High actual turnover rates in Dutch travel industry in combination with demographic changes in the workforce, may have consequences for economic sustainability for Dutch travel companies. A previous study has shown significant differences in the psychological contract of generations in the workplace …

This paper develops propositions on the added value of normatively-based, employee-oriented corporate social responsibility, specifically on the issue whether an individual owner-manager can add value within a foreign subsidiary by means of normatively-based, employee-oriented CSR. We suggest that this …

Purpose – The purposes of this paper are to 1) give an overview of the prevalence of HR practices that are used to retain vital older workers in health organizations, 2) to examine the evaluations of those HR practices, and 3) to determine the wishes for HR practices in three different target groups: …

A qualitative study of HRM programmes in eight different organizations was set up in order to identify factors, called implementability levers, that contributed to the implementability of those programmes. Three types of those levers were found, related to, respectively, the proces of the programme implementation …

This research aims to investigate the usefulness of a connected leadership model for sport organizations. The following research questions were designed: 1) How can professional sport managers successfully make use of thedevelopments of new professionalism (Leijnse, Hulst & Vromans, 2006), the new way …

Due to their limited size, many small and medium enterprises (SMEs) cannot justify full-time HR professionals in their organizations. Thus, the complex and time-consuming nature of many HR activities can result in a significant drain on existing managerial resources. Professional employer organizations …

In mijn werk bij het ICLON stuitte ik op een probleemsituatie: De geleverde management informatie bleek onvoldoende aan te sluiten bij de behoefte. De probleemstelling van mijn onderzoek is als volgt te formuleren: Zouden er, vanuit de mij in de opleiding aangereikte theorieën, suggesties voor verbeteringen …

Dit praktijkonderzoek zoekt antwoord op de vraag hoe effectieve studieloopbaanbegeleiding op de International Business School kan worden geboden. De International Business school is een Engelstalige economisch georiënteerde opleiding van de Hanzehogeschool Groningen. In hoofdstuk één worden de deelvragen …

Doel van het onderzoek Het hulpverleningstraject wat de cliënt in zijn leven aflegt is, in sommige gevallen, ongekend veelzijdig. Is het niet dat de cliënt van instelling naar instelling verhuisd dan is het wel de grote wisselingen in de begeleiding, ook de methodiek gaat met zijn tijd mee en zal altijd …

English Abstract: Administrative turbulence in social work: the challenge of pluralist coalition-formation As elsewhere in Europe, social work in the Netherlands is facing ever more administrative changes. This article analyzes the administrative changes that local social work institutions are currently …