Sabir is a Senior Lecturer in Organizational Health and Well-Being. He has researched extensively on workplace bullying and stress, with a particular focus on interventions in health and public sector organisations. Sabir has advised a number of national and international bodies such as the UK Government Office for Science on working hours and mental health, the UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE) on their ‘Stress Management Standards’, the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) on workplace bullying and the United Nation's International Labour Office on work-related stress and violence.

He is on the Editorial Board of the journal “Work and Stress” (since 2003) and a Principal Investigator on a 30-month ESRC funded project researching “The Role of Army Reservists: An Analysis of their Experiences and the Attitudes and Perceptions of Civilian Employers, Regulars and Significant Others.”