HRM & employability
The systematic development of an online career-oriented people management training for line managers of professionals: A pilot field intervention study
PUBLIC PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT (2023)
Evelien van Leeuwen
Eva Knies
Liesbeth van Rensen
Toon Taris
Maggie van den Heuvel
Jan-Willem Lammers
This study systematically develops an online training program improving line managers’ career-oriented people management behavior, including a pilot test. This program was developed based on the six steps of the Intervention Mapping protocol. Interviews were held with line managers and physicians to understand their needs and challenges with regard to people management. The program aimed to create (self-)awareness, enhance knowledge, support the exchange of experiences, and stimulate reflection on career-oriented people management behavior and leadership style and skills.
Stimulating employability and job crafting behaviour of physicians: A randomized controlled trial
INT. J. OF ENVIRON-MENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH (2022)
Evelien van Leeuwen
Eva Knies
Liesbeth van Rensen
Toon Taris
The demanding work context of physicians challenges their employability (i.e., their ability and willingness to continue to work). This requires them to proactively manage their working life and employability, for instance, through job crafting behaviour. This randomized controlled intervention study aimed to examine the effects of a personalized feedback report on physicians’ employability and job crafting behaviour.
A positive impact of the Covid-19 pandemic? A longitudinal study on the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on physicians’ work experiences and employability
BMJ OPEN (2021)
Evelien van Leeuwen
Toon Taris
Liesbeth van Rensen
Eva Knies
Jan-Willem Lammers
The COVID-19 pandemic places an enormous demand on physicians around the world. The aim of this study was to examine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on physicians' work experiences and their ability and willingness to continue working in their profession until retirement (ie, their employability).
Taking the temperature of employability research: a systematic review of interrelationships across and within conceptual strands
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF WORK AND ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY (2021)
Jasmijn van Harten
Nele de Cuyper
Eva Knies
Anneleen Forrier
Employability concerns an individual’s potential in the labour market. This potential has been interpreted along three strands: (I) in terms of personal strengths that increase employment potential; (II) in terms of self-perceived employment opportunities; and (III) in terms of job transitions as a realization of employment potential. The risk of using different approaches is fragmentation of the research field. In response, we aim to study the extent to which fragmentation is an issue and the potential for integration both across and within strands.
A career crafting training program: results of an intervention study
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY (2021)
Evelien van Leeuwen
Toon Taris
Machteld van den Heuvel
Eva Knies
Liesbeth van Rensen
Jan-Willem Lammers
This intervention study examined the effects of a career crafting training on physicians' perceptions of their job crafting behaviors, career self-management, and employability. This study offers novel insights into how career crafting can be enhanced through training, as this is the first empirical study to examine a career crafting intervention. HR managers can use the outcomes to develop tailored career policies and career development practices.
Career crafting training intervention for physicians: protocol for a randomized controlled trial
JMIR RESEARCH PROTOCOLS (2020)
Evelien van Leeuwen
Machteld van den Heuvel
Eva Knies
Toon Taris
Physicians work in a highly demanding work setting where ongoing changes affect their work and challenge their employability (ie, their ability and willingness to continue working). In this high-pressure environment, physicians could benefit from proactively managing or crafting their careers; however, they tend not to show this behavior. The new concept of career crafting concerns proactively making choices and adapting behavior regarding both short-term job design (ie, job crafting) as well as longer-term career development (ie, career self-management). However, so far, no intervention studies have aimed at enhancing career crafting behavior among physicians. Given that proactive work and career behavior have been shown to be related to favorable outcomes, we designed an intervention to support career crafting behavior and employability of physicians.
doi: 10.2196/18432
Introduction to special issue on HRM and employability: mutual gains or conflicting outcomes
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HRM (2020)
Jasmijn van Harten
Nele de Cuyper
David Guest
Mel Fugate
Eva Knies
Anneleen Forrier
Employability is commonly understood as an individual’s chances of employment in internal and/or external labour markets. Given the contemporary employment landscape employability is attracting growing attention from HRM researchers and practitioners alike. However, the role of the employer and specifically their investments in HRM policies and practices are largely absent in the current employability discourse. We address this issue head on in this special issue and illuminate the role for the employer by focusing on the relationship between HRM investments and workers’ employability.