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Professor Karin Sanders serves as Associate Dean (Research) at the UNSW Business School, where she is affiliated with the School of Management and Governance. With over two decades of academic experience, she has established herself as a leading scholar in Human Resource Management, particularly focusing on the HR process approach and employee perceptions of HR practices. Her research has been published in top-tier journals including HRM (Wiley), Academy of Management Learning & Education, Human Resource Management Journal, and International Journal of HRM.
Professor Sanders' research primarily centers on the HR process approach, examining how employees' perceptions, understanding, and attributions of HR practices influence their attitudes and behaviors. Her work explores critical areas such as informal learning activities, cooperative behavior, commitment, knowledge sharing, team learning, and absenteeism. She has made significant contributions to understanding the effects of alignment between line managers and HR managers on organizational climate, defined as shared perceptions of the organization among employees within a team. Her methodological approach often employs multi-actor, multi-level, and multi-method research designs, reflecting the complexity of HR phenomena in organizational contexts.
As an influential academic leader, Professor Sanders serves as Editor for Special Issues at the International Journal of HRM and Associate Editor for Human Resource Management and Frontiers of Business Research in China. She sits on the Editorial Boards of six HRM and management journals. Previously serving as Head of School for Management between 2015 and 2019, she was also a member of the Executive Committee of the HR Division Academy of Management from 2013 to 2018. Her recent work has increasingly focused on HRM during crises, including the development of HR analytics and responses to the pandemic.
Professor Sanders has secured substantial research funding, including an Australian Research Council Linkage Project on capacity building in the Not-For-Profit sector and multiple industry collaborations. She has edited several books, including the "Handbook on HR Process Research" (2021) with Huadong Yang and Charmi Patel. Her scholarly contributions bridge theoretical rigor with practical relevance, influencing both academic discourse and HR practice worldwide.
