Resilience and long-term absenteeism.Individual level:what is drive of police officers for their work and how does this fit (the demands of) the workplaceOrganizational level:what are common themes in the individual cases that provide starting points for Politie Nederland to enhance resilience of police …

The regional office of the Royal Association MKB-Nederland, the largest entrepreneurs’ organisation in the Netherlands, MKB-Nederland Noord asked us if we could support small and medium-sized entrepreneurs (SME’s) in the North of the Netherlands to fulfill social conditions in public procurement. SME’s …

Self-tracking devices and sustainable employability.Employees’ level of sustainable employability is influenced by their health. In our study we tested whether self-tracking devices – devices that provide the user with reliable and continuous feedback on one or more health domains – can be useful tools …

Preventing working shortages: a regional pilot in the province of Groningen In 2013 the Centre of Applied Labour Market Research (Kenniscentrum Arbeid, KCA) has developed a method for data collection to get an insight in employer’s future demand for staff. The method is developed to contribute to solve …

Although many pilots with new eHealth products have been developed, only very few of these products reach widespread adoption within healthcare organisations. The literature mentions a wide range of bottlenecks for the acceptance of new technology in the healthcare industry, among which insufficient …

The goal of this paper is twofold: i) to design a viable business model for community owned solar farms that will be setup in the north of the Netherlands. ii) To present the findings from this case study, and to propose generalisations that are relevant for the development of artefacts that can be used …

The Hanze University of Applied Science can combine its expertise in the field of ICT with knowledge of communication and knowledge game design and user experience to contribute to the effective communication on ehealth applications by researching communication patterns and developing communication means …

Small business & employmentUnderstanding SMEs is essential to our aspired succes as an economic partner. Small enterprises are not small big enterprises, and differ substantially among them The key ingredient to our help from education remains the education of a new highly skilled generation of workers …

Following the successful 3rd European STAMP Workshop in Amsterdam (5-6 October 2015), organised by the Aviation Academy of the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, we are pleased to present to the academic and professional community this special issue including 11 out of the 22 contributions to …

This paper presents how the application of the STPA method might support the evaluation of fighter pilots training programs and trigger procedural and technological changes. We applied the STPA method by considering the safety constraints documented in the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) of a South …