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D-Index
58
Citations
27460
World Ranking
596
National Ranking
263

Research.com Recognitions

  • Dean of Fellow, Academy of Management
  • Dean of Fellow, Academy of Management
  • Dean of Fellow, Academy of Management

Overview

Barry Gerhart is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States. Their research contributions focus primarily within the broad field of Business, Management and Accounting, with particular attention to Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Strategy and Management, and related subfields.

The scientist's work spans multiple interdisciplinary themes, including Innovation and Knowledge Management, Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences, Corporate Finance and Governance, Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies, Management and Organizational Studies, Accounting and Organizational Management, as well as AI and HR Technologies.

Gerhart's recent publications include:

  • The Resource-Based View of the Firm, Human Resources, and Human Capital: Progress and Prospects (2021, Journal of Management)
  • Do financial incentives help or harm performance in interesting tasks? (2021, Journal of Applied Psychology)
  • Compensation and performance: A review and recommendations for the future (2023, Personnel Psychology)
  • A Brave New World of Human Resources Research: Navigating Perils and Identifying Grand Challenges of the GenAI Revolution (2025, Journal of Management)
  • Navigating the Intended and Unintended Consequences of Compensation Strategies in Organizations (2024, Academy of Management Proceedings)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Gerhart include Jie Feng, Ji Hyun Kim, Meiyu Fang, Ingrid Smithey Fulmer, and Anthony J. Nyberg.

Their research has been published in several well-regarded academic venues, notably:

  • Journal of Management
  • Academy of Management Proceedings
  • Journal of Applied Psychology
  • Personnel Psychology

Gerhart has been recognized as a Dean of Fellow by the Academy of Management.

Best Publications

  • The Impact of Human Resource Management on Organizational Performance: Progress and Prospects

    Brian Becker;Barry Gerhart

  • Organizational Differences in Managerial Compensation and Financial Performance

    Barry A. Gerhart;George T. Milkovich

  • The Importance of Recruitment in Job Choice: A Different Way of Looking

    Sara L. Rynes;Robert D. Bretz Jr.;Barry A. Gerhart

  • Fundamentals of Human Resource Management

    Raymond A. Noe;John R. Hollenbeck;Barry Gerhart;Patrick M. Wright.

  • Compensation: Theory, Evidence, and Strategic Implications

    Barry A. Gerhart;Sara L. Rynes

  • The importance of pay in employee motivation: Discrepancies between what people say and what they do

    Sara L. Rynes;Barry Gerhart;Kathleen A. Minette

  • MEASUREMENT ERROR IN RESEARCH ON HUMAN RESOURCES and FIRM PERFORMANCE: HOW MUCH ERROR IS THERE AND HOW DOES IT INFLUENCE EFFECT SIZE ESTIMATES?

    Barry A. Gerhart;Patrick M. Wright;Gary C. McMahan;Scott A. Snell

  • ARE THE 100 BEST BETTER? AN EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BEING A “GREAT PLACE TO WORK” AND FIRM PERFORMANCE

    Ingrid Smithey Fulmer;Barry Gerhart;Kimberly S. Scott

  • Personnel Psychology: Performance Evaluation and Pay for Performance

    Sara L. Rynes;Barry Gerhart;Laura Parks

  • Voluntary turnover and job performance: Curvilinearity and the moderating influences of salary growth and promotions.

    Charlie O. Trevor;Barry A. Gerhart;John W. Boudreau

  • INTERVIEWER ASSESSMENTS OF APPLICANT “FIT”: AN EXPLORATORY INVESTIGATION

    Sara L. Rynes;Barry A. Gerhart

  • Voluntary turnover and alternative job opportunities

    Barry A. Gerhart

  • How important are dispositional factors as determinants of job satisfaction? Implications for job design and other personnel programs.

    Barry Gerhart

  • Employee Compensation: Research and Practice

    Barry A. Gerhart;George T. Milkovich

  • The Impact of Human Resource Management on Organizational Performance: Progress and Prospects

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  • Agency Theory Revisited: CEO Return and Shareholder Interest Alignment

    Anthony J. Nyberg;Ingrid Smithey Fulmer;Barry Gerhart;Mason A. Carpenter

  • National culture and human resource management: assumptions and evidence

    Barry Gerhart;Meiyu Fang

  • Human Resources and Business Performance: Findings, Unanswered Questions, and an Alternative Approach**

    Barry Gerhart

  • Understanding voluntary turnover: Path-specific job satisfaction effects and the importance of unsolicited job offers.

    Tae Heon Lee;Barry Gerhart;Ingo Weller;Charlie O. Trevor

  • Comparing Line and HR Executives' Perceptions of HR Effectiveness: Services, Roles, and Contributions

    Patrick M. Wright;Gary C. McMahan;Scott A. Snell;Barry A. Gerhart

  • Pay, Intrinsic Motivation, Extrinsic Motivation, Performance, and Creativity in the Workplace: Revisiting Long-Held Beliefs

    Barry Gerhart;Meiyu Fang

Frequent Co-Authors

Sara L. Rynes
Sara L. Rynes University of Iowa
Raymond A. Noe
Raymond A. Noe The Ohio State University
John R. Hollenbeck
John R. Hollenbeck Michigan State University
Patrick M. Wright
Patrick M. Wright University of South Carolina
John W. Boudreau
John W. Boudreau University of Southern California
Gerald E. Ledford
Gerald E. Ledford University of Southern California
Scott A. Snell
Scott A. Snell University of Virginia
Edwin A. Locke
Edwin A. Locke University of Maryland, College Park
Peter Bamberger
Peter Bamberger Tel Aviv University
Jason D. Shaw
Jason D. Shaw Nanyang Technological University

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