Reflecting on E-Recruiting Research Using Grounded Theory

This paper presents a systematic review of the e-Recruiting literature through a grounded theory lens. The large number of publications and the increasing diversity of publications on e-Recruiting research, as the most studied area within e-HRM (Electronic Human Resource Management), calls for a synthesis of e-Recruiting research. We show interconnections between achievements, research gaps and future research directions in order to advance both e-Recruiting research and practice. Moreover, we provide a definition of e-Recruiting. The use of grounded theory enabled us to reach across sub-disciplines, methods used, perspectives studied, themes discussed and stakeholders involved. We demonstrate that the Grounded Theory Approach led to a better understanding of the interconnections that lay buried in the disparate e-Recruiting literature

Exploring the Behavior of Highly Effective CIOs Using Video Analysis

Although recently several studies have addressed the required skills of effective CIOs, little is known of the actual behavior successful CIOs. In this study, we explore the behavior of highly effective CIOs by video-recording CIOs at work. The two CIOs videotaped were nominated as CIO of the year. We analyze the data in an innovative and systematic way by developing and using a behavioral leadership coding scheme. The analysis indicates that highly effective CIOs are good listeners. They also often verify previously made agreements; structure the conversation; and provide subordinates with factual information. We also compare the behavior of the highly effective CIOs to a sample of 25 highly effective middle managers. Whereas the CIOs spend little time defending themselves against their subordinates and are mostly involved in steering, middle-managers spend much more time defending themselves and show more support for their subordinates. We conclude that our new video observation-and-coding method is viable to analyze and better understand the behavior of CIOs

Online Resumes: Optimizing Design to Service Recruiters

Despite the increasing number of publications in e-Recruiting, there is still scant research on the specific requirements of online resume fields, in particular from the recruiters’ perspective. In this paper, the fields for resume forms are investigated by analyzing literature, interviewing recruiters and systematically categorizing and content-analyzing the resume fields of the 40 largest Dutch e- Recruiting sites. The findings reflect the main categories currently used in online resume forms: current career status, desired job, education, work experience, extracurricular activities, skills and personal and contact information. These identified online resume fields are discussed in light of prior resume design literature and compared with resume requirements derived from interviewing recruiters. Recommendations for resume design theory and practice are proposed

Firm Culture and Leadership as Firm Performance Predictors: a Resource-Based Perspective

In this study, we tested part of the resource-based view of the firm by examining two 'soft' resources, firm culture and top leadership, as predictors of 'hard' or bottom-line firm performance.Transformational top leadership was found to predict firm performance directly while the link between firm culture and firm performance was indirect: via transformational top leadership.Firm culture was operationalized as the employees' views about the degree of optimization of four organizational practices (job autonomy, external orientational, interdepartmental orientation, and human resource orientation).We conclude that, rather than strong cultures, firms need best organizational practices and transformational leadership.Organizational culture;Leadership firm performance;Resource-based theory of the firm

Genres, webs of fields, and institutional change:The development of dance in the US, UK, and the Netherlands, 1985 – 2005

This PhD dissertation addresses the question of how and why new genres become (un)successfully institutionalized. We know that genres—once institutionalized and “taken-for-granted”—help one to categorize works of art as well as the people associated with works of art. In this dissertation, I investigate how novel genres come to be and start to fulfill such an “ordering” function in social life. The dissertation focuses on the history of the dance music genre in the US, UK, and the Netherlands, three countries that show marked variation in the way in which the dance developed. It works with data on dance label foundings, the commercial success of dance records, coverage by traditional newspapers and the specialized music press, among others, which are analyzed using both computational social science and qualitative/historical methods. One common theme that runs through the empirical chapters is that they demonstrate the importance of analyzing how the dance fields in the US, UK, and the Netherlands were shaped by their relationships with so-called “proximate fields”: the media, other music genres, or, for instance, the state. Innovatively building on Fligstein and McAdam’s general theory of fields, this dissertation contributes to three more specific terrains related to genre trajectories, incumbent–challenger dynamics, and transnational fields

Effective cooperation influencing performance: a study in Dutch hospitals

Objective: This study focuses on cooperation between physicians and managers and aspects of that cooperation that can provide leads for interventions aimed at enhancing hospital performance. - \ud Design: We performed a qualitative study on cooperation between physicians and managers and the influence of that cooperation on hospital performance, and structured the resulting data according to the conditions of Allport's theory on intergroup conflicts. - \ud Setting: General hospitals in the Netherlands. - \ud Participants: Thirty physicians (surgical and internal) and managers (strategic, tactic and operational) working in five different hospitals. - \ud Interventions: In-depth interviews exploring the influence of cooperation between physicians and managers on hospital performance. - \ud Main Outcome Measures: Respondents confirmed the complexity of the relationship between physicians and managers and the link between their cooperation and hospital performance. Mentioned aspects such as power and status differences, clarity in decision-making and personal click, are important in determining the effectiveness of the cooperation between physicians and managers. - \ud Results: Our study suggests that the effectiveness of cooperation between physicians and managers is related to the uptake of quality initiatives and hospital performance. - \ud Conclusions: The complex relationship between physicians and managers can be referred to as an intergroup conflict situation. We combined Allport's Contact theory conditions with aspects found in our study leading to the following facilitating conditions: address common goals; create interdependent tasks; arrange the support of authorities and respect the medical domain. They will enhance intra-hospital cooperation and therewith hospital performance

Van bedrag naar gedrag: Bezuinig gemeenten, door continue te leren verbeteren!

Organisaties bezuinigen om kosten te verlagen en de efficiëntie en/of effectiviteit te verhogen. Eerder onderzoek heeft naar voren gebracht dat de wijze waarop het bezuinigingsproces wordt ingericht bepalend is voor het succes van de organisatie op de lange termijn. Uit de resultaten van deze interviewstudie naar de bezuinigingsprocessen van achttien van de vijfentwintig grootste Nederlandse gemeenten blijkt dat de onderzochte organisaties vooral oog hebben voor de korte termijn. Via voornamelijk formatie- en taakreductie wordt geprobeerd bezuinigingstaakstellingen te realiseren, terwijl een langetermijnstrategie lijkt te ontbreken. Mede in het licht van de verstrekkende gevolgen van de huidige bezuinigingen voor zowel de organisaties en hun medewerkers als burgers en instellingen lijkt het raadzaam om bezuinigingen niet als tijdelijke klus te benaderen, maar als mogelijkheid om continu te verbeteren. De auteurs pleiten voor (veel) meer aandacht van zowel politici als gemeentesecretarissen en andere gemeentelijke topmanagers om bezuinigen te zien als een permanent, creatief en toch beheerst proces, waarin verbeter- en bezuinigingssuggesties in samenwerking met ambtenaren, burgers en instellingen actief gegenereerd en gebruikt worden

Followers’ PsyCap and Job Performance:A Longitudinal COR Approach to Transformational Leadership as a Key Resource

Rooted in both the self-concept based theory of transformational leadership and the conservation of resources (COR) theory, transformational leadership is hypothesized to elicit follower-felt support for excellence and, through it, follower psychological capital (PsyCap), resulting in high follower job performance as well as work engagement. We examined this three-path mediation model with change scores from a two-wave study of 149 Indonesian healthcare workers. When applying structural equation modeling to the change scores, the integrated model was supported. Further cross-lagged analysis showed that transformational leadership had a lagged effect on follower PsyCap and that follower PsyCap had, in turn, a lagged effect on follower job performance. Hence, PsyCap is proposed as a parsimonious element in the self-concept-based theory of transformational leadership. Moreover, the results suggest that the transformational style can be added as a so-called “key” resource to COR’s notion of “gain spirals.”</p