Lean management

Stairway to heaven or a placebo: the impact of Lean Leadership, through job demands, on hospital workers’ engagement and performance

LEADERSHIP IN HEALTH SERVICES (2023)

Robert van Kleeff

Jasmijn van Harten

Eva Knies

This study aims to examine to what extent the relationships between hospital workers’ perceptions of lean leadership behaviour, their engagement and the hospital unit’s perceived performance are mediated by job demands.

doi: 10.1108/LHS-05-2023-0034

'Lean Dancing': how involvement in continuous improvement and lean techniques relate to hospital performance and workers’ wellbeing through autonomy

SUSTAINABILITY (2023)

Robert van Kleeff

Jasmijn van Harten

Eva Knies

Paul Boselie

This study examines Lean - conceptualized as Involvement in Continuous Improvement and Lean Techniques - in hospitals. Specifically, we aim to determine the extent to which hospital workers’ perceptions of Lean are related to perceptions of their performance and wellbeing, and to what extent these relationships are explained by autonomy.

doi: 10.3390/su15065546