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Overview

Paul Jansen is affiliated with Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Their research focuses primarily within the social sciences, with significant contributions to subfields such as organizational behavior and human resource management, sociology and political science, general health professions, demography, and social psychology.

The main topics addressed in Jansen's work include:

  • Retirement, Disability, and Employment
  • Digital Economy and Work Transformation
  • Employment and Welfare Studies
  • Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
  • Human Resource and Talent Management
  • Labor market dynamics and wage inequality
  • Higher Education and Employability

Jansen has contributed research published in a variety of academic venues. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • Academy of Management Proceedings
  • Journal of Vocational Behavior
  • Tijdschrift voor HRM
  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • Work Aging and Retirement

Their recent papers reflect a diverse range of subjects related to career sustainability, leadership, and emotional demands in the workplace. Notable recent publications include:

  • "Organizing School-to-Work Transition Research from a Sustainable Career Perspective: A Review and Research Agenda" (2023), published in Work Aging and Retirement
  • "Toward a sustainable career perspective on contingent work: a critical review and a research agenda" (2022), published in Career Development International
  • "Unravelling leadership potential: conceptual and measurement issues" (2020), published in European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology
  • "The cognitive costs of managing emotions: A systematic review of the impact of emotional requirements on cognitive performance" (2020), published in Work & Stress
  • "Person-job fit across the work lifespan - The case of classical ballet dancers" (2020), published in Journal of Vocational Behavior

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Jansen include Jos Akkermans, Svetlana N. Khapova, Jana Retkowsky, Omar Solinger, and Sanne Nijs. These collaborations indicate a strong network within the fields of career development, organizational behavior, and human resource management.

Best Publications

  • Age and work‐related motives: Results of a meta‐analysis

    Dorien T. A. M. Kooij;Annet H. De Lange;Paul G. W. Jansen;Ruth Kanfer

  • Older workers' motivation to continue to work: Five meanings of age: A conceptual review.

    Dorien Kooij;Annet de Lange;Paul Jansen;Josje Dikkers;Josje Dikkers

  • Psychological contract breach and job attitudes: A meta-analysis of age as a moderator

    P. Matthijs Bal;Annet H. De lange;Paul G. W. Jansen;Mandy E. G. Van der Velde

  • The influence of age on the associations between HR practices and both affective commitment and job satisfaction: A meta-analysis

    Dorien T. A. M. Kooij;Paul G. W. Jansen;Josje S. E. Dikkers;Annet H. de lange

  • Autonomy as a start-up motive

    Marco van Gelderen;Paul Jansen

  • How the impact of HR practices on employee well-being and performance changes with age

    Dorien T.A.M. Kooij;David E. Guest;Mike Clinton;Terry Knight

  • Motivating Employees to Work Beyond Retirement: A Multi-Level Study of the Role of I-Deals and Unit Climate

    P. Matthijs Bal;Simon B. De Jong;Paul G. W. Jansen;Arnold B. Bakker

  • Psychological contract breach and work performance: Is social exchange a buffer or an intensifier?

    P. Matthijs Bal;Dan S. Chiaburu;Paul G.W. Jansen

  • Building a sustainable start: The role of career competencies, career success, and career shocks in young professionals' employability

    Rowena Blokker;Jos Akkermans;Maria Tims;Paul Jansen

  • Managing aging workers: a mixed methods study on bundles of HR practices for aging workers

    Dorien T. A. M. Kooij;Paul G. W. Jansen;Josje S. E. Dikkers;Annet H. de Lange

  • The role of future time perspective in psychological contracts: A study among older workers

    P. Matthijs Bal;Paul G. W. Jansen;Mandy E. G. van der Velde;Annet H. de Lange

  • Bouncing back from psychological contract breach: How commitment recovers over time.

    Omar N. Solinger;Joeri Hofmans;P. Matthijs Bal;Paul G. W. Jansen

  • Learning opportunities and learning behaviours of small business starters : Relations with goal achievement, skill development, and satisfaction

    Marco Van Gelderen;Lidewey Van der Sluis;Paul Jansen

  • Career competencies and job crafting: How proactive employees influence their well-being

    Judith Plomp;Maria Tims;Jos Akkermans;Svetlana N. Khapova

  • On the relationships among work characteristics and learning-related behavior: Does age matter?

    Annet H. De Lange;Toon W. Taris;Toon W. Taris;Paul Jansen;Michiel A. J. Kompier

  • A stringent limit on a drifting proton-to-electron mass ratio from alcohol in the early universe.

    Julija Bagdonaite;Paul Jansen;Christian Henkel;Christian Henkel;Hendrick L. Bethlem

  • Proactivity, job characteristics, and engagement: a longitudinal study

    Josje S.E. Dikkers;Paul G.W. Jansen;Annet H. de Lange;Claartje J. Vinkenburg

  • Beyond chronological age. Examining perceived future time and subjective health as age-related mediators in relation to work-related motivations and well-being

    T.A.M. Kooij;A.H. de Lange;P.G.W. Jansen;J.S.E. Dikkers

  • Age as a factor in the relation between work and mental health: Results of the longitudinal TAS survey

    A.H. De Lange;T.W. Taris;P.G W Jansen;P. Smulders

  • Age and Trust as Moderators in the Relation between Procedural Justice and Turnover: A Large-Scale Longitudinal Study

    P. Matthijs Bal;Annet H. de Lange;Jan F. Ybema;Paul G. W. Jansen

  • Psychological contract breach and work performance: Is social exchange a buffer or an intensifier?

    P.M. Bal;D.S. Chiaburu;P.G.W. Jansen

  • Older workers motivation to continue to work: five meanings of age: A conceptual review

    Dorien Kooij;Annet de Lange;Paul Jansen

Frequent Co-Authors

Annet H. de Lange
Annet H. de Lange Open University in the Netherlands
Maria Tims
Maria Tims Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Toon W. Taris
Toon W. Taris Utrecht University
Arnold B. Bakker
Arnold B. Bakker Erasmus University Rotterdam
Roland Pepermans
Roland Pepermans Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Beatrice van der Heijden
Beatrice van der Heijden Radboud University
Guy Notelaers
Guy Notelaers University of Bergen
Joeri Hofmans
Joeri Hofmans Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Timothy A. Judge
Timothy A. Judge The Ohio State University
Evangelia Demerouti
Evangelia Demerouti Eindhoven University of Technology

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