Op de Hogeschool Rotterdam neemt, zoals in het hele hoger beroepsonderwijs, het doen van praktijkgericht onderzoek een steeds belangrijker plaats in. De ambities zijn stevig: via praktijkgericht onderzoek een bijdrage leveren aan zowel de professionele ontwikkeling van het werkveld in Rotterdam als aan …

Although lifetime employment was once commonplace, the situation has changed dramatically over the last century. The group of precarious workers has increased, and with it, the size of the precariat. Although there is a body of research on how precarious workers perceive the effect of their precarity …

De organisatie heeft het afgelopen jaar een succesvolle periode meegemaakt. De organisatie, die dé sleutel tot een fitte levensstijl aanbiedt, is enorm gegroeid. Medewerkers zijn jong, gedreven en weten veel over het bereiken van fysieke vitaliteit. People Operations, de HR-afdeling, heeft signalen opgevangen …

BACKGROUND: Shiftwork is a major job demand for nurses and has been related to various negative consequences. Research suggests that personal and job resources moderate the impact of work schedules on stress, health and well-being. OBJECTIVES: This longitudinal study examined whether the interactions …

HRM bundles and employee outcomes: opening the black box.The role of job demands and job resources.

Owing to the aging of Western societies, an increasing number of people over age 65 are now working in bridge employment. Research is needed to understand how job characteristics in bridge employment should be designed to support older employees’ productivity, considering potential declines in intra-individual …

The concept of focus on opportunities describes how many new goals, options, and possibilities employees believe to have in their personal future at work. In this multi-sample, multi-method study, the authors investigated relationships between focus on opportunities and general and daily work engagement …

The basic assumption in this article is that growing older does not mean only, or even necessarily, a decline in one’s labour capacities. Some capacities increase over the years, although this development is clearly not the same for each and every individual. The older workers’ “enriched” capabilities …

Purpose –The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationships between ‘autonomy’, and the self-reported levels of ‘vitality’, ‘workability’ and ‘employability’. Research Question: Does autonomy increase the sustainability of workers?Hypotheses: 1. Autonomy increases the levels of vitality, employability, …

Building on positive psychology, the present study aims to address the role of humour in the workplace, and particularly in job design, one of the crucial job aspects contributing to employee well-being. Specifically, we examine the main effects of self-enhancing and affiliative types of humour both …