Scientific Base

All products and services offered by Bureau Vercouteren are founded on authoritative scientific literature, comprising the following:

• Leading, international books on the subject of strategic human resources management and human resources development.
• A large number of articles from prestigious scientific journals, such as American Economic Review, Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Human Resource Development International, Journal of Labor Economics, Academy of Management Journal, Industrial Relations and Strategic Management Journal. The articles offer theoretical constructs and statistical analyses regarding the effect of training and other HRM activities on an organisation's performance, including absenteeism and staff turnover, quality of work, labour productivity and profit.
• Dutch books and articles dedicated to analyses and measurements of the effects of training effort within Dutch companies and Dutch industries.
• Statistics from the Netherlands Statistics Office regarding productivity and absenteeism in the Netherlands as well as about training expenditures in all sectors of the Dutch economy.

Bureau Vercouteren keeps track of new developments from the latest publications on HRM, and incorporates relevant findings into the products and services.

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