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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2008 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Howard J. Klein is affiliated with The Ohio State University in the United States. Their research contributions primarily fall within the field of Business, Management, and Accounting, with a focus on subfields such as Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Strategy and Management, Demography, Social Psychology, and General Health Professions.

The research topics covered by Howard J. Klein include:

  • Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
  • Workplace Spirituality and Leadership
  • Cultural Differences and Values
  • Innovation and Knowledge Management
  • Business Strategy and Innovation
  • Customer Service Quality and Loyalty
  • Cyberloafing and Workplace Behavior

Among the recent publications authored by Klein are:

  • Commitment System Theory: The Evolving Structure of Commitments to Multiple Targets, 2020, Academy of Management Review
  • The experience of commitment in the contemporary workplace: An exploratory reexamination of commitment model antecedents, 2020, Human Resource Management

Howard J. Klein has frequently collaborated with several co-authors, including:

  • Dariusz Turek
  • Agnieszka Wojtczuk-Turek
  • Ana Carolina de Aguiar Rodrigues
  • Fiona Edgar
  • Belgin Okay-Somerville

Frequent publication venues for Klein's work include:

  • Academy of Management Proceedings
  • Human Resource Management
  • Academy of Management Review
  • European Management Journal
  • Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management

The scholar was awarded the status of Fellow by the American Psychological Association (APA) in 2008.

Best Publications

  • Organizational socialization: Its content and consequences.

    Georgia T. Chao;Anne M. O'Leary-Kelly;Samantha Wolf;Howard J. Klein

  • Goal commitment and the goal-setting process: Problems, prospects, and proposals for future research.

    John R. Hollenbeck;Howard J. Klein

  • Goal commitment and the goal-setting process: Conceptual clarification and empirical synthesis.

    Howard J. Klein;Michael J. Wesson;John R. Hollenbeck;Bradley J. Alge

  • An empirical examination of the antecedents of commitment to difficult goals.

    John R. Hollenbeck;Charles R. Williams;Howard J. Klein

  • An Integrated Control Theory Model of Work Motivation

    Howard J. Klein

  • MOTIVATION TO LEARN AND COURSE OUTCOMES: THE IMPACT OF DELIVERY MODE, LEARNING GOAL ORIENTATION, AND PERCEIVED BARRIERS AND ENABLERS

    Howard J. Klein;Raymond A. Noe;Chongwei Wang

  • Learning in the Twenty-First-Century Workplace

    Raymond A. Noe;Alena D.M. Clarke;Howard J. Klein

  • THE EFFECTIVENESS OF AN ORGANIZATIONAL‐LEVEL ORIENTATION TRAINING PROGRAM IN THE SOCIALIZATION OF NEW HIRES

    Howard J. Klein;Natasha A. Weaver

  • Reconceptualizing Workplace Commitment to Redress a Stretched Construct: Revisiting Assumptions and Removing Confounds

    Howard J. Klein;Janice C. Molloy;Chad T. Brinsfield

  • The assessment of goal commitment: A measurement model meta-analysis.

    Howard J. Klein;Michael J. Wesson;John R. Hollenbeck;Patrick M. Wright

  • The Impact of Perceived Loafing and Collective Efficacy on Group Goal Processes and Group Performance

    Paul W. Mulvey;Howard J. Klein

  • Investigation of the construct validity of a self-report measure of goal commitment

    John R. Hollenbeck;Howard J. Klein;Anne M. O'Leary;Patrick M. Wright

  • When does the medium matter? Knowledge-building experiences and opportunities in decision-making teams

    Bradley J. Alge;Carolyn Wiethoff;Howard J. Klein

  • Commitment in organizations : accumulated wisdom and new directions

    Howard J Klein;Thomas Becker;John P Meyer

  • The assessment of commitment: : Advantages of a unidimensional, target-free approach

    Howard J. Klein;Joseph T. Cooper;Janice C. Molloy;Jacqueline A. Swanson

  • Commitment in organizations: Accumulated wisdom and new directions.

    Howard J. Klein;Thomas E. Becker;John P. Meyer

  • A Field Study of the Influence of Situational Constraints Leader-Member Exchange, and Goal Commitment on Performance

    Howard J. Klein;Jay S. Kim

  • Relationship of Goal Level to Valence and Instrumentality

    Anthony J. Mento;Edwin A. Locke;Howard J. Klein

  • The Effect of Negative Feedback on Tension and Subsequent Performance: The Main and Interactive Effects of Goal Content and Conscientiousness

    Anna M. Cianci;Howard J. Klein;Gerard H. Seijts

  • Conceptual Foundations: Construct Definitions and Theoretical Representations of Workplace Commitments

    Howard J. Klein;Janice C. Molloy;Joseph T. Cooper

  • Two Investigations of the Relationships among Group Goals, Goal Commitment, Cohesion, and Performance

    Howard J. Klein;Paul W. Mulvey

Frequent Co-Authors

John R. Hollenbeck
John R. Hollenbeck Michigan State University
Raymond A. Noe
Raymond A. Noe The Ohio State University
John P. Meyer
John P. Meyer University of Western Ontario
Jose M. Cortina
Jose M. Cortina Virginia Commonwealth University
Aaron Cohen
Aaron Cohen University of Haifa
Richard P. DeShon
Richard P. DeShon Michigan State University
Kristopher J. Preacher
Kristopher J. Preacher Vanderbilt University
Edwin A. Locke
Edwin A. Locke University of Maryland, College Park
Daniel R. Ilgen
Daniel R. Ilgen Michigan State University

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