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40
Citations
8664
World Ranking
8135
National Ranking
4361

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2003 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)
  • 1970 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

George R. Goethals is affiliated with the University of Richmond in the United States. Their research encompasses various areas in psychology and social sciences, with a focus on leadership studies and related psychological topics.

Their recent publications include the following papers:

  • The 2020 election and its aftermath: Love, lies, and ensorceling leadership, 2021, published in Leadership
  • What's wrong with leadership? Improving leadership research and practiceRonald E.RiggioNew York: Routledge, 2019, 305 pages, $160.00 hardback, 2020, published in Personnel Psychology

They have collaborated frequently with the following coauthors:

  • James K. Beggan
  • Scott T. Allison
  • Smaragda P. Spyrou
  • Kristin M.S. Bezio

Publication venues where their work has appeared include:

  • Leadership
  • Personnel Psychology

The researcher has published a book titled The Hazards of Great Leadership with Cambridge University Press in 2023.

Their main fields of study are:

  • Psychology
  • Social Sciences

In more specialized subfields, their work covers:

  • Social Psychology
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Education
  • Management Science and Operations Research
  • Cognitive Neuroscience

The primary topics addressed in their work include:

  • Leadership, Courage, and Heroism Studies
  • Personality Traits and Psychology
  • Leadership, Behavior, and Decision-Making Studies
  • Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion
  • Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
  • Social and Intergroup Psychology
  • Education, Leadership, and Health Research

George R. Goethals has received recognition as a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) in 2003 and as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1970.

Best Publications

  • Theories of group behavior.

    Brian Mullen;George R. Goethals

  • On Being Better but not Smarter than Others: The Muhammad Ali Effect

    Scott T. Allison;David M. Messick;George R. Goethals

  • Heroes: What They Do and Why We Need Them

    Scott T. Allison;George R. Goethals

  • Pattern of performance and ability attribution: An unexpected primacy effect.

    Edward E. Jones;Leslie Rock;Kelly G. Shaver;George R. Goethals

  • Social Comparison Theory Psychology from the Lost and Found

    George R. Goethals

  • Handbook of Heroism and Heroic Leadership

    Scott T. Allison;George R. Goethals;Roderick M. Kramer

  • The uniqueness bias: Studies of constructive social comparison.

    George R. Goethals;David M. Messick;Scott T. Allison

  • Encyclopedia of leadership

    George R. Goethals;Georgia Jones Sorenson;James MacGregor Burns

  • Making heroes: The construction of courage, competence and virtue

    George R. Goethals;Scott T. Allison

  • Perceiving one's own traits and others': the multifaceted self

    Gerald N. Sande;George R. Goethals;Christine E. Radloff

  • Similarity in the influence process: The belief-value distinction.

    George R. Goethals;R. Eric Nelson

  • The Perception of Consistency in Attitudes.

    George R. Goethals;Richard F. Reckman

  • Hero Worship: The Elevation of the Human Spirit

    Scott T. Allison;George R. Goethals

  • Social Comparison Theory: Self-Evaluation and Group Life

    George R. Goethals;John M. Darley

  • Rooting for (and Then Abandoning) the Underdog

    JongHan Kim;Scott T. Allison;Dafna Eylon;George R. Goethals

  • Evaluating a sex-related ability: Social comparison with similar others and standard setters

    Mark P. Zanna;George R. Goethals;Janice F. Hill

  • Factors determining choice of a comparison other

    Ladd Wheeler;Kelly G Shaver;Russell A Jones;George R Goethals

  • Prior expectancy and behavioral extremity as determinants of attitude attribution

    Edward E Jones;Stephen Worchel;George R Goethals;Judy F Grumet

  • The Self: Interdisciplinary Approaches

    Jaine Strauss;George R. Goethals

  • Newscasters' Facial Expressions and Voting Behavior of Viewers: Can a Smile Elect a President?

    Brian Mullen;David Futrell;Debbie Stairs;Dianne M. Tice

Frequent Co-Authors

Joel Cooper
Joel Cooper Princeton University
Crystal L. Hoyt
Crystal L. Hoyt University of Richmond
Mark P. Zanna
Mark P. Zanna University of Waterloo
Roderick M. Kramer
Roderick M. Kramer Stanford University
David M. Messick
David M. Messick Northwestern University
Brian Mullen
Brian Mullen Syracuse University
John M. Darley
John M. Darley Princeton University
William M. P. Klein
William M. P. Klein National Institutes of Health
Roy F. Baumeister
Roy F. Baumeister University of Queensland
Dianne M. Tice
Dianne M. Tice Brigham Young University

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