News

Column in ‘Tijdschrift voor HRM’

15 April 2024

Eva Knies, Sandra de Kruijf and Jasmijn van Harten recently wrote a column, based on our research project, for the Dutch ‘Tijdschrift voor HRM’. In our column, titled ‘The Dark Side of HRM’, we talk about the bright and dark side of Strategic Human Resource Management, questioning whether more HRM is always better. We argue that too much support, no matter how well-intended, can sometimes actually hinder rather than improve employee performance and wellbeing. Our column contains some examples of how this support can have unwelcome consequences for employees and organizations, and a sneak peak of what our research project will focus on the coming years.

Interested in the column? You can read it via the link below!
(Column is written and published in Dutch)

Our own conference! Utrecht, The Netherlands

8-9 February 2024

We are honored to have our esteemed advisory board consisting of (international) academic colleagues and public sector professionals join us as guests! We invited the advisory board of the research project to join us for a small conference on the topic of our research. The discussions were inspiring, offering new insights into the unintended effects of well-intended people management on performance and well-being. The advisory board’s presence added great value, and their constructive feedback will undoubtedly strengthen our ongoing project!

Work and Organizational Psychology conference (WAOP), Groningen, The Netherlands

24 November 2023

Roos visited Groningen alongside Maria Peeters for the WAOP conference. She had the privilege of presenting the outlines of her PhD research project and the research design for the first empirical study, which is a qualitative study. This study will involve conducting interviews with both line managers and nurses in Dutch hospitals to explore their experiences with people management.

Want to know more about this study? Contact Roos

People Management in Education, Utrecht, The Netherlands

16 November 2023

Sandra participated in the People Management in Education conference held in Utrecht, her hometown. There, she presented her research proposal for her PhD project titled ‘When well-intended people management support in secondary schools becomes too much of a good thing.’ In addition, witnessing colleagues’ high-quality research on People Management in Education was truly inspiring.

Interested in Sandra’s work? Contact her!

European Group of Public Administration (EGPA) Conference in Zagreb, Croatia

6 – 8 September 2023

We have had the privilege of participating in the EGPA conference in Zagreb. It was an inspiring event filled with knowledge-sharing and networking in a great environment. We participated in the Study Group on Public Personnel Policies.

Roos and Sandra presented the research design of their systematic literature review.

Want to know more about this study? Contact us!