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Herman Aguinis
BornHerman Aguinis
1966
Río Cuarto, Córdoba, Argentina
Occupation
  • Researcher
  • Professor
  • Author
Language
  • English
  • Spanish
  • French
Alma materUniversity of Buenos Aires
University at Albany
SubjectTalent & Performance management
Corporate social responsibility
Organizational research methods
Notable awardsLosey Award for lifetime contributions by SHRM Foundation
Lifetime Scientific Contributions Award by (a) Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology
(b) Academy of Management (AOM) Research Methods Division, (c) Academy of Management (AOM) Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Division, and (c) Academy of Management (AOM) Practice Impact Award
Inducted into the Hall of Fame of The PhD Project
SpouseHeidi Roth-Aguinis
Children2
RelativesMarcos Aguinis
Website
www.hermanaguinis.com

Herman Aguinis is an American researcher, business professor, and author. He is the Avram Tucker Distinguished Scholar and professor of management at the George Washington University School of Business in Washington, D.C., where he served as chair of the Department of Management and director of the Master of Human Resources Management Program.[1] He has been ranked among the world's top 100 most influential economics and business researchers in the world every year since 2018.[2][3][4][5] He served as president of the Academy of Management (AOM),[6] and has been inducted into The PhD Project Hall of Fame.[7] Prior to moving to Washington D.C. in 2016, he was the John F. Mee Chair of Management and the founding director of the Institute for Global Organizational Effectiveness in the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University.

Early life and education

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Herman Aguinis was born in Rio Cuarto, Cordoba (Argentina).[8] He is the son of the Argentine author Marcos Aguinis and University of Buenos Aires School of Law professor Ana Maria "Marita" Aguinis (deceased).[9] He attended high school at the Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires[10] before receiving a Bachelor and master's degree in psychology from the University of Buenos Aires. He spent part of his high school years in New York City. Still, following his schooling in Argentina, he moved to the United States to study Industrial and Organizational Psychology, earning a Master's and then a PhD degree from the University at Albany, State University of New York in 1993.

Career

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Aguinis' research, teaching, and consulting are about acquiring and deploying talent in organizations and organizational research methods (i.e., behavioral science and data science). He has written extensively on the topics of star performance, corporate social responsibility & business sustainability, domestic and international workforce diversity, leadership, staffing, training and development, performance management, and innovative methodological approaches for developing and testing theories. His research has been featured by the media worldwide, including the Wall Street Journal [11] and Forbes,[12] and in U.S. Supreme Court cases.[13] He served as Editor-in-Chief of Organizational Research Methods (2005–2007) and has served or serves on the editorial board of 26 journals including Journal of Applied Psychology, Personnel Psychology (journal), Journal of Management, and Journal of International Business Studies.[14]

Aguinis has delivered about 300 keynote addresses and presentations at professional conferences,[15] delivered about 150 invited presentations in all seven continents except for Antarctica,[16] and raised about $5MM for his research and teaching endeavors from private foundations and federal sources (e.g., National Science Foundation).[17]

Impact, awards and honors

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Aguinis' research has placed him as one of the world's most influential and prolific contemporary management professors.[18][19][20][21][22][3][4] Every year since 2018, he has been ranked among the top-100 most impactful researchers in the world in economics and business (based on multiple articles published in the preceding decade ranked in the top 1% by citations), “demonstrating significant influence among their peers, this top 1% of the global research community represent magnets in their respective discipline.”[5] The September 2024 edition of the Stanford U. "top 2% researchers in the world" ranked him as the world’s #45 most impactful business and management researcher based on total career-long impact (and #28 based on the year 2023).[23] A 2023 Journal of Business Research article ranked as the #4 most dominant researcher in the area of strategic leadership from 1980 to 2020, the #4 most productive between 2011 and 2020, and the #12 most productive between 1980 and 2020 based on the Scopus database.[24] Another 2023 study ranked among the world's top 20 most impactful researchers in corporate social performance based on articles published between 1975 and 2023 in 35 journals and books in business, management, accounting, economics, econometrics, finance, and social sciences.[25] A study conducted in November 2022 involving 166,880 scientists ranked as the #38 best researcher in Business and Management in the United States and #68 in the world based on the D-index (Discipline H-index), which includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline.[26] Another article published in 2019 in Journal of Business Research article ranked him as the #1 most cited and prolific (i.e., based on h-index) researcher in the field of human resources training based on all publications between 1975 and 2016.[27] A 2019 Leadership Quarterly article as the world's #2 most influential researcher in the field of leadership based on all articles published in 10 highly prestigious academic journals between 2011 and 2017.[28] A 2017 Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education article ranked him among the top 100 most published authors in business and management education (BME) out of 7,209 unique authors who published at least one article in 17 BME journals from 2005 to 2014.[29] A 2016 Journal of Management (JOM) article published to celebrate the journal's 40th anniversary ranked him as the #5 most published author from 1975 to 2014 out of 2,270 different individuals who published at least one article each.[30] Based on Google Scholar, his work has received about 61,000 citations (h-index = 105), he is the world's #1 ranked researcher in the category "workforce diversity," #1 in “talent management,” #1 in “people analytics,” #1 in "business sustainability," and #3 in “corporate social responsibility”.[31] Based on Web of Science/Clarivate Analytics, his work has received over 22,000 citations.[32] His Performance Management for Dummies book has been recognized as one of “The 15 Best HR Books of All Time”[33] and one of “The 10 Best HR Books You Should Read in 2024”.[34] He has more than 31,000 LinkedIn followers.[35]

He is a fellow of the Academy of Management (and also served as Deputy Dean of the Academy of Management Fellows),[36] American Psychological Association, Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, and Association for Psychological Science and has received many awards such as:

  • Losey Award by the Society for Human Resource Management Foundation for lifetime achievement in human resource research[37]
  • Academy of Management Research Methods Division Distinguished Career Award for lifetime contributions[38]
  • Academy of Management Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Division Distinguished Career Award for lifetime contributions[39]
  • Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Scientific Contributions Award for lifetime contributions[40]
  • Academy of Management Practice Theme Committee Scholar Practice Impact Award recognizing an outstanding scholar who has affected policy-making and managerial and organizational practices[41]
  • IACMR-Responsible Research in Management Award recognizing excellent scholarship that focuses on important issues for business and society using sound research methods with credible results[42]
  • Academy of Management Entrepreneurship Division IDEA Thought Leader Award[43]
  • Academy of Management Research Methods Division Robert McDonald Advancement of Organizational Research Methodology Award
  • Inducted into The PhD Project Hall of Fame.[7]
  • Nine best article of the year awards from the journals Personnel Psychology, Journal of Management, Journal of Organizational Behavior (twice), Academy of Management Perspectives, Academy of Management Learning and Education,Organizational Research Methods, Business Horizons, and Management Research.[44][45]

Selected publications

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Herman Aguinis has published about 220 journal articles [46] and 13 books.[47] His "Performance Management for Dummies" book has been recognized as one of “The 15 Best HR Books of All Time” [48]

Books

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  • Aguinis, H. 2025. Research methodology: Best practices for rigorous, credible, and impactful research. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE. ISBN 978-1071871942.
  • Aguinis, H. 2019. Performance management for dummies. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley. ISBN 978-1119557654.
  • Aguinis, H. 2023. Performance management (5th ed.). Chicago, IL: Chicago Business Press. ISBN 978-1-948426-48-0.
  • Cascio, W.F., & Aguinis, H. 2019. Applied psychology in talent management (8th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE. ISBN 9781506375915.
  • Aguinis, H. 2004. Regression analysis for categorical moderators. New York, NY: Guilford. ISBN 1572309695.
  • Baruch, Y., Konrad, A.M., Aguinis, H., & Starbuck, W.H. (Eds.). 2008. Opening the black box of editorship. New York, NY: Palgrave-Macmillan. ISBN 0230013600.
  • Aguinis, H. (Ed.). 2004. Test-score banding in human resource selection: Legal, technical, and societal issues. Westport, CT: Praeger. ISBN 1567205208.

Journal articles

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References

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  1. ^ "Aguinis, Herman | GW School of Business | The George Washington University". GW School of Business. Retrieved 2024-06-05.
  2. ^ Highly Cited Researchers 2018. https://hcr.clarivate.com/ Archived 2019-02-20 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ a b "Recipients - Highly Cited | Researcher Recognition". publons.com. Retrieved 2019-09-21.
  4. ^ a b "Highly Cited Researchers". publons.com. Retrieved 2020-11-22.
  5. ^ a b "Highly Cited Researchers". publons.com. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
  6. ^ 2020 Board of Governors Election Results, https://aom.org/about-aom/governance/committees-task-forces/elections Archived 2021-07-25 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ a b "Hall of Fame". The PhD Project. Retrieved 2022-09-10.
  8. ^ "Frontline IB: Herman Aguinis". Academy of International Business (AIB). 2021-04-15. Retrieved 2021-04-18.
  9. ^ Books by professor Ana Maria "Marita" Aguinis (deceased), https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=dp_byline_sr_book_1?ie=UTF8&text=Ana+Maria+M.+de+Aguinis&search-alias=books&field-author=Ana+Maria+M.+de+Aguinis&sort=relevancerank
  10. ^ Aguinis, H. (2006). From Río Cuarto to Denver. The Industrial-Organizational Psychologist, 43(4), 57-61.
  11. ^ Fuhrmans, Vanessa. "CEO Pay and Performance Often Don't Match Up". WSJ. Retrieved 2024-06-05.
  12. ^ https://www.forbes.com/sites/michelletravis/2024/09/10/3-ways-to-combat-the-think-star-think-men-gender-bias/
  13. ^ RICCI v. DESTEFANO, https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/crt/legacy/2010/12/28/ricci_sctdec.pdf
  14. ^ Editorships and Editorial Board Memberships, http://www.hermanaguinis.com/sactive.htm#ProfessionReviewer Archived 2018-05-27 at the Wayback Machine
  15. ^ Keynote Addresses & Presentations at Professional Meetings, https://www.hermanaguinis.com/speaking.html
  16. ^ Invited Presentations, https://www.hermanaguinis.com/speaking.html
  17. ^ Understanding the Gender Performance Gap among Star Performers in STEM Fields, https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1643075
  18. ^ Podsakoff, Philip M.; MacKenzie, Scott B.; Podsakoff, Nathan P.; Bachrach, Daniel G. (30 January 2008). "Scholarly Influence in the Field of Management: A Bibliometric Analysis of the Determinants of University and Author Impact in the Management Literature in the Past Quarter Century". Journal of Management. 34 (4): 641–720. doi:10.1177/0149206308319533. S2CID 143858009.
  19. ^ Van Fleet, David D.; Bedeian, Arthur G. (27 October 2015). "The Journal of Management's First 40 Years: A Look Back". Journal of Management. 42 (2): 349–356. doi:10.1177/0149206315609403.
  20. ^ Aguinis, Herman; Suárez-González, Isabel; Lannelongue, Gustavo; Joo, Harry (May 2012). "Scholarly Impact Revisited". Academy of Management Perspectives. 26 (2): 105–132. doi:10.5465/amp.2011.0088.
  21. ^ Aguinis, Herman; Ramani, Ravi S.; Campbell, P. Knight; Bernal-Turnes, Paloma; Drewry, Josiah M.; Edgerton, Brett T. (30 October 2017). "Most Frequently Cited Sources, Articles, and Authors in Industrial-Organizational Psychology Textbooks: Implications for the Science–Practice Divide, Scholarly Impact, and the Future of the Field". Industrial and Organizational Psychology. 10 (4): 507–557. doi:10.1017/iop.2017.69. S2CID 148860324.
  22. ^ "Highly Cited Researchers - The Most Influential Scientific Minds". HCR. Archived from the original on 2019-02-20. Retrieved 2019-09-21.
  23. ^ https://elsevier.digitalcommonsdata.com/datasets/btchxktzyw/7
  24. ^ Singh, Anjali; Lim, Weng Marc; Jha, Sumi; Kumar, Satish; Ciasullo, Maria Vincenza (March 2023). "The state of the art of strategic leadership". Journal of Business Research. 158: 113676. doi:10.1016/j.jbusres.2023.113676. ISSN 0148-2963. S2CID 256125623.
  25. ^ Singh, Nidhi; Kumar, Surender (2023). "Evolution and assessment of corporate social performance through the lens of top category journals: A theoretical structural analysis". Journal of Advances in Management Research. 20 (5): 855–882. doi:10.1108/JAMR-02-2023-0051. S2CID 259461538.
  26. ^ "World's Best Business and Management Scientists: H-Index Business and Management Science Ranking 2023 | Research.com". Research.com. Retrieved 2023-02-18.
  27. ^ Danvila-del-Valle, Ignacio; Estévez-Mendoza, Carlos; Lara, Francisco J. (March 2019). "Human resources training: A bibliometric analysis". Journal of Business Research. 101: 627–636. doi:10.1016/j.jbusres.2019.02.026. hdl:20.500.12466/3675. S2CID 159117891.
  28. ^ Zhao, Hao; Li, Chaoping (2019-08-01). "A computerized approach to understanding leadership research". The Leadership Quarterly. 30 (4): 396–416. doi:10.1016/j.leaqua.2019.06.001. ISSN 1048-9843. S2CID 198610493.
  29. ^ Arbaugh, J. B.; Asarta, Carlos J.; Hwang, Alvin; Fornaciari, Charles J.; Bento, Regina F.; Dean, Kathy Lund (July 2017). "Key Authors in Business and Management Education Research: Productivity, Topics, and Future Directions". Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education. 15 (3): 268–302. doi:10.1111/dsji.12131.
  30. ^ https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0149206315609403
  31. ^ See https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=VbMNUXoAAAAJ&hl=en for his Google Scholar profile
  32. ^ See [1] for his Clarivate Analytics profile
  33. ^ https://www.bamboohr.com/blog/best-hr-books
  34. ^ https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7148682053239177218/
  35. ^ https://www.linkedin.com/in/herman-aguinis-66417016/ [self-published source]
  36. ^ Fellows Group of the Academy of Management, http://aom.org/fellows.aspx
  37. ^ Herman Aguinis Named 2017 Losey Research Award Winner, https://www.shrm.org/hr-today/news/hr-news/Pages/Herman-Aguinis-Named-2017-Losey-Research-Award-Winner.aspx Archived 2022-01-21 at the Wayback Machine
  38. ^ Award Winners, http://rmdiv.org/?page_id=20
  39. ^ Ahttps://www.linkedin.com/posts/gwbusiness_aguinis-herman-gw-school-of-business-activity-7211061024727150594-T2TP/
  40. ^ "Herman Aguinis receives Distinguished Scientific Contributions Award". Retrieved 2021-04-18.
  41. ^ PTC Awards and Panels of Judges, http://www.ptc-aom.com/index.php/awards/aom-ptc-practice-impact-award Archived 2018-08-17 at the Wayback Machine
  42. ^ The Second IACMR-RRBM Award for Responsible Research in Management, https://rrbm.network/taking-action/awards/2018-responsible-research-in-management-award-winners/
  43. ^ IDEA Thought Leader Awards, https://ent.aom.org/awards
  44. ^ "Home". hermanaguinis.com.
  45. ^ "Emerald: Outstanding Paper Awards". www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com. Retrieved 2019-09-21.
  46. ^ See http://www.hermanaguinis.com/pubs.html for a full listing of journal articles
  47. ^ See http://www.hermanaguinis.com/books.html for a full listing of books
  48. ^ "The 15 Best HR Books of All Time (Including New Releases and Classics)".
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