Presentatie van een conceptueel model over de wijze waarop personeelsbeleid tot stand komt in kleinere bedrijven. Het model geeft weer hoe verschillende algemene kenmerken van kleinere bedrijven zich verhouden tot het personeelsbeleid. Personeelsbeleid in kleinere bedrijven wordt door drie...

With performance-related pay, the reward for an employee is partly dependent upon its own performance and/or on the performance of the organisation. In the Netherlands, performance-related pay is being implemented in SMEs an increasing scale. Currently, about 25% of Dutch SMEs make use of some...

Younger people are less often entrepreneur than elder people, just as low-skilled people are less likely to be entrepreneur than high-skilled people. Immigrants from Turkey, Morocco, Suriname and the Dutch Antilles are younger and less educated than native Dutch. These demographical differences...

This paper examines the assumption that activity time is independent of firm size (measured by the number of employees). Existing theories on (dis)economies of scale and scope and wage differentials are unclear on what to expect. For relatively complex activities such as becoming familiar with...

Studie naar de relevantie van bedrijfsgrootte voor bedrijfsopleidingen op de productiviteit van het bedrijf. Aan de hand van literatuurstudie en de bepaling van de relevantie van bedrijfsgrootte zijn vijf bedrijfsgrootte-effecten gevonden. Drie van deze effecten zijn getest met panelgegevens van...

The research presented in this paper focuses on the effectiveness of a high performance work system. This system is comprised of practices in the areas of extensiveness of staffing, performance based pay, pay level, job rotation, training and participation. In particular, this study focuses on...

The study examines the factors ensuring that Dutch small and medium-sized enterprises implement measures to prevent staff absenteeism. In many cases, staff absenteeism is caused by illness, accidents or other reasons (leave, strikes, et cetera).

For young firms, a clear relationship exists between firm age and productivity. Various studies have shown that the productivity level of new firms is below the average level, while the productivity growth rate of (surviving) young firms is above average. During the first few years, the average...

Onderzoek naar het verschil in grootte van bedrijven in dezelfde maar ook verschillende sectoren. Voor dit onderzoek is een model ontwikkeld waarmee wordt gekeken naar de transactiekosten (kosten voor de interne organisatie) en de arbeidsstromen binnen bedrijven.

The impact of high performance work systems on labour productivity and profit of small and medium sized enterprises. Previous versions of this paper have been presented at the 2005 conference of the Dutch HRM Network on HRM and performance (held on 4 and 5 November of that year) and the invited...