What is he best known for?
The fields of study he is best known for:
- Social psychology
- Social science
- Management
His primary scientific interests are in Social psychology, Prosocial behavior, Job performance, Job design and Job crafting.
His Social psychology research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Cognitive psychology and Public relations.
His Public relations study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Identity and Affective events theory.
His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Interpersonal communication, Agency and Organizational behavior.
His studies deal with areas such as Professional development and Embeddedness as well as Job performance.
His studies in Job design integrate themes in fields like Service and Task.
His most cited work include:
- The dynamics of proactivity at work (1000 citations)
- Relational Job Design and the Motivation to Make a Prosocial Difference (997 citations)
- Does intrinsic motivation fuel the prosocial fire? Motivational synergy in predicting persistence, performance, and productivity. (872 citations)
What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?
Adam M. Grant mainly investigates Social psychology, Prosocial behavior, Public relations, Job design and Organizational behavior.
Social psychology and Work motivation are two areas of study in which Adam M. Grant engages in interdisciplinary research.
His Prosocial behavior study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Self-interest and Affect.
In the field of Public relations, his study on Organizational commitment, Transactional leadership and Shared leadership overlaps with subjects such as Ideology.
His work is dedicated to discovering how Job design, Task are connected with Cognitive psychology and other disciplines.
His work in Job performance addresses subjects such as Job analysis, which are connected to disciplines such as Job attitude.
He most often published in these fields:
- Social psychology (56.98%)
- Prosocial behavior (32.56%)
- Public relations (25.58%)
What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2014-2020)?
- Social psychology (56.98%)
- Public relations (25.58%)
- Organizational behavior (13.95%)
In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:
Adam M. Grant mainly focuses on Social psychology, Public relations, Organizational behavior, Action and Cognitive psychology.
His study in Social psychology is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Agency and Cognitive resource theory.
The Public relations study combines topics in areas such as Marketing, Performance management and Mindset.
The study incorporates disciplines such as Goal theory and Prosocial behavior in addition to Organizational behavior.
His Prosocial behavior research includes elements of Job performance and Job analysis.
His research in Cognitive psychology intersects with topics in Creativity, Task, Job design, Procrastination and Intrinsic motivation.
Between 2014 and 2020, his most popular works were:
- The Bright Side of Being Prosocial at Work, and the Dark Side, Too: A Review and Agenda for Research on Other-Oriented Motives, Behavior, and Impact in Organizations (121 citations)
- When Job Performance is All Relative: How Family Motivation Energizes Effort and Compensates for Intrinsic Motivation (62 citations)
- Hale and Hearty Policies: How Psychological Science Can Create and Maintain Healthy Habits (53 citations)
In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
- Social psychology
- Social science
- Management
Social psychology, Prosocial behavior, Organizational behavior, Action and Public relations are his primary areas of study.
Adam M. Grant is studying Behavior change, which is a component of Social psychology.
His research integrates issues of Control, Attitude change and Diversity in his study of Behavior change.
Along with Public relations, other disciplines of study including Quarter century, Welfare and Great Rift are integrated into his research.
Health behavior overlaps with fields such as Psychological science, Set, Government, Health policy and Persistence in his research.
His study of Energy brings together topics like Job performance, Job analysis and Goal theory.
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