Roy Sijbom is associate professor at the department of Management and Organisation of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Before joining the VU he was an assistant professor of work and organisational psychology at the University of Amsterdam. He obtained his PhD at the HRM/OB department of the University of Groningen (2013). 

With a background in economics and psychology, Roy's research focuses on several topics.

(1) Learning motivation, learning climate, and leadership. The way we work is constantly changing thanks to digital and technological innovations, artificial intelligence, and the widespread use of data. To prepare employees and organizations for the challenges of tomorrow and to keep their knowledge and skills up-to-date, they need to learn and develop new skills. How can this be achieved? How should you organize this? How do you motivate employees? In one of my present research lines we investigate Learning communities (LCs) as a vehicle for lifelong learning. Specifically, we develop and test an innovative ‘bottom-up’ model of how learning takes shape within LCs and how learning transfers from LCs to organizations.

(2) Creativity and innovation. For an organization to remain competitive they need to be creative and innovative. Employee are an important source of creativity. But why doesn't something always happen with those ideas? Or, in other words, why is one manager open to creative suggestions and another manager not?

(3) Multilevel perspective to enhance well-being in organizations. Employee well-being is of vital importance. However, how can you make sure that employees do not suffer from burn-out or do not leave organizations disillusioned? How can you create a psychological safe working environment for employees (and especially those who are vulnerable)? In order to answer these questions, I adopt a multilevel perspective and investigate how employee well-being is the outcome of (in)actions at different levels of the work environment.

Keywords: leadership, employee creativity and innovation, voice, achievement motivation, credit taking, multilevel interventions, learning communities, lifelong learning

• Werkgemeenschap Arbeids- en Organisatie Psychologie (WAOP) | Hengelo | Bestuurder | 2016-02-01 - present

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