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Beyond role conflict? Work flexibility, task division and the balance between work and familiy in Europe. KU Leuven

Flexibility has become a prominent topic in the sociology (of work) literature over the past decades. The growing internationalisation of the economy, leading to intensified competition, as well as the changing roleof the state in socio-economic policy intervention have heightened the uncertainty to which firms are exposed. This, in turn, has given rise toan increasing demand for labour flexibility, in order to be able to adjust swiftly to ...

Bimanual performance and life balance one year after stroke. Assessment, evolution and prognosis KU Leuven

Geert Verheyden

Research Group for Neurorehabilitation (eNRGy)

Stroke remains one of the leading causes of disability with loss of independency for daily activities as a long-term consequence. The vast majority of daily activities demand the use of both hands working together. Up to 85% of stroke survivors present with upper limb impairment, which may compromise bimanual performance. To date, the vast majority of studies focus on unimanual recovery and provides scarce knowledge about recovery and ...

Teleworking - Which tasks suit best? Using teleworkers’ work design to understand the relationship between work location and multiple performance outcomes KU Leuven

Rein De Cooman

Department of Work and Organisation Studies, Antwerp Campus

There are many reasons to expect that home-based telework will remain and make up a considerable part of contemporary labor. Whilst documented positive consequences for both employees (e.g. enhanced work-life balance) and organizations (e.g. lower turnover), practice and policy are still unsure about how to successfully manage teleworking such that it enhances employee performance and scientific research remains inconclusive about how ...

Essays on work-life balance and job-related ICT-use. KU Leuven

Marijke Verbruggen

Department of Work and Organisation Studies, Leuven

Information and communication technology (ICT) is omnipresent in our lives today. ICT has drastically changed the way we connect to and meet other people, the way we find and exchange information and the way we work. work environments and the very act of working have become increasingly characterized by a reliance on ICT-tools and devices. The widespread availability and use of ICT-tools (e.g., internet, mails, (video)calling…) and devices ...

Working time and time off in labour law: a legal research on work-life balance. KU Leuven

Frank Hendrickx

Institute for Labour Law

Belgian working time law has come into existence against the background of a social context that differs significantly from today’s reality. Working time law originated at the beginning of the 20th century. It was coordinated and laid down in the ’60 and ’70. Since then, many social evolutions took place that challenge working time law. Only few adaptions, however, have been made over the years. Together and partly as a consequence of this, ...

In Balance Antwerp Management School

Remco Lenstra

Research & Valorisation, Antwerp Management School, Howest, IDEWE

For many working people it is a challenge to find a balance between going to work, doing the household, caring for children, hobbies, friends and family, playing sports, etc. Research by Statbel (2019) shows that one in three 18 to 64-year-olds experience difficulties in reconciling work and family. Although more and more women are active in the labor market, it appears that they also take on a large part of the household and care ...

Neuronal self-renewal by antigen-specific tolerization in multiple sclerosis reinstalling the balance between inflammation and regeneration (RESTORE). University of Antwerp

Nathalie Cools

Laboratory for Experimental Hematology (LEH), Vaccine & Infectious Disease Institute (VAXINFECTIO)

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an inflammatory neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system (CNS) for which no cure is currently available. It is the leading cause of non-traumatic disabling neurological disease in young adults with more than 500,000 people affected in Europe. Since MS strikes during the primary productive time of one's personal and professional life, it leads to a major physical and socio-economic burden to the patient, ...

The effect of spasticity on reactive balance in children with cerebral palsy KU Leuven

Friedl De Groote

Human Movement Biomechanics Research Group, Research Group for Neurorehabilitation (eNRGy)

Cerebral Palsy (CP) is a non-progressive disease affecting the developing brain, which leads to impaired motor control. Children with CP encounter problems with walking and balance and therefore major limitations in daily life. Spasticity is one of the major symptoms in CP and affects 85% of the patients. Spasticity is defined as an increased resistance against movement when a muscle is stretched. Similar stretches occur when balance is ...

Continental convergence in the social trilemma? An empirical investigation into the balance of employment, adequate income provision, and fiscal restraint across the 50 United States and enlarged European Union University of Antwerp

Bea Cantillon

Herman Deleeck Centre for Social Policy

Structural changes to the global economy and shifting political-institutional conditions have increasingly challenged the ability of American and European welfare states to balance the threeway trade-off of adequate incomes for all, high levels of employment, and fiscal restraint. While comparative welfare state literature has historically identified three different approaches (Nordic, Continental European, and Liberal/'Work-Conditional') to ...

New ways of working: An aid for employees? Understanding inconsistencies in the relationship between work–home practices and employees’ home and work outcomes KU Leuven