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Building ‘person–career fit’ throughout the career
Insights and inspiration for a sustainable career policy that leverages strengths and aligns with the needs of each career stage.
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).
The Road to sustainable business
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.
Value Creation: A Dialogue on Models and Methods
Paper nr. 7. Value creation is the primary aim of any organization and is inherent to sustainable development. In 2020, ABIS - The Academy of Business in Society and Antwerp Management School jointly organized the Value Creation Roundtable as an exchange of knowledge, competences or ideas on sustainable transformation and positive impact amongst important sustainability actors.
In this paper different concepts of value are defined: Stakeholder value, Blended value, Sustainable value, Shared value, and Integrated value. The paper also zooms in on the methodologies that can be used to create value, for example, the Sustainable Development Goals.
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.
SDG Barometer 2022
The SDG Barometer 2022 is a follow-up study of the SDG Barometer 2018 en 2020, containing insights on the engagement of organizations with the Sustainable Development Goals.
'Sustainable Strategy: The Evolution towards Integrated Value and Thriving'
Widespread societal and economic transformation will be needed to reach a sustainable future. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) reflect very well on the global challenges we face. But for many businesses, the SDGs are a topic of discussion rather than a strategic element.
In this white paper Prof. Dr Wayne Visser and Jan Beyne talk about a sustainable strategy needed for businesses to survive.
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).
Corporate Approaches to Sustainable Value Creation
ABIS - The Academy of Business in Society and Antwerp Management School organized the Value Creation Roundtable in January 2021. Numerous leading companies, such as the Port of Antwerp, Johnson & Johnson, ABN AMRO and Value Balancing Alliance, participated.
The exchange of their knowledge, competencies and ideas on sustainable transformation and the positive impact between key sustainability actors resulted in a report.
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.
Bringing the User Back in the Building
Investors are currently obliged to take ESG (Environment, Social, Governance) issues into consideration as part of their fiduciary duty. As such, it becomes increasingly important to identify sustainable investments that hold financial value as well. Moreover, the Covid-19 pandemic proved that real estate has a crucial role to play in societal sustainability. In the real estate sector, not much is known about ESG so far. This has a lot to do with the obfuscated conceptualization and diverging measurement of ESG.
In this white paper, we discuss the value of ESG for real estate, both for investors and real estate professionals.
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).
Bringing the user back in the building: an analysis of ESG in Real Estate and a framework to guide future research
Investors are currently obliged to take ESG (Environment, Social, Governance) issues into consideration as part of their fiduciary duty. As such, it becomes increasingly important to identify sustainable investments that hold financial value as well. A sector where this is especially underdeveloped is real estate. This has a lot to do with the obfuscated conceptualization of ESG. This article identifies key gaps in literature and practice, and provides a framework to further the understanding of how ESG factors can add societal and financial value in the real estate sector.
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.
Smart Shipping Report
How do you create a fast growing market with global potential around a promising technology? That is the ambition of a new study carried out by AMS, on behalf of the Port of Antwerp. In this report, you can find our conclusions and recommendations.
SDG Barometer 2020
The SDG Barometer 2020 is a follow-up study of the SDG Barometer 2018, containing insights on the engagement of organizations with the Sustainable Development Goals.
Network of networks: preliminary lessons from the Antwerp Port Authority
In this article we describe and illustrate what we call a network of networks perspective and map the development of a Lead network of the Antwerp Port Authority that governs various organizations and networks in the port community before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Sustainability@work 2020
Curious about the global systemic problems impacting employees and the labor market? Looking for a blueprint for employers and government entities to build a diverse and inclusive workforce sustainably in the face of these global challenges? And what role do the UN Sustainable Development Goals play in this? Download the 'Sustainablity@Work' report that Randstad released at the end of March 2020. Including the expert insights of Professor Wayne Visser, Professor Integrated Value and Chair of Sustainable Transformation.
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.
Business and Human Rights Toolbox
This toolbox aims to provide an accessible and user-friendly set of tools to guide organisations and their stakeholders in their human rights duties in the context of their activities.
GoodCrowd Stakeholder Management Tool
GoodCrowd is the free online tool for consulting stakeholders, based on the Sustainable Development Goals.
Buying into sustainability
Briefing nr. 9. An experiential learning exercise in analyzing corporate sustainability claims.
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?
Enterprise Governance of Information Technology
This book integrates theoretical advances and empirical data on Enterprise Governance in Information Technology (EGIT) with practical applications based on numerous case examples.
Governing Digital Transformation
This title provides clear and readily applicable guidance to corporate board members on the involvement of boards of directors in information technology (IT) governance. Specifically, it demonstrates ways in which board members can execute IT duties effectively. Specific tools such as a roadmap towards digital transformation and a board-level dashboard for digital strategy and oversight are also offered.
Creating sustainable mindsets
Briefing nr. 8. Developing sustainability intelligence through SDG Student Ambassadors
The Integrated Value Test For Meaningful Innovation
Briefing nr. 7. Is all new technology adding real value to our lives? Are we seeing innovations in areas that really matter to us?
Integrated Value vs. Shared Value and CSR 2.0
Briefing nr. 5. On February 1, 2018 Prof. Dr Wayne Visser held his Inaugural Lecture of the Chair in Sustainable Transformation. Download his Lecture and find out all about.
The Art of Corporate Venturing
Insights into best practices and guidelines in order to better organize and drive external corporate venturing projects and strategic cooperation between both partners.
Vastgoed, gewikt en gewaardeerd
In dit boek nemen de auteurs je mee in de fascinerende wereld van het vastgoed. Een wereld waarin ieder product uniek is. Een wereld waarin locatie, financiële belangen en emotie allemaal hun rol spelen in de waardebepaling. Een wereld waarin koopmarkten, huurmarkten, kapitaalmarkten en constructiemarkten elkaar op subtiele wijze beïnvloeden.
Kaarten 19 inzichten in leiderschap
Met de leiderschapskaarten en de werkposter “De leiderschapspiegel” kan je gemakkelijk aan de slag om je leiderschap persoonlijk of als team te verkennen.
Inzicht in onze Vlaamse vacatures
Download the brochure 'One Belt One Road Business Summit' and discover this unique program.
Download the brochure new silk road business summit
Download the brochure 'One Belt One Road Business Summit' and discover this unique program.
Financing and growth behavior and family firms
Bestel het boek Entrepreneurship, Sustainable Growth and Performance: Frontiers in European Entrepreneurship Research
Financieel beheer voor KMO's
Bestel het boek Financieel beheer voor KMO's
Download Bedrijfsoverdracht in Vlaanderen
Download bedrijfsoverdracht in Vlaanderen
Multiple pathways to succes in small creative businesses - the case of Belgian furniture designers
Download the Multiple pathways to succes in small creative businesses - the case of Belgian furniture designers report.
Download de whitepaper 'Tijd- en plaatsonafhankelijk werken'
Deze white paper kadert binnen het project ICOMflex, een onderzoek over Tijd- en PlaatsOnafhankelijk Werken (TPOW).
Toolkit Board level IT governance
Download de toolkit 'Board Level IT Governance', bouw aan de leiderschapscapaciteiten van het bestuur van jouw organisatie en verduidelijk de rol van IT binnen jouw bedrijf.
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...
Reflections on ‘true’ business sustainability
Paper nr. 1. The concept of business sustainability has been investigated, reviewed, and criticized by a plethora of scholars. What constitutes the essence of business sustainability – and its relationship to the actual state of our planet – is still an integral part of the discourse on business-society relations.
Download het artikel Ambitie in Ondernemen (AiO)
Download de brochure van de Masterclass Innovatieve Arbeidsorganisatie en ontdek het uitgebreide curriculum.
Sustainable Transformation – The Journey of a Thousand Miles
Briefing nr. 3. If we continue on our current path of progress – as governments and as business – we will not achieve a sustainable future. At AMS, we are working on four main keys to this fundamental societal...
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...
SDG Barometer Belgium 2018
Discover the baseline insights on the engagement of organizations with the Sustainable Development Goals.
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”.
Integrated Value - The Aspirational Goal of Purpose-Inspired Organisations
Briefing nr. 2. Integrated value is a relatively recent concept which Wayne Visser coined in 2015, together with a professional colleague, Chad Kymal, to signal a necessary shift to the next stage of maturity for corporate responsibility and sustainable business.
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?
Multi-level Resilience – A Human Capital Perspective
Paper nr. 4. This white paper serves as input to the design and development of the Randstad Future Resilience Index to be launched in 2020.
White Paper Leading from the middle
Leading from the Middle: The journey from middle management to middle leadership.
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
Het verhaal achter nieuwe producten
Een inspirerend boek voor wie geen bijzondere achtergrond heeft in productontwikkeling en industrieel design maar er als manager, ondernemer, overheid of student mee geconfronteerd wordt.
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.
Download White Leading from the middle
Dit boek wil het managementwerk weer werkbaar te maken.
Download White Paper Leiderschap in de zorg
Is leadership ready for the challenges in the care and welfare sector?
Leiderschap in de spiegel
Mensen tonen leiderschap wanneer ze verantwoordelijkheid nemen voor verandering in hun omgeving vanuit de overtuiging dat het anders kan of moet.
The Leader’s Clothes – 19 insights into leadership
‘The Leader’s Clothes’ urges us to reflect, discuss and make choices, and ultimately inspires us to take action for greater leadership.
Podcast ‘Leiderschap is overal’
Koen Marichal and Jesse Segers made a podcast (5 episodes, in Dutch) about their vision on leadership.
White Paper Self-Leadership
Download the white paper "Self-Leadership: The End of Managers?"
Download e-book gedeeld leiderschap
Download ebook "de kunst van leiderschap delen"
The future of jobs in chemistry & life sciences
Industry 4.0, big data, the internet of things. What is the impact?
Internal levers for servitization
How product-oriented manufacturers can upscale product-service systems
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?
How boards engage in digital strategy and oversight - the case of Agfa-Gevaert
Board level IT Governance case study: download the full case and read more about the governance structures and digital strategy at Agfa-Gevaert.
It takes two to tango
Download this white paper on sustainable career policy and the combination of employees and their executives.
Hybrid Business Models
Download het onderzoeksrapport ‘Challenging business as usual. Conceiving and creating sustainable value through hybrid business models’ en ontdek alles over de studie over Hybrid Business Models...
Talent Mobiliteit
Research results and 10 recommendations to mobilize talent.
White paper ‘Haalbare bedrijfsmodellen voor de exploitatie van flexwerkplekken’
Deze white paper kadert binnen het project ICOMflex, een onderzoek over Tijd- en PlaatsOnafhankelijk Werken (TPOW).
Unraveling Belgian fashion designers' high perceived success - a set-theoretic approach
An explorative comparative case study of 19 cases in the fashion design industry regarding the achievement of high perceived organizational success.
Download het "bedrijfseconomische impact en dynamieken" rapport
A research report on renewed actualisation of the value networks for each identified subsector of the Creative Industries, actualisation of the description of the value network and the interaction with other stakeholders and a renewed analysis of the economical impact.…
Innovatieve Bijdrage Creatieve Industrieën report
Research report to make Creative Flanders more venturous.
Dominante Denkkaders In De Creatieve Industrieën In Vlaanderen
Research report to make Creative Flanders more venturous.
Bedrijfseconomische impact en dynamieken
This report researches the economical impact of creative industries and dynamics within the creative industries of Antwerp.
Download the Euro China Investment Report 2013-2014
Detailed information on the current situation of Chinese companies operating in Europe.
Download the Euro China Investment Report 2015
Download the 2015 edition of the Euro China Investment Report: The changing roles of Chinese Enterprises in the Global Value Chain.
Download de whitepaper 'Naar een intelligent mobiliteitsbudget'
Binnen het project ‘Intelligent Mobiliteitsbudget’ onderzocht het expertisecentrum Smart Mobility hoe een mobiliteitsbudget kan leiden tot een duurzamer verplaatsingsgedrag.
Business design & innovation toolbook
The most used and convenient instruments to apply during the design proces.
White Paper Product-Service Systemen
Download de White Paper Product-Service Systemen
Product service system implementation tool
Download the Product-Service-Systems Strategic Rollout Toolkit.
Board Level IT Governance - Research Briefing 3
A third briefing of the research project "Board Level IT Governance": Corporate Governance Codes and Digital Leadership. Read more about how and why boards should invest more into information technology policy.
Board Level IT Governance - Research Briefing 2
A second briefing of the research project "Board Level IT Governance": How Boards Lead and Govern Digital Assets. Read more about how and why boards make information technology policy.
