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Business and Management
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2026

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Business and Management

D-Index
124
Citations
56586
World Ranking
12
National Ranking
6

Psychology

D-Index
119
Citations
52694
World Ranking
266
National Ranking
169

Gerald R. Ferris publication distribution in Business and Management in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Business and Management in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Gerald R. Ferris sits on this spectrum.

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35 publications 436+

This scientist: 364 publications — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 436 publications or more.

Gerald R. Ferris D-index placement in Business and Management in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Business and Management scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Gerald R. Ferris sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 89+

This scientist: 124 D-Index — 100th percentile

100% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 89 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Business and Management in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Business and Management in United States Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Business and Management in United States Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Business and Management in United States Leader Award

Overview

Gerald R. Ferris is affiliated with Florida State University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Social Sciences and Business, Management and Accounting, with a significant focus on Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Sociology and Political Science, and Gender Studies. Other subfields of study include Social Psychology and General Health Professions.

Their work addresses several main topics, including Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior, Gender Diversity and Inequality, the Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering, Social and Intergroup Psychology, Public Policy and Administration Research, Management and Organizational Studies, and Employment and Welfare Studies.

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Ferris include:

  • Perceptions of Organizational Politics Research: Past, Present, and Future (2020), published in Journal of Management
  • Political skill in the stressor - strain relationship: A meta-analytic update and extension (2020), published in Journal of Vocational Behavior
  • Selling your network: how political skill builds social capital and enhances salesperson performance (2021), published in Journal of Personal Selling and Sales Management
  • Forty years of political skill and will in organizations: a review, meta-theoretical framework and directions for future research (2021), published in Career Development International
  • Subjectivity in fairness perceptions: How heuristics and self-efficacy shape the fairness expectations and perceptions of organisational newcomers (2021), published in Applied Psychology

Ferris has frequently published in several academic venues, including Applied Psychology, Career Development International, Journal of Business and Psychology, Journal of Management, and Journal of Vocational Behavior.

Collaborations have been a notable aspect of their career, with frequent co-authors including Wayne A. Hochwarter, Samantha L. Jordan, Liam P. Maher, Aqsa Ejaz, and Pamela L. Perrewé.

Best Publications

  • THE VALIDITY OF THE JOB CHARACTERISTICS MODEL: A REVIEW AND META‐ANALYSIS

    Yitzhak Fried;Gerald R. Ferris

  • A Meta-Analysis of Antecedents and Consequences of Leader-Member Exchange Integrating the Past With an Eye Toward the Future

    James H. Dulebohn;William H. Bommer;Robert C. Liden;Robyn L. Brouer

  • Development and Validation of the Political Skill Inventory

    Gerald R. Ferris;Darren C. Treadway;Robert W. Kolodinsky;Wayne A. Hochwarter

  • Influence tactics, affect, and exchange quality in supervisor-subordinate interactions: A laboratory experiment and field study.

    Sandy J. Wayne;Gerald R. Ferris

  • Political Skill in Organizations

    Gerald R. Ferris;Darren C. Treadway;Pamela L. Perrewé;Robyn L. Brouer

  • Perceptions of Organizational Politics

    Gerald R. Ferris;K. Michele Kacmar

  • Politics in organizations.

    Gerald R. Ferris;Gail S. Russ;Patricia M. Fandt

  • Personnel/Human Resources Management: A Political Influence Perspective:

    Gerald R. Ferris;Timothy A. Judge

  • Social Context of Performance Evaluation Decisions

    Timothy A. Judge;Gerald R. Ferris

  • Perceptions of Organizational Politics Scale (POPS): Development and Construct Validation

    K. Michele Kacmar;Gerald R. Ferris

  • Influence tactics and work outcomes: a meta-analysis

    Chad A. Higgins;Timothy A. Judge;Gerald R. Ferris

  • EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE, LEADERSHIP EFFECTIVENESS, AND TEAM OUTCOMES

    L. Melita Prati;Ceasar Douglas;Gerald R. Ferris;Anthony P. Ammeter

  • Leader Political Skill and Team Performance

    Kathleen K. Ahearn;Gerald R. Ferris;Wayne A. Hochwarter;Ceasar Douglas

  • Human Resources Management: Some New Directions

    Gerald R. Ferris;Wayne A. Hochwarter;M. Ronald Buckley;Gloria Harrell-Cook

  • Perceptions of Organizational Politics: Prediction, Stress-Related Implications, and Outcomes

    Gerald R. Ferris;Dwight D. Frink;Maria Carmen Galang;Jing Zhou

  • Toward a social context theory of the human resource management-organization effectiveness relationship

    Gerald R. Ferris;Michelle M. Arthur;Howard M. Berkson;David M. Kaplan

  • Relationships at Work: Toward a Multidimensional Conceptualization of Dyadic Work Relationships

    Gerald R. Ferris;Robert C. Liden;Timothy P. Munyon;James K. Summers

  • Age, tenure, and job satisfaction: A tale of two perspectives

    Arthur G Bedeian;Gerald R Ferris;K.Michele Kacmar

  • Interaction of social skill and general mental ability on job performance and salary.

    Gerald R. Ferris;L. A. Witt;Wayne A. Hochwarter

  • Perceptions of organizational politics: Theory and research directions

    Gerald R Ferris;Garry Adams;Robert W Kolodinsky;Wayne A Hochwarter

Frequent Co-Authors

Wayne A. Hochwarter
Wayne A. Hochwarter Florida State University
Pamela L. Perrewé
Pamela L. Perrewé Florida State University
Darren C. Treadway
Darren C. Treadway University at Buffalo, State University of New York
M. Ronald Buckley
M. Ronald Buckley University of Oklahoma
Gerhard Blickle
Gerhard Blickle University of Bonn
Timothy A. Judge
Timothy A. Judge The Ohio State University
K. Michele Kacmar
K. Michele Kacmar Texas State University
Donald B. Fedor
Donald B. Fedor Georgia Institute of Technology
L. A. Witt
L. A. Witt University of Houston
Chad H. Van Iddekinge
Chad H. Van Iddekinge Florida State University

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