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Paradoxical leadership and well-being in turbulent times: a time-lagged study

Frontiers in Psychology

IntroductionParadoxical leadership has recently been put forward as an approach to leadership tha... more IntroductionParadoxical leadership has recently been put forward as an approach to leadership that may transcend the inherent contradictions in contemporary organizational and personnel management. Empirical research on its potential role for bolstering employee well-being remains scarce. This study investigated whether paradoxical leadership positively impacts employee well-being, which is operationalized as employees’ job, career and life satisfaction. We rely on sense-making theory to investigate whether such effects are mediated by the mitigation of employee job insecurity perceptions.MethodsConvenience sampling techniques were used to collect longitudinal survey data between March and September 2021. In total 287 workers provided usable data. Their ages ranged from 18 to 67 years and were active in various organizations in the Netherlands. Validated measures were used to assess paradoxical leadership, job insecurity, job, career, and life satisfaction. A time-lagged path analys...

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Stay or Leave? The Role of Career Adaptability and Organizational Embeddedness for Turnover Intentions

Journal of Career Development, 2021

The purpose of this article is to investigate the relationship between career adaptability (CA) a... more The purpose of this article is to investigate the relationship between career adaptability (CA) and organizational embeddedness (OE) and organizational and occupational turnover intention among employees in the Netherlands. Logistic regression analysis was utilized to examine survey data obtained from 173 employees with various occupations, who worked for (semi-)public and private organizations in the Netherlands. The variable measuring CA did not contribute to explaining organizational or occupational turnover intention. The variable measuring OE contributed to explaining organizational and, to a lesser extent, occupational turnover intention. In addition, for moderately to higher embedded workers, the odds of organizational turnover increased when they had higher CA. Our results suggest that the fostering of CA, in general, does not influence the likelihood of workers making transitions. Implications for practice and future research are discussed.

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Transformational leadership and sustainable labour participation of nurses ; mediating routes through organizational justice and quality of work

55 words): In this study, the relationship between transformational leadership and sustainable la... more 55 words): In this study, the relationship between transformational leadership and sustainable labour participation of nurses is examined, expecting mediation effects through organizational justice and quality of work. Preliminary results show that a transformational leadership style increases the nurses’ vitality through the perception of interactional justice. Quality of work life has a positive influence on nurses’ workability. Extended abstract:

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Het belang van duurzame arbeidsparticipatie voor mens en organisaties: Van duurzame inzetbaarheid naar duurzame arbeidsparticipatie

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Duurzame inzetbaarheid en een leven lang leren

Gedrag & Organisatie, 2011

Sustainable employability and lifelong learning Sustainable employability and lifelong learning G... more Sustainable employability and lifelong learning Sustainable employability and lifelong learning Gedrag & Organisatie, volume 24, November 2011, nr. 4., pp. 356-373.The objective of this study is to explore in what way age is related to employability, workability and vitality of workers, and whether these relationships are influenced by the lifelong learning as perceived by workers. We analyze data from a survey among 178 employees from Dutch primary schools. Results reveal that age and employees’ employability are positively related, but not age and workability or vitality. Lifelong learning is positively related to all three aspects of sustainable employment: employability, workability, and vitality. Finally, the interaction between age and lifelong learning showed significant effects for employability and workability. This means that older workers keep their employability and work ability, when they are interested in and perceive more possibilities for lifelong learning.

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Career challenges in smart cities: A sociotechnical systems view on sustainable careers

Human Relations, 2020

Smart cities are a modern reality in an increasingly digitized and fast changing world; and, as m... more Smart cities are a modern reality in an increasingly digitized and fast changing world; and, as multidimensional, multilayered and interconnected career ecosystems they bring a number of challenges for the development of sustainable careers. What are the systemic roots of these challenges, and how can we deal with them to support the emergence of sustainable careers? We draw on a sociotechnical approach, supplemented by a dynamic person–environment fit perspective, to describe two systemic challenges tied to the development of sustainable careers in smart cities, namely: (1) an unbalanced fit, in that the highly digitized context fits best with highly educated and information and communications technology (ICT) literate citizens working in knowledge intensive organizations; and (2) a volatility of fit, associated with the complex and fast-changing smart urban context. Based on the sociotechnical analysis, we put forth three suggestions for addressing these challenges and creating a ...

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Sustainable careers across the lifespan: Moving the field forward

Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2019

General rights Copyright and moral rights for the publications made accessible in the public port... more General rights Copyright and moral rights for the publications made accessible in the public portal are retained by the authors and/or other copyright owners and it is a condition of accessing publications that users recognise and abide by the legal requirements associated with these rights. • Users may download and print one copy of any publication from the public portal for the purpose of private study or research. • You may not further distribute the material or use it for any profit-making activity or commercial gain • You may freely distribute the URL identifying the publication in the public portal ? Take down policy If you believe that this document breaches copyright please contact us providing details, and we will remove access to the work immediately and investigate your claim.

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In flight again with wings that were once broken; effects of post-traumatic growth and personal resources on burnout recovery

International Journal of Workplace Health Management, 2019

PurposeAdequate recovery from burnout is important to understand. The purpose of this paper is to... more PurposeAdequate recovery from burnout is important to understand. The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether post-traumatic growth (PTG) contributes to higher engagement and reduced symptoms of burnout and whether this process is mediated by personal resources.Design/methodology/approachIn a cross-sectional survey, 166 Dutch workers who had fully recovered from burnout were questioned on their level of PTG, their personal resources (optimism, resilience and self-efficacy), and their levels of engagement and burnout.FindingsFully recovered workers scored somewhat higher on current burnout level, but did not differ from norm group workers in their engagement level. Moreover, PTG appeared to positively affect both higher engagement and lower burnout levels, which is fully mediated by personal resources.Research limitations/implicationsPost-traumatic growth (PTG) impacts on engagement and burnout levels amongst workers who have recovered from burnout by enhancing personal resou...

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Cross-lagged effects of resilience and indicators of sustainable employability; a study among Dutch police officers

Policing: An International Journal, 2019

PurposeSustainable employability is an important goal for individuals and organizations alike. Ho... more PurposeSustainable employability is an important goal for individuals and organizations alike. However, scarce knowledge is available on possible cross-lagged relations of resilience among police officers and different aspects of their sustainable employability over time. Based on assumptions of COR theory, the purpose of this paper is to test these relations in a two-wave design.Design/methodology/approachA total of 532 police officers participated in a time-lagged survey design (time interval of six months) concerning their resilience and relevant aspects, i.e., self-reported vitality, workability and organization-reported individual absenteeism rates. Data were analyzed with structural equation modeling.FindingsResults indicate cross-lagged effects between resilience and vitality with an acceptable model fit. Thus, the level of resilience at T1 affected the level of vitality at T2 and vice versa. In addition, a nearly significant negative effect of vitality on T1 was found on abs...

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Mind the mindset! The interaction of proactive personality, transformational leadership and growth mindset for engagement at work

Career Development International, 2018

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to analyze whether and how employees’ proactive personality i... more PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to analyze whether and how employees’ proactive personality is related to work engagement. Drawing on job demands-resources theory, the study proposes that this relationship is moderated by a three-way interaction between proactive personality × transformational leadership × growth mindset.Design/methodology/approachThe study is based on survey data from 259 employees of an internationally operating high-tech organization in the Netherlands.FindingsIn line with prior studies, support is found for positive significant relationships of proactive personality and transformational leadership with engagement. Additionally, transformational leadership is found to moderate the relationship between proactive personality and work engagement, but only when employees have a growth mindset.Originality/valueThe study advances the literature that investigates the proactive personality-engagement relationship. Specifically, this study is the first to examine a po...

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Personality Traits and Types in Relation to Career Success: An Empirical Comparison Using the Big Five

Applied Psychology, 2018

The purpose of this study is twofold: First, it discusses and derives personality types based on ... more The purpose of this study is twofold: First, it discusses and derives personality types based on Big Five traits. Second, it compares their associations with career success. After deriving both a statistical and content‐wise meaningful two‐type solution referring to a resilient and a distressed profile, the explanatory value for both objective (i.e., promotions and income) and subjective career success (i.e., self‐reported career success and career satisfaction) is tested for both traits and types. For objective career success, only traits appeared to be relevant predictors. For subjective career success, types appeared to have explanatory value as well, next to traits. This study concludes with a short discussion of its implications and possible further research avenues.

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Career control, career dialogue and managerial position

Career Development International, 2016

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine three-way interactions among career control, care... more Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine three-way interactions among career control, career dialogue and managerial position in predicting perceived employability. The authors expected that participation in career dialogue strengthens the positive relationship between career control and employability. Furthermore, the authors expected that managers benefit more from career dialogue than employees. Hence, the relationship between career control and employability was expected to be strongest when employees engage in career dialogue and hold a managerial position. Design/methodology/approach Data were collected in 2014 conducting a cross-sectional survey among managers (n=206) and employees (n=254) at a Dutch location of a large science-based multinational. Moderated regression analyses were used to test the hypotheses. Findings Career control was positively related to perceived employability. This relationship was significantly stronger for the managerial group that did partic...

Enhancing perceived employability

Personnel Review, 2015

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the moderating role of employees’ willingne... more Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the moderating role of employees’ willingness to invest in training and development and willingness for mobility on the relationship between human resource (HR) management practices and employability. As such, the study takes an interactionist perspective, building on human capital theory and social exchange theory. Investigating possible interaction effects is highly relevant as little is known yet on how organizational efforts (i.e. policies and activities) and individual effort of employees might strengthen each other in their aim of enhancing employability. Design/methodology/approach – Analyses were based on a sample of 1,346 respondents from 91 primary school locations in the Netherlands. Hypotheses were tested using regression analyses controlling for nesting of the data. Findings – The results indicate that HR activities and employees’ willingness are positively related to employability. Furthermore, only employees’ willi...

Vitaliteitsmanagement; HR activiteiten ter versterking van iemands duurzame inzetbaarheid

Duurzame inzetbaarheid in de ouderenzorg

Gedrag & Organisatie, 2015

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Aspects of Learning Style and Labour Market Entry: an Explorative Study

Educational Innovation in Economics and Business VI, 2002

Master Thesis Supervision

Real Learning Opportunities at Business School and Beyond, 2009

An increasing number of educators are actively involved in master thesis supervision as part of t... more An increasing number of educators are actively involved in master thesis supervision as part of their daily responsibilities. Master of Science degrees are becoming increasingly popular, with a master thesis required for the completion of the degree program. As a result, the supervisory staff involved in the supervision process at universities and institutes of higher learning is broadening and includes

Defining and Measuring Competences: An Application to Graduate Surveys

Quality & Quantity, 2004

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Competence indicators in academic education and early labour market success of graduates in health sciences

Journal of Education and Work, 2006

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