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Judith Langerak is an Assistant Professor in HRM and Organizational Behavior at the department of Management and Organization at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
dr. J.B. Langerak
Assistant Professor, School of Business and Economics, Management and Organisation
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Judith is interested in change processes and has experienced such change processes in various roles within organizations (e.g. as project manager and policy officer). Within change processes, Judith is particularly interested in future-oriented behavior:
- How can people prioritize long-term goals when faced with short-term demands?
- What makes certain people and organizations more proactive than others?
In her doctoral research at the University of Amsterdam (department of organizational psychology), Judith focused on the question how workers can achieve change through proactive coping: all future-oriented efforts through which people try to improve the future situation or their position in it. The results showed, among other things, that the type and amount of proactive coping that workers use can help them to minimize their future experience of job insecurity.
Judith has experience with both qualitative and quantitative research methods, including:
- Meta-analyses
- Multi-level path analyses
- Online intervention studies
- Interviews
- Document analysis
- Participatory observation
Her areas of expertise include:
- Job insecurity
- Proactive career behavior
- Flexible work relations
- (Proactive) Coping
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