Wat gebeurt er als je de deuren van je bedrijf openzet voor iedereen? Als je mensen niet selecteert via uitgebreide sollicitatieprocedures, maar gewoon een kans geeft, zonder vooraf vragen te stellen? Het Amerikaanse bedrijf Greyston werkt al meer dan dertig jaar volgens dit principe. Zij noemen het open hiring. Start Foundation investeert nu in de toepassing van dit concept door Nederlandse werkgevers. Welke potentie heeft open hiring op de Nederlandse arbeidsmarkt?
DOCUMENT
The world needs more jobs to meet United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 8 and to keep up with expected population growth. Policymakers stimulate start-ups due to their expected job-generating effect. Despite the increased number of solo self-employed, percentages on graduation from small to larger enterprises are low. This study focuses on entrepreneurs who create jobs, and have passed ‘the one-employee threshold’. What are the considerations of the solo self-employed when making the decision to hire their first employee? 27 Interviews were conducted with entrepreneurs in developed and developing countries. The analysis shows that solo self-employed have considerations about time, skills, trust and opportunities when hiring their first employee. The study finds evidence of effectual behaviour. Trust is important: trust in others (the first employee) and trust in yourself (becoming an employer). To stimulate job creation, policymakers should stimulate effectual behavior that enhances the self-efficacy of the solo self-employed. This is a draft chapter/article. The final version is available in Unlocking Regional Innovation and Entrepreneurship edited by Iréne Bernhard, PhD, Urban Gråsjö, PhD, School of Business, Economics and IT, University West and Charlie Karlsson, Professor Emeritus, Jönköping University and Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden, published in 2021, Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800371248
DOCUMENT
As artificial intelligence (AI) reshapes hiring, organizations increasingly rely on AI-enhanced selection methods such as chatbot-led interviews and algorithmic resume screening. While AI offers efficiency and scalability, concerns persist regarding fairness, transparency, and trust. This qualitative study applies the Artificially Intelligent Device Use Acceptance (AIDUA) model to examine how job applicants perceive and respond to AI-driven hiring. Drawing on semi-structured interviews with 15 professionals, the study explores how social influence, anthropomorphism, and performance expectancy shape applicant acceptance, while concerns about transparency and fairness emerge as key barriers. Participants expressed a strong preference for hybrid AI-human hiring models, emphasizing the importance of explainability and human oversight. The study refines the AIDUA model in the recruitment context and offers practical recommendations for organizations seeking to implement AI ethically and effectively in selection processes.
MULTIFILE
Vrijdag 8 april 2022 heeft ECHO (Expertise Centrum voor Diversiteitsbeleid) in samenwerking met het kenniscentrum Global and Inclusive Education een Townhall sessie georganiseerd op de Haagse Hogeschool voor het Nationaal Programma tegen Discriminatie en Racisme. Deze dertiende van 22 sessies was gericht op het onderwijs en werd ingeleid en afgesloten door Rabin Baldewsingh, de nationale coördinator van het programma. Naomi van Stapele en Laurence Guérin mochten de middag inhoudelijk inleiden. Naomi verduidelijkte wat racisme en discriminatie betekenen en Laurence benadrukte dat wereldburgerschap in het curriculum niet DE oplossing is. Tijdens de inleiding stipten zij al aan dat participatie en inclusie niet zonder elkaar kunnen. Wat bedoelen ze daarmee?
MULTIFILE
Onderwijs is per definitie een morele activiteit. We doen dagelijks uitspraken over en richting onze leerlingen over wat we verstaan onder goed menszijn. We houden ons dagelijks ook bezig met de vraag wat het betekent om goed samen te leven. Dat kunnen we doen op diverse manieren, vanuit verschillende waarden en op basis van allemaal goedbedoelde ideeën over hoe onderwijs het samen leven, werken en leren en de democratie versterkt. Soms gebeurt dit bewust, vaker zonder dat we het doorhebben.
LINK
High Performance Organization (HPO) characteristics indicate why an organization is able to achieve significantly better results than other organizations and these characteristics can facilitate associations to optimize employees’ work outcomes. The independent professional (IP) is an increasingly occurring phenomenon in the labor market that fulfils an organizations’ need for flexibility in knowledge productivity. This study focuses on the contribution of HPO characteristics to the knowledge productivity of IP's. It was conducted among managers and HRM professionals in various Dutch knowledge-intensive organizations that frequently enlist the services of IPs. This study found a number of HPO attributes that appeared to contribute to the IPs' knowledge productivity, namely the quality of management, an open and actionfocused organizational culture, and continual improvement and innovation. We will use these results to look ahead and consider the future consequences for professional practice. Managers and HRM professionals should strive to contribute to the incorporation of these characteristics within the organization in order to safeguard and enhance knowledge productivity of independent professionals.
DOCUMENT
New universities on the European mainland were mostly teaching oriented until the start of this century. Current national and local management intends to better connect research and teaching through the increase of lecturers' research capacity, often defined through their master's degrees or PhDs. However, this strategy is complex due to the needed combination of didactical expertise, professional practise, and research competencies in lecturers' professional profiles, which are not captured by the notion of formal degrees. This study considers the professional profiles of new lecturers through a thematic analysis and a correlation analysis of tasks and competencies in job openings (N = 126). The findings show that two professional profiles underpin the hiring of new lecturers: the teaching lecturer and the research-active lecturer. These profiles do not imply a better connection between research and teaching. To reach this goal, higher education policy should explicitly define lecturers' professional profiles beyond their formal degrees.
DOCUMENT
