Professor Amanda Shantz

Professor Amanda Shantz

Professor of Responsible Leadership, Trinity Business School

Publications and Further Research Outputs

  • Shantz, A., Wang, J. & Malik, A., Disability status, individual variable pay, and pay satisfaction: Does relational and institutional trust make a difference?, Human Resource Management, 57, (1), 2018, p365 - 380Journal Article, 2018, DOI
  • Bailey, C., Madden, A., Alfes, K., Shantz, A., & Soane, E., The mismanaged soul: Existential labor and the erosion of meaningful work, Human Resource Management Review, 27, (3), 2017, p416 - 430Journal Article, 2017, DOI
  • Alfes, K., Antunes, B., & Shantz, A., The management of volunteers - What can human resources do? A review and research agenda, International Journal of Human Resource Management, 28, (1), 2017, p62 - 97Journal Article, 2017, DOI
  • Alfes, K., Shantz, A. & van Baalen, S., Reducing perceptions of overqualification and its impact on job satisfaction: The dual roles of interpersonal relationships at work, Human Resource Management Journal(UK), 26, (1), 2016, p84 - 101Journal Article, 2016, DOI
  • Shantz, A., Alfes, K., & Arevshatian, L., Bailey, C., The effect of HRM attributions on emotional exhaustion and the mediating roles of job involvement and work overload, Human Resource Management Journal(UK), 26, (2), 2016, p172 - 191Journal Article, 2016, DOI
  • Alfes, K., Shantz, A., & Alahakone, R., Testing additive versus interactive effects of person-organization fit and organizational trust on engagement and performance, Personnel Review, 45, (6), 2016, p1323 - 1339Journal Article, 2016, DOI
  • Saksida, T., Alfes, K., & Shantz, A., Volunteer role mastery and commitment: Can HRM make a difference?, International Journal of Human Resource Management, 28, (14), 2017, p2062 - 2084Journal Article, 2017, DOI , URL
  • Shantz, A., Alfes, K., & Arevshatian, L., HRM in healthcare: The role of work engagement, Personnel Review, 45, (2), 2016, p274 - 295Journal Article, 2016, DOI
  • Alfes, K., Shantz, A., & Truss, C., Enhancing volunteer engagement to achieve desirable outcomes: What can non-profit employers do?, Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Non-Profit Organization, 27, (2), 2016, p595 - 617Journal Article, 2016, DOI
  • Alfes, K., Shantz, A., & Saksida, T., Committed to whom? Unravelling how relational job design influences volunteers' turnover intentions and time spent volunteering, Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Non-Profit Organization, 26, (6), 2015, p2479 - 2499Journal Article, 2015, DOI
  • Shantz, A., Alfes, K., Truss, C., & Soane, E., Drivers and outcomes of work alienation: Reviving a concept, Journal of Management Inquiry, 24, (4), 2015, p382 - 393Journal Article, 2015, DOI
  • Shantz, A., & Alfes, K., Work engagement and voluntary absence: The moderating role of job resources, European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 24, (4), 2014, p530 - 543Journal Article, 2014, DOI
  • Shantz, A., & Booth, J.E., Service employees and self-verification: The roles of occupational stigma consciousness and core self-evaluations, Human Relations, 67, (12), 2014, p1439 - 1465Journal Article, 2014, DOI
  • Shantz, A., Alfes, K., & Latham, G.P., The buffering effect of perceived organizational support on the relationship between work engagement and behavioral outcomes, Human Resource Management, 55, (1), 2014, p25 - 38Journal Article, 2014, DOI
  • Truss, C., Shantz, A., Soane, E., Alfes, K., & Delbridge, R., Employee engagement, organisational performance and individual wellbeing: Exploring the evidence, developing the theory, International Journal of Human Resource Management, 24, (14), 2013, p2657 - 2669Journal Article, 2013, DOI
  • Shantz, A., Saksida, T., Alfes, K., Dedicating time to volunteering: Values, engagement, and commitment to beneficiaries, Applied Psychology: An International Review, 63, (4), 2013, p671 - 697Journal Article, 2013, DOI
  • Soane, E., Shantz, A., Alfes, K., Truss, K., Rees, C., & Gatenby, M., The association of meaningfulness, wellbeing and engagement with absenteeism: A moderated mediation model, Human Resource Management, 52, (3), 2013, p441 - 456Journal Article, 2013, DOI
  • Alfes, K., Shantz, A., Truss, K., & Soane, E., The link between perceived human resource management practices, engagement and employee behaviour: A moderated mediation model, International Journal of Human Resource Management, 24, (2), 2013, p330 - 351Journal Article, 2013, DOI
  • Shantz, A., Alfes, K., Truss, C., & Soane, E., The role of employee engagement in the relationship between job design and task performance, citizenship and deviant behaviours, International Journal of Human Resource Management, 24, (13), 2012, p2608 - 2627Journal Article, 2012, DOI
  • Soane, E., Truss, C., Alfes, K., Shantz, A., Rees, C., & Gatenby, M., Development and application of a new measure of employee engagement: The ISA engagement scale, Human Resource Development International, 15, (5), 2012, p529 - 547Journal Article, 2012, DOI
  • Shantz, A., Alfes, K., & Truss, C., Alienation from work: Marxist ideologies and 21st century practice, International Journal of Human Resource Management, 25, (18), 2012, p2529 - 2550Journal Article, 2012, DOI
  • Alfes, K., Shantz, A., & Truss, C., The link between perceived HRM practices, wellbeing and performance: The moderating effect of organizational trust, Human Resource Management Journal, 22, (4), 2012, p409 - 427Journal Article, 2012, DOI
  • Shantz, A. & Latham, G.P., Transfer of training: Written self-guidance to increase self-efficacy and interviewing performance of job seekers, Human Resource Management, 51, (5), 2012, p733 - 746Journal Article, 2012, DOI
  • Shantz, A. & Latham, G.P., The effect of stereotype threat on the interview performance of women, Advancing Women in Leadership Journal, 32, (1), 2012, p1 - 23Journal Article, 2012, DOI
  • Ritz, A., Shantz, A., Alfes, K., & Ashroff, A., Who needs leaders most? The interactive effect of leadership and core self-evaluations on commitment to change in the public sector, International Public Management Journal, 15, (2), 2012, p160 - 185Journal Article, 2012, DOI
  • Shantz, A. & Latham, G.P., The effect of primed goals on employee performance: Implications for human resource management, Human Resource Management, 50, (2), 2011, p1 - 11Journal Article, 2011, DOI
  • Shantz, A., Wright, K., & Latham, G.P., Networking with boundary spanners: A quasi-case study on why women are less likely to be offered an engineering role, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: An International Journal, 30, (3), 2011, p217 - 232Journal Article, 2011, DOI
  • Shantz, A. & Latham, G.P., An exploratory field experiment of the effect of conscious and subconscious goals on employee performance, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 109, (1), 2009, p9 - 17Journal Article, 2009, DOI
  • Alfes, K., Shantz, A., & Ritz, A., A multilevel examination of the relationship between role overload and employee subjective health: The buffering effect of support climates, Human Resource Management, 57, (2), 2018, p659 - 673Journal Article, 2018, DOI , URL
  • Hewett, R., Shantz, A., Mundy, J., & Alfes, K., Attribution theories in human resource management research: A review and research agenda, International Journal of Human Resource Management, 29, (1), 2018, p87 - 126Journal Article, 2018, DOI
  • Shantz, A., Coming full circle: Putting engagement into practice, Organizational Dynamics, 46, (2), 2017, p65 - 66Journal Article, 2017, DOI
  • Yarlagadda, R., Bailey, C., Shantz, A., Briône, P., Zheltoukhova, K., Purposeful leadership for the future police service, International Journal of Emergency Services, 6, (3), 2017, p200-208Journal Article, 2017, DOI
  • Truss, C., Alfes, K., Shantz, A., Rosewarne, A., Still in the Ghetto? Experiences of secretarial work in the 21st century, Gender, Work and Organization, 20, (4), 2013, p349-363Journal Article, 2013, DOI
  • Alfes, K., Shantz, A., Truss, C., The link between perceived HRM practices, performance and well-being: The moderating effect of trust in the employer, Human Resource Management Journal, 22, (4), 2012, p409-427Journal Article, 2012, DOI
  • Bailey, C. & Shantz, A., Building an ethically strong organisation, MIT Sloan Management Review, 60, (1), 2018, p75 - 82Journal Article, 2018, URL
  • Soane, E., Booth, J. E., Alfes, K., Shantz, A., & Bailey, C., Deadly combinations: How leadership contexts undermine the activation and enactment of followers' high core self-evaluations in performance, European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 27, (3), 2018, p297 - 309Journal Article, 2018, DOI , URL
  • Shantz, A., Banerjee, R., & Lamb, D., The relationship between male and female youth volunteering and extrinsic career success: A growth curve modeling approach, Non-Profit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 48, (2S), 2019, p201 - 225Journal Article, 2019, DOI , URL
  • Alfes, K., Shantz, A., Bailey, C., Conway, E., Monks, K., & Fu, N., Perceived HR system strength and employee reactions toward change: Revisiting HR's remit as change agent, Human Resource Management, 58, 2019, p239 - 252Journal Article, 2019, URL
  • van Dijk, H., Shantz, A., & Alfes, K., Welcome to the bright side: Why, how, and when over qualification enhances performance, Human Resource Management Review, 30, (2), 2020Journal Article, 2020, URL
  • Booth, J.E., Shantz, A., Glomb, T.M., Duffy, M.K., & Stillwell, E., Bad bosses and self-verification: The moderating role of core self-evaluations with trust in workplace management, Human Resource Management, 59, (2), 2020, p135 - 152Journal Article, 2020, URL
  • Hewett, R., Shantz, A., & Mundy, J., Information, beliefs and motivation: The antecedents of HR attributions, Journal of Organizational Behavior, 40, (5), 2019, p570 - 586Journal Article, 2019, URL
  • Fürstenberg N., Alfes K., Shantz A, Meaningfulness of work and supervisory‐rated job performance: A moderated‐mediation model, Human Resource Management, 2020Journal Article, 2020, DOI
  • Hewett, R. & Shantz, A., A theory of HR co-creation, Human Resource Management Review, 2021Journal Article, 2021
  • Dempsey-Brench, K. & Shantz, A., Skills-based volunteering: A systematic literature review of the intersection of skills and employee volunteering, Human Resource Management Review, 2021, p100874Journal Article, 2021, DOI
  • Shantz, A., Sayer, M., Byrne, J., Dempsey-Brench, K., & Kavanagh, S., In the eye of the storm: Turbulent times and the MBA, Academy of Management Proceedings, 2021, (1), 2021, p12905Journal Article, 2021, DOI
  • Shantz, A., Sayer, M., Byrne, J., & Dempsey-Brench, K., Grand Challenges and the MBA, Journal of Management Education, 47, (3), 2023, p292 - 323Journal Article, 2023
  • Dempsey-Brench, K. & Shantz, A., When give-back turns to blowback: Employee responses to learning from skills-based volunteering, International Journal of Human Resource Management, 34, (8), 2023, p1500 - 1529Journal Article, 2023, URL
  • Healy, J., Hughes, J., Donnelly-Cox, G., & Shantz, A., A long and winding road: The hard graft of scaling social change in complex systems, Journal of Business Venturing Insights, 21, (e00455), 2024, p1 - 7Journal Article, 2024, TARA - Full Text
  • Boekhorst, J., Hewett, R., Shantz, A., & Good, J., The double-edged sword of manager caring behavior: Implications for employee wellbeing., Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 2021, p507-521Journal Article, 2021
  • Shantz, A. & Byrne, J., A tale of trauma, friendship, and personally relevant research, Academy of Management Learning and Education, 2023, p32-39Journal Article, 2023
  • Byrne, J., Shantz, A., & Bullough, A, What about us? Fostering authenticity in entrepreneurship education, Academy of Management Learning and Education, 2023, p32-39Journal Article, 2023
  • Hamza-Orlinska, A., Maj, J., Shantz, A., & Vassilopoulou, J., Unlearning diversity management, Journal of World Business, 2025Journal Article, 2025
  • Neu, M., Barton, L., Shantz, A., & Bruch, H, Telework and Firm Performance: Individual Access versus Organizational Dispersion., Sonja Taneja (Ed.), 2024Journal Article, 2024
  • Truss, C., Alfes, K., Delbridge, R., Shantz, A., & Soane, E. (2013)., Employee engagement in theory and practice, London, Taylor & Francis Books, 2013Book
  • Relevance of employee engagement across cultures from the perspective of HR professional associations in, editor(s)Truss, C., Alfes, K., Delbridge, R., Shantz, A., & Soane, E. , Employee engagement in theory and practice, London, Taylor & Francis Books, 2013, pp203 - 223, [Shantz, A. Schoenberg, J., & Chan, C.]Book Chapter
  • Kipfelsberger, P. & Shantz, A, Work meaningfulness, Encyclopaedia of Organizational Psychology, 2023Journal Article
  • Seong, M. & Shantz, A, Sexual harassment., Encyclopedia of Organizational Psychology, 2023Journal Article

Research Expertise

Economics and Business Administration, Human resources management, Psychology and cognitive sciences,

Recognition

  • Richard Beckhard Memorial Prize, MIT Sloan Management Review 2019
  • Trinity Business School Teaching Award 2018
  • Trinity Business School Research Award 2019
  • Teaching Award, University of Toronto 2007 and 2008
  • Teaching Award, IESEG School of Management 2015
  • Most highly cited paper award of 2016, Emerald 2016
  • Trinity Business School Research Award 2018
  • Teaching Award, School of HRM, York University 2013
  • University of St Gallen, Teaching Award 2023
  • Trinity Business School Teaching Award 2019
  • Academy of Management present
  • Elected Executive Committee Member of the Human Resources Division of the Academy of Management 2019-present
  • Scientific Committee Member of the Chartered Association of Business Schools 2019-present
  • Chair of Social Media, Academy of Management Human Resources Division 2014-17
  • Editorial Board member for Human Resource Management 2018-present
  • Editorial Board member for International Journal of Human Resource Management 2016-present
  • External Examiner, London School of Economics 2016-present
  • Editorial Board member for Human Relations 2014-2016
  • Associate Editor for Human Relations 2016-2021
  • Edited a special issue in Organizational Dynamics (2017) on employee engagement in practice. 2017
  • External Examiner and Chair of Committee for Department of Higher Education of Cyprus to accredit two MSc programmes in Human Resource Management 2017
  • Editorial Board Member, Human Resource Management Review 2019-present
  • Co-edited a special issue on employee engagement in the International Journal of Human Resource Management, 24(14) 2013