Nature of embedded purchasing activities within SMEs.Presentation USE Conference 2015.

The regional office of the Royal Association MKB-Nederland, the largest entrepreneurs’ organisation in the Netherlands, MKB-Nederland Noord asked us if we could support small and medium-sized entrepreneurs (SME’s) in the North of the Netherlands to fulfill social conditions in public procurement. SME’s …

Resilience and long-term absenteeism.Individual level:what is drive of police officers for their work and how does this fit (the demands of) the workplaceOrganizational level:what are common themes in the individual cases that provide starting points for Politie Nederland to enhance resilience of police …

Self-tracking devices and sustainable employability.Employees’ level of sustainable employability is influenced by their health. In our study we tested whether self-tracking devices – devices that provide the user with reliable and continuous feedback on one or more health domains – can be useful tools …

Decision-making process in elderly care: an explorative study.

Paper presented in the workshop 'SMEs, CSR and employment relations in a global economy' at the USE 2015 Conference, Groningen, Oct 21-23 2015 European labour market integration has, unfortunately, also led to attempts at unfair competition on employment conditions s. Competitive pressures to lower labour …

Preventing working shortages: a regional pilot in the province of Groningen In 2013 the Centre of Applied Labour Market Research (Kenniscentrum Arbeid, KCA) has developed a method for data collection to get an insight in employer’s future demand for staff. The method is developed to contribute to solve …

Construction industries in New Zealand and abroad have a low track record for successful sustainable innovations. This often has a negative impact on private and government spending, and on quality, society and the environment. This paper posits that the construction industry needs step-change (i.e. …

Posterpresentatie USE Conferentie 2015

Posterpresentatie USE Conferentie 2015.