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The best recruitment practices in self-managing teams: an explorative study at the Dutch curative care organization
Wiese, C. (2017) The best recruitment practices in self-managing teams: an explorative study at the Dutch curative care organization.
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| Abstract: | Purpose - Self-managing teams are becoming more and more popular in organizations. To assemble a successful team it is crucial to recognize the professional skills and other characteristics of the members. Those skills and characteristics differ from regular work teams, , that hast to be taken into account during recruitment and selection procedures. Therefore this paper investigates the best recruitment practices in self-managing teams. Methodology - The data for this study is obtained through six interviews with employees of a healthcare organization and analyzed through open and closed coding. Practical implications- This study provides a conceptual model, which serves as a guideline for suitable recruitment and selection practices in self-managing teams. Whereas the focus in the recruitment and selection practices are: Job design, recruitment channel and selection of an employee, the three main findings in the self-managing teams focus on: transition in self-managing teams, characteristics of self-managing teams and lastly the skills in self-managing teams. The applying of this model can then lead to a competitive advantage for an organization. |
| Item Type: | Essay (Bachelor) |
| Faculty: | BMS: Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences |
| Subject: | 85 business administration, organizational science |
| Programme: | International Business Administration BSc (50952) |
| Link to this item: | https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/72824 |
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