OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Psychology in Africa is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-10-01 to 2024-10-01.)

Article	Citations
Subjective knowledge and health consciousness influences on health tourism intention after the COVID-19 pandemic: A prospective study	18
College students’ well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic: An exploratory study	18
Mobile phone addiction and cognitive failures in Chinese adolescents: The role of rumination and mindfulness	16
Academic attitude and subjective norms effects on international doctoral students’ academic performance self-perceptions: A moderated-mediation analysis of the influences of knowledge- seeking intenti	16
Brand loyalty and the Bangtan Sonyeondan (BTS) Korean dance: Global viewers’ perceptions	15
Social anxiety, maladaptive cognition, mobile phone addiction, and perceived social support: A moderated mediation model	14
Performing arts and sustainable consumption: Influences of consumer perceived value on ballet performance audience loyalty	13
Criminal psychology trend prediction based on deep learning algorithm and three-dimensional convolutional neural network	10
Assessing the construct validity of the Career Agility Scale for measuring adult workers’ digital era adaptive readiness	9
Talent management practices and work-related outcomes for South African academic staff	9
Corporate sustainability and firm performance in small and medium enterprises in Ghana: Mediating role of green innovation	8
Sustainable person-environment fit and subjective career success: The moderating role of resilience	8
The Teacher Well-Being Scale (TWBS): Construct validity, model comparisons and measurement invariance in an Ethiopian setting	7
Social exchange influences on ethical leadership and employee commitment in a developing country setting	7
Inclusive leadership and employee innovative work behaviours: Testing a psychological empowerment and leader-member exchange moderated-mediation model	7
Public perception of risk and coping response to COVID-19 in China: The moderating role of negative emotion	7
Supervisor support and work engagement: The mediating role of psychological safety in a post-restructuring business organisation	6
Corporate sustainability and customer loyalty: The role of firm’s green image	6
The influence of self-identity on social support, loneliness, and internet addiction among Chinese college students	6
The psychology of sustainability and sustainable development: Transdisciplinary perspectives	6
Job insecurity and psychological well-being: The moderating roles of self-perceived employability and core self-evaluations	6
Interpersonal sensitivity and social avoidance and distress in female college students: Mediating role of self-inconsistency and moderating role of self-consciousness	6
Mental flexibility (set-shifting) deficits in children with ADHD: A replication and extension study	6
Tourism graduate students’ employability skills: Results and implications of a Zimbabwean study	6
Humble leadership and work fatigue: The roles of self-efficacy and perceived team autonomy-support	5

Prevalence and associated factors of loneliness among a national sample of in-school adolescents in Morocco	5
Prevalence and associated factors of psychological distress among a national sample of in-school adolescents in Liberia	5
Creative leadership and employee work wellness: Supervisor support as a mediator	5
“I’m angry with my mother”: Lived psychosocial experiences of adolescents with peri-natal-acquired HIV in Limpopo, South Africa	5
Adult attachment: Its mediation role on childhood trauma and mobile phone addiction	5
Parenting style, social interaction anxiety, and problematic internet use among students	4
Procedural justice, police legitimacy, and performance: Perspectives of South African students	4
Factors associated with breakup distress following a romantic relationship dissolution among emerging adult students	4
The influence of developmental feedback on voice: The mediating role of organisation-based self-esteem	4
Organisational trust and commitment among South African public service employees: Influence of socio-demographics	4
Structural validity and measurement invariance of the Psychological Career Resources Inventory Short Form as a predictor of career satisfaction	4
Self-esteem and interpersonal difficulties of college students: Influences of self-control and self-concept	4
Mothering in socioeconomically marginalised communities in South Africa: A conceptual development	4
Popular culture influences on national image and tourism behavioural intention: An exploratory study	4
Perceived stress, coping and mental health of teachers: A latent profile analysis	4
Graduate student challenge-hindrance scientific research stress and creativity: Mediating effect of creative self-efficacy	4
Psychological empowerment and professional well-being of Chinese kindergarten teachers: The mediating effect of professional pressure	4
A framework for digital talent assessment: Guidelines and applications	4
Perspectives of college students on the causes and prevention of suicide in Nigerian universities	3
Emotional intelligence and psychological skills application among female field-hockey players	3
Stimulating employee job crafting by providing developmental feedback	3
Proactive personality and academic procrastination in graduate students: Their chain-mediation by research self-efficacy and learning adaptability	3
Gendered actual controlling shareholders and family business emotional attachment influences on business operational violations: A propensity score matching analysis	3
Fear of COVID-19, perceived academic stress, future anxiety, and psychological distress of Ghanaian university students: A serial mediation examination	3
Factorial structure of the Community of Inquiry Survey in a South African open and distance e-learning environment	3
The interplay between interpersonal relationships and organisational learning behaviour: Influences of psychological safety	3
Kindergarten teachers’ objective career success and subjective well-being: The mediating role of professional identity	3
Understanding general pedagogical knowledge influences on sustainable teacher well-being: A qualitative exploratory study	3
Self-efficacy and career resilience: The mediating role of professional identity and work passion in kindergarten teachers	3
A latent class analysis of adverse childhood life events in Ugandan adolescents	3
Measuring time perspective in Ethiopian young adults using the Adolescent and Adult Time Inventory (AATI)	3
Paradoxical leader behaviour effects on employee taking charge: A moderated – mediating model	3
Mobile phone addiction, self-control, physical exercise, and depression: A moderated mediation model	3
Bed and Breakfast (B&B) social servicescape and customer satisfaction: Positive emotion mediation and sex moderation	3
Prevalence and associated factors of weapon carrying among university students from 25 countries	3
Detection of driver fatigue driving behaviour based on deep learning algorithm from the perspective of traffic psychology	3
Could transformational leadership predict employee voice behaviour? Evidence from a meta-analysis	3
Family influence and career calling: The mediating role of work passion and career exploration	3
Resilience and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Promoting child and youth resilience and related mental health outcomes	3
Does a paternalistic leader facilitate voice and creative performance? Evidence from Ghana	3
Exploring the relationship between core self-evaluation and employee innovative behaviour: The role of emotional factors	3
Racial relations and life satisfaction among South Africans: Results from the 2017 South African Social Attitudes Survey (SASAS)	3
Self-control mediation on the relationship between personal growth initiative and smartphone addiction among Chinese university students	3
Correlates of suicidal behaviour among adults in Guyana	2
Temporary academics in South African higher education institutions: Their lived precarity experiences	2
Experiences of black African women entrepreneurs in the South African male-dominated entrepreneurial environments	2
The prevalence and correlates of suicidal behaviour among adolescents in Trinidad and Tobago	2
Role conflict experiences of South African shop stewards: An exploratory study	2
Linking servant leadership to customer-oriented organisational citizenship behaviour: The moderating role of perceived interactional justice	2
Mathematical calculation ability of primary school children: A comparative study between Ghana and China	2

Structural equation modelling of risk indicators for suicidal thoughts and behaviours among Nigerian Yorùbá youth	2
Correctional rehabilitation programmes’ effectiveness: A phenomenological study of recidivists in a South African setting	2
Personality traits and occupational stress among special needs education teachers	2
Fear of COVID-19 and job insecurity among hospitality industry employees: The mediating role of happiness	2
Emotion regulation mediates the relationship between college students’ perceived social support and social anxiety	2
Factor structure in Raven’s Progressive Matrices Plus in sub-Saharan Africa – Benin and Djibouti	2
Why students want to provide feedback to their peers: Drivers of feedback quantity and variation by type of course	2
Alexithymia and mobile phone addiction among college students: Mediation by boredom proneness and anxiety	2
Parent caregiver perceptions of the behaviour of their children with autism spectrum disorder: A qualitative exploratory study	2
Does perceived chess skills mediate the relationship between fluid intelligence and academic performance?	2
Influence of ego resilience on school adaptability among primary school lower-grade children	2
Corporate ethical values and ethical work climate influences on employees’ helping behaviour in a developing country’s banking sector setting	2
Multi-trait, multi-method talent assessment through a digital platform: Relationship with job performance	2
Anxiety and depression among Egyptians during COVID-19 pandemic: A cross sectional study	2
College students’ loneliness and problematic mobile phone use: Mediation by fear of missing out	2
Loneliness and mobile phone addiction in Chinese college students: a moderated mediation model	2
Mindfulness and mental health in medical staff in the COVID-19 period: Mediating role of perceived social support and sense of security	2
Indirect exposure to trauma: Does resilience explain the link between optimism and secondary traumatic stress among in-patient carers?	2
Alcohol misuse prevalence and correlates among school adolescents from national surveys in Saint Lucia and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2
Is happiness based on psychological harmony? Exploring the mediating role of psychological harmony in the relationship between personality characteristics and occupational well-being	2
Polysubstance use among national samples of in-school adolescents in Dominican Republic, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago	2
Psychosocial variables of the interactive mobile interface for geriatric persons in a Kenyan setting: An exploratory study	2
Intention to use High Speed Rail (HSR) in Ghana: A comparative study	2
Organisational capital and graduate employability: A serial mediation analysis of human and personal-social capital	2
Perceived information communication and technology (ICT) demands and psychological well-being among Gabon civil servants: The moderating role of social support and organisational support	2
Organisational citizenship behaviours: Their influences on mineworkers’ turnover intention	2
Women offenders’ experiences of rehabilitation in a South African correctional centre	2
Humble leadership and follower strengths use: Leader-member exchange as a mediator and role overload as a moderator	2
Psychological distress among a cross-sectional national sample of adolescents in South Africa: Prevalence and associated factors	2
Prevalence of anxiety-induced sleep disturbance and associated factors among a national sample of in-school adolescents in Benin	2
Young children’s conceptions of morality in a South African context	2
Low self-esteem and cyberbullying perpetration among Chinese adolescents: Mediation by catharsis and moderation by sex	2
Predictors of staff retention satisfaction: The role of the psychological contract and job satisfaction	2