Projects
Antecedents and economic impacts of circular economy innovation at the firm level KU Leuven
Given today’s environmental challenges, businesses are increasingly urged to embrace sustainable solutions, with the circular economy emerging as a prominent strategy. While many studies have investigated the environmental implications of the circular economy, research about its economic implications is limited. This research project aims to fill this gap by examining how the adoption of circular economy practices by firms impacts their ...
The Prevalence of Androcentrism: Antecedents and Consequences KU Leuven
Exploring the antecedents, performance and moderators of innovation search in high-tech small and medium-sized enterprises KU Leuven
Topic 1: Search behaviour, is defined as to find solutions for problems, to acquire heterogeneous knowledge, to seize innovative opportunities, and to keep up with environment changes. Existing literature based on the behavioral theory of the firm (BTOF) has suggested that problems and resources, as two critical factors, can trigger a firm’s search behaviours. In our study, we add the time effects and discuss how underperformance duration and ...
Exploring the Antecedents of Working Conditions and their Implications for Collective Action in Digital Labour Platforms KU Leuven
Against the background of current debates on working conditions on labour platforms, this thesis explores the antecedents of working conditions and their implications for collective action. Research on platform work argues that platforms produce degrading working conditions through their use of technology while disrupting regulatory frameworks. We contribute to these broad debates by scrutinising the production of working conditions, ...
Professionalization and Managerialization in Family Firms: organizational antecedents and behavioural dynamics Hasselt University
Strategic Change in Family Firms: Antecedents and consequences of strategic change from a change readiness perspective Hasselt University
Powerless or Powerful? Teachers' responses to bullying as perceived by students: measurement, antecedents, and effects KU Leuven
Bullying among children is a major problem in schools across the world, with a wide range of severe short- and long-term consequences for victimized students. At school, teachers are responsible for securing a safe learning environment. Although the role of teachers in bullying processes has received more attention recently, insight into student-perceived teachers’ responses to bullying, their antecedents, and their effects on bullying ...
Just keep your eye on the prize! Antecedents and consequences of leader bottom-line mentality KU Leuven
An exclusive focus on organizational results helps leaders narrow down on what is important, but when taken too far, it may lead to ignoring anything else along the way. This bottom-line mentality (BLM), a unidimensional frame of mind prioritizing bottom-line results at the expense of other important outcomes (Greenbaum et al., 2012) has been exemplified globally in recent high profile organizational scandals. It appears that leaders who ...
‘Help, my teacher is pressuring me!’ Antecedents and consequences of students’ coping responses to controlling teaching Ghent University
A controlling (i.e., pressuring) teaching style undermines students’ motivation and engagement. This project aims to identify both constructive and detrimental ways in which elementary school students cope with controlling teaching. It is examined whether controlling teaching is less harmful when students rely on more constructive coping responses. Also, an intervention is developed teaching students to interact with teachers more ...