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Psychology
Belgium
2022

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Psychology D-index 90 Citations 28,908 338 World Ranking 538 National Ranking 5

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2022 - Research.com Psychology in Belgium Leader Award

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Social psychology
  • Law
  • Social science

Hans De Witte focuses on Social psychology, Job satisfaction, Job attitude, Job performance and Well-being. His primary area of study in Social psychology is in the field of Workplace bullying. The various areas that Hans De Witte examines in his Job satisfaction study include Life satisfaction, Labour economics, Work motivation, Temporary work and Competence.

The Job attitude study combines topics in areas such as Demographic economics, Job control and Job design. His research integrates issues of Social policy, State of affairs, Human capital, Autonomy and Organizational commitment in his study of Job performance. His Well-being research includes themes of Job insecurity, Unemployment and Developmental psychology.

His most cited work include:

  • Job Insecurity and Psychological Well-being: Review of the Literature and Exploration of Some Unresolved Issues (789 citations)
  • Explaining the relationships between job characteristics, burnout, and engagement: The role of basic psychological need satisfaction (685 citations)
  • Capturing autonomy, competence, and relatedness at work: Construction and initial validation of the Work‐related Basic Need Satisfaction scale (591 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

Hans De Witte spends much of his time researching Social psychology, Job insecurity, Applied psychology, Job satisfaction and Employability. His Social psychology research incorporates elements of Well-being and Burnout. His Job insecurity research focuses on subjects like Demographic economics, which are linked to Unemployment.

Job satisfaction is frequently linked to Life satisfaction in his study. His Job attitude research entails a greater understanding of Job performance. Hans De Witte has included themes like Job demands-resources model and Job analysis in his Job design study.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Social psychology (49.47%)
  • Job insecurity (26.13%)
  • Applied psychology (16.00%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2016-2021)?

  • Social psychology (49.47%)
  • Job insecurity (26.13%)
  • Applied psychology (16.00%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

Social psychology, Job insecurity, Applied psychology, Demographic economics and Burnout are his primary areas of study. His Social psychology research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Work engagement, Structural equation modeling and Perception. The study incorporates disciplines such as Higher education, Stressor and Sample in addition to Job insecurity.

Hans De Witte has researched Applied psychology in several fields, including Test validity, Conservation of resources theory, Self-efficacy and Employability. His research in Demographic economics tackles topics such as Unemployment which are related to areas like Psychosocial. He interconnects Test, Affect and Well-being in the investigation of issues within Job satisfaction.

Between 2016 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • An ultra-short measure for work engagement: The UWES-3 validation across five countries. (97 citations)
  • An ultra-short measure for work engagement: The UWES-3 validation across five countries. (97 citations)
  • The dark side of working online (45 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Law
  • Social psychology
  • Social science

Hans De Witte mostly deals with Social psychology, Job insecurity, Developmental psychology, Applied psychology and Work engagement. His study in Social psychology is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Stressor and Perception. His Job insecurity research also works with subjects such as

  • Labour economics that intertwine with fields like Index and Gross domestic product,
  • Job security, which have a strong connection to Employability.

In Developmental psychology, Hans De Witte works on issues like Intervention, which are connected to Early adolescents, Situational ethics, Feeling and Aggression. His Applied psychology study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Test validity, Training, Job attitude and Job analysis. His Work engagement research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Validity, Scale, Burnout, Employee engagement and Occupational stress.

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Best Publications

Job Insecurity and Psychological Well-being: Review of the Literature and Exploration of Some Unresolved Issues

Hans De Witte.
European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology (1999)

1504 Citations

Explaining the relationships between job characteristics, burnout, and engagement: The role of basic psychological need satisfaction

Anja Van den Broeck;Maarten Vansteenkiste;Hans De Witte;Willy Lens.
Work & Stress (2008)

1375 Citations

Capturing autonomy, competence, and relatedness at work: Construction and initial validation of the Work‐related Basic Need Satisfaction scale

Anja Van den Broeck;Maarten Vansteenkiste;Hans De Witte;Bart Soenens.
Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology (2010)

1158 Citations

Job insecurity: Review of the international literature on definitions, prevalence, antecedents and consequences

Hans De Witte.
Sa Journal of Industrial Psychology (2005)

867 Citations

On the relations among work value orientations, psychological need satisfaction and job outcomes: A self-determination theory approach.

Maarten Vansteenkiste;Bart Neyrinck;Christopher P. Niemiec;Bart Soenens.
Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology (2007)

864 Citations

Literature review of theory and research on the psychological impact of temporary employment: Towards a conceptual model

Nele De Cuyper;Jeroen De Jong;Hans De Witte;Kerstin Isaksson.
International Journal of Management Reviews (2008)

660 Citations

Not all job demands are equal: Differentiating job hindrances and job challenges in the Job Demands-Resources model.

Anja Van den Broeck;Nele De Cuyper;Hans De Witte;Maarten Vansteenkiste.
European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology (2010)

583 Citations

The impact of job insecurity and contract type on attitudes, well-being and behavioural reports: A psychological contract perspective

Nele De Cuyper;Hans De Witte.
Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology (2006)

576 Citations

Employability and Employees’ Well‐Being: Mediation by Job Insecurity

Nele De Cuyper;Claudia Bernhard-Oettel;Erik Berntson;Hans De Witte.
Applied Psychology (2008)

574 Citations

`Objective' vs `Subjective' Job Insecurity: Consequences of Temporary Work for Job Satisfaction and Organizational Commitment in Four European Countries:

Hans De Witte;Katharina Näswall.
Economic & Industrial Democracy (2003)

523 Citations

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