Martin G. Evans
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Professor Martin Evans is retired and lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he is actively engaged in progressive political activity.
During his time at the University of Toronto, he taught courses in organizational behaviour and research methods. He served as primary supervisor for of 19 Ph.D. students in Organizational Behaviour and served on an additional 43 doctoral committees in Organizational Behaviour, Marketing, Finance, Social Work, Industrial Relations, Educational Administration, Health Administration and Nursing. Research interests include Leadership, the Nature of Managerial Work, Motivation, Job Satisfaction, and methods of empirical organizational research.
Professor Evans is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, the Association for Psychological Science, and the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology. In 2002 he also received the Distinguished Educator Award from the Academy of Management.
He is a board member of Common Cause Massachusetts and is a volunteer reader at Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic. He has been a volunteer on several political campaigns.
Primary Interests:
- Evolution and Genetics
- Motivation, Goal Setting
- Organizational Behavior
- Research Methods, Assessment
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Journal Articles:
- Evans, M. G. (2006). Understanding labor turnover: The role of labor stability. Jigyasa 2006 (New Delhi), 16-20.
- Evans, M. G. (1999). On the asymmetry of g. Psychological Reports, 85, 1059-1069.
- Evans, M. G. (1991). The problem of analyzing multiplicative composites: Interactions revisited. American Psychologist, 46, 6-15.
- Evans, M. G. (1986). Organizational Behavior: The central role of motivation. Journal of Management, Yearly Review, 12, 203-222.
- Evans, M. G. (1970). The effects of supervisory behavior on the path-goal relationship. Organizational Behavior and Human Performance, 5, 277-298.
- Evans, M. G. (1969). Conceptual and operational problems in the measurement of various aspects of job satisfaction. Journal of Applied Psychology, 53, 93-101.
- Evans, M. G., & Chang, Y. C. (1998). Cheater detection and altruistic behaviour: An experimental and methodological exploration. Management and Decision Economics, 19, 467-480.
- Evans, M. G., Gunz, H. P., & Jalland, R. M. (1999). Downsizing and the transformation of organizational career systems. M@n@gement, 2(3), 127-148.
- Evans, M. G., Gunz, H. P., & Jalland, R. M. (1997). The impact of downsizing on managerial careers. Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences, 14, 359-371.
- Evans, M. G. & Molinari, L. (1970). Equity, piece-rate overpayment, and job security: Some effects on performance. Journal of Applied Psychology, 54, 105-114.
- Gunz, H. P., Jalland, R. M., & Evans, M. G. (1998). Right strategy, wrong managers? What you need to know about career streams. Academy of Management Executive, 12(2), 21-37.
- Irvine, D., Leatt, P., Evans, M. G., & Baker, R. (2000). Cognitive and Behavioral Outcomes of Quality Improvement Teams: The Influence of Leadership and the Work Unit Environment. Journal of Quality Management, 4(2), 1-18.
- Usher, J. M., & Evans, M. G. (1996). Life and death along gasoline alley: Darwinian and Lamarckian processes in a differentiating population. Academy of Management Journal, 39, 1428-1466.
Other Publications:
- Evans, M. G. (1999). Methodological contributions of Donald Campbell to organizational science. In J. A. C. Baum & W. McKelvey (Eds.) Variations in Organizational Science: A Conference in Honor of Donald T. Campbell (pp. 311-338). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
- Gunz, H. P., Jalland, R. M., & Evans, M. G. (2000). Careers in Biotechnology. In M. Arthur & M. Peiperl (Eds.), Conversations about Careers (pp. 24-53). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
Martin G. Evans
Rotman School of Management
University of Toronto
105 St. George Street
Toronto, Ontario M5S 3E6
Canada
- Phone: (617) 876-3980