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Need For Affiliation

Need for Affiliation is a psychological motive that refers to the innate desire to establish and maintain rewarding interpersonal relationships, distinguishing it from other social motives by its focus on emotional connection and belongingness within social groups.

60

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5.2K

Citations

122

Authors

67

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

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Publications

60

Construct Validity of the Need to Belong Scale: Mapping the Nomological Network

Mark R. Leary, Kristine M. Kelly, Catherine A. Cottrell et al. · Journal of Personality Assessment · 2013 · 836 citations

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Organizational identification among virtual workers: the role of need for affiliation and perceived work-based social support

Batia M. Wiesenfeld · Journal of Management · 2001 · 352 citations

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The Psychology of Affiliation: Experimental Studies of the Sources of Gregariousness

Antanas Musteikis, Stanley Schachter · The American Catholic Sociological Review · 1961 · 332 citations

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Organizational identification among virtual workers: the role of need for affiliation and perceived work-based social support

Batia M. Wiesenfeld, Sumita Raghuram, Raghu Garud · Journal of Management · 2001 · 331 citations

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The Need to Belong: a Deep Dive into the Origins, Implications, and Future of a Foundational Construct

Kelly‐Ann Allen, DeLeon L. Gray, Roy F. Baumeister et al. · Educational Psychology Review · 2021 · 280 citations · Full text

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Authors

122

  1. HB
    Holger Busch

    Osnabrück University, Germany

    3 publications · 87 citations

    3

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  2. MR
    Mark R. Leary

    Wake Forest University, United States

    3 publications · 1.1K citations

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  3. JH
    Jan Hofer

    Osnabrück University, Germany

    3 publications · 87 citations

    3

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  4. SS
    Stanley Schachter

    Columbia University, United States

    3 publications · 640 citations

    3

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  5. AM
    Avonne Mason

    Oakland University, United States

    2 publications · 299 citations

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Institutions

67

  1. Universität Trier

    Trier, Germany

    3 h-index

    9 publications

    171 citations

  2. Duke University

    Durham, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    1.1K citations

  3. New York University

    New York, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    1K citations

  4. University of Delaware

    Newark, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    53 citations

  5. University of California San Diego

    San Diego, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    116 citations

  6. Texas A&M University

    College Station, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    62 citations

  7. Western Illinois University

    Macomb, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    836 citations

  8. Helen Keller International

    New York, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    29 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

    7 publications · 716 citations

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  2. Journal of Personality

    4 publications · 162 citations

    4

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  3. The Journal of Social Psychology

    3 publications · 48 citations

    3

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  4. Journal of Abnormal & Social Psychology

    3 publications · 96 citations

    3

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  5. Journal of Research in Personality

    2 publications · 73 citations

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