Ferry Koster

Erasmus University Rotterdam | EUR · Department of Public Administration and Sociology

Purpose. This study has the following aims. First, it tries to clarify the relationship between Global Value Chain (GVC) participation and innovation performance. To date, research generated mixed results. Secondly, it explores a novel way of investigating GVC participation by focusing on the sectoral level in which organizations operate using the...

Resumen Se presenta un estudio de viñetas sobre las preferencias de formación de los trabajadores en los Países Bajos. La teoría del capital humano, la teoría de la señalización y la «nueva relación de trabajo» fundamentan la hipótesis de que las preferencias dependen de la especificidad de las competencias objetivo y de la modalidad contractual. L...

Résumé L'auteur présente une expérimentation par vignettes sur les préférences des travailleurs en matière de formation aux Pays‐Bas. S'appuyant sur la théorie du capital humain, la théorie du signal et la thèse de la «nouvelle relation d'emploi», il postule que ces préférences dépendent du type de compétences ciblées par la formation et du type de...

The COVID-19 pandemic increased the practical and academic attention for hybrid work, which refers to work at the premises of the employer is combined with working elsewhere. Previous research into the consequences of hybrid work for workers lead to mixed results. The present study aims to provide some clarity by analyzing how hybrid work relates t...

This study investigates the relationship between high-performance work practices (HPWP’s) and employee vitality. In the literature, there are two opposing views regarding this relationship. On the one hand, there is the expectation that HPWP’s are a resource contributing to the vitality of employees, while on the other hand, it is expected that the...

The WP1 report on “Trends and drivers of global value chains in the pre-pandemic wave of globalisation” has outlined new empirical findings on EU’s performance and specialisation in GVCs, the effects of changing trade and investment policies on the development of GVCs and MNEs, as well as the implications of technological innovations on the structu...

To enhance their employability, workers rely on the development of human capital through work-related training. While several studies investigate actual levels of training participation, far less is known about the preferences of workers. This study uses a vignette experiment to shed a light on this matter. Based on human capital theory, signaling...

Purpose Studies of inter-organizational relationships have traditionally overlooked the human resource management (HRM) field, with most research focusing on collaborations in the technical domain. This study endeavors to explore the impact of organizational human resources (HR) collaborations on HR innovativeness, drawing on theories about organiz...

This study researched end-of-life (EoL) decision-making processes in small animal practices in the Netherlands, focusing on strategies veterinarians contemplate during this process. Fourteen veterinarians were interviewed about animal end-of-life decision-making. The results of these interviews show that the decision-making process consists of thre...

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Inclusief HRM wordt gezien als een van de manieren om personeelskrapte op de arbeidsmarkt tegen te gaan. Door bijvoorbeeld langdurig werkzoekenden uit te nodigen voor een sollicitatiegesprek, kan het onbenut arbeidspotentieel beter worden aangeboord. Maar welke factoren vergroten de kansen op een sollicitatiegesprek voor langdurig werkzoekenden doo...

Farm animal veterinarians are frequently involved in animals' end-of-life (EoL) situations. Existing literature found that the decision-making process to end an animal's life can be experienced as complex and stressful by veterinarians. The complexity of the process may find its origin in the multiple medical and non-medical aspects that veterinari...

Background: Bringing together professionals with different knowledge and skills comes with the opportunity to spur the innovativeness of primary care teams. Nevertheless, empirical evidence shows that it is not self-evident that these innovations are also realized. The social categorization theory suggests that a better understanding of whether th...

Design: The paper relies on a quantitative analysis of 707 Dutch companies. Purpose: Prior research focussed on the positive relationship between organisation’s size and its innovation performance. This study investigates the role of human resource development mechanisms, in particular organisational learning and renewal of human resource managemen...

Purpose. This paper aims to investigate whether knowledge intensification of the economy (e.g. an increasing reliance in knowledge in the production of goods and services) is related to the work practices of organizations (consisting of the provision of autonomy, investments in training and the use of technology). Design. The analyses are based o...

Design. A vignette study was conducted to investigate hypotheses. In total 914 workers from the Netherlands responded to 4 different vignettes (n = 3656 vignettes). Purpose. Based on compensation hypothesis, this study formulates several hypotheses about the relationship between work insecurity and preferences for protection. By combining a vignett...

Aim – The aim of the article was to begin with it explicitly adopts a best fit approach to external fit in HRM, by examining HRM innovation as the de-pendent variable. Then the article theorizes how HRM innovation relates to external developments that organizations experience. And finally, a theoret-ical framework is developed to understand how org...

Aim – The aim of the article was to begin with it explicitly adopts a best fit approach to external fit in HRM, by examining HRM innovation as the dependent variable. Then the article theorizes how HRM innovation relates to external developments that organizations experience. And finally, a theoretical framework is developed to understand how organ...

Platform work is an employment contract characterized by the use of digital platforms to exchange labor and monetary compensation. More and more people are working through online platforms. Therefore, it is important to identify possible differences with other labor agreements in order to assess whether a more specific approach is needed. In this c...

Dit artikel richt zich op de vraag of de opkomst van digitale platforms van invloed is de inrichting van organisaties. Een veelgehoorde redenering luidt dat digitale platforms tot versnippering van werk leiden en dat dit het dominante organisatiemodel wordt (en dus dat het ook wordt overgenomen door niet-platformorganisaties). In de literatuur is e...

Farm animal veterinarians are often involved in on-farm end-of-life (EoL) decisions and questions concerning euthanasia. These decisions can be challenging for the veterinarian, particularly if the interests of the animal and owner conflict. Moreover, the challenge is related to fundamental assumptions about roles and responsibilities veterinarians...

Farm animal veterinarians are often involved in on-farm end-of-life (EoL) decisions and questions concerning euthanasia. These EoL decisions can be challenging for the veterinarian, particularly if the interests of the animal and owner are conflicting. Moreover, the challenge is related to fundamental assumptions about roles and responsibilities ve...

Design. The article relies on a quantitative analysis of 707 Dutch companies. Purpose. Prior research focused on the positive relation between organization’s size and its innovation performance. This study investigates the role of human resource development mechanisms, in particular organizational learning and renewal of human resource management...

This study aims at explaining innovation performance of organizations as a combination of resources and capabilities. This study starts with asking the question how the relationship between firm-specific knowledge and innovation performance can be explained. To answer this question, insights from the resource-based view (RBV) and the dynamic capabi...

Purpose Studies of inter-organisational relationships have mainly investigated collaborations in the technical domain. There is considerably less research conducted in the field of inter-organisational collaborations in the domain of human resource management (HRM). At the same time, it is acknowledged that inter-organisational collaboration in thi...

This four-year longitudinal study examines how two facets of employability—professional ability and developmental proactivity—are linked to career events among workers ages 45 years and older. We construe employability as a personal resource that predicts a higher likelihood of experiencing positive career events and a lower likelihood of experienc...

The present study aims at investigating employer’s investments in the employability of employees. To do so, three theoretical approaches are used to build testable hypotheses, namely human capital theory and the employee-organization relationships approach (which rests on social exchange theory), arguing that the kind of training the need, the type...

This article aims at explaining work autonomy using contingency theory and agency theory. While prior research relies on individual level data (sometimes across nations), the present analysis specifically aims at understanding work autonomy as a management decision at the organizational level. Data were collected among 670 private companies in the...

In order to be innovative, organizations can benefit from having inter-organizational relations. Through these external relations, organizations get access to valuable resources and they have the possibility to learn from other organizations. At the same time, these ties need to be managed to overcome cooperation problems. Prior studies revealed th...

While innovation studies generated a great number of insights regarding the conditions under which innovation performance occurs, there are two main points of criticisms. First, many studies focus on a narrow conception of innovation (namely product innovation). Second, many studies are based on data from the manufacturing sector. The present analy...

Thuiswerken staat in de huidige corona-tijd volop in de belangstelling. Met uitzondering van de werkenden met een vitaal beroep is het thuiswerken in Nederland snel toegenomen. Verschillende opinie-onderzoeken laten bovendien zien dat steeds meer mensen een voorkeur hebben om vaker thuis te kunnen werken. Dat wil niet zeggen dat iedereen er ook geb...

Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine the role of organisational conditions and workplace characteristics in midcareer and senior employees’ intention to volitionally provide career support to junior organisational members, their protégés. Design/methodology/approach Hypotheses are tested using multilevel linear modelling on a heterogene...

Purpose External factors such as global competition and new technologies, require organizations to be innovative. Such organizational innovations also ask for innovative human resource management (HRM). However, in the current literature, it is not completely clear what innovative HRM means, as it is conceptualized in different ways. This study aim...

This study aimed to unravel the complexity of interprofessional teamwork in primary care teams by testing the relationship between functional heterogeneity and team performance through the mediating role of information elaboration, and the moderating roles of directive leadership and participative leadership. The moderated mediation model was valid...

In dit Working Paper is onderzocht op welke wijze organisaties omgaan met de inzet van de factor arbeid, en welke verklaringen de literatuur daarvoor biedt.

In order to be innovative, organizations can benefit from having inter-organizational relations. Through these external relations, organizations get access to valuable resources and they have the possibility to learn from other organizations. At the same time, these ties need to be managed to overcome cooperation problems. Prior studies revealed th...

This research note summarizes the findings of a literature review of innovative HRM. Based on an analysis of 47 articles, three main approaches to innovative HRM are identified. First, innovative HRM can refer to innovation of HRM. Other studies focus on how HRM responds to innovations. And, thirdly, the term innovative HRM is found in the literatu...

Over het combineren van banen is in de wetenschappelijke literatuur steeds meer bekend. Tegelijkertijd is het meeste onderzoek crosssectioneel van aard en heeft het betrekking op één of slechts enkele landen. In deze onderzoeksnotitie proberen we in deze empirische lacune te voorzien door voor 27 EU-landen over de periode 2005-2015 te analyseren we...

Evaluation studies of active labour market policy show different activation measures generate contradictory results. In the present study, we argue that these contradictory results are due to the fact that the outcomes of activation measures depend on other institutions. The outcome measure in this study is the long-term unemployment rate. Two labo...

This study examines the determinants and trends of having multiple jobs in Europe. In recent years, the number of studies on having multiple jobs increased substantially. But in contrast to the existing literature, we explicitly focus on cross-national determinants and trends. Furthermore, we distinguish between individual-level variables, workplac...

With the aging of the workforce, organizations are face with the question how to ensure the employability of their older workers. To date, most of the research focuses on internal policies and practices (training, work load reduction, and so on). is study explores an external option, namely hiring older workers from other organizations and sending...

Previous studies demonstrated that the relationship between human resource (HR) practices and organizations commitment varies across countries. This study aims to explain this variation by exploring the role of national culture on this relationship. Two cultural dimensions of Hofstede’s model are investigated, namely (1) individualism and (2) power...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate how active labour market policy (ALMP) training programmes and hiring subsidies increase or decrease differences in the unemployment risk between lesser and higher educated people during an economic downturn. A focus is put on potential job competition dynamics and cumulative (dis)advantages of th...

Most active labour market policy (ALMP) research investigates potential socioeconomic consequences such as unemployment risks and earning potential but too often neglects potential cultural effects. When approaching ALMP research based on institutional and socialisation theory, researchers would expect that people internalise cultural and normative...

This study contributes to our knowledge about the relationship between inter-organizational cooperation and innovation performance. While research shows that ties between organizations can be a precondition for innovation, less is know about how to govern these inter-organizational relations. Theoretically, relations between organizations can be ba...

This research note summarizes the findings of a literature review of innovative HRM. Based on an analysis of 47 articles, three main approaches to innovative HRM are identified. First, innovative HRM can refer to innovation of HRM. Other studies focus on how HRM responds to innovations. And, thirdly, the term innovative HRM is found in the literatu...

While many organizations aim at achieving multiple, sometimes contrasting, goals (such as combining innovation with efficiency), not much is known about what managers can do to create organizational ambidexterity. Theory suggests that organizational ambidexterity requires collaboration with organizations and that, in turn, managers can facilitate c...

Nowadays, many European countries delegate health and social care responsibilities from the national level to local authorities. In January 2015, the Netherlands similarly introduced a policy programme authorizing municipalities to set their own social welfare policy. A specific feature of this programme is that it stimulates municipalities to impl...

Human resource management in the platform economy The use of online platforms is a central aspect of the digitalization of organizations. In that light, some authors have coined the term “platform economy” to describe today’s organizational landscape. Besides the question how widespread the use of online platforms is, the question is how it relates...

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Van oudere werknemers wordt verwacht dat ze steeds langer doorwerken. Mede hierdoor is er steeds meer aandacht voor het inzetbaar houden van oudere werknemers. Werkgevers kunnen dit ondersteunen door het aanbieden van opleidingen en trainingen. Studies laten echter zien dat zij juist minder vaak opleidingen aanbieden naarmate werknemers ouder zijn,...

Deze studie richt zich op de vraag welke organisatiekenmerken kunnen verklaren waarom organisaties gebruikmaken van digitale platforms. Waar bestaand onderzoek verklaringen vooral zoekt in kenmerken van de technologie zelf gaat in dit onderzoek de aandacht uit naar drie meer algemene organisatiekenmerken, te weten (1) ervaringen met technologie; (2...

Innovation projects are prone to “escalation of commitment” (the tendency to continue projects even if it is clear that they will be unsuccessful). In this study, we introduce a construct measuring the escalation prevention potential (EPP) of innovation projects as perceived by individuals in the organization. EPP consists of three components: (i)...

This study investigates whether and how support for welfare state arrangements for the old relate to the stereotypes of the young and the old within society. It is hypothesised that the social status that these groups have in society affect these attitudes through different mechanisms, relating to the deservingness criteria that citizens apply. An...

Purpose Previous research lead to contrasting hypotheses about the relationship between extra effort of employees and the level of job security. According to agency theory, job security leads to lower levels of extra effort and social exchange theory argues that extra effort requires job security. This study formulates a set of hypotheses based on...

Individual responsibilities and individual capabilities are becoming increasingly important in public policies of European welfare states. Therefore, it is said that European welfare states are developing in the direction of social investment states. In this article we argue that the shift towards the social investment state may lead to new social...

Het aantal flexibel werkenden in Nederland stijgt. De flexibilisering van werk heeft gevolgen voor zowel het functioneren van de economie als de individuele loopbaanontwikkeling van werkenden. Er zijn echter weinig studies bekend die zich richten op de vraag hoe organisaties omgaan met flexibiliteit en loopbaanontwikkeling. In deze bijdrage wordt n...

Ethnic diversity and solidarity are often thought to be at odds with each other. In an increasingly diverse society, individuals find it more difficult to identify with other citizens and, therefore, are less willing to show solidarity. Empirical tests of the relationship between diversity and solidarity are, however, inconclusive. This book tests...

Older workers throughout Europe are increasingly expected to participate longer in the labour market. While training appears to increase workers’ employability, prior research indicates that employers are less prone to provide training with increasing age of the workers. In this study, we aim at providing a better understanding of what affects empl...

Purpose This paper aims at integrating previous studies investigating the relationship between inter-organizational cooperation and organizational innovation. Earlier research provides mixed results regarding this relationship. In this paper, it is argued that this may be because of an empirical bias in these studies, as they tend to focus on one s...

Background As the implementation of Electronic Medical Records (EMRs) in hospitals may be challenged by different responses of different user groups, this paper examines the differences between doctors and nurses in their response to the implementation and use of EMRs in their hospital and how this affects the perceived quality of the data in EMRs....

Individual responsibilities and individual capabilities are becoming increasingly important in public policies of European welfare states. Therefore, it is said that European welfare states are developing in the direction of social investment states. In this article we argue that the shift towards the social investment state may lead to new social...

The Netherlands have been known for their early exit culture. In recent years the retirement age and the labour market participation of older workers have successfully been reversed. Several measures increased workers’ need to stay in the labor market longer to fulfill their pension requirements: Occupational pension funds changed from a pay-as-you...