D. Lance Ferris

8.7k citations

49 papers · 6.7k · 3 hit papers · h-index 31

Impact in

Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management top 0.1%
- Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
Applied Psychology top 0.5%
- Behavioral Health and Interventions

Papers in

Applied Psychology 19
- Behavioral Health and Interventions 19
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 22
- Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior 22

Co-authors: Douglas J. Brown (20 shared papers)Huiwen Lian (16 shared papers)Christopher C. Rosen (5 shared papers)Chu-Hsiang Daisy Chang (3 shared papers)Anja Van den Broeck (1 shared paper)Daniel Arturo Heller (6 shared papers)Lisa M. Keeping (8 shared papers)Russell Eric Johnson (10 shared papers)
Journals: Journal of Applied Psychology (15 papers)Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes (7 papers)Academy of Management Journal (5 papers)Journal of Management (3 papers)Personnel Psychology (3 papers)
Partner nations: United States Canada Singapore

In The Last Decade

D. Lance Ferris

49 papers receiving 6.4k citations

D. Lance Ferris's Hit Papers

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A Review of Self-Determination Theory’s Basic Psychological Needs at Work 2016 · 1.0k citations

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Paper score: A paper's citations measured against the top-1% bar of its own field and year: the square root of citations ÷ bar, so 1 means right at the bar and 2 means four times its citations. The bar blends the citation counts that enter the top 1% of the paper's subfields in its year (weighted 89.5%), of those subfields over all years (0.5%) and of its year across all fields (10%); a subfield and year with fewer than 400 papers takes its year's bar. Papers from 2026 are not scored yet: in an unfinished year, when a paper appeared matters more than how it is cited.

Hit paper: A paper cited at least 1.5× the top-1% bar of its field and year: a paper score of at least √1.5.

2016 Journal of Management
2011 Journal of Management
2008 Journal of Applied Psychology

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1	A Review of Self-Determination Theory’s Basic Psychological Needs at Work Journal of Management ·Anja Van den Broeck, D. Lance Ferris, Chu-Hsiang Daisy Chang, Christopher C. Rosen Hit paper breakdown →	2016	1036
2	The development and validation of the Workplace Ostracism Scale. Journal of Applied Psychology ·D. Lance Ferris, Douglas J. Brown, Joseph W. Berry, Huiwen Lian Hit paper breakdown →	2008	823
3	Core Self-Evaluations Journal of Management ·Chu-Hsiang Daisy Chang, D. Lance Ferris, Russell Eric Johnson, Christopher C. Rosen, James A. Tan Hit paper breakdown →	2011	480
4	Does power distance exacerbate or mitigate the effects of abusive supervision? It depends on the outcome. Journal of Applied Psychology ·Huiwen Lian, D. Lance Ferris, Douglas J. Brown	2011	400
5	Does taking the good with the bad make things worse? How abusive supervision and leader–member exchange interact to impact need satisfaction and organizational deviance Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes ·Huiwen Lian, D. Lance Ferris, Douglas J. Brown	2011	245
6	Ostracism, Self-Esteem, and Job Performance: When Do We Self-Verify and When Do We Self-Enhance? Academy of Management Journal ·D. Lance Ferris, Huiwen Lian, Douglas J. Brown, Rachel Lopes Morrison	2014	240
7	Lost sleep and cyberloafing: Evidence from the laboratory and a daylight saving time quasi-experiment. Journal of Applied Psychology ·David T. Wagner, Christopher M. Barnes, Vivien Lim, D. Lance Ferris	2012	233
8	Abusive Supervision and Retaliation: A Self-Control Framework Academy of Management Journal ·Huiwen Lian, Douglas J. Brown, D. Lance Ferris, Lindie Hanyu Liang, Lisa M. Keeping, Rachel Lopes Morrison	2012	231
9	Antecedents and consequences of the frequency of upward and downward social comparisons at work Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes ·Douglas J. Brown, D. Lance Ferris, Daniel Arturo Heller, Lisa M. Keeping	2006	227
10	Why Are Abusive Supervisors Abusive? A Dual-system Self-control Model Academy of Management Journal ·Lindie Hanyu Liang, Huiwen Lian, Douglas J. Brown, D. Lance Ferris, Samuel Hanig, Lisa M. Keeping	2015	195
11	Organizational supports and organizational deviance: The mediating role of organization-based self-esteem Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes ·D. Lance Ferris, Douglas J. Brown, Daniel Arturo Heller	2008	182
12	APPROACH OR AVOIDANCE (OR BOTH?): INTEGRATING CORE SELF‐EVALUATIONS WITHIN AN APPROACH/AVOIDANCE FRAMEWORK Personnel Psychology ·D. Lance Ferris, CHRISTOPHER R. ROSEN, Russell Eric Johnson, Douglas J. Brown, Stephen D. Risavy, Daniel Arturo Heller	2011	179
13	Ostracism and prosocial behavior: A social dilemma perspective Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes ·Daniel P. Balliet, D. Lance Ferris	2012	178
14	Self-Love's Lost Labor: A Self-Enhancement Model of Workplace Incivility Academy of Management Journal ·Yuanyi Chen, D. Lance Ferris, Ho Kwong Kwan, Ming Nick Yan, Mingjian Zhou, Ying Hong	2012	167
15	Blame it on the supervisor or the subordinate? Reciprocal relations between abusive supervision and organizational deviance. Journal of Applied Psychology ·Huiwen Lian, D. Lance Ferris, Rachel Lopes Morrison, Douglas J. Brown	2013	167
16	Interpersonal Injustice and Workplace Deviance Journal of Management ·D. Lance Ferris, Jeffrey S. Spence, Douglas J. Brown, Daniel Arturo Heller	2010	160
17	Self-Control at Work Academy of Management Annals ·Huiwen Lian, Kai Chi Yam, D. Lance Ferris, Douglas Brown	2017	160
18	An Approach–Avoidance Framework of Workplace Aggression Academy of Management Journal ·D. Lance Ferris, Ming Nick Yan, Vivien K. G. Lim, Yuanyi Chen, Shereen Fatimah	2015	146
19	When is success not satisfying? Integrating regulatory focus and approach/avoidance motivation theories to explain the relation between core self-evaluation and job satisfaction. Journal of Applied Psychology ·D. Lance Ferris, Russell Eric Johnson, Christopher C. Rosen, Emilija Djurdjevic, Chu-Hsiang Daisy Chang, James A. Tan	2012	131
20	Comparing and Contrasting Workplace Ostracism and Incivility Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior ·D. Lance Ferris, Meng Chen, Sandy Lim	2016	124

About D. Lance Ferris

D. Lance Ferris is a scholar working on Applied Psychology, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Social Psychology, Clinical Psychology and Sociology and Political Science, having authored 49 papers that have together received 6.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior (22 papers), Behavioral Health and Interventions (19 papers), Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion (12 papers), Social and Intergroup Psychology (11 papers), Gender Diversity and Inequality (6 papers), Personality Traits and Psychology (5 papers), Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction (4 papers) and Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management (3.4k citations), Applied Psychology (814 citations), Social Psychology (3.2k citations), Clinical Psychology (1.3k citations) and Demography (679 citations). D. Lance Ferris has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Canada and Singapore. Frequent co-authors include Douglas J. Brown, Huiwen Lian, Christopher C. Rosen, Chu-Hsiang Daisy Chang, Anja Van den Broeck, Daniel Arturo Heller, Lisa M. Keeping, Russell Eric Johnson, Rachel Lopes Morrison and James A. Tan. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Applied Psychology, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Management and Personnel Psychology.

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