Experts & Expertise

• Organisational change
• Human resource management
• Institutional theory
• Strategic management

Jaap Paauwe (PhD, Erasmus University Rotterdam) is Professor of Human Resource Studies at Tilburg University. Before joining Tilburg he worked as a full professor of Organization at Erasmus University Rotterdam, heading the Department of Business and Organization of the School of Economics. At Erasmus University he is still involved in supervising PhD students.

He has written and co-authored books on human resource management and many articles. In 1991 he was Academic Visitor at the London School of Economics. In 1996 he was Visiting Professor at Templeton College, Oxford University. Before joining the university he worked for the trade union movement (Head of CNV Research Department 1983-1988) and a Dutch based multinational company (SHV 1980-1983). His main research interests are in the area of HRM, corporate strategy, organizational change and industrial relations. Next to teaching in the business economics programs and the international business administration program, he is acting as a lecturer/trainer for the Rotterdam School of Management/HJR Leadership Program, Cranfield School of Management/MBA program and Academy of Management Groningen. In 2005 he joined Cornell University (USA) as a visiting fellow and was involved in the teaching and research activities of CAHRS (Centre for Advanced Human Resource Studies)

• International affiliate research fellow to CAHRS (Centre for Advanced Human Resource Studies at Cornell University)
• Fellow of TIASNIMBAS
• Fellow of Erasmus Research Institute of Management
• Kings College, Department of Management Studies
• Cambridge University, Judge Business School
• INSEAD
• Global HR Research Alliance, a large research project funded by the Sanyo Corporation, working with academic partners at Cambridge University (UK), INSEAD (Singapore), and Cornell University (USA).
• External collaboration: HR governance project, working closely together with Patrick Wright (Cornell University) and Philip Stiles (Cambridge University)
• External collaboration: Kings College with David Guest (on HRM and Performance: what?s next) and Riccardo Peccei on a variety of projects among which on the adoption of HR practices by organisations using WERS survey data.

• Moderator of the Sociale Kring: a group of leading board members and high ranking officials in the area of social economic policy, industrial relations and HRM, which meet regularly to discuss trends and issues in the related areas of social-economic policy, collective bargaining, social security/government policies and HRM
• Moderator of the Club of 11: a group of 10 HR directors of the largest companies in the Netherlands among which ABN/AMRO, Shell, Royal Dutch Telecom, National Railways, Akzo/Nobel, DSM, Ahold, Unilever, Corus Steel Mills, who meet on an informal basis to discuss issues and exchange views on social-economic policies, collective bargaining trends an HRM.
• People Management Center: A recent initiative by the Department of HR-studies in order to bridge the gap between Academics and Practitioners with the following aims: funding/sponsoring of research, internships for students, opening up access for research, exchange of information, getting input/reflection from practitioners on our research and teaching program. More specifically companies can become a member/sponsor by paying an amount per year, which will entitle them to a range of services and which also implies that they are willing to cooperate in all kind of research projects. The centre has started in 2007 and is aiming for 5 top ranking companies to become member in the coming two years.
• Member of the Committee of the Dutch Personnel Management Association NVP for professionalization and professional ethics
• Initiator and Academic Director of the Advanced Human Resource Program, an executive program organized in joint cooperation with TIAS/Nimbas Business School with the members of the so-called Club of 11 as advisory board.
• Member of the Award committee (jury) of the Proffi-prize for selecting the organization with the best and most professional personnel management policies and practices in the Netherlands.
• Together with Evert Smit, new course/program for trade union officials
• Associate editor of the Human Resource Management Journal (UK)
• Member of the academic advisory board of the Journal of Management Studies
• Member of the the Editorial board of Maandblad voor Accountancy & Bedrijfseconomie
• Member of the Academy of Management
• Association of Work and Organizational Psychology (EAWOP)
• HRM study group of the International Industrial Relations Association (IRRA)
• Founding member of the Global Human Resource Research Alliance (constituting partners being Cambridge University (UK), Cornell University (USA), INSEAD) and Erasmus University/Tilburg University
• Founding member of the Dutch HRM network (together with Paul Jansen, VU-Amsterdam)
• Member of the international Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) of the NIHR Kings Patient Safety & Service Quality Research Centre (PSSQRC)
• Member of the Board of Examiners, Cranfield School of Management, Msc program on International Human Resource Management
• Member of the Board of Examiners, Cranfield School of Management, Msc Defense program on Human Resource Management

• Käse, R. etc, November 2007
• Boon, C , (2008, approved for public defence) HRM, fit and performance: survival of the fittest, Erasmus University Rotterdam, ERIM, June, 12th, 2008
• Dorenbosch, L.W.
• Konter, D.
• van de Voorde, F.C.
• Veld, M.F.A.
• Nijssen, M.

J. Paauwe teaches the following subjects:

• Human Resource Studies (760800) Further information
• International Human Resource Management (760809) Further information
• (760811) Further information
• Research master: Academic Skills: Basic, Applied and Professional Ethics (400823) Further information
• Research master: Advances in Human Resource Studies (400849) Further information

- Chair of the Department

- Programme leader of the research programme: HRM and performance: in search of balance

- Academic Director of the executive programme in Advanced Human Resource Management (TIAS/NIMBAS)

- Professor of Organisation (part-time), Department of Applied Economics, Erasmus School of Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam

- Founding Boardmember, Dutch HRM Network·

- Member, international Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) of the NIHR King?s Patient Safety & Service Quality Research Centre (PSSQRC)·

- Member, Board of Examiners, Cranfield School of Management, MSc program on International Human Resource Management·

- Member, Board of Examiners, Cranfield School of Management, MSc Defense program on Human Resource Management

- Moderator of the Sociale Kring: a group of leading board members and high ranking officials in the area of social economic policy, industrial relations and HRM, which meet regularly to discuss trends and issues in the related areas of social-economic policy, collective bargaining, social security/government policies and HRM.

- Moderator of the Club of 11: a group of 10 HR directors of the largest companies in the Netherlands among which ABN/AMRO, Shell, Royal Dutch Telecom, National Railways, Akzo/Nobel, DSM, Ahold, Unilever, Corus Steel Mills, who meet on an informal basis to discuss issues and exchange views on social-economic policies, collective bargaining trends an HRM.