,076 |
| 13 | If it changes it must be a process: Study of emotion and coping during three stages of a college examination. Susan Folkman, Richard S. Lazarus · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology | 1985 | 4,033 |
| 14 | Development and validation of a measure of emotional intelligence Nicola S. Schutte, John M. Malouff, Lena Hall et al. · Personality and Individual Differences | Aug 1998 | 3,861 |
| 15 | Learning Theories: An Educational Perspective Dale H. Schunk | Feb 1991 | 3,745 |
| 16 | Affective Events Theory: A theoretical discussion of the structure, causes and consequences of affective experiences at work. Howard M. Weiss, Russell Cropanzano | 1996 | 3,522 |
| 17 | The structure of phenotypic personality traits. L. Goldberg · American Psychologist | 1993 | 3,454 |
| 18 | Authentic Leadership: Development and Validation of a Theory-Based Measure† Fred Ochieng Walumbwa, Bruce J. Avolio, William L. Gardner et al. · Journal of Management | 26 Oct 2007 | 3,441 |
| 19 | Relationship of core self-evaluations traits—self-esteem, generalized self-efficacy, locus of control, and emotional stability—with job satisfaction and job performance: A meta-analysis. Timothy A. Judge, Joyce E. Bono · Journal of Applied Psychology | 2001 | 3,437 |
| 20 | The effects of leader and follower emotional intelligence on performance and attitude Chi‐Sum Wong, Kenneth S. Law · The Leadership Quarterly | Jun 2002 | 3,240 |
| 21 | Toward a cognitive social learning reconceptualization of personality. Walter Mischel · Psychological Review | 1973 | 3,219 |
| 22 | The proactive component of organizational behavior: A measure and correlates Thomas S. Bateman, J. Michael Crant · Journal of Organizational Behavior | Mar 1993 | 3,118 |
| 23 | Personality and leadership: A qualitative and quantitative review. Timothy A. Judge, Joyce E. Bono, Remus Ionuț Ilieș et al. · Journal of Applied Psychology | 2002 | 3,035 |
| 24 | Beyond IQ: A Triarchic Theory of Human Intelligence Ann M. Clarke, Robert J. Sternberg · British Journal of Educational Studies | Jun 1986 | 2,889 |
| 25 | Emotional intelligence meets traditional standards for an intelligence John D. Mayer, David R. A. Caruso, Peter Salovey · Intelligence | Dec 1999 | 2,877 |
| 26 | A meta-analysis of the five-factor model of personality and academic performance. Arthur E. Poropat · Psychological Bulletin | Mar 2009 | 2,741 |
| 27 | Positive Emotions Trigger Upward Spirals Toward Emotional Well-Being Barbara L. Fredrickson, Thomas E. Joiner · Psychological Science | Mar 2002 | 2,668 |
| 28 | From Psychological Stress to the Emotions: A History of Changing Outlooks Richard S. Lazarus · Annual Review of Psychology | 1993 | 2,404 |
| 29 | Proactive Behavior in Organizations J. Michael Crant · Journal of Management | Jun 2000 | 2,375 |
| 30 | Positive Affect and the Complex Dynamics of Human Flourishing. Barbara L. Fredrickson, Marcial F. Losada · American Psychologist | Oct 2005 | 2,341 |
| 31 | Relations among emotion, appraisal, and emotional action readiness. Nico H. Frijda, Peter Kuipers, Elisabeth ter Schure · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology | Aug 1989 | 2,330 |
| 32 | TARGET ARTICLES: "Emotional Intelligence: Theory, Findings, and Implications" John D. Mayer, Peter Salovey, David R. A. Caruso · Psychological Inquiry | Jul 2004 | 2,323 |
| 33 | Emotional attention, clarity, and repair: Exploring emotional intelligence using the Trait Meta-Mood Scale. Peter Salovey, John D. Mayer, Susan Lee Goldman et al. · American Psychological Association eBooks | 1995 | 2,314 |
| 34 | Unlocking the mask: a look at the process by which authentic leaders impact follower attitudes and behaviors Bruce J. Avolio, William L. Gardner, Fred Ochieng Walumbwa et al. · The Leadership Quarterly | 12 Nov 2004 | 2,265 |
| 35 | Measuring emotions in students’ learning and performance: The Achievement Emotions Questionnaire (AEQ) Reinhard H. Pekrun, Thomas Goetz, Anne Christiane Frenzel et al. · Contemporary Educational Psychology | 31 Oct 2010 | 2,252 |
| 36 | Positive affect facilitates creative problem solving. Alice M. Isen, Kimberly A. Daubman, Gary P. Nowicki · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology | 1987 | 2,211 |
| 37 | THE BIG FIVE PERSONALITY TRAITS, GENERAL MENTAL ABILITY, AND CAREER SUCCESS ACROSS THE LIFE SPAN Timothy A. Judge, Chad A. Higgins, Carl J. Thoresen et al. · Personnel Psychology | Sep 1999 | 2,204 |
| 38 | Leadership Behavior and Employee Voice: Is the Door Really Open? James R. Detert, Ethan R. Burris · Academy of Management Journal | Aug 2007 | 2,204 |
| 39 | “Can you see the real me?” A self-based model of authentic leader and follower development William L. Gardner, Bruce J. Avolio, Fred Luthans et al. · The Leadership Quarterly | 29 May 2005 | 2,204 |
| 40 | Cultural Intelligence: Its Measurement and Effects on Cultural Judgment and Decision Making, Cultural Adaptation and Task Performance Soon Ghee Ang, Linn Van Dyne, Christine Siew Kuan Koh et al. · Management and Organization Review | 8 Oct 2007 | 2,203 |
| 41 | Five-factor model of personality and job satisfaction: A meta-analysis. Timothy A. Judge, Daniel Arturo Heller, Michael Kelly Mount · Journal of Applied Psychology | Jun 2002 | 2,167 |
| 42 | Human Abilities: Emotional Intelligence John D. Mayer, Richard D. Roberts, Sigal G. Barsade · Annual Review of Psychology | 15 Oct 2007 | 2,155 |
| 43 | Domains and Facets: Hierarchical Personality Assessment Using the Revised NEO Personality Inventory Paul T. Costa, Robert R. McCrae · Journal of Personality Assessment | Feb 1995 | 2,112 |
| 44 | Psychological Capital: Developing the Human Competitive Edge Fred Luthans, Carolyn M. Youssef, Bruce J. Avolio | 2006 | 2,078 |
| 45 | Organizational citizenship behavior and workplace deviance: The role of affect and cognitions. Kibeom Lee, Natalie J. Allen · Journal of Applied Psychology | 2002 | 2,060 |
| 46 | An evaluation of conceptual weaknesses in transformational and charismatic leadership theories GARY A. YUKL · The Leadership Quarterly | 1999 | 2,060 |
| 47 | Field-Dependent and Field-Independent Cognitive Styles and Their Educational Implications Herman A. Witkin, Carol Ann Moore, DR Goodenough et al. · Review of Educational Research | Mar 1977 | 2,052 |
| 48 | Development and validation of the job crafting scale Maria Tims, Arnold B. Bakker, Daantje Derks · Journal of Vocational Behavior | 28 May 2011 | 2,030 |
| 49 | Emotions and Leadership: The Role of Emotional Intelligence Jennifer M. George · Human Relations | Aug 2000 | 2,023 |
| 50 | Toward a Theory of Intrinsically Motivating Instruction* Thomas W. Malone · Cognitive Science | Oct 1981 | 2,018 |
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