Organizations play a key role in building a sustainable workforce: they invest time and money in training programs, create flexible work opportunities, develop work-life policies, try to enhance the long-term employability of older workers, and invest in flexible and secure contractual arrangements.
Our program explores the causes of such investments and their returns for both employees and the organization.
Which type of organizations invests in training programs for older employees and will it enhance employee productivity? Do leave arrangements help employees balance their work and family lives? And to what extent does investing in work flexibility improve organizational performance?
To ensure that the research findings are helpful for your organisation’s development, our research team at Utrecht University (ranked #1 in the Netherlands) will produce a tailor made complimentary benchmarking report. The report will compare your organisation within and outside of your sector, in your counry and across Europe on:
1. Investments in sustainable workforce policies, such as:
2. Returns on these investments in terms of:
If your organisation participated to the first wave of our study, your results of the two waves will be compared with each other. this longitunial element to the report will allow you to observe changes in your organisation.
The report will provide the unique opportunity to evaluate the efficacy of your HR policies and give the basis for making strategic decisions about these investments. The report will be provided free of charge in return for your organisation’s participation in the project.
14-06-18 | Conference: Day of Sociology in Rotterdam ›
On June 14th, several Sustainable Workforce team members attended the Dutch Day of Sociology in Rotterdam. The richness of the SW-data was clearly visible in the wide variety of topics under study: productivity, job preferences and opportunities, family leave policies and training participation.
26-05-18 | Conference: RC 28 in Seoul ›
From May 25 to May 27, Yonsei University in Seoul hosted the RC28 conference of Spring 2018. Sustainable Workforce’s Jelle Lössbroek presented his work in this international meeting of researchers on social stratification and mobility.
15-05-18 | Research note: Personnel policies for 50+ workers across the EU ›
What are the most commonly chosen personnel policies by organizations to deal with an ageing workforce? In his research note ‘Personnel policies for older workers across the European Union: An overview’, Jelle Lössbroek answers this question.
