Hans De Witte
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 279880 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Hans De Witte |
| NOMBRES | Hans |
| APELLIDO | De Witte |
| FIRMA | DE WITTE H |
| AFILIACIONES | North-West University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6691-517X |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 82 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 249 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 81 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 1 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1976 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 8 |
“Will They Strike Back?” Shedding Light on the Tit-for-Tat Mechanism in Incivility and Bullying Research from a Latent Class Perspective
This study aims to shed more light on the “tit-for-tat” mechanism in both workplace incivility and bullying by adopting a latent class analysis approach to an incivility sample from Israel (n = 204) and a bullying sample from Belgium (n = 1352). Our results yielded an asymmetrical tit-for-that mechanism. In line with the central notion of powerlessness in bullying research, those who exposed others to negative social behaviors were more likely to…
Validity Evidence for the Secondary Symptoms of the Burnout Assessment Tool
Burnout syndrome is conceptualized as a work-related psychological condition primarily marked by persistent exhaustion, emotional and cognitive impairment and mental distancing. In addition to these core dimensions, burnout may give rise to secondary symptoms, including psychological distress, psychosomatic complaints, and depressive mood. The Burnout Assessment Tool (BAT) includes specific measures for both primary and secondary symptoms. This s…
Magnet4Europe Intervention to Improve Clinician and Patient Well-Being
BACKGROUND: Descriptive studies have documented high hospital nurse burnout and turnover but there are few, if any, large-scale evaluations of organizational interventions to improve clinician retention. The Magnet model is an organizational hospital intervention associated with better clinician and patient outcomes but there is insufficient evidence as to whether the Magnet model based on structural empowerment of clinicians results in better ou…
The burnout-depression conundrum
This research seeks to contribute to the ongoing discussion about the distinctive nature of burnout and depression. In a first study, we relied on employee samples from four European countries (N = 5199; 51.27% women; Mage = 43.14). In a second study, we relied on a large sample of patients (N = 5791; 53.70% women; Mage = 39.54) who received a diagnosis of burnout, depressive episode, job strain, or adaptation disorder. Across all samples and sub…
The student version of the Burnout assessement tool (BAT)
Better bored than burned-out? Cynicism as a mediator between boredom at work and exhaustion
Boredom at work occurs in the context of low demands and resources and can have a host of negative outcomes for employees. However, the existing literature is lacunary concerning the mechanisms underlying the link between boredom and its negative outcomes. Based on the concept of tedium, this study examines the link between boredom at work and burnout, with a particular attention to the possibility of indirect effects. Analyses were conducted on …
A lead article to go deeper and broader in job insecurity research
Job insecurity, that is, the perceived threat of job loss or of valued job features, is a well‐documented stressor with negative consequences for employees. This lead article proposes to advance the field by going both deeper and broader in linking individual job insecurity experiences to their social context on the microlevel (individual characteristics), the mesolevel (the individual's immediate social context such as organizations) and the mac…
Seeing the forest for the trees
We are grateful for the two commentaries on our lead article on job insecurity, its psychological repercussions and broader social context, which provide important additions, as well as impetus to refine and clarify our arguments. In this rejoinder, we respond to the most important points raised by the commentators: we refine our conceptualization of job insecurity, challenge the idea of job insecurity as a motivator and discuss the role of emplo…
In need of opportunities
A Person-Centered Approach to Job Insecurity
Radical transformations in the current work model induce qualitative job insecurity (i.e., a threat to job characteristics) and strengthen quantitative job insecurity (i.e., a threat to job loss). Both dimensions are separate yet interdependent work stressors. Although organisational changes are often the core source for both types of job insecurity, it is predominantly a subjective experience-individual perception ultimately determines the risk …
Conceptualization and Validation of the Occupation Insecurity Scale (Ocis)
Increased use and implementation of automation, accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, gives rise to a new phenomenon: occupation insecurity. In this paper, we conceptualize and define occupation insecurity, as well as develop an Occupation Insecurity Scale (OCIS) to measure it. From focus groups, subject-matter expert interviews, and a quantitative pilot study, two dimensions emerged: global occupation insecurity, which refers to employees' fear …
Developing a framework for evaluation
The ToC map provides a theory of how MENTUPP is expected to achieve its anticipated long-term outcomes through intermediate and proximate outcomes assessing alongside contextual factors which will facilitate the testing of hypotheses. Moreover, it allows for a structured approach to informing the future selection of outcomes and related evaluation measures in either subsequent iterations of complex interventions or other similarly structured prog…
Motivational Profiles in Unemployment
In general, being unemployed has negative implications for the individual and the mental health of the public as a collective. One way to escape this situation is to search for a job. However, following self-determination theory (SDT), unemployed people's different reasons (i.e., their motivation) for engaging in a job search influence their well-being, attitudes, and behaviors for better or worse. Some research has already supported the associat…
Bored or burning out? Reciprocal effects between job stressors, boredom and burnout
Shortening of the Burnout Assessment Tool (BAT)—from 23 to 12 items using content and Rasch analysis
The new BAT12 developed in the present study maintains the breath of item content of the original version of the BAT. The new BAT12 has sound psychometric properties. The scale works invariantly for older and younger, women and men and across two countries. A shorter version of the BAT is timesaving compared to the BAT23 and can be used in e.g. employee surveys
The psychometric properties and measurement invariance of the Burnout Assessment Tool (BAT-23) in South Africa
The BAT-23 is a valid and reliable measure to investigate burnout within the Southern African context
Karasek's activation hypothesis
Karasek's job demand‐control model has received considerable research attention. However, only a few studies have examined its activation hypothesis and two problems have emerged. First, the only consistent finding concerns the activating role of job control. Findings related to job demands and the interaction between control and demands are inconsistent. Second, a dynamic approach focusing on intrapersonal dynamics is lacking. This study propose…
Work Is Political
The past two decades saw an increase in political populism, set against the backdrop of turbulent economic and political developments. This is associated with a rise in workers worrying about job loss as well as an increase in individuals holding politicians and politics in disrepute. This study investigates whether these two processes are linked. Being concerned about maintaining one's job may be related to the experience of distributive injusti…
You Wouldn’t Like Me When I’m Angry
Modern technologies can aid working processes as well as provide individuals with an opportunity to connect and form interpersonal relationships. However, they can also create a context for displaced aggression. In this study, we examine whether people experiencing work stressors may engage in online antisocial behavioral as a means of venting their negative emotions. Specifically, we investigate whether experiencing stressors at work fuels anger…
How Job Insecurity Affects Political Attitudes
This study tests the assumption that job insecurity threatens people’s work‐related identities and thereby affects their political attitudes. Work‐related identity threat in times of job insecurity is proposed to happen in two ways: people will fear to lose an important part of their identity (their identity as employed people), and they can also be afraid to gain a negative identity (their feared future self of becoming unemployed). Both identit…
The Ecuadorian Version of the Burnout Assessment Tool (BAT)
This study aimed to adapt and show evidence of validity for the Ecuadorian version of the Burnout Assessment Tool (BAT) considering only its "core" dimensions. The adaptation process included its translation and back translation. For content validation, expert reviews and focus groups were carried out. A confirmatory factor analysis was used to identify the psychometric properties and dimensionality of the scale. The reliability of the scale was …
On the Dynamics of the Psychosocial Work Environment and Employee Well-Being
The current study investigates employee well-being in stable versus changing psychosocial working conditions, using the Job Demand-Control theoretical framework. It thereby addresses a gap in the literature dealing with how the dynamics of the work environment may affect different aspects of well-being, such as job satisfaction, work stress, mental health complaints, and overall quality of life. The study was carried out on a large heterogeneous …
On the Reciprocal Relationship between Quantitative and Qualitative Job Insecurity and Outcomes. Testing a Cross-Lagged Longitudinal Mediation Model
Prior cross-sectional research indicates that the negative effects of quantitative job insecurity (i.e., threat to job loss) on employees' wellbeing are fully mediated by qualitative job insecurity (i.e., threat to job characteristics). In the current longitudinal study, we replicated and further extended this view to include a direct effect of qualitative job insecurity on quantitative job insecurity. We explored these reciprocal relations in th…
Job Insecurity in Nursing
Nurses are a key workforce in the international health system, and as such maintaining optimal working conditions is critical for preserving their well-being and good performance. One of the psychosocial risks that can have a major impact on them is job insecurity. This study aimed to carry out a bibliometric analysis, mapping job insecurity in 128 articles in nursing, and to determine the most important findings in the literature. The search was…
Job Insecurity and Union Membership
Attitudinal dispositions to vote for a 'new' extreme right-wing party
The Vlaams Blok , a 'new' extreme right-wing party, grew substantially during the 1980s in the Flemish part of Belgium. Two alternative hypotheses about the motivation and attitudes of voters for extreme right-wing parties are examined. Is the voters' choice for such a political party inspired by substantive considerations about the programme of the party (the 'rational choice' model), or is right-wing voting mainly an expression of protest? The …
The relationship between ethnic threat and economic insecurity in times of economic crisis
This study analyses the relationship between attitudes toward immigration and deteriorating economic conditions in times of crisis. We examine three questions: First, how are a vulnerable position in the labour market and recent changes to an individual’s economic situation related to perceived ethnic threat? Second, what is the role of the nation’s economic and immigration context? Last, are relationships at the individual level between economic…
Everyday Racism as Predictor of Political Racism in Flemish Belgium
Two aspects of research on racism in Flanders (Belgium) are discussed in this article based on results from large‐scale surveys between 1991 and 2003. The first relates to the (negative) attitudes of the majority toward foreigners (everyday racism) . The second relates to the vote for an extreme right‐wing political party that emphasizes anti‐immigrant viewpoints in its political program and propaganda (political racism) . Our main research quest…
Political racism in Flanders and the Netherlands
In this article, a multi-disciplinary approach is used to explain the electoral breakthrough of the Vlaams Blok in Flanders (Belgium) relative to the marginal electoral performance of the extreme right in the Netherlands. Drawing on insights from various disciplines - mainly historical science, political science, sociology and social psychology, a conceptual frame is developed to explain this difference. Three factors are highlighted: supply, dem…
A Test of the Approaches of Adorno et al., Lederer and Altemeyer of Authoritarianism in Belgian Flanders
A main theoretical and empirical question in the field of authoritarianism and modem political racism research was answered in a large survey of 900 Flemish high school students. This research question was, Which of the authoritarianism concepts and scales performs better in a theoretical and empirical sense: that of Adorno et al. (1950), Lederer (1983) or Altemeyer (1988)? The results show, contrary to what has been suggested by some authors, th…
A qualitative study on the development of workplace bullying
Up to now, researchers have identified various individual and work‐related factors as potential antecedents of workplace bullying. The aim of the present study is to integrate this line of research in view of explaining how these antecedents may develop into workplace bullying. Key informants, such as union representatives, employees with a confidence role concerning workplace bullying, human resource managers, prevention workers and social servi…
Cross‐lagged associations between perceived external employability, job insecurity, and exhaustion
This study investigates perceived external employability (PEE) as a personal resource in relation to job insecurity and exhaustion. We advance the idea that PEE may reduce feelings of job insecurity and, through felt job insecurity, also exhaustion. That is, we probe the paths from PEE to job insecurity and from job insecurity to exhaustion. We furthermore account for possible reversed causality, so that exhaustion → felt job insecurity and felt …
The ‘why’ and ‘why not’ of job search behaviour
Two studies ( n = 273 and 254) used self‐determination theory (SDT) to examine unemployed people's motivation both to search and not to search for a job. The self‐regulation questionnaire format (Ryan & Connell, 1989) was used to assess participants' autonomous and controlled job‐search motivation (the ‘why’ of job search) as well as their amotivation for searching. Additionally, both autonomous and controlled motivation for not searching (the ‘w…
Positive or negative spirals of online behavior? Exploring reciprocal associations between being the actor and the recipient of prosocial and antisocial behavior online
Bidirectional associations between being cyberbullied and cyberbullying others have been suggested, as well as bidirectional patterns of online prosocial behavior (reciprocity). However, so far, these relations have been studied as population-level associations, and it is not clear whether they also reflect within-person behavioral patterns. Therefore, this study aimed to disentangle between-person and within-person processes in online antisocial…
Work Is Political
The past two decades saw an increase in political populism, set against the backdrop of turbulent economic and political developments. This is associated with a rise in workers worrying about job loss as well as an increase in individuals holding politicians and politics in disrepute. This study investigates whether these two processes are linked. Being concerned about maintaining one's job may be related to the experience of distributive injusti…
Perceived job insecurity and self-rated health
The Relationship Between Personality, Burnout, and Engagement Among the Indian Clergy
This study examined the relationship between the Big Five personality dimensions, burnout, and engagement among 511 Indian Catholic diocesan priests. We expected that Neuroticism would be positively associated with burnout and negatively associated with engagement. Moreover, we expected Extraversion, Openness, Agreeableness, and Conscientiousness to be negatively associated with burnout and positively associated with engagement. Hierarchical regr…
Patterns of cybervictimization and emotion regulation in adolescents and adults
Research on cyberbullying has boomed in the past two decades. Findings from studies among adolescents suggest that they can be classified into distinct groups based on their cyberbullying experience, and that cyberbullying seems to be related to poor emotion regulation. So far, only a few studies have examined cyberbullying among adult workers and it is unclear whether cyberbullying develops similarly in that population. Therefore, in this study …
Working Hours Mismatch, Macroeconomic Changes, and Mental Well-being in Europe
This study explores the association between involuntarily working less or more than the standard workweek and poor mental well-being, and whether this relationship is dependent upon (changing) national-level unemployment and gross domestic product growth rates. Data from the European Social Survey Round 2 (2004–2005) and Round 5 (2010) were analyzed. The sample included 16,224 male and 16,184 female employees. Mental well-being was assessed by th…
A psychosocial typology of the unemployed in South Africa
The aim of this study was to investigate whether there were different types of unemployed people in South Africa. A psychosocial typology, developed in Europe, identified five types of unemployed people based on their attitudes, behaviour, and experiences. To determine whether the same types could be found in South Africa, we studied a convenience sample of 381 unemployed individuals residing in the Potchefstroom area in the North West province i…
Government and Politics in the Akuapem State, 1730-1850
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The Secret Ogboni Society
Government and Politics in the Akuapem State, 1730-1850
From Africa to the United States and Then
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Attitudinal dispositions to vote for a 'new' extreme right-wing party
The Vlaams Blok , a 'new' extreme right-wing party, grew substantially during the 1980s in the Flemish part of Belgium. Two alternative hypotheses about the motivation and attitudes of voters for extreme right-wing parties are examined. Is the voters' choice for such a political party inspired by substantive considerations about the programme of the party (the 'rational choice' model), or is right-wing voting mainly an expression of protest? The …
A Test of the Approaches of Adorno et al., Lederer and Altemeyer of Authoritarianism in Belgian Flanders
A main theoretical and empirical question in the field of authoritarianism and modem political racism research was answered in a large survey of 900 Flemish high school students. This research question was, Which of the authoritarianism concepts and scales performs better in a theoretical and empirical sense: that of Adorno et al. (1950), Lederer (1983) or Altemeyer (1988)? The results show, contrary to what has been suggested by some authors, th…
Ray’s Last Stand? Directiveness as Moderate Conservatism—A Reply to John Ray
The Lost Perspective? Trade Unions between Ideology and Social Action in the New Europe
Job Insecurity and Psychological Well-being
Research on the psychological consequences of job insecurity is reviewed, showing that job insecurity reduces psychological well-being and job satisfaction, and increases psychosomatic complaints and physical strains. Next, three additional research questions are addressed, since these questions did not receive much attention in previous research. First, does the impact of job insecurity on workers differ according to their professional position,…
Political racism in Flanders and the Netherlands
In this article, a multi-disciplinary approach is used to explain the electoral breakthrough of the Vlaams Blok in Flanders (Belgium) relative to the marginal electoral performance of the extreme right in the Netherlands. Drawing on insights from various disciplines - mainly historical science, political science, sociology and social psychology, a conceptual frame is developed to explain this difference. Three factors are highlighted: supply, dem…
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Who Feels Insecure in Europe? Predicting Job Insecurity from Background Variables
Along with the increased flexibilization of the labour market in Europe, there has been a change in the permanence and security of employment. Job insecurity is constituted by a subjectively experienced threat of having to give up one's job sooner than one would like. The experience of job insecurity has been linked to decreasing well-being, negative attitudes towards one's job and organization, and reluctance to stay with the organization. The p…
Can Class Still Unite
European Work Orientations at the End of the Twentieth Century
The ‘why’ and ‘why not’ of job search behaviour
Two studies ( n = 273 and 254) used self‐determination theory (SDT) to examine unemployed people's motivation both to search and not to search for a job. The self‐regulation questionnaire format (Ryan & Connell, 1989) was used to assess participants' autonomous and controlled job‐search motivation (the ‘why’ of job search) as well as their amotivation for searching. Additionally, both autonomous and controlled motivation for not searching (the ‘w…
Job insecurity
This article reviews the literature on job insecurity. After defining the concept and its components, the prevalence of job insecurity among workers is discussed. Next, various antecedents are charted, and the consequences of job insecurity for the health and well-being of individuals and for their attitudes and behaviours towards organizations are discussed. Finally, some practical suggestions are made in order to reduce the harmful effects of i…
The impact of job insecurity and contract type on attitudes, well‐being and behavioural reports
Research on the impact of job insecurity for temporary employees has been largely exploratory and atheoretical in nature. This paper addresses this issue by considering the role of job insecurity on job satisfaction, organizational commitment, life satisfaction, and self‐rated performance among permanent employees ( N = 396) as compared with temporary ones ( N = 148). Hypotheses are formulated using the tradition of transactional versus relationa…
On the relations among work value orientations, psychological need satisfaction and job outcomes
Using self‐determination theory, two studies found that holding an extrinsic, relative to an intrinsic, work value orientation was associated with less positive outcomes (i.e. less satisfaction with, dedication to and vitality while on the job) and more negative outcomes (i.e. higher emotional exhaustion, short‐lived satisfaction after successful goal‐attainment, and turn‐over intention). These relations were not limited to job outcomes, but also…
The Social Costs of Extrinsic Relative to Intrinsic Goal Pursuits
Self‐determination theory's distinction between extrinsic and intrinsic goal pursuits offers a possible explanation for ethnic and racial prejudice. Because extrinsic relative to intrinsic goal pursuits (E/I) stimulate interpersonal competition, they were expected to predict social dominance orientation (SDO), which, in turn, would predict racial and ethnic prejudice. Results of a first cross‐sectional study showed that E/I goal pursuits are posi…
Unskilled blue collar workers
In this article, two contrasting theories on the attitudes of unskilled blue collar workers are confronted: the 'embourgeoisement' thesis and the hypothesis of the 'authoritarianism of the working class'. The 'embourgeoisement' thesis states that blue collar workersadopted the attitudes (and life style) of white collar workers, from whom they can no longer be distinguished. Lipset's hypothesis of the 'authoritarianism of the working class', on th…
Explaining the relationships between job characteristics, burnout, and engagement
Within the Job Demands-Resources model, the presence of job demands (e.g., work pressure) and the absence of job resources (e.g., social support) relate to burnout through a psychological energetic process, whereas the presence of job resources associates with work engagement through a motivational process. Although various mechanisms have been suggested to understand these processes, empirical evidence for these mechanisms is scarce within the J…
Literature review of theory and research on the psychological impact of temporary employment
The increased use of temporary contracts has instigated debates on possible implications for employees’ attitudes, well‐being and behaviour. The complex issues related to this debate are reviewed from a theoretical, empirical and conceptual point of view. First, the definitions of temporary employment that are currently used in OECD countries are reviewed. Second, theoretical views concerning possible determinants are elaborated. The theoretical …
A qualitative study on the development of workplace bullying
Up to now, researchers have identified various individual and work‐related factors as potential antecedents of workplace bullying. The aim of the present study is to integrate this line of research in view of explaining how these antecedents may develop into workplace bullying. Key informants, such as union representatives, employees with a confidence role concerning workplace bullying, human resource managers, prevention workers and social servi…
Psychology (63 obras) · Social Psychology (53 obras) · Employment and Welfare Studies (37 obras) · Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior (28 obras) · Political science (27 obras) · Workplace Health and Well-being (27 obras) · Clinical Psychology (26 obras) · Economics (24 obras) · Sociology (24 obras) · Social Psychology (22 obras)