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Most cited papers in Emotional Labor in Professions

What are the most cited papers in Emotional Labor in Professions?

The most cited paper in Emotional Labor in Professions is "PSYCHOLOGICAL CONDITIONS OF PERSONAL ENGAGEMENT AND DISENGAGEMENT AT WORK." (William A. Kahn, 1990), with 9,224 citations. Next come "Affective, Continuance, and Normative Commitment to the Organization: A Meta-analysis of Antecedents, Correlates, and Consequences" (6,887) and "The psychological conditions of meaningfulness, safety and availability and the engagement of the human spirit at work" (3,469).

Showing 50 of 99 papers. Every paper with more than 630 citations is listed.

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1 PSYCHOLOGICAL CONDITIONS OF PERSONAL ENGAGEMENT AND DISENGAGEMENT AT WORK. William A. Kahn · Academy of Management Journal Dec 1990 9,224
2 Affective, Continuance, and Normative Commitment to the Organization: A Meta-analysis of Antecedents, Correlates, and Consequences John P. Meyer, David John Stanley, Lynne Herscovitch et al. · Journal of Vocational Behavior Review Aug 2002 6,887
3 The psychological conditions of meaningfulness, safety and availability and the engagement of the human spirit at work Douglas R. May, Richard L. Gilson, Lynn M. Harter · Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology Mar 2004 3,469
4 Emotional regulation in the workplace: A new way to conceptualize emotional labor. Alicia A. Grandey · Journal of Occupational Health Psychology 2000 3,249
5 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
6 Moral Emotions and Moral Behavior June Price Tangney, Jeff Stuewig, Debra J. Mashek · Annual Review of Psychology ReviewOpen access 22 Aug 2006 3,233
7 Perceived supervisor support: Contributions to perceived organizational support and employee retention. Robert Eisenberger, Florence Stinglhamber, Christian Vandenberghe et al. · Journal of Applied Psychology Jun 2002 2,738
8 Provisional Selves: Experimenting with Image and Identity in Professional Adaptation Herminia Ibarra · Administrative Science Quarterly Dec 1999 2,680
9 Emotional Labor in Service Roles: The Influence of Identity Blake E. Ashforth, Ronald H. Humphrey · Academy of Management Review 1993 2,564
10 Emotional Labor and Burnout: Comparing Two Perspectives of “People Work” Céleste M. Brotheridge, Alicia A. Grandey · Journal of Vocational Behavior Feb 2002 2,361
11 Perceived Organizational Support: A Meta-Analytic Evaluation of Organizational Support Theory James N. Kurtessis, Robert Eisenberger, Michael T. Ford et al. · Journal of Management Open access 12 Mar 2015 2,300
12 The Dimensions, Antecedents, and Consequences of Emotional Labor John A. Morris, Daniel Charles Feldman · Academy of Management Review Oct 1996 2,070
13 WHEN "THE SHOW MUST GO ON": SURFACE ACTING AND DEEP ACTING AS DETERMINANTS OF EMOTIONAL EXHAUSTION AND PEER-RATED SERVICE DELIVERY. Alicia A. Grandey · Academy of Management Journal Feb 2003 2,033
14 Best Practice Recommendations for Designing and Implementing Experimental Vignette Methodology Studies Herman Aguinis, Kyle J. Bradley · Organizational Research Methods 25 Aug 2014 2,021
15 INTEGRATING JUSTICE AND SOCIAL EXCHANGE: THE DIFFERING EFFECTS OF FAIR PROCEDURES AND TREATMENT ON WORK RELATIONSHIPS. Suzanne S. Masterson, K. W. Lewis, Barry M. Goldman et al. · Academy of Management Journal Aug 2000 1,994
16 Enriching or Depleting? The Dynamics of Engagement in Work and Family Roles Nancy P. Rothbard · Administrative Science Quarterly Open access Dec 2001 1,878
17 Organizational Behavior: Affect in the Workplace Arthur P. Brief, Howard M. Weiss · Annual Review of Psychology Review Feb 2002 1,783
18 Mechanisms Linking Work and Family: Clarifying the Relationship Between Work and Family Constructs Jeffrey R. Edwards, Nancy P. Rothbard · Academy of Management Review 2000 1,771
19 THE IMPACT OF PSYCHOLOGICAL CONTRACT BREACH ON WORK‐RELATED OUTCOMES: A META‐ANALYSIS Hao Zhao, Sandy J. Wayne, Brian Glibkowski et al. · Personnel Psychology Sep 2007 1,623
20 Lack of method variance in self-reported affect and perceptions at work: Reality or artifact? Larry J. Williams, Joseph A. Cote, Michael Ronald Buckley · Journal of Applied Psychology Jun 1989 1,561
21 The Experience of Work-Related Stress across Occupations Sheena Joanne Johnson, Cary L. Cooper, Sue Cartwright et al. · Journal of Managerial Psychology Mar 2005 1,546
22 Emotion in the Workplace: A Reappraisal Blake E. Ashforth, Ronald H. Humphrey · Human Relations Feb 1995 1,466
23 Counterproductive Work Behavior (CWB) in Response to Job Stressors and Organizational Justice: Some Mediator and Moderator Tests for Autonomy and Emotions Suzy Fox, Paul E. Spector, Don Miles · Journal of Vocational Behavior Dec 2001 1,438
24 The Conservation of Resources Model Applied to Work–Family Conflict and Strain Alicia A. Grandey, Russell Cropanzano · Journal of Vocational Behavior Apr 1999 1,394
25 “How Can You Do It?”: Dirty Work and the Challenge of Constructing a Positive Identity Blake E. Ashforth, Glen E. Kreiner · Academy of Management Review Jul 1999 1,368
26 Work Motivation Theory and Research at the Dawn of the Twenty-First Century Gary P. Latham, Craig C. Pinder · Annual Review of Psychology Review 2 Nov 2004 1,361
27 MANAGING CUSTOMER SERVICES: HUMAN RESOURCE PRACTICES, QUIT RATES, AND SALES GROWTH. Rosemary Batt · Academy of Management Journal Jun 2002 1,361
28 Commitment and employee behavior: Comparison of affective commitment and continuance commitment with perceived organizational support. Lynn M. Shore, Sandy J. Wayne · Journal of Applied Psychology Oct 1993 1,359
29 An Appraisal Perspective of Teacher Burnout: Examining the Emotional Work of Teachers Mei‐Lin Chang · Educational Psychology Review 29 Jun 2009 1,350
30 The dimensionality and antecedents of emotional labor strategies James M. Diefendorff, Meredith H. Croyle, Robin H. Gosserand · Journal of Vocational Behavior 13 May 2004 1,329
31 SERVICE WITH A SMILE: EMOTIONAL CONTAGION IN THE SERVICE ENCOUNTER. S. Douglas Pugh · Academy of Management Journal Oct 2001 1,325
32 On the costs and benefits of emotional labor: A meta-analysis of three decades of research. Ute Regina Hulsheger, Anna F. Schewe · Journal of Occupational Health Psychology ReviewOpen access Jul 2011 1,257
33 Development and validation of the Emotional Labour Scale Céleste M. Brotheridge, Raymond T. Lee · Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology Sep 2003 1,254
34 Emotion work and psychological well-being Dieter Zapf · Human Resource Management Review Jun 2002 1,230
35 The Concept of Employability Ronald William McQuaid, Colin Lindsay · Urban Studies Open access Feb 2005 1,216
36 ROLE DEFINITIONS AND ORGANIZATIONAL CITIZENSHIP BEHAVIOR: THE IMPORTANCE OF THE EMPLOYEE'S PERSPECTIVE. E. W. Morrison · Academy of Management Journal Dec 1994 1,193
37 To Be Fully There: Psychological Presence at Work William A. Kahn · Human Relations Apr 1992 1,190
38 The psychological structure of pride: A tale of two facets. Jessica L. Tracy, Richard W. Robins · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 2007 1,109
39 Balancing Borders and Bridges: Negotiating the Work-Home Interface via Boundary Work Tactics Glen E. Kreiner, Elaine Cahalan Hollensbe, Mathew Laurence Sheep · Academy of Management Journal Aug 2009 1,107
40 Emotional Balancing of Organizational Continuity and Radical Change: The Contribution of Middle Managers Quy Nguyen Huy · Administrative Science Quarterly Mar 2002 1,101
41 A meta-analysis of relations between person–organization fit and work attitudes Michelle Lynn Verquer, Terry A. Beehr, Stephen H. Wagner · Journal of Vocational Behavior Review 4 Apr 2003 1,091
42 Antecedents and Consequences of Salesperson Job Satisfaction: Meta-Analysis and Assessment of Causal Effects Steven P. Brown, Robert A. Peterson · Journal of Marketing Research Feb 1993 1,076
43 Are shame, guilt, and embarrassment distinct emotions? June Price Tangney, Rowland S. Miller, Laura Flicker et al. · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 1996 1,045
44 The Affective Consequences of Service Work Amy Wharton · Work and Occupations May 1993 991
45 Consequences Of The Psychological Contract For The Employment Relationship: A Large Scale Survey* Jackie Coyle‐Shapiro, Ian Kessler · Journal of Management Studies Open access Nov 2000 991
46 Perceived organizational support and psychological contracts: a theoretical integration Justin Aselage, Robert Eisenberger · Journal of Organizational Behavior Aug 2003 984
47 Personal and Role-Related Factors in the Development of Organizational Commitment Lawrence G. Hrebiniak, Joseph A. Alutto · Administrative Science Quarterly Dec 1972 969
48 Dual processes at work in a call centre: An application of the job demands – resources model Arnold B. Bakker, Evangelia Demerouti, Wilmar B. Schaufeli · European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology Dec 2003 961
49 Burnout and engagement at work as a function of demands and control Evangelia Demerouti, Arnold B. Bakker, Jan de Jonge et al. · Scandinavian Journal of Work Environment & Health Open access Aug 2001 955
50 The customer is not always right: customer aggression and emotion regulation of service employees Alicia A. Grandey, David N. Dickter, Hock‐Peng Sin · Journal of Organizational Behavior 30 Mar 2004 939

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