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D-Index
65
Citations
29500
World Ranking
2764
National Ranking
1592

Research.com Recognitions

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

Overview

Stephen J. Zaccaro is affiliated with George Mason University in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within psychology and business, management and accounting, with significant contributions to social psychology, organizational behavior and human resource management, strategy and management, applied psychology, and communication.

Their main research topics include team dynamics and performance, innovation and knowledge management, human resource development and performance evaluation, knowledge management and sharing, complex systems and decision making, job satisfaction and organizational behavior, and management and organizational studies.

Frequent co-authors of Stephen J. Zaccaro include David Wallace, Lauren N.P. Campbell, Elisa M. Torres, Reeshad S. Dalal, and Leslie A. DeChurch.

They have published several papers in well-known academic venues. Notable recent works include:

  • Just what do we think we are doing? Learning outcomes of leader and leadership development, 2021, The Leadership Quarterly
  • Multiteam Systems: An Integrated Review and Comparison of Different Forms, 2020, Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior
  • Organizational science and cybersecurity: abundant opportunities for research at the interface, 2021, Journal of Business and Psychology
  • Staying Apart to Work Better Together: Team Structure in Cross-Functional Teams, 2022, Academy of Management Discoveries
  • An empirical taxonomy of leadership situations: Development, validation, and implications for the science and practice of leadership., 2023, Journal of Applied Psychology

Stephen J. Zaccaro's publications are often found in venues such as The Leadership Quarterly, Academy of Management Proceedings, Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior, Journal of Business and Psychology, and Academy of Management Discoveries.

They were recognized as a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) in 2008.

Best Publications

  • A Temporally Based Framework and Taxonomy of Team Processes

    Michelle A. Marks;John E. Mathieu;Stephen J. Zaccaro

  • Leadership skills for a changing world: Solving complex social problems.

    Michael D Mumford;Stephen J Zaccaro;Francis D Harding;T.Owen Jacobs

  • Trait-based perspectives of leadership.

    Stephen J. Zaccaro

  • A Temporally Based Framework and Taxonomy of Team Processes

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  • Taxonomic efforts in the description of leader behavior: A synthesis and functional interpretation

    Edwin A. Fleishman;Michael D. Mumford;Stephen J. Zaccaro;Kerry Y. Levin

  • Performance implications of leader briefings and team-interaction training for team adaptation to novel environments

    Michelle A. Marks;Stephen J. Zaccaro;John E. Mathieu

  • Leader traits and attributes.

    Stephen J. Zaccaro;Cary Kemp;Paige Bader

  • The impact of cross-training on team effectiveness.

    Michelle A. Marks;Mark J. Sabella;C. Shawn Burke;Stephen J. Zaccaro

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  • Self-monitoring and trait-based variance in leadership: An investigation of leader flexibility across multiple group situations.

    Stephen J. Zaccaro;Roseanne J. Foti;David A. Kenny

  • The nature of organizational leadership : understanding the performance imperatives confronting today's leaders

    Stephen J. Zaccaro;Richard J. Klimoski

  • Development of leadership skills: Experience and timing

    Michael D Mumford;Michelle A Marks;Mary Shane Connelly;Stephen J Zaccaro

  • The Nature of Executive Leadership: A Conceptual and Empirical Analysis of Success

    Stephen J. Zaccaro

  • Leadership skills: Conclusions and future directions

    Michael D Mumford;Stephen J Zaccaro;Mary Shane Connelly;Michelle A Marks

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

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

  • Leadership and social intelligence: Linking social perspectiveness and behavioral flexibility to leader effectiveness

    Stephen J. Zaccaro;Janelle A. Gilbert;Kirk K. Thor;Michael D. Mumford

  • Evaluating leadership coaching: A review and integrated framework

    Katherine Ely;Lisa A. Boyce;Johnathan K. Nelson;Stephen J. Zaccaro

  • The shared leadership of teams: A meta-analysis of proximal, distal, and moderating relationships

    Vias C. Nicolaides;Kate A. LaPort;Tiffani R. Chen;Alan J. Tomassetti

  • E-Leadership and the Challenges of Leading E-Teams: - Minimizing the Bad and Maximizing the Good

    Stephen J. Zaccaro;Paige Bader

  • Exploring the relationship of leadership skills and knowledge to leader performance

    Mary Shane Connelly;Janelle A Gilbert;Stephen J Zaccaro;K.Victoria Threlfall

  • An estimate of variance due to traits in leadership.

    David A. Kenny;Stephen J. Zaccaro

  • Assessment of leader problem-solving capabilities.

    Stephen J Zaccaro;Michael D Mumford;Mary Shane Connelly;Michelle A Marks

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael D. Mumford
Michael D. Mumford University of Oklahoma
Richard J. Klimoski
Richard J. Klimoski George Mason University
John E. Mathieu
John E. Mathieu University of Connecticut
Edwin A. Fleishman
Edwin A. Fleishman George Mason University
Lois E. Tetrick
Lois E. Tetrick George Mason University
Reeshad S. Dalal
Reeshad S. Dalal George Mason University
David V. Day
David V. Day Claremont McKenna College
Gilad Chen
Gilad Chen University of Maryland, College Park
Shane Connelly
Shane Connelly University of Oklahoma
Roni Reiter-Palmon
Roni Reiter-Palmon University of Nebraska at Omaha

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