Research seminar: Professor Karina Van De Voorde
Join us in welcoming Associate Professor Karina van de Voorde from Tilburg University to Trinity Business School on Thursday, 3rd of April 2025.
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Seminar Title: HRM, well-being, and organizational performance: in search of sustainable balance
Abstract: Organizations are increasingly pressured by regulatory bodies and social stakeholders to manage their social sustainability, particularly regarding their impact on the health and well-being of their workforce. Balancing social objectives with financial objectives is a challenging yet crucial endeavor, especially in today's constantly evolving and disruptive business environment. In this talk, I will discuss how organizations can create value for their employees in addition to economic value through HRM strategies. More specifically, I will critically discuss existing research on worker well-being in the context of strategic HRM, highlighting the (inconsistent) empirical evidence in the literature to date. Additionally, I will present some ongoing work that offers insights into how HRM enactment satisfies organizations' and workers’ interests and how HRM can foster worker well-being and organizational performance simultaneously, thereby promoting a strategically balanced perspective on HRM.
Bio: Karina van de Voorde is an Associate Professor in HRM at the Department of Human Resource (HR) Studies at Tilburg University. Her research takes a balanced approach to Human Resource Management, focusing on the role of employee well-being and health in the relationship between HRM and organizational performance, as well as examining how employees perceive and respond to HRM practices. Karina’s work has been published in journals including the Journal of Management, Journal of Business Research, Human Resource Management Journal, and Human Resource Management Review. She has served as an Associate Editor for Human Resource Management and as a rep-at-large for the HR Division of the Academy of Management. Additionally, Karina currently leads the research program in the Department of HR Studies and coordinates the Tilburg Center for Collaborative Organizational Data Analytics.