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Hiemstra-Van Mastright, S. (author), Meyenborg, I. (author), Hoogenhout, M. (author)
BACKGROUND: Discomfort increases when duration of sitting is longer. Aircraft passengers are subjected to prolonged sitting in restricted postures, which can cause discomfort. OBJECTIVE: To examine the relationship between duration of sitting and development of discomfort, as well as the influence of different passenger activities. METHODS:...
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Sanders, J.M.A.F. (author), Damen, M.A.W. (author), van Dam, K. (author)
Purpose Based on the theory of planned behaviour and social learning theory, the purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of training participation and learning experience on the beliefs of low-educated employees about their self-efficacy for learning. Design/methodology/approach Low-educated workers of three different organizations (n...
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Howaldt, J. (author), Oeij, P.R.A. (author), Dhondt, S. (author), Fruytier, B. (author)
This is the introduction to this special issue of World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development (WREMSD) dedicated to workplace innovation and social innovation related to work and organisation. As technological and business model innovations alone are not sufficient to enhance opportunities for businesses and...
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Oeij, P.R.A. (author), van Vuuren, T. (author), Dhondt, S. (author), Gaspersz, J.B.R. (author), de Vroome, E.M.M. (author)
Purpose. The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether insights into high reliability organizations (HROs) are useful for innovation management teams. HRO teams can keep failure to a minimum level due to high alertness and resilience. Project teams working on innovation management could benefit from HRO principles and thus reduce their...
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van Veen, S.A.T. (author), Hiemstra-van Mastrigt, S. (author), Kamp, I. (author), Vink, P. (author)
Background: There is a demand for interiors to support other activities in a car than controlling the vehicle. Currently, this is the case for the car passengers and-in the future-autonomous driving cars will also facilitate drivers to perform other activities. One of these activities is working with handheld devices. Objective: Previous...
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Dorenbosch, L. (author)
Het aantal mensen dat met meerdere parttime banen en fulltime werkt zal de komende tijd flink groeien. Hoe gaat HR om met deze vorm van modern werkgeverschap?
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Nordhagen, H.P. (author), Harvey, S.B. (author), Rosvold, E.O. (author), Bruusgaard, D. (author), Blonk, R. (author), Mykletun, A. (author)
Background General practitioners (GPs) report sickness absence certification as challenging. They express need for support with functional assessment beyond guidelines and reforms. Case-specific collegial oneto- one guidance for other clinical topics has proved popular with GPs and may be an acceptable and effective way to improve GPs skills and...
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Könemann, R. (author), Bosch, T. (author), Kingma, I. (author), van Dieën, J.H. (author), de Looze, M.P. (author)
In this study the effects of horizontal bin locations in an order picking workstation on upper arm elevation, trunk inclination and hand use were investigated. Eight subjects moved (self-paced) light or heavy products (0.2 and 3.0 kg) from a central product bin to an inner or outer order bin (at 60 or 150 cm) on the left or right side of the...
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Oosthoek, E. (author)
In de l&d-werkpraktijk is innovatie niet meer weg te denken. Hardop zeggen we dat vernieuwing het nieuwe normaal is, maar zie dat maar eens constructief te maken. Door verschillende belangen is het vaak lastig manoeuvreren. Een theoretische onderbouwing en best practices van andere innovatieve organisaties kunnen daarbij helpen. Dat kwam Els...
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Dhondt, S. (author), Hermans, K. (author), Molema, H. (author), Boermans, S. (author), van der Klauw, D. (author), Vrijhoef, H.J.M. (author)
Background: For some time now, integrated care has been put forward to create a more demand-driven, patientcentred and cost-effective care system. Various conceptual frameworks have been developed to shed light on the complex concept. However, they lack insight into the mechanisms driving integrated care in practice. The aim of this paper is to...
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van de Ven, H.A. (author), Brouwer, S. (author), Koolhaas, W. (author), Goudswaard, A. (author), de Looze, M.P. (author), Kecklund, G. (author), Almansa, J. (author), Bültmann, U. (author), van der Klink, J.J.L. (author)
In this cross-sectional study associations were examined between eight shift schedule characteristics with shift-specific sleep complaints and need for recovery and generic health and performance measures. It was hypothesized that shift schedule characteristics meeting ergonomic recommendations are associated with better sleep, need for recovery...
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van de Ven, H.A. (author), van der Klink, J.J.L. (author), Vetter, C. (author), Roenneberg, T. (author), Gordijn, M. (author), Koolhaas, W. (author), de Looze, M.P. (author), Brouwer, S. (author), Bültmann, U. (author)
This study examined associations of chronotype and age with shift-specific assessments of main sleep duration, sleep quality and need for recovery in a cross-sectional study among N = 261 industrial shift workers (96.6% male). Logistic regression analyses were used, adjusted for gender, lifestyle, health, nap behaviour, season of assessment and...
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Vergeer, R. (author), Kleinknecht, A. (author)
Based on comprehensive regression analysis, the authors find that weak wage growth and a smaller labour share of national income significantly reduce labour productivity growth. They conclude that supply-side labour market reforms have contributed to reducing labour productivity growth: this cannot be explained by a deregulation-induced inflow...
article 2014
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Goudswaard, A. (author), Verbiest, S. (author), Preenen, P.T.Y. (author), Dhondt, S. (author)
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Dorenbosch, L. (author)
De beoordelingsgesprekken komen er weer aan. Maar is het beoordelingsmodel dat uitgaat van het principe 'de middelmaat presteert' nog wel van deze tijd?
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Huysamen, K. (author), Bosch, T. (author), de Looze, M. (author), Stadler, K.S. (author), Graf, E. (author), O'Sullivan, L.W. (author)
The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of a passive upper body exoskeleton on muscle activity, perceived musculoskeletal effort, local perceived pressure and subjective usability for a static overhead task. Eight participants (4 male, 4 female) held a load (0 kg and 2 kg) three times overhead for a duration of 30 s each, both with and...
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Gründemann, R. (author)
Op 28 juli 2014 is Ben Fruytier overleden. Hij was lector Organisatieconfiguraties en Arbeidsrelaties bij het Kenniscentrum Sociale Innovatie (KSI) van Hogeschool Utrecht (HU). Tevens was hij als universitair hoofddocent werkzaam bij de Faculteit der Managementwetenschappen van de Radboud Universiteit (RU Nijmegen). Aan deze universiteit heeft...
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Dessers, E. (author), Vrijhoef, H.J.M. (author), Annemans, L. (author), Cambré, B. (author), Dhondt, S. (author), Hellings, J. (author), Hermans, K. (author), Kenis, P. (author), Nys, H. (author), Vandijck, D. (author), van Hootegem, G. (author)
Given that integrated care includes many different aspects, this paper seeks to design a comprehensive research approach and explains how this approach is applied in the CORTEXS research project on integrated care in the Flemish Community in Belgium. A systemic view on integrated care is translated into a multi-level, multi-disciplinary, multi...
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Bal, P.M. (author), Dorenbosch, L. (author)
The current study aimed to investigate the relationship between individualised HRM practices and several measures of organisational performance, including the moderating role of employee age in these relationships. A large-scale representative study among 4,591 organisations in the Netherlands showed support for the relationships between...
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Pot, F. (author), Totterdill, P. (author), Dhondt, S. (author)
Workplace innovation is gaining profile as an emerging European policy, creating organisational performance and quality jobs. DG GROW and DG EMPL are leading. Policies regarding work organisation and workplace innovation in the EU over the last 20 years used to be rather fragmented, but more coherence is likely to develop in the near future....
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