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Overview

Alan M. Saks is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada and conducts research primarily within the field of Business, Management and Accounting. Their work focuses extensively on Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, alongside contributions to Sociology and Political Science, General Health Professions, Applied Psychology, and Economics and Econometrics.

Their research addresses various topics including:

  • Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
  • Employment and Welfare Studies
  • Human Resource Development and Performance Evaluation
  • Management and Organizational Studies
  • Emotional Labor in Professions
  • Workaholism, burnout, and well-being
  • Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting

Alan M. Saks has contributed to multiple notable publication venues, with frequent appearances in:

  • Industrial and Organizational Psychology
  • Human Resource Management Review
  • Journal of Organizational Effectiveness People and Performance
  • Journal of Applied Psychology
  • Journal of Vocational Behavior

Recent papers by Saks include:

  • "Caring human resources management and employee engagement" (2021) published in Human Resource Management Review
  • "Organization engagement: a review and comparison to job engagement" (2021) published in Journal of Organizational Effectiveness People and Performance
  • "A Model of Caring in Organizations for Human Resource Development" (2021) published in Human Resource Development Review

Their research collaborations frequently involve several co-authors, notably:

  • Jamie A. Gruman
  • Qian Zhang
  • Ray Fang
  • Hao Gong
  • Can Ouyang

Alan M. Saks' work broadly spans issues in employee engagement, job satisfaction, and organizational practices. The emphasis on caring within human resource management and the alignment of employee engagement with organizational outcomes are recurrent themes in their publications. Their contributions also engage with job search and transition processes, as reflected in related research by frequent co-author Ray Fang.

Best Publications

  • Antecedents and consequences of employee engagement

    Alan M. Saks

  • Socialization Tactics: Longitudinal Effects on Newcomer Adjustment

    Blake K. Ashforth;Alan M. Saks

  • Performance management and employee engagement

    Jamie A. Gruman;Alan M. Saks

  • Organizational socialization: Making sense of the past and present as a prologue for the future.

    Alan M. Saks;Blake E. Ashforth

  • A LONGITUDINAL INVESTIGATION OF THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN JOB INFORMATION SOURCES, APPLICANT PERCEPTIONS OF FIT, AND WORK OUTCOMES

    Alan M. Saks;Blake E. Ashforth

  • Longitudinal field investigation of the moderating and mediating effects of self-efficacy on the relationship between training and newcomer adjustment

    Alan M. Saks

  • Employee engagement, human resource management practices and competitive advantage

    Simon L Albrecht;Arnold B Bakker;Jamie A Gruman;William H Macey

  • Socialization tactics, proactive behavior, and newcomer learning: Integrating socialization models

    Blake E. Ashforth;David M. Sluss;Alan M. Saks

  • A review and critique of research on training and organizational-level outcomes.

    Phyllis Tharenou;Alan M. Saks;Celia Moore

  • Socialization tactics and newcomer adjustment: A meta-analytic review and test of a model

    Alan M. Saks;Krista L. Uggerslev;Neil E. Fassina

  • What Do We Really Know About Employee Engagement

    Alan M. Saks;Jamie A. Gruman

  • An investigation of training activities and transfer of training in organizations

    Alan M. Saks;Monica Belcourt

  • Is job search related to employment quality? It all depends on the fit.

    Alan M. Saks;Blake E. Ashforth

  • Organizational socialization tactics and newcomer proactive behaviors: An integrative study

    Jamie A. Gruman;Alan M. Saks;David I. Zweig

  • Antecedents and consequences of employee engagement revisited

    Alan M. Saks

  • Effects of Individual Differences and Job Search Behaviors on the Employment Status of Recent University Graduates

    Alan M. Saks;Blake E. Ashforth

  • Socialization and Newcomer Adjustment: The Role of Organizational Context

    Blake E. Ashforth;Alan M. Saks;Raymond T. Lee

  • Change in Job Search Behaviors and Employment Outcomes

    Alan M. Saks;Blake E. Ashforth

  • Multiple predictors and criteria of job search success

    Alan M. Saks

  • When success breeds failure: the role of self-efficacy in escalating commitment to a losing course of action

    Glen Whyte;Alan M. Saks;Sterling Hook

Frequent Co-Authors

Blake E. Ashforth
Blake E. Ashforth Arizona State University
Stéphane Côté
Stéphane Côté University of Toronto
Talya N. Bauer
Talya N. Bauer Portland State University
John D. Kammeyer-Mueller
John D. Kammeyer-Mueller University of Minnesota
Arnold B. Bakker
Arnold B. Bakker Erasmus University Rotterdam
Eduardo Salas
Eduardo Salas Rice University
Filip Lievens
Filip Lievens Singapore Management University

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