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Hannes Zacher

Hannes Zacher

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Psychology

D-Index
81
Citations
23110
World Ranking
1396
National Ranking
54

Overview

Hannes Zacher is affiliated with Leipzig University in Germany and primarily works in the fields of Psychology, Business, Management and Accounting, and Social Sciences. Their research extensively addresses topics related to Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior, Retirement, Disability, and Employment, Aging and Gerontology Research, Employment and Welfare Studies, Behavioral Health and Interventions, Environmental Education and Sustainability, and Workplace Health and Well-being.

Zacher's scholarly output includes numerous publications and collaborations with frequent coauthors such as Cort W. Rudolph, Clara Kühner, Sarah Rietze, Maie Stein, and Mona Weiss. The research has been disseminated widely across leading academic venues. These include Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Journal of Vocational Behavior, European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, Work Aging and Retirement, and Journal of Business and Psychology.

Their notable recent papers are:

  • Individual differences and changes in subjective wellbeing during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020, American Psychologist
  • Employee Green Behavior as the Core of Environmentally Sustainable Organizations, 2022, Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior

In addition to journal articles, Zacher has contributed to book publications with several titles released through publishers such as Hogrefe Verlag and SDG - Forschung, Konzepte, Lösungsansätze zur Nachhaltigkeit. Recent books include Homeoffice (2022), Agiles Arbeiten (2025), and Umweltfreundliches Verhalten am Arbeitsplatz: Ökologisch nachhaltige Organisationen gestalten (2025).

Zacher's research spans multiple subfields including Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science, General Health Professions, and Demography. Their work takes up interdisciplinary questions relevant to organizational dynamics, workplace wellbeing, and sustainability practices within various organizational settings.

Frequent collaboration with Cort W. Rudolph, who is also a prolific author in the domain, reflects ongoing ties to both theoretical and applied psychology within industrial and organizational contexts. This network supports research that frequently appears in respected venues addressing contemporary organizational challenges.

Publication venues frequently selected include:

  • Industrial and Organizational Psychology
  • Journal of Vocational Behavior
  • European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology
  • Work Aging and Retirement
  • Journal of Business and Psychology

Coauthors frequently working with Zacher encompass:

  • Cort W. Rudolph
  • Clara Kühner
  • Sarah Rietze
  • Maie Stein
  • Mona Weiss

Key topics addressed by Zacher include:

  • Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
  • Retirement, Disability, and Employment
  • Aging and Gerontology Research
  • Employment and Welfare Studies
  • Behavioral Health and Interventions
  • Environmental Education and Sustainability
  • Workplace Health and Well-being

Overall, Hannes Zacher's scholarly work encompasses a diverse mix of psychological and organizational research areas, emphasizing workplace dynamics, employee wellbeing, aging, and sustainability in organizational contexts.

Best Publications

  • Job crafting: A meta-analysis of relationships with individual differences, job characteristics, and work outcomes

    Cort W. Rudolph;Ian M. Katz;Kristi N. Lavigne;Hannes Zacher;Hannes Zacher

  • Employee Green Behavior: A Theoretical Framework, Multilevel Review, and Future Research Agenda

    Thomas A. Norton;Stacey L. Parker;Hannes Zacher;Neal M. Ashkanasy

  • Career adaptability: A meta-analysis of relationships with measures of adaptivity, adapting responses, and adaptation results

    Cort W. Rudolph;Kristi N. Lavigne;Hannes Zacher;Hannes Zacher

  • Relationships between daily affect and pro‐environmental behavior at work: The moderating role of pro‐environmental attitude

    Megan J. Bissing-Olson;Aarti Iyer;Kelly S. Fielding;Hannes Zacher

  • Individual differences and changes in subjective wellbeing during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic.

    Hannes Zacher;Cort W. Rudolph

  • Organisational sustainability policies and employee green behaviour: The mediating role of work climate perceptions

    Thomas A. Norton;Hannes Zacher;Neal M. Ashkanasy

  • Career adaptability predicts subjective career success above and beyond personality traits and core self-evaluations

    Hannes Zacher

  • Thriving at Work: A Meta-Analysis

    Anne-Kathrin Kleine;Anne-Kathrin Kleine;Cort W. Rudolph;Hannes Zacher

  • Ambidextrous leadership and team innovation

    Hannes Zacher;Kathrin Rosing

  • Remaining time and opportunities at work: Relationships between age, work characteristics, and occupational future time perspective.

    Hannes Zacher;Michael Frese

  • Pandemics: Implications for research and practice in industrial and organizational psychology

    Cort W. Rudolph;Blake Allan;Malissa Clark;Guido Hertel

  • Bridging the gap between green behavioral intentions and employee green behavior: The role of green psychological climate

    Thomas A. Norton;Hannes Zacher;Hannes Zacher;Stacey L. Parker;Neal M. Ashkanasy

  • Maintaining a focus on opportunities at work : The interplay between age, job complexity, and the use of selection, optimization, and compensation strategies

    Hannes Zacher;Michael Frese

  • Moving European research on work and ageing forward : Overview and agenda

    René Schalk;Marc Van Veldhoven;Annet H. de Lange;Hans De Witte

  • Successful Aging at Work

    Hannes Zacher

  • Individual difference predictors of change in career adaptability over time

    Hannes Zacher

  • Ambidextrous Leadership and Employees' Self-reported Innovative Performance: The Role of Exploration and Exploitation Behaviors.

    Hannes Zacher;Alecia J. Robinson;Kathrin Rosing

  • Leadership and generations at work: A critical review

    Cort W. Rudolph;Rachel S. Rauvola;Hannes Zacher

  • Age-Differential Effects of Job Characteristics on Job Attraction: A Policy-Capturing Study

    Hannes Zacher;Hannes Zacher;Bodil T. Dirkers;Sabine Korek;Brenda Hughes

  • Career Patterns: A Twenty-Year Panel Study

    Torsten Biemann;Hannes Zacher;Daniel C. Feldman

  • Employee Green Behavior: A Theoretical Framework, Multilevel Review, and Future Research Agenda (Supplementary Material)

    Thomas A. Norton;Stacey L. Parker;Hannes Zacher;Neal M. Ashkanasy

Frequent Co-Authors

Cort W. Rudolph
Cort W. Rudolph Wayne State University
Michael Frese
Michael Frese Asia School of Business
Susanne Scheibe
Susanne Scheibe University of Groningen
Nerina L. Jimmieson
Nerina L. Jimmieson Queensland University of Technology
Annet H. de Lange
Annet H. de Lange Open University in the Netherlands
Nico W. Van Yperen
Nico W. Van Yperen University of Groningen
Beatrice van der Heijden
Beatrice van der Heijden Radboud University
Andreas Hirschi
Andreas Hirschi University of Bern
Mo Wang
Mo Wang University of Florida
Barbara Griffin
Barbara Griffin Macquarie University

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