About Me
Henk Jan, born in 1960, is an PhD researcher at the University of Twente at the faculty of Behavioural Management and Social Sciences (BMS); Industrial Engineering and Business Information Systems (IEBIS). He has graduated with a cum laude Master’s Degree from the Business Administration program (Radboud University, 2016). Before that he acquired his Post-Academic Master Degree in Management and Organisation from the Tias Nimbas Business School (Tilburg University, 2001). Henk Jan has worked in the health care sector as an operational psychiatric nurse and as an executive manager and director/board in various organisations. He worked as an entrepreneur, coached starting entrepreneurs. At the moment he is a full time teacher and researcher at the Faculty of Governance, Law & Urban Development, department Business Administration, where he is specialised in research and coordinates the study years 3 and 4. His case study research as an external PhD student has got a focus on the relationships between personal innovation properties, the work contextual factors and innovative work behaviour of employees in their work unit. The first case study was at Philips R&D in Eindhoven, the second at the IT company Topicus in Deventer and the third at Saxion in Enschede. The project started in November 2016 and is supervised by promotor prof. dr.Tanya Bondarouk and co promotor dr.ir. Jan de Leede.
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The qualitative PhD case study focusses on the relationships between personal innovation properties, the work contextual factors and innovative work behaviour (IWB) of employees in their work unit. The first case study was at Philips R&D in Eindhoven, the second at the IT company Topicus in Deventer and the third at Saxion University of Applied Science in Enschede. In this study the individual employee is the central theme. The study underscores the significance of organisational attention to individual properties which are creativity, psychological empowerment and optimism, along with four additional working mechanisms which are: autonomy in work design, innovative teamwork, supportive leadership, and external contacts. Insights elucidate that innovation energy operates as a crucial overall role in the overall process around IWB. This energy yields a result-driven power, gives a state of flow, and instils stamina among employees engaged in IWB. These insights can help in the recruitment process to recognize employees with innovative work behaviour and also give the management the possibility to support them in their daily work. The project started in November 2016 and is supervised by promotor prof. dr. Tanya Bondarouk and co promotor dr.ir. Jan de Leede at the University of Twente at the Faculty of Behavioural Management and Social Sciences (BMS); Industrial Engineering and Business Information Systems (IEBIS)
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Visiting Address
University of Twente
Faculty of Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences
Ravelijn
(building no. 10), room 2337
Hallenweg 17
7522NH Enschede
The Netherlands
Mailing Address
University of Twente
Faculty of Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences
Ravelijn
2337
P.O. Box 217
7500 AE Enschede
The Netherlands