Projects
Line manager involvement in HRM: Advancing theory and evidence from Philippine call centers. KU Leuven
The extant academic literature has increasingly recognized the role of line managers in HRM implementation; however, there remain calls for further investigation on the specific factors and contextual mechanisms through which their involvement adds value to organizations.
This collective work consists of three main studies, each contributing to the overarching goal of enriching the current HRM and performance black box, particularly ...
Philippines at the crossroads: mapping the international presence in the Philippine literary field in Spanish between 1872 and 1945. University of Antwerp
Reinventing The Philippines: Images and Literary Representations of the Islands in Late 19th Century Spanish Narratives (1872-1896). University of Antwerp
The Philippines and Equatorial Guinea in the Spanish Literary Production of the Early Francoism (1939-1955). University of Antwerp
Design and implementation of a Webbased Multimedia Database on the church organs of the Philippines. KU Leuven
Locus Theologicus, Locus Politicus. A Mystical-Political Model of the Panata to the Nazareno of Quiapo KU Leuven
Given the seeming incongruity between popular mysticism and political engagement among Filipino Catholics, this dissertation explores the potential for the devotional panata (pledge) accorded to Nuestro Padre Jesus Nazareno (or the Nazareno) of Quiapo, Manila, a famous example of popular piety in the Philippines, to underscore the inextricable relationship between the mystical and the political dimensions of the Christian faith. ...
II International CROS Conference 2024: "Crossing the Borders: Spanish and other Languages and Literatures in Contact". Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Alliances in contested waters: U.S. extended deterrence in China’s maritime territorial disputes Vrije Universiteit Brussel
provided by the United States (or the lack thereof) have affected maritime disputes in the East and
South China Seas and the Yellow Sea from 1970 to the present. More precisely, building on the
theory of composite security dilemma, it investigates
how the interpretations of U.S. security commitments have influenced Chinese, ...
Trade at the Crossroads of the Pacific and Indian Ocean Worlds: Credit Networks and the Financial Structure of Merchant Cooperation in Eighteenth-Century Manila KU Leuven
During the course of the Manila galleon era (1571–1815), merchant networks were essential to the operation of trans-Pacific and Indian Ocean routes, though until now we have had little systematic evidence of how these operated. The allocation of networkable resources, specifically credit, can be gleaned from Spanish archival record and acts as a proxy for a less tangible resource: mercantile trust. The National Archives of the Philippines ...