Erik Henderickx

University of Antwerp | UA · Management (MNG)

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore how public cultural organizations use ambidextrous design to balance exploitation and exploration given their organizational structure that mainly stimulates exploitation. Design/methodology/approach The authors use an abductive methodology and, perform an in-depth comparative case study. The data...

With the ubiquity of social media in all aspects of daily life, research interest in the topic has been on the rise. Within the existing body of research on these tools, part of the literature focuses on the use of social technologies by employees. This article employs a systematic literature review methodology, with the objective of identifying th...

‘Social media’ has become a widely used term, and the subject of a growing body of academic research, but with little definitional consensus. The purpose of this article is to answer the question: what are social media? We examined existing scholarly definitions of the term ‘social media’ through a Lasswellian lens, by applying directed content ana...

Vanuit arbeids- en organisatiepsychologie, arbeidssociologie, ‘organizational behavior’ en ‘evidence based management’ zijn diverse wetenschappelijk onderbouwde inzichten gegroeid, die zowel menselijk arbeidsgedrag als de effecten van HRM voor de organisatieprestaties inzichtelijk maken. Deze volledig geactualiseerde versie van het Handboek HRM, C...

We offer a theoretical coaching cube that helps to structure and understand the coaching industry. The three dimensions of the cube refer to (1) coaching agendas (what); (2) coaches’ characteristics (who); and (3) coaching approaches/schools (how). Each dimension is described by discussing the academic literature surrounding it. Using an economic a...

Utilitarian individualism and union participation in Flanders Utilitarian individualism and union participation in Flanders This study investigates an assumed consequence of the individualization of the labour market: utilitarian individualism. How did this attitude evolve in Flanders between 1996 and 2007 and what influence did it have on union pa...

Met dank voor 'comment' van Jesse Segers (UA), Sofie Rogiest (UA) en de eindredactie van TVA.

Recent Amerikaans (Rynes, Colbert & Brown, 2002) en Nederlands (Groen, Sander & Van Riemsdijk, 2006) onderzoek wijst op het beperkt voorkomen van HR-praktijken waarvan uitgebreid wetenschappelijk onderzoek de effectiviteit heeft aangetoond. Sinds enige tijd wordt in wetenschappelijke publicaties dan ook de vraag gesteld waar deze kloof tussen theor...

In dit artikel beogen we wat één van onze voorgangers (Mok, 1985) een oefening in differentiële sociologie noemde, namelijk een vergelijking van arbeidsverhoudingen of misschien beter het collectief overlegsysteem dat zich met deze arbeidsverhoudingen bezighoudt in België en Nederland. We maken daarbij gebruik van cijfermateriaal dat is verzameld i...

This paper conceptually links hypothesized scales of the Motivation Questionnaire (SHL (1992). Motivation questionnaire: Manual and users’ guide. Thames Ditton: SHL) to the underlying dimensions of the protean (values-driven and self-directedness) and boundaryless career (physical and psychological mobility) attitudes. Results of regression-analyse...

This article presents an empirical evaluation of the human resources management (HRM) effectiveness in relation to quality of labor and quality of care in older people's and nursing homes. The authors suggest that innovative policies, in terms of HRM and work design, increase the likelihood of lower stress rates and higher scores on quality of care...

Purpose – This research paper analyses the extent to which national systems are following “new pay” trends, or whether there are still traditional features, which reflect the specificity of employment in the public sector and the psychological contracts of public servants. Design/methodology/approach – The data used in this paper was based on an o...

This article presents the results of empirical research on best practices in relation to quality of labour in two sectors of welfare work: the residential care for the elderly and the residential youth welfare work. Two basic hypotheses have been formulated. First of all, we suggest that few regulation problems and several regulation opportunities...

This article gives a state of the art of the sociology of work. It discusses key concepts, points to their evolution and mutual relationships, and illustrates them with examples from Flanders. The article makes clear that the 'leisure society' might be proclaimed, but hasn't arrived yet. Work is still central to our society, notwithstanding the cha...

In this contribution, we focus on the results of the Belgian Trend Study. The intention of this study was to examine the prevalence of new production concepts within the widest possible range of companies in the automative, the machine tool, the chemical, and the clothing industries. The Trend Study aimed to answer the following questions: is the T...

This paper analyses a specific application of diversity management in the Belgian public sector. There is a typical connotation due to the distinction between classic civil servants on the one hand and contractors on the other hand. In spite of the general rule that the personnel in the public sector must be hired in a statutory way, the category o...