Edwin A. Locke
Impact in
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- Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
- Customer Service Quality and Loyalty
- Family Business Performance and Succession
- Applied Psychology top 0.01%
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
Papers in
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- Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports 33
- Cultural Differences and Values 11
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- Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior 41
- Management Theory and Practice 23
- Co-authors
- Gary P. Latham (42 shared papers)J. Robert Baum (3 shared papers)Albert Bandura (4 shared papers)Henry L. Tosi (1 shared paper)Timothy A. Judge (10 shared papers)Shelley A. Kirkpatrick (8 shared papers)Kathryn M. Bartol (4 shared papers)Christopher J. Collins (2 shared papers)
- Journals
- Journal of Applied Psychology (50 papers)Academy of Management Review (22 papers)American Psychologist (12 papers)Academy of Management Journal (9 papers)Journal of Organizational Behavior (9 papers)
- Partner nations
- United StatesCanadaAustralia
In The Last Decade
Edwin A. Locke
261 papers receiving 51.7k citations
Edwin A. Locke's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 191
- Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 22.1k
- Applied Psychology 7.9k
- Social Psychology 17.6k
- Management of Technology and Innovation 6.1k
- Business and International Management 1.5k
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Co-authors
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All Works
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| 1 | The nature and causes of job satisfaction Hit paper breakdown → | 1976 | 4363 |
| 2 | Building a practically useful theory of goal setting and task motivation: A 35-year odyssey. Hit paper breakdown → | 2002 | 3908 |
| 3 | Building a practically useful theory of goal setting and task motivation: A 35-year odyssey. Hit paper breakdown → | 2002 | 3348 |
| 4 | A Theory of Goal Setting and Task Performance Hit paper breakdown → | 1991 | 3260 |
| 5 | What is job satisfaction? Hit paper breakdown → | 1969 | 1925 |
| 6 | Negative self-efficacy and goal effects revisited. Hit paper breakdown → | 2003 | 1834 |
| 7 | Goal setting and task performance: 1969–1980. Hit paper breakdown → | 1981 | 1788 |
| 8 | Toward a theory of task motivation and incentives Hit paper breakdown → | 1968 | 1566 |
| 9 | The Relationship of Entrepreneurial Traits, Skill, and Motivation to Subsequent Venture Growth. Hit paper breakdown → | 2004 | 1489 |
| 10 | Dispositional effects on job and life satisfaction: The role of core evaluations. Hit paper breakdown → | 1998 | 1402 |
| 11 | A theory of goal setting & task performance Hit paper breakdown → | 1990 | 1348 |
| 12 | Empowering Leadership in Management Teams: Effects on Knowledge Sharing, Efficacy, And Performance Hit paper breakdown → | 2006 | 1299 |
| 13 | Entrepreneurial motivation Hit paper breakdown → | 2003 | 1249 |
| 14 | New Directions in Goal-Setting Theory Hit paper breakdown → | 2006 | 1151 |
| 15 | A MULTIDIMENSIONAL MODEL OF VENTURE GROWTH. Hit paper breakdown → | 2001 | 1046 |
| 16 | Self-regulation through goal setting Hit paper breakdown → | 1991 | 910 |
| 17 | Core Self-Evaluations and Job and Life Satisfaction: The Role of Self-Concordance and Goal Attainment. Hit paper breakdown → | 2005 | 798 |
| 18 | Direct and indirect effects of three core charismatic leadership components on performance and attitudes. Hit paper breakdown → | 1996 | 777 |
| 19 | Personality and job satisfaction: The mediating role of job characteristics. Hit paper breakdown → | 2000 | 767 |
| 20 | Leadership: do traits matter? Hit paper breakdown → | 1991 | 750 |
About Edwin A. Locke
Edwin A. Locke is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Applied Psychology, Developmental and Educational Psychology and Management Science and Operations Research, having authored 264 papers that have together received 58.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior (41 papers), Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports (33 papers), Management Theory and Practice (23 papers), Behavioral and Psychological Studies (18 papers), Behavioral Health and Interventions (16 papers), Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology (14 papers), Complex Systems and Decision Making (13 papers) and Cultural Differences and Values (11 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management (22.1k citations), Applied Psychology (7.9k citations), Social Psychology (17.6k citations), Management of Technology and Innovation (6.1k citations) and Business and International Management (1.5k citations). Edwin A. Locke has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Canada and Australia. Frequent co-authors include Gary P. Latham, J. Robert Baum, Albert Bandura, Henry L. Tosi, Timothy A. Judge, Shelley A. Kirkpatrick, Kathryn M. Bartol, Christopher J. Collins, K. G. Smith and Abhishek Srivastava. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Applied Psychology, Academy of Management Review, American Psychologist, Academy of Management Journal and Journal of Organizational Behavior.
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