Dave Stynen

Open Universiteit Nederland | OU · Department of Organisation

As an answer to crises such as COVID-19, organizations implemented more subtle forms of cutback measures such as wage moderation, loan sacrifice and recruitment freezes aimed at maintaining a financially healthy organization. In this study, the association between subtle cutback management and employee exhaustion was studied, and it was investigate...

Objective: To gain insight into the complex relationship between job insecurity and in-role and extra-role performance. Autonomous work motivation is investigated as a mediator in this relationship. The quality of the employee-supervisor relationship (LMX) is investigated as a moderator between job insecurity and autonomous work motivation. Metho...

Background: The efficacy of an indicated prevention strategy for long-term absence due to sickness has been demonstrated and is implemented in multinational companies. Such a strategy may also be beneficial for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). However, due to the different contexts, adaption, and implementation of this strategy in SMEs m...

Objective: This study aims to uncover the relationship between leadership behaviors (servant and resilient), leaders' psychological capital and employee resilient behaviors over time, and we assess whether employee resilient behaviors and employee psychological capital mediate this relationship. Methods: Based on dyadic three-wave data collected...

Team flow is a positive team state that may augment team performance and well‐being of team members. Although gaining momentum, the topic of collective flow in a work team context is still largely unexplored and little is known about what factors foster it. In addition, research into this topic has so far been conducted predominantly outside real‐l...

This study examines the relationship between individual and climate-level job insecurity (JI) and employee performance (i.e. adaptivity, proactivity, task proficiency). We suggest that while JI at individual and climate level triggers similar appraisal, the behavioural response of employees might be different. While individual JI might evoke a with...

Samenvatting Deze studie onderzoekt op individueel niveau en teamniveau de mediërende rol van psychologische veiligheid en teamleren in de relatie tussen transformationeel leiderschap (TFL) en innovatief werkgedrag (IWG). Er werd een cross-sectioneel surveyonderzoek uitgevoerd onder medewerkers van drie media- en marketingbedrijven in Nederland, wa...

Purpose This study examines the relationship between need for recovery (NFR) and labour force exit (LFE) among older workers. Different types of LFE (early retirement, work disability and unemployment) are considered, and the role of potential confounding and modifying factors, including the availability of early LFE schemes, is examined. Also, ass...

Dit artikel is het derde in een reeks van drie artikelen die gebaseerd zijn op het onderzoeksprogramma Bevordering van de arbeidsparticipatie van oudere werknemers: een cohort studie naar de determinanten van gezond en prettig doorwerken op oudere leeftijd. Andere artikelen in deze reeks betreffen Bevordering arbeidsparticipatie oudere werknemers:...

Het voorliggende artikel is een tweede in een reeks van drie artikelen die gebaseerd zijn op het onderzoeksprogramma Bevordering van de arbeidsparticipatie van oudere werknemers: een cohort studie naar de determinanten van gezond en prettig doorwerken op oudere leeftijd. Andere artikelen in deze reeks betreffen Bevordering arbeidsparticipatie ouder...

Dit artikel is een eerste in een reeks van drie artikelen die gebaseerd zijn op het onderzoeksprogramma Bevordering van de arbeidsparticipatie van oudere werknemers: een cohortstudie naar de determinanten van gezond en prettig doorwerken op oudere leeftijd. Andere artikelen in deze reeks betreffen Bevordering arbeidsparticipatie oudere werknemers:...

Résumé À partir de données de l'étude de cohorte de Maastricht sur la fatigue au travail, relatives à la période 2012–2014, les auteurs examinent la fréquence et la dynamique de la sous‐qualification au sein d'un échantillon d'employés de bureau en fin de carrière, ainsi que ses effets sur les besoins de récupération, l'emploi et les projets de pré...

Resumen Con una muestra de trabajadores de edad tomada del Maastricht Cohort Study, los autores investigan empíricamente la prevalencia y la evolución de la infracapacitación autopercibida y sus efectos en la necesidad de recuperación de los trabajadores, su riesgo de pérdida del empleo y sus intenciones de jubilación de 2012 a 2014. Encuentran la...

This study aims to examine the impact of work-related and personal resources on older workers’ retirement intentions by studying the pathways (fatigue and work enjoyment) from resources to retirement intentions, the buffering role of resources for psychological job demands, in a cross-sectional and longitudinal timeframe. Longitudinal results on a...

This study investigates (1) the prevalence and dynamics of being underskilled among a sample of older workers from the Maastricht Cohort Study (n=1,111) and (2) the impact of being underskilled on need for recovery (NFR), the risk of losing employment and retirement intentions prospectively over two years follow-up. Being underskilled was associate...

Objective: The impact of development and accommodation practices on older workers' retirement intentions was investigated in this prospective study, together with potential pathways and the role of career stage. Methods: A subsample of full-time, older workers (n = 678) from the Maastricht Cohort Study was followed-up for 2 years. Regression ana...

Objective: Prospectively investigating whether different approaches of physical work demands are associated with need for recovery (NFR), employment status, retirement intentions, and ability to prolong working life among older employees from the industry and health care sector. Methods: A subsample from the Maastricht Cohort Study was studied (...

Objective: Using the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health as a framework, this study investigates the impact of depression and diabetes mellitus on older workers' functioning (problems with concentration, physical functioning, need for recovery and work and social participation restrictions). The study focuses on how...

This study investigates whether different shift work schedules, compared to day work, are associated with need for recovery (NFR), future disability, and retirement intentions for employees employed within different economic sectors over the course of their careers. Shift work exposure duration and the healthy worker effect are also examined. Data...

Purpose: Employees experiencing a high need for recovery (NFR) are at risk of long-term adverse effects in both their health and labour participation. So far, the determinants of NFR across age categories remain unknown. The aim of this study is to investigate the determinants of the NFR among employees in three age categories (30-44, 45-54 and 55...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the role of motivation to work in explaining workers’ pay flexibility – as measured by their reservation wage ratio – across the lifespan. This is important since pay inflexibility may undermine mature age workers’ retention at the workforce. Design/methodology/approach – Relying on self-determinat...

To explore the motivational potential of job design, we linked job demands and job resources, as defined in the job demands–resources model, to the motivational process defined in self‐determination theory. Specifically, we introduced basic need satisfaction and autonomous motivation as consecutive process variables mediating the relationship betwe...

Qualitative job insecurity may be associated with less (hindrance effect) and more (challenge effect) organizational citizenship behaviour (OCB). This article disentangles both effects by introducing an intermediate variable. The authors test whether basic need satisfaction explains the hindrance effect (i.e. less intrinsically motivated OCB); and...

Baanonzekerheid maakt mensen onverdraagzaam en wantrouwend. Dat laat Belgisch onderzoek zien. Een arbeidsmarkt gedomineerd door een verkeerde flexibiliteit en inkomensonzekerheid drijft mensen in de armen van extreem-rechts.

Job insecurity and sympathy for extreme right-wing parties Job insecurity and sympathy for extreme right-wing parties Research has rarely focused on the societal consequences of job insecurity such as right-wing extremism. The scarce empirical evidence points to an indirect relationship, for instance running via perceived status anxiety, anomy, rel...

The present study investigates the role of work motivation in explaining older workers wage demands. Relying on Expectancy-Value Theory and Self-Determination Theory we identify aspects of the quantity (the overall valence attached to working and expectations concerning the feasibility of working) and quality (the type of aspired work goals and rea...

Research has rarely focused on the societal consequences of job insecurity such as right-wing extremism. The scarce empirical evidence points to an indirect relationship, for instance running via perceived status anxiety, anomy, relative deprivation or everyday racism. Overall, feelings of economic threat by immigrants are assumed to play an import...

The main aim of this paper is to extend the suitability of the concepts of the boundaryless and the protean career for the study of career mobility. To do so, we introduce a conceptual model that maps out the main factors determining and constraining transitions in careers. This model shows marks of European thinking on careers. It not only builds...

Is more employee mobility preferable? Is more employee mobility preferable? S. De Winne, D. Stynen, C. Gilbert & L. Sels, Gedrag & Organisatie, volume 21, November 2008, nr. 4, pp. 344-364 Despite promising positive effects of labour market mobility, the Flemish labour market is synonymous with rigidity. The question is thus whether the rosy pictur...

Despite promising positive effects of labour market mobility, the Flemish labour market is synonymous with rigidity. The question is thus whether the rosy picture of the consequences of mobility holds out. Why are people not more mobile if this improves their welfare and prosperity? Why does HRM strongly focus on retention management if mobilit...