News on the changing labor market

• Tilburg University and local businesses join forces for sustainable logistics: ‘Collaboration is in the Brabant DNA’

  03rd November 2023

  There are few places in Europe where logistical activity is as strongly developed as in the region of Central Brabant. Over the coming years, the logistics sector in Brabant aims to lead the way in transitioning towards a sustainable future, where robust economic growth goes hand in hand with broad prosperity in the region. To shape this future, Tilburg University and local entrepreneurs have jointly established the Tilburg Initiative for Future Logistics (TIFL).

  

• Employee mental health suffers when company is going through a crisis

  19th September 2023

  The number of workers taking antidepressants rises significantly when a company is going through financial turmoil, PhD research by Daniel Kárpáti shows. Job loss is an important reason for soaring prescription rates, but employees who don't lose their jobs are also more likely to suffer from depression. To curb the psychological and economic costs of recessions, Kárpáti argues for more proactive mental health strategies in times of crisis.

  

• Marianne van Woerkom appointed as professor of Positive Psychological Perspective on Human Resource Studies

  30th August 2023

  The chair focuses on how organizations can improve the well-being and development of employees, but indirectly also that of, for example, students or patients.