Projects
Effects of companion animals in the (home) workplace on employee wellbeing and performance KU Leuven
The role of companion animals in the lives of employees and the potential benefits for organizations when facilitating employees’ care for their animals has been largely neglected in research to date. However, the new labour market generation of millennials surpasses baby boomers as the largest pet owning generation and will make up for up to 75% of the workforce by 2025. Organizations could respond to this reality in two main ways. First, ...
The social identity of athletes in artistic swimming and gymnastics before and after retiring. Developing and testing interventions to assist their wellbeing and their mental health. KU Leuven
According to Torregrosa, Boixados, Valiente, and Cruz (2004), athletes have much better transition from being active athletes to retirement when they have already planned. The athletes’ perception of being relocated to sports rather than losing their athletic identity is very helpful for their mental health and their wellbeing. Especially, athletes who are forced to retire have more chances of facing challenges to a smooth transition to their ...
Wellbeing in logistics. Hasselt University
Digital Wellbeing in a Culture of Ubiquitous Connectivity: Towards a Dynamic Pathway Model Ghent University
Ubiquitous connectivity increases our autonomy: We can connect to content, contacts and services without time or place constraints. Paradoxically, however, ubiquitous connectivity also threatens that very autonomy: The addictive design of digital technologies diverts attention away from our primary activities, and in our contemporary culture of connectivity we face increasing pressures to be permanently online and permanently connected. This ...
Strengthening the policy on wellbeing in schools: development of scientifically based policy interventions Ghent University
A policy related to wellbeing that focuses on psychosocial aspects of work in schools is necessary. However, school leaders need support to realise this. This project aims to provide this support in the form of instruments that can be used to stimulate wellbeing in schools (primary en secondary education) and that are linked to strategic human resource management in schools.
Psychological mechanisms involved in Social Network Site use and effects on mental health and wellbeing Ghent University
There is emerging evidence that SNS use can lead to lower well-being. However, at the theoretical level our understanding of the mechanisms that explain the relationship between SNS and wellbeing is still limited in important ways. In order to better understand adaptive as well as maladaptive use of SNS, we need to examine cognitive-motivational mechanisms that drive SNS use. Based on the current state-of-the-art, several cognitive ...
Study on the Health and Wellbeing of Music Creators KU Leuven
The general objective is to deliver an expert study that provides a general overview of the occupational health risk musicians and music creators face, and an EU-wide mapping of existing initiatives contributing towards the prevention and treatment of adverse health issues related to performance and musical creation.
Coping with red tape: How cultural, organizational and individual variables mitigate red tape’s negative impact on street-level bureaucrats’ wellbeing. Ghent University
Red tape is one of the biggest challenges confronting contemporary public organizations. Organizational rules that hold a compliance burden, but miss functionality, can be classified as red tape. Recent studies claim that red tape negatively impacts the wellbeing of street-level bureaucrats such as teachers or nurses. But while this claim is backed up by more and more empirical research, the actual impact of red tape on wellbeing differs ...