Partner(s) at work. A liber amicorum for Erik Poutsma

Abstract

For years, Erik Poutsma (1951) was the driving force behind the research group PARTNER related to the Strategic Human Resource Management group at the Nijmegen School of Management (Radboud University). Erik showed an immense drive to conduct research in the areas of financial participation and new employment relations. This liber amicorum presents a collection of contributions by current and former colleagues, PhD students, fellows from Rutgers University and members of the CRANET research network. Their contributions elaborate the knowledge they gained from the scholarly work they conducted together with Erik and show their warm feelings of appreciation for Erik’s cooperative attitude. From these contributions, we learn that Erik was a real ‘Partner’ with a large social heart, both when it comes to choosing the human aspects of management and when it comes to building sustainable cooperative relationships.