Paul E. Spector

@usf.edu

Courtesy Distinguished Professor Emeritus, College of Information Systems and Management, Muma College of Business
University of South Florida

EDUCATION

PhD, 1975 Industrial and Organizational Psychology, University of South Florida

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Human Resources, Organizational Behavior, Research Methodology
133661

Scholar Citations

142

Scholar h-index

307

Scholar i10-index

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Helping engineering students become better learners: an action-state orientation-based intervention study
    PE Spector, CS Ferekides, CS Jeong, J Howell, I Uysal
    Frontiers in Education 11, 1794863 , 2026
    2026
  • Counterproductive work behavior from a historical perspective
    PE Spector
    Handbook of Counterproductive Work Behavior, 14-32 , 2025
    2025
  • Industrial and Organizational Psychology, with eBook Access Code: Research and Practice
    PE Spector
    John Wiley & Sons , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 3031
  • Understaffing as a two‐dimensional phenomenon: A cross‐sectional study of hospital nurses' manpower and expertise understaffing
    S Pindek, MR Hayman, DJ Howard, ML Arvan, PE Spector
    Journal of Advanced Nursing 81 (10), 6560-6568 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 7
  • The impact of authentic leadership behavior on employee trust, job satisfaction, and organizational commitment: An experimental evaluation of a workplace intervention in a …
    PE Spector, DJ Howard, EM Eisenberg, JD Couris, JF Quinn
    Human Performance 38 (4), 196-220 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 6
  • Academic habits that drive student success-an XAI approach to action-state modeling
    I Uysal, R Islam, PE Spector
    2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • Shaping the future of industrial-organizational psychology: The transformative potential of research collaborations
    NM Voss, SA Stoffregen, KL Couture, JA DiGirolamo, M Furman, S Haidar, ...
    Industrial and Organizational Psychology 18 (2), 167-187 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 15
  • Navigation Bar
    HT Chan, CSK Mak, AB Djurisic, WK Chan
    Chemie in unserer Zeit , 2025
    2025
  • For Love or Money: Small Investor Motivations and Incentives in Equity Crowdfunding
    J Cherubini, A Hevner, PE Spector
    Communications of the Association for Information Systems 57 (1), 76 , 2025
    2025
  • Activism or science? Navigating the tension between objectivity and advocacy in DEI research
    LM Steele, PE Spector
    Industrial and Organizational Psychology 17 (4), 520-524 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 5
  • Workload
    PE Spector
    Elgar Encyclopedia of Occupational Health Psychology, 224-226 , 2024
    2024
  • Tracking and Predicting Student Performance Across Different Semesters with Matched Action-State Orientation Surveys and Interventions
    I Uysal, MB Ayanoglu, RS Elashmawy, R Islam, PE Spector, CS Ferekides
    2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 3
  • Travel nurse work experiences: a comparison of staff and travel nurses' burnout and job attitudes
    PE Spector, S Pindek, MR Hayman, DJ Howard, ML Arvan
    Nursing Management 55 (5), 12-20 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 11
  • Defiance, compliance, or somewhere in between: A qualitative study of how employees respond to supervisors’ unethical requests
    L Steele, PE Spector, T de Vreede, D Kong, J Wells
    Human Performance 37 (1-2), 57-79 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 7
  • Starting fresh: a mixed method study of follower job satisfaction, trust, and views of their leader’s behavior
    PE Spector, DJ Howard, EM Eisenberg, JD Couris, JF Quinn
    Frontiers in Psychology 15, 1349353 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 13
  • The effect of IS engagement on generative AI adoption
    T De Vreede, VK Singh, GJ De Vreede, P Spector
    2024
    Citations: 11
  • Cross-cultural occupational health psychology: An updated review.
    W Scott, CH Chang, PE Spector
    American Psychological Association , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 1
  • The dual nature of cyberloafing
    PE Spector
    Applied Psychology 73 (1), 502-505 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 19
  • Assessing and managing mistreatment at work
    P Spector, A Nixon
    The Routledge companion to mental health at work, 310-340 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 5
  • Are biasing factors idiosyncratic to measures? A comparison of interpersonal conflict, organizational constraints, and workload
    PE Spector, CE Gray, CC Rosen
    Journal of Business and Psychology 38 (5), 983-1002 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 37

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Job satisfaction: Application, assessment, causes, and consequences
    PE Spector
    Sage , 1997
    1997
    Citations: 15418
  • The role of justice in organizations: A meta-analysis
    Y Cohen-Charash, PE Spector
    Organizational behavior and human decision processes 86 (2), 278-321 , 2001
    2001
    Citations: 7196
  • Measurement of human service staff satisfaction: Development of the Job Satisfaction Survey
    PE Spector
    American journal of community psychology 13 (6), 693 , 1985
    1985
    Citations: 5188
  • Method variance in organizational research: truth or urban legend?
    PE Spector
    Organizational research methods 9 (2), 221-232 , 2006
    2006
    Citations: 5167
  • Summated rating scale construction: An introduction
    PE Spector
    Sage , 1992
    1992
    Citations: 4984
  • Development of four self-report measures of job stressors and strain: interpersonal conflict at work scale, organizational constraints scale, quantitative workload inventory …
    PE Spector, SM Jex
    Journal of occupational health psychology 3 (4), 356 , 1998
    1998
    Citations: 3731
  • Industrial and Organizational Psychology, with eBook Access Code: Research and Practice
    PE Spector
    John Wiley & Sons , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 3031
  • Counterproductive work behavior (CWB) in response to job stressors and organizational justice: Some mediator and moderator tests for autonomy and emotions
    S Fox, PE Spector, D Miles
    Journal of vocational behavior 59 (3), 291-309 , 2001
    2001
    Citations: 2731
  • Perceived control by employees: A meta-analysis of studies concerning autonomy and participation at work
    PE Spector
    Human relations 39 (11), 1005-1016 , 1986
    1986
    Citations: 2638
  • The dimensionality of counterproductivity: Are all counterproductive behaviors created equal?
    PE Spector, S Fox, LM Penney, K Bruursema, A Goh, S Kessler
    Journal of vocational behavior 68 (3), 446-460 , 2006
    2006
    Citations: 2518
  • An emotion-centered model of voluntary work behavior: Some parallels between counterproductive work behavior and organizational citizenship behavior
    PE Spector, S Fox
    Human resource management review 12 (2), 269-292 , 2002
    2002
    Citations: 2386
  • Behavior in organizations as a function of employee's locus of control.
    PE Spector
    Psychological bulletin 91 (3), 482 , 1982
    1982
    Citations: 2114
  • Do not cross me: Optimizing the use of cross-sectional designs
    PE Spector
    Journal of business and psychology 34 (2), 125-137 , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 2100
  • Development of the work locus of control scale
    PE Spector
    Journal of occupational psychology 61 (4), 335-340 , 1988
    1988
    Citations: 2058
  • Causes of employee turnover: A test of the Mobley, Griffeth, Hand, and Meglino model.
    CE Michaels, PE Spector
    Journal of applied psychology 67 (1), 53 , 1982
    1982
    Citations: 1920
  • The Stressor-Emotion Model of Counterproductive Work Behavior.
    PE Spector, S Fox
    American Psychological Association , 2005
    2005
    Citations: 1897
  • A model of work frustration–aggression
    S Fox, PE Spector
    Journal of organizational behavior 20 (6), 915-931 , 1999
    1999
    Citations: 1866
  • Using self-report questionnaires in OB research: A comment on the use of a controversial method
    PE Spector
    Journal of organizational behavior, 385-392 , 1994
    1994
    Citations: 1831
  • Job stress, incivility, and counterproductive work behavior (CWB): The moderating role of negative affectivity
    LM Penney, PE Spector
    Journal of Organizational Behavior: The International Journal of Industrial … , 2005
    2005
    Citations: 1658
  • Methodological urban legends: The misuse of statistical control variables
    PE Spector, MT Brannick
    Organizational research methods 14 (2), 287-305 , 2011
    2011
    Citations: 1591