2026 Robert Folger: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Psychology	63	3045	2802	1730	1556	139	33258

Research.com Recognitions

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

Overview

Robert Folger is affiliated with the University of Central Florida in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of psychology, with a focus on social psychology, information systems, sociology and political science, applied psychology, and clinical psychology.

Folger's work touches on several main topics including information and cyber security, cybercrime and law enforcement studies, terrorism, counterterrorism, and political violence, as well as behavioral health and interventions. Further areas of interest include personality traits and psychology, death anxiety and social exclusion, and emotions and moral behavior.

Their recent publications demonstrate a range of interdisciplinary investigations. Key papers include:

"An exploratory examination of organizational insiders' descriptive and normative perceptions of cyber-relevant rights and responsibilities" (2020), published in Computers & Security
"Disobeying the Leader: Creative Deviance as a Mechanism Between Psychological Ownership and Social Undermining" (2024), published in the Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies
"New Perspectives on Fostering Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Workplace" (2023), published in the Academy of Management Proceedings
"Introducing the Special Issue on 'Social Justice: Lessons Learned and Needed Research'" (2022), published in Social Justice Research
"Building a Better Management Science Through Theory Testing and Refinement" (2022), published in the Academy of Management Proceedings

Folger has collaborated frequently with several co-authors throughout their career. These include Steven W. Whiting, Nicholas Connor Andriese, Clay Posey, Jigyashu Shukla, and Rebecca J. Bennett.

Their work has appeared most often in venues such as the Academy of Management Proceedings, Computers & Security, Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies, and Social Justice Research.

Robert Folger has been recognized as a Dean of Fellow by the Academy of Management. Their contributions focus on advancing psychological understanding within organizational and security-related contexts, intersecting with contemporary social justice topics and management sciences.

Best Publications

Effects of Procedural and Distributive Justice on Reactions to Pay Raise Decisions

Robert Folger;Mary A. Konovsky

4626
Citations
RETALIATION IN THE WORKPLACE: THE ROLES OF DISTRIBUTIVE, PROCEDURAL, AND INTERACTIONAL JUSTICE

Daniel P. Skarlicki;Robert Folger

3721
Citations
Organizational Justice and Human Resource Management

Robert Folger;Russell Cropanzano

3446
Citations
Distributive and procedural justice: Combined impact of voice and improvement on experienced inequity.

Robert Folger

1726
Citations
The relationship between ethical leadership and core job characteristics.

Ronald F. Piccolo;Rebecca Greenbaum;Deanne N. den Hartog;Robert Folger

1203
Citations
Fairness theory: Justice as accountability.

Robert Folger;Russell Cropanzano

1159
Citations
Personality as a Moderator in the Relationship Between Fairness and Retaliation

Daniel P. Skarlicki;Robert Folger;Paul Tesluk

1037
Citations
Interactive Effects of Procedural Justice and Outcome Negativity on Victims and Survivors of Job Loss

Joel Brockner;Mary Konovsky;Rochelle Cooper-Schneider;Robert Folger

875
Citations
Procedural Justice, Participation, and the Fair Process Effect in Groups and Organizations

Jerald Greenberg;Robert Folger

844
Citations
Rethinking Equity Theory

Robert Folger

731
Citations
Referent Cognitions and Task Decision Autonomy: Beyond Equity Theory

Russell Cropanzano;Robert Folger

613
Citations
Deontic justice: the role of moral principles in workplace fairness

Russell Cropanzano;Barry Goldman;Robert Folger

599
Citations
Is virtue its own reward? Self-sacrificial decisions for the sake of fairness

Carmelo Joseph Turillo;Robert Folger;James J Lavelle;Elizabeth E Umphress

598
Citations
HRM and service fairness: How being fair with employees spills over to customers

David E. Bowen;Stephen W. Gilliland;Robert Folger

575
Citations
Effects of "Voice" and Peer Opinions on Responses to Inequity

Robert Folger;David Rosenfield;Janet Grove;Louise Corkran

566
Citations
Unfairness and resistance to change: hardship as mistreatment

Robert Folger;Daniel P. Skarlicki

556
Citations
Reformulating the preconditions of resentment: A referent cognitions model.

Robert Folger

536
Citations
Beyond negative affectivity: Measuring stress and satisfaction in the workplace.

David Watson;James W Pennebaker;Robert Folger

474
Citations
Relative deprivation and referent cognitions: Distributive and procedural justice effects

Robert Folger;Chris Martin

433
Citations
Microjustice and Macrojustice

Philip Brickman;Robert Folger;Erica Goode;Yaacov Schul

416
Citations
Distributional and Procedural Aspects of Satisfaction With Citizen-Police Encounters

Tom R. Tyler;Robert Folger

395
Citations
What Is the Relationship Between Justice and Morality

Robert Folger;Russell Cropanzano;Barry Goldman

387
Citations
Violence and hostility at work: A model of reactions to perceived injustice.

Robert Folger;Robert A. Baron

379
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Russell Cropanzano University of Colorado Boulder

Daniel P. Skarlicki University of British Columbia

David Rosenfield Southern Methodist University

Maureen L. Ambrose University of Central Florida

Joel Brockner Columbia University

Gary P. Latham University of Toronto

Kees van den Bos Utrecht University

Tom R. Tyler Yale University

Marshall Schminke University of Central Florida

Chester A. Insko University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

External Links

Personal website of Robert Folger

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