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Social impact of participation, inclusion and psychological safety in the workplace
How democratic is your workplace? And does your workplace vote also influence your political vote?
2024 was an election year, both politically and socially. The ideal opportunity to question these movements!
In this white paper, read more about how seen and heard employees feel.
Taboos in the workplace
Taboos are of all times. They are accompanied by a range of emotions, such as shame and pain. Yet sometimes they suddenly come to the forefront or are broken when people decide to do speak out. Numerous taboos exist in the workplace as well, such as the #Metoo issue and the stories surrounding toxic leadership.
Such silence is also prevalent in the workplace. For example, 31% do not speak out on some sensitive topics and 36% will not share everything that is on their mind.In this white paper, we delve deeper into the themes of this silence.
Mental health in the workplace: The role of managers in absenteeism prevention.
Workplace risk factors, such as stress and lack of support, worsen mental health. Managers play a crucial role in prevention but face challenges like stigma and lack of knowledge. This study explores the experiences of managers and employees and offers practical insights to improve workplace mental health.
Download our whitepaper for practical insights on effectively contributing to better workplace mental health.
The workplace as the best learning environment. Also for blue-collar workers?
A lifetime of learning: while this is considered second nature for knowledge workers, it is less obvious for blue-collar workers. At least, that's often assumed. But is this really the case? And if so, does it only apply to craftsmanship, or is a lifelong learning path also possible in terms of soft skills?
Co-crafting for a successful return to work after burnout.
Less than 40% of managers have the necessary knowledge to guide employees returning to work, while nearly 90% of employees see their role as crucial in the process. Burnout reintegration is complex and requires involvement from both sides. How does your organization approach this? Download the whitepaper for more insights. (The white paper is in Dutch but will be translated soon).
What makes an absenteeism intervention work?
Lack of empirically supported interventions for well-being and absenteeism in the workplace.
The whitepaper addresses the following two research questions:
1. When is a return-to-work considered successful, and what can we learn from this for the prevention of absenteeism in general?
2. What can a manager do to reduce absenteeism and ensure the health and well-being of employees?
In collaboration with partners bpost, Mensura, and B-Tonic (a subsidiary of Baloise)
The white paper is in Dutch.
Careers in perspective - Proactive career behaviour, career shocks & regrets
This white paper is the last in a series of three. With this series, we want to unravel careers in Belgium and the Netherlands and give expression to the different career stories of employees.
In this white paper, we look at what impact individuals themselves can have on their careers, whether they regret certain things and what effect a sudden event can have on careers.
In collaboration with House of HR.
Careers in perspective - Career Goals and Success
This white paper is the second of three in the series.
In the second white paper, we look at careers from different perspectives on career success and find out what career goals the respondents are pursuing.
In collaboration with House of HR.
Careers in perspective
Setting the scene: Sustainable careers and career mobility in Belgium and the Netherlands.
This white paper is the first of three in the series. With this series, we want to unravel careers in Belgium and the Netherlands and give expression to the different career stories of employees.
Do you want to learn more about the framework in which we can understand careers today? Then dive in our white paper.
In collaboration with House of HR.
This white paper is also available in Dutch.
Agile Careers for All Talents - Welt
How to ensure sustainable employment of your current employees?
Simply investing in recruitment is useless if there is no good foundation to build upon. With Welt, Voka and Antwerp Management School work together with companies to create 'Endless Careers for All Talent' (Welt).
Want to know more about the pillars of Voka Welt? Then dive into our white paper (in Dutch).
Employee silence: why and what are we silent about at work?
The theme of 'employee participation' is more topical today than ever in management discourse. Organizations are becoming flatter, hierarchical bureaucracies are being phased out, leadership is being more 'shared' and included outside the hierarchy. This also creates expectations towards employees: they need to make their voices heard more and more. Employee participation is thus no longer something purely 'desired', but rather something that is 'required' (Knoll et al., 2016).
In this white paper (in Dutch) we outline the results and analysis, based on a survey of 1598 employees.
Impact COVID-19 on human capital in organizations
In April 2020, in the midst of a coronary crisis, we launched a survey with organizations on the impact of COVID-19 on their human capital. Nothing led us to believe that, more than a year and 5 surveys later, we would still be researching the impact of the pandemic on work and careers - not only among employers, but also among employees. In this research report, you can read more about our main findings. (in Dutch)
LiZeT: Getting started with sustainable careers in self-organizing teams
The team we work with is a decisive factor in how we experience our jobs. Therefore, your team is an essential key to a sustainable career. Yet, until now, this has remained underexposed as a context for career development, both in the academic literature and in the career policies of organizations. With this ESF "Innovation through Exploration" project we wanted to explore this further. We developed the LiZeT toolkit with the aim of actively engaging team members in their career development. More specifically, LiZeT helps teams to learn to organize themselves (in Dutch).
Impact evaluation ESF intervention 'training in companies'
How and why do employees succeed in transferring learned social skills (soft skills) from training to the workplace? The results of this study are based on a survey of 50 cases.
The office environment as a lever for well-being and productivity (Dutch)
Together with knowledge partner NNOFCARE, Antwerp Management School gains insight into the impact that the office environment can have on the productivity and well-being of the employee. As part of this, an overview was made of the scientific literature on the subject, and an online survey was launched in the autumn of 2018 among more than 1.000 Belgian employees. This white paper reports on three cases from different sectors: consultancy (Deloitte), government (Flemish Community) and financial sector (KBC). In Dutch.
Ode to HR-consultancy
If you recognise the four must haves from our podcasts and apply them in practice, it becomes clear that HR consultancy is an honourable profession with a great deal of added value for the customer and the business, and also a profession with lot's of passion and satisfaction.
The consequences of digitization, informatization, and robotization
In what way are the sectors within the social profit confronted with the trend of digitization and robotization? What can they do to prepare both organizations and employees for its consequences?
Inspiration guide Demographic Fund
Since 2016, AMS acts as an academic partner of the Demographic Fund, an initiative of the social partners in the chemical, synthetic materials, and life sciences sector in the context of promoting...
Het Huis van Werkvermogen
9 inspirerende verhalen over een Finse metafoor die tot leven kwam in de HR-praktijk van hier.
Sociale dialoog is mensenwerk en vormt vaak een onontwarbaar kluwen van emoties, regels, tradities, … Niet-ingewijden trekken grote ogen wanneer zij voor het eerst worden geconfronteerd met dit...
De clash voorbij, 7 bouwstenen voor sociale dialoog
Sociale dialoog is mensenwerk en vormt vaak een onontwarbaar kluwen van emoties, regels, tradities, … Niet-ingewijden trekken grote ogen wanneer zij voor het eerst worden geconfronteerd met dit...
De invloed van de werkomgeving op de productiviteit van kantoorwerkers
Verwerf inzichten over je werkomgeving
De menselijke kant van mobiliteit
Download deze whitepaper over het langer en gemotiveerd aan het werk houden van oudere medewerkers. Wat is co-sourcing, hoe duurzaam is het, en wat is de ROI?
Flexibility Research: Social network participation and employability among freelancers' (part 3/3)
“A large amount of freelancers is not participating in (in)formal social networks but they do experience a need for support in several domains.”
Flexibility Research: ‘Leveraging External Talent as a Strategic Resource’ (part 2/3)
“Freelancers are not a marginal population within most organisations and in this sense they are a valuable group of talent that needs further consideration.”
Flexibility Research: ‘Flexible approaches to talent management’ (part 1/3)
“It’s no longer about finding the perfect match. It’s about constantly adapting to change”.
Talent as a new currency
In the summer of 2018, professor Ans De Vos recorded the podcast "Talent as a new currency" in our AMS studio. She draws her inspiration from a recent study into flexible approaches to talent management. The result consists of 4 episodes in which innovative insights into sustainable careers are discussed (in Dutch).
Vier straffe HR uitspraken
Download deze whitepaper over het langer en gemotiveerd aan het werk houden van oudere medewerkers. Wat is co-sourcing, hoe duurzaam is het, en wat is de ROI?
Whitepaper VIONA
Download the white paper VIONA and learn about the changing competency needs and their impact on the vacancies.
12 sleutels voor duurzaam HRM
Het strategische HR-denken stoot vandaag op zijn grenzen. Met het perspectief van langer te moeten werken, daagt de H(uman)-kant de hardere M(anagement)-kant
Iedereen content
In dit vervolg op het succesvolle boek 'Iedereen competent' wordt een nieuw model aangeboden dat talent- en competentiemanagement integreert. De integratie van een top-down (blauwe) en een bottum-up (rode) benadering
Paars Management
Paars management is een mix van blauw en rood management: blauw management vertrekt vanuit de bedrijfsmissie, rood management plaatst mensen en hun talenten centraal. Enkel door kruisbestuiving van beide systemen kunnen bedrijven zich van een toekomst verzekeren.
The future of jobs in chemistry & life sciences
Industry 4.0, big data, the internet of things. What is the impact?
Download de whitepaper 'Co-sourcing, flexibel inzetten van talent'
Download deze whitepaper over het langer en gemotiveerd aan het werk houden van oudere medewerkers. Wat is co-sourcing, hoe duurzaam is het, en wat is de ROI?
It takes two to tango
Download this white paper on sustainable career policy and the combination of employees and their executives.
Talent Mobiliteit
Research results and 10 recommendations to mobilize talent.
ID@Work
Whitepaper inclusion of employees with an intellectual disabilities in the regular economical circuit
Flex met Flex
Telework, working from home, flex desks, flexible work regulations, … these are all types of time and place independent work. ...
