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Sebastiaan Rothmann

Sebastiaan Rothmann

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Psychology
South Africa
2026

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Psychology

D-Index
67
Citations
20074
World Ranking
2569
National Ranking
2

Sebastiaan Rothmann publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Psychology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Sebastiaan Rothmann sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 299 publications — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more.

Sebastiaan Rothmann D-index placement in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Psychology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Sebastiaan Rothmann sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 67 D-Index — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Psychology in South Africa Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Psychology in South Africa Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Psychology in South Africa Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Psychology in South Africa Leader Award

Overview

Sebastiaan Rothmann is affiliated with North-West University in South Africa. Their research primarily spans the fields of Psychology, Social Sciences, and Health Professions. Within these domains, their subfield specializations include General Health Professions, Social Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, and Education.

The scientist's work covers a range of main topics such as:

  • Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
  • Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
  • Employment and Welfare Studies
  • Workplace Health and Well-being
  • Resilience and Mental Health
  • Higher Education and Employability
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health

Research output includes several recent papers published in respected venues:

  • Investigating the relation among disturbed sleep due to social media use, school burnout, and academic performance (2020, Journal of Adolescence)
  • Intergroup contact is reliably associated with reduced prejudice, even in the face of group threat and discrimination (2023, American Psychologist)
  • Basic Psychological Needs in the Work Context: A Systematic Literature Review of Diary Studies (2021, Frontiers in Psychology)
  • Longitudinal Trajectories of Study Characteristics and Mental Health Before and During the COVID-19 Lockdown (2021, Frontiers in Psychology)
  • Grand Challenges for Positive Psychology: Future Perspectives and Opportunities (2022, Frontiers in Psychology)

Their frequent publication venues highlight journals where they have contributed most often:

  • Frontiers in Psychology (17 publications)
  • SA Journal of Industrial Psychology (12 publications)
  • Journal of Psychology in Africa (4 publications)
  • Sustainability (3 publications)
  • South African Journal of Business Management (3 publications)

Sebastiaan Rothmann collaborates regularly with a number of coauthors with whom they have published multiple times. Frequent collaborators include:

  • Llewellyn E. van Zyl
  • Leoni van der Vaart
  • Anja Van den Broeck
  • Hans De Witte
  • Rébecca Shankland

This profile indicates a consistent engagement with topics at the intersection of psychological well-being, workplace and organizational behavior, as well as health professions. The diversity of publication venues and coauthor networks illustrates an active research agenda within their academic community.

Best Publications

  • Occupational stress, ill health and organisational commitment of members of the South African Police Service in the North West Province

    L.I. Jorgensen;S. Rothmann

  • THE BIG FIVE PERSONALITY DIMENSIONS AND JOB PERFORMANCE

    S. Rothmann;E. P. Coetzer

  • Job satisfaction, occupational stress, burnout and work engagement as components of work-related wellbeing

    Sebastiaan Rothmann

  • A psychometric analysis of the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale in the South African police service

    K. Storm;S. Rothmann

  • Psychological empowerment, job insecurity and employee engagement

    Marius W. Stander;Sebastiaan Rothmann

  • Occupational stress, sense of coherence, coping, burnout and work engagement of registered nurses in South Africa

    Johanna J. van der Colff;Sebastiaan Rothmann

  • A model of work‐related well‐being for educators in South Africa

    Leon T. B. Jackson;Sebastiaan Rothmann;Fons J. R. van de Vijver

  • Antecedents of work engagement in a multinational oil company

    AL Olivier;S Rothmann

  • Factors associated with employee engagement in South Africa

    Sebastiaan Rothmann

  • Burnout and work engagement of academics in higher education institutions: effects of dispositional optimism

    Nicolene Barkhuizen;Sebastiaan Rothmann;Fons J. R. van de Vijver;Fons J. R. van de Vijver;Fons J. R. van de Vijver

  • Occupational stress of academic staff in South African higher education institutions

    N. Barkhuizen;S. Rothmann

  • JOB DEMANDS, JOB RESOURCES AND WORK ENGAGEMENT OF ACADEMIC STAFF IN SOUTH AFRICAN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS

    S Rothmann;G M E Jordaan

  • Engaging in Work Even When It Is Meaningless Positive Affective Disposition and Meaningful Work Interact in Relation to Work Engagement

    Michael F. Steger;Michael F. Steger;Hadassah Littman-Ovadia;Michal Miller;Lauren Menger

  • Burnout and engagement: A South African perspective

    S. Rothmann

  • Occupational stress, personality traits, coping strategies, and suicide ideation in the South African Police Service

    Jacobus Pienaar;Sebastiaan Rothmann;Fons J. R. van de Vijver

  • Work-related well-being in the South African Police Service

    Karina Mostert;Sebastiaan Rothmann

  • Job demands, job resources, burnout and work engagement of managers at a platinum mine in the North West Province

    S. Rothmann;J. H.M. Joubert

  • The validation of the Minnesota Job Satisfaction Questionnaire in selected organisations in South Africa

    Johanna H. Buitendach;Sebastiaan Rothmann

  • A psychometric evaluation of the job demands resources scale in South Africa

    S Rothmann;K Mostert;M Strydom

  • Strengths use and deficit correction in organizations: development and validation of a questionnaire

    Marianne van Woerkom;Karina Mostert;Crizelle Els;Arnold B. Bakker

  • Job insecurity, leadership empowerment behaviour, employee engagement and intention to leave in a petrochemical laboratory

    Sonet van Schalkwyk;Danie H. du Toit;Adriaan S. Bothma;Sebastiaan Rothmann

Frequent Co-Authors

Hans De Witte
Hans De Witte KU Leuven
Fons J. R. van de Vijver
Fons J. R. van de Vijver Tilburg University
Roland W. B. Blonk
Roland W. B. Blonk Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research
Amandeep Dhir
Amandeep Dhir University of Agder
Ruut Veenhoven
Ruut Veenhoven Erasmus University Rotterdam
Michael F. Steger
Michael F. Steger Colorado State University
Arnold B. Bakker
Arnold B. Bakker Erasmus University Rotterdam
Ståle Pallesen
Ståle Pallesen University of Bergen
Jesus Alfonso D. Datu
Jesus Alfonso D. Datu University of Hong Kong

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