2026 Robert G. Lord: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Psychology	77	1618	1450	184	169	158	36746

Overview

Robert G. Lord is affiliated with Durham University in the United Kingdom. Their research spans primarily in the field of Psychology, with contributions also touching Sociology and Political Science, Social Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, including Personality Traits and Psychology, Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior, Mental Health Research Topics, Complex Systems and Decision Making, Emotional Intelligence and Performance, Social and Intergroup Psychology, and Corporate Taxation and Avoidance.

Robert G. Lord has published in various academic venues. Frequent publication outlets include the Academy of Management Proceedings, Journal of Applied Social Psychology, The Leadership Quarterly, SSRN Electronic Journal, and Human Relations.

Notable recent papers by Robert G. Lord include:

How leader and follower prototypical and antitypical attributes influence ratings of transformational leadership in an extreme context, 2020, Human Relations
Do you remember? Rater memory systems and leadership measurement, 2020, The Leadership Quarterly
How objectifiers are granted power in the workplace, 2023, European Journal of Social Psychology
Leader Identity on the Fly: Intra-personal Leader Identity Dynamics in Response to Strong Events, 2023, Journal of Business and Psychology
Workplace objectification: A review, synthesis, and research agenda, 2025, Human Resource Management Review

Robert G. Lord has worked frequently with a set of co-authors including:

Bryan P. Acton
Karolina W. Nieberle
Susanne Braun
Roseanne J. Foti
Richard Crisp

Best Publications

Leadership and Information Processing: Linking Perceptions and Performance

Robert George Lord;Karen Jean Maher

3421
Citations
A meta-analysis of the relation between personality traits and leadership perceptions: an application of validity generalization procedures

Robert G. Lord;Christy L. de Vader;George M. Alliger

2611
Citations
Leadership theory and research in the new millennium: Current theoretical trends and changing perspectives

Jessica E. Dinh;Robert G. Lord;William L. Gardner;Jeremy D. Meuser

2288
Citations
A test of leadership categorization theory: Internal structure, information processing, and leadership perceptions

Robert G. Lord;Roseanne J. Foti;Christy L. De Vader

2152
Citations
Identity, deep structure and the development of leadership skill

Robert G. Lord;Rosalie J. Hall

1352
Citations
Leadership Processes and Follower Self-identity

Robert G. Lord;Douglas J. Brown

1078
Citations
Understanding the Dynamics of Leadership: The Role of Follower Self-Concepts in the Leader/Follower Relationship.

Robert G Lord;Douglas J Brown;Steven J Freiberg

1052
Citations
Implicit theories, self-schemas, and leader-member exchange

Elaine M. Engle;Robert G. Lord

844
Citations
Leadership, values, and subordinate self-concepts

Robert G Lord;Douglas J Brown

841
Citations
Examining the roles of job involvement and work centrality in predicting organizational citizenship behaviors and job performance

James M. Diefendorff;Douglas J. Brown;Allen M. Kamin;Robert G. Lord

831
Citations
Embedding Ethical Leadership within and across Organization Levels

John Schaubroeck;Sean T. Hannah;Bruce J. Avolio;Steve W. J. Kozlowski

804
Citations
A control systems conceptualization of the goal-setting and changing process

Michael A. Campion;Robert G. Lord

785
Citations
Contextual constraints on prototype generation and their multilevel consequences for leadership perceptions

Robert G Lord;Douglas J Brown;Jennifer L Harvey;Rosalie J Hall

750
Citations
Self-regulation at work.

Robert G. Lord;James M. Diefendorff;Aaron M. Schmidt;Rosalie J. Hall

730
Citations
Executive Leadership and Organizational Performance: Suggestions for a New Theory and Methodology

David V. Day;Robert G. Lord

729
Citations
An information processing approach to social perceptions, leadership and behavioral measurement in organizations.

Robert G. Lord

703
Citations
Implicit leadership theory: A potential threat to the internal validity of leader behavior questionnaires

Michael C. Rush;Jay C. Thomas;Robert G. Lord

590
Citations
Alternative Information-Processing Models and Their Implications for Theory, Research, and Practice

Robert G. Lord;Karen J. Maher

589
Citations
Leadership in applied psychology: Three waves of theory and research.

Robert G. Lord;David V. Day;Stephen J. Zaccaro;Bruce J. Avolio

543
Citations
Thinking outside the box by looking inside the box: Extending the cognitive revolution in leadership research

Robert G Lord;Cynthia G Emrich

489
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Douglas J. Brown University of Waterloo

Sean T. Hannah Wake Forest University

Steve W. J. Kozlowski University of South Florida

Bruce J. Avolio University of Washington

James M. Diefendorff University of Akron

David V. Day Claremont McKenna College

Russell E. Johnson Michigan State University

Olga Epitropaki Durham University

Birgit Schyns NEOMA Business School

Paul E. Levy University of Akron

External Links

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