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  • 1999 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Robert Eisenberger is affiliated with the University of Houston in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Business, Management and Accounting as well as Social Sciences, with a focus on Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Sociology and Political Science, Information Systems and Management, Social Psychology, and General Health Professions.

The main topics of Eisenberger's work include Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior, Ethics in Business and Education, Workplace Violence and Bullying, Cultural Differences and Values, Emotional Labor in Professions, Employment and Welfare Studies, and the Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering.

Eisenberger has published extensively across various notable venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Academy of Management Proceedings
  • Group & Organization Management
  • Journal of International Business Studies
  • Journal of Applied Psychology
  • Journal of Management

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Eisenberger demonstrate a focus on perceived organizational support and its effects within organizations. These papers include:

  • Does Felt Obligation or Gratitude Better Explain the Relationship Between Perceived Organizational Support and Outcomes? (2023), Group & Organization Management
  • Organizational-level perceived support enhances organizational profitability (2022), Journal of Applied Psychology
  • How Leaders Drive Followers' Unethical Behavior (2022), Journal of Management
  • Social Distancing Initiatives and Perceived Organizational Support: It's the Intended Beneficiary That Counts (2022), Group & Organization Management
  • Perceived organizational support (POS) across 54 nations: A cross-cultural meta-analysis of POS effects (2020), Journal of International Business Studies

Throughout their career, Eisenberger has frequently collaborated with several researchers including Salar Mesdaghinia, Xueqi Wen, Blaine Austin Lewis, Kyoung Yong Kim, and Zihan Liu.

Their work intersects critical areas such as organizational support, ethical business conduct, and the psychological underpinnings of workplace behavior.

In 1999, Eisenberger was honored as a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA).

Best Publications

  • Perceived organizational support: A review of the literature.

    Linda Rhoades;Robert Eisenberger

  • Perceived organizational support.

    Robert Eisenberger;Robin Huntington;Steven Hutchison;Debora Sowa

  • Reciprocation of perceived organizational support.

    Robert Eisenberger;Stephen Armeli;Barbara Rexwinkel;Patrick D. Lynch

  • Perceived supervisor support: contributions to perceived organizational support and employee retention.

    Robert Eisenberger;Florence Stinglhamber;Christian Vandenberghe;Ivan L. Sucharski

  • Perceived Organizational Support and Employee Diligence, Commitment, and Innovation

    Robert Eisenberger;Peter Fasolo;Valerie Davis-LaMastro

  • Affective commitment to the organization: the contribution of perceived organizational support.

    Linda Rhoades;Robert Eisenberger;Stephen Armeli

  • Perceived Organizational Support, Discretionary Treatment, and Job Satisfaction

    Robert Eisenberger;Jim Cummings;Stephen Armeli;Patrick Lynch

  • Perceived Organizational Support: A Meta-Analytic Evaluation of Organizational Support Theory:

    James N. Kurtessis;Robert Eisenberger;Michael T. Ford;Louis C. Buffardi

  • Detrimental effects of reward: Reality or myth?

    Robert Eisenberger;Judy Cameron

  • Perceived organizational support and psychological contracts: a theoretical integration

    Justin Aselage;Robert Eisenberger

  • When supervisors feel supported: Relationships with subordinates' perceived supervisor support, perceived organizational support, and performance.

    Linda Rhoades Shanock;Robert Eisenberger

  • Perceived organizational support and police performance: the moderating influence of socioemotional needs.

    Stephen Armeli;Robert Eisenberger;Peter Fasolo;Patrick Lynch

  • Perceived organizational support: Fostering enthusiastic and productive employees.

    Robert Eisenberger;Florence Stinglhamber

  • Leader-member exchange and affective organizational commitment: The contribution of supervisor's organizational embodiment

    Robert Eisenberger;Gokhan Karagonlar;Florence Stinglhamber;Pedro Neves

  • Perceived organizational support : Inferior versus superior performance by wary employees

    Patrick D. Lynch;Robert Eisenberger;Stephen Armeli

  • Does Pay for Performance Increase or Decrease Perceived Self-Determination and Intrinsic Motivation?

    Robert Eisenberger;Linda Rhoades;Judy Cameron

  • Perceived Organizational Support

    Florence Stinglhamber;Gaëtane Caesens;Laura Clark;Robert Eisenberger

  • Effects of reward on intrinsic motivation--negative, neutral and positive: comment on Deci, Koestner, and Ryan (1999)

    R Eisenberger;W D Pierce;J Cameron

  • Incremental effects of reward on creativity.

    Robert Eisenberger;Linda Rhoades

  • Who Takes the most Revenge? Individual Differences in Negative Reciprocity Norm Endorsement

    Robert Eisenberger;Patrick Lynch;Justin Aselage;Stephanie Rohdieck

Frequent Co-Authors

Florence Stinglhamber
Florence Stinglhamber Université Catholique de Louvain
Stephen Armeli
Stephen Armeli Fairleigh Dickinson University
Lynn M. Shore
Lynn M. Shore Colorado State University
Denise C. Park
Denise C. Park The University of Texas at Dallas
Lois E. Tetrick
Lois E. Tetrick George Mason University
Luo Lu
Luo Lu National Taiwan University
David De Cremer
David De Cremer National University of Singapore
Simon Lloyd D. Restubog
Simon Lloyd D. Restubog University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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