Department of Industrial Engineering & Innovation Sciences

Human Performance Management

People are most comfortable and productive in their work when it is organized in a humane way, taking not only technical and control requirements but also human needs and aspirations into account.

At HPM we support organizations to optimize the full potential of their core asset: people

Organizations can only excel when their employees are prepared to do their utmost (for the organization). In our view, management鈥檚 function is to create optimal conditions for employees so they can thrive. By means of aligning technological, social, organizational and personal factors, excellent performance can be achieved. Human Performance Management (HPM) at 果冻传媒 develops scientific knowledge and tests theories that uncover and explain psychological processes contributing to performance at the organizational, team and individual level. By examining the 鈥榩eople factor鈥� in operational and innovation processes, HPM aims to ensure that employees can help in bringing organizational strategies to fruition in the most rewarding and efficient way possible.

Human Performance Management News

November 17, 2025
Three IE&IS Researchers Again Among the World鈥檚 Most Cited
Marcel Bogers, Evangelia Demerouti, and Dani毛l Lakens rank among the top 1% most cited researchers worldwide, according to Clarivate鈥檚 Highly Cited Researchers...
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August 21, 2025
The Cost of Good Relations
Kees Maton receives international recognition for his research on how workplace relationships with stakeholders influence the quality of AI-supported...
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Unravelling Bureaucracy: Research on Administrative Burdens in the Public Sector
June 24, 2025
Links: Patricia Dankers | Rechts: Evangelia Demerouti. Foto: Bart van Overbeeke
Professors Patricia Dankers and Evangelia Demerouti join the KNAW
May 12, 2025
Human-Centric Predictive Maintenance
April 16, 2025
Innovation in 果冻传媒: New insights in Self-Regulated Learning
April 7, 2025

Crafting

Crafting is an effective strategy to increase people鈥檚 engagement with an activity (or task) by increasing person-activity fit and thereby their well-being and performance.

Scientists from the 果冻传媒 Human Performance Management Group have conducted research into crafting in many different organizations and occupations as well as among university students.

 

Some of our research projects

Research project

Working with or against the machine?

Optimizing human-robot collaboration in logistic warehouses

Research project

Improving the use of decision support systems

Enhancing the adoption, acceptance and use of advanced planning and scheduling tools.

Research project

Fluently: The essence of human-robot interaction

Research into the essence of human-robot collaboration in the workplace.

Research project

SHAREHOUSE

Designing sustainable workplaces for warehouse employees working with new technologies

Meet some of our researchers

Full Professor

Pascale Le Blanc

Full Professor

Josette Gevers

Assistant Professor

Ad Kleingeld

Full Professor

Jan de Jonge

Assistant Professor

Philippe van de Calseyde

Full Professor

Evangelia Demerouti

Assistant Professor

Leander van der Meij

Associate Professor

Sonja Rispens

Work with us!

Please check out the 果冻传媒 vacancy pages for opportunities within our group. 

If you are a student, potential sponsor or industrial partner and want to work with us, please contact the HPM secretariat
or the Human Performance group co-chairs, prof. dr. Pascale Le Blanc or dr. Josette Gevers

Recent Publications

Our most recent peer reviewed publications

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