Dr. Rutger Blom

Onderzoeker
Sociologie
g.d.blom@uu.nl

Publicaties

2026

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

Blom, R., & Aarntzen, L. (2026). What hinders employees’ access to and use of family-friendly policies: a systematic review of motivations, opportunities, and abilities. Community, Work & Family. [DOI]
Blom, R., Kruyen, P., & Van Genugten, M. (2026). Which competencies are the most important in government? Introduction of the Competency Explorer to investigate civil servants competencies. SocArXiv. [DOI]

2025

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

Blom, R., Kruyen, P. M., van der Heijden, B., & Thiel, van, S. (2025). Why Do People Want to Work in Semi-Autonomous Agencies? Exploring Latent Classes and the Role of Structural and Individual Factors. International Journal of Public Sector Management. [DOI] [Portal]
Borst, R. T., Knies, E., & Blom, R. (2025). Coping With, Or Recovering From COVID-19 Related Red Tape? Comparing Public Servants’ Strategies to Deal With the Health-Impairment and Demotivational Processes From Red Tape Through Well-Being on Performance. Review of Public Personnel Administration. Advance online publication. [DOI]
Aarntzen, L., Seijmonsbergen-Schermers, A., Blom, R., Henrichs, J., & Derks, B. (2025). Dutch midwives’ views on father-involvement practices. Midwifery, 145, Article 104371. [DOI] [Portal]
Borst, R. T., Blom, R., & Vandenabeele, W. (2025). Comparing the Employability of Public and Private Employees: The Role of PSM and Red Tape in Linking Employability and Work Engagement. Public Personnel Management, 54, 331-360. [DOI] [Portal]
Blom, R., Jaspers, E., Knies, E., & van der Lippe, T. (2025). Family-friendly policies and workplace supports: A meta-analysis of their effects on career, job, and work-family outcomes. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 157, Article 104091. [DOI] [Portal]

Vakpublicaties

Blom, R., Dekker, F., & Stavenuiter, M. (2025). Handreiking Zorgvriendelijk Werkgeverschap. [Portal]

2024

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

Blom, R., Voorn, B., & Borst, R. T. (2024). HRM autonomy, integration and performance in government agencies: Tests of necessity and sufficiency. Public Management Review, 26(5), 1223-1241. [DOI] [Repository]

Vakpublicaties

Steijaert, M., Blom, R., Pronk, J., Tankink, T., & van Kesteren, N. (2024). Een ketenaanpak om moeders met een uitkering op weg te helpen naar werk. [Portal]

2023

Vakpublicaties

Blom, R. (2023). Eerste fase van ‘Werken doe je niet alleen: de werkgeverscontext’.

2022

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

Honingh, M., van Genugten, M., de Gooyert, V., & Blom, R. (2022). What is the impact of a principle-based inspection approach? School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 33(2), 236-259. [DOI]
Borst, R. T., & Blom, R. (2022). Stressed out public servants? Testing the stress appraisal of psychological and emotional stressors on stress reactions through psychological capital. International Journal of Public Sector Management, 35(2), 113-132. [DOI] [Repository]
Voorn, B., Borst, R. T., & Blom, R. (2022). Business techniques as an explanation of the autonomy-performance link in corporatized entities: Evidence from Dutch Municipally owned corporations. International Public Management Journal, 25(5), 660-676. [DOI] [Repository]

Vakpublicaties

Blom, R., Van Genugten, M., & Kruyen, P. (2022). De Competentieverkenner: Ontwikkeling van een innovatief, digitaal instrument voor gemeenteambtenaren. Institute for Management Research. [Repository]

2021

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

Blom, R. (2021). Managing people in semi-autonomous agencies: A between-and within-sector analysis. [Doctoral thesis 4 (Research NOT UU / Graduation NOT UU), Radboud University Nijmegen].
Blom, R., Kruyen, P. M., van Thiel, S., & van der Heijden, B. I. J. M. (2021). 'Through the looking-glass': addressing methodological issues in analyzing within- and between-sector differences in employee attitudes and behaviors. International Public Management Journal, 24(6), 813-830. [DOI]
Blom, R., Kruyen, P. M., Van Thiel, S., & Van der Heijden, B. I. J. M. (2021). HRM Philosophies and Policies in Semi-autonomous Agencies: Identification of Important Contextual Factors. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 32(18), 3862-3887. [DOI]
Borst, R. T., & Blom, R. (2021). HRM and well-being in the public sector. In B. Steijn, & E. Knies (Eds.), Research Handbook on HRM in the Public Sector (pp. 172–188). (Elgar Handbooks in Public Administration and Management). Edward Elgar Publishing. [DOI] [Portal]
Blom, R., Borst, R. T., & Voorn, B. (2021). Pathology or Inconvenience? A Meta-Analysis of the Impact of Red Tape on People and Organizations. Review of Public Personnel Administration, 41(4), 623-650. [DOI] [Repository]

2020

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

Honingh, M. E., van Genugten, M. L., van Thiel, S., & Blom, R. (2020). Do boards matter? Studying the relation between schoolboards and educational quality. Public Policy and Administration, 35(1), 65-83.
Honingh, M., van Genugten, M., van Thiel, S., & Blom, R. (2020). Do boards matter? Studying the relation between school boards and educational quality. Public Policy and Administration, 35(1), 65–83. [DOI]
Blom, R., Kruyen, P. M., Van der Heijden, B. I. J. M., & Van Thiel, S. (2020). One HRM Fits All? A Meta-Analysis of the Effects of HRM Practices in the Public, Semipublic, and Private Sector. Review of Public Personnel Administration, 40(1), 3-35. [DOI]
Blom, R. (2020). Mixed Feelings? Comparing the Effects of Perceived Red Tape and Job Goal Clarity on HRM Satisfaction and Organizational Commitment Across Central Government, Government Agencies, and Businesses. Public Personnel Management, 49(3), 421-443. [DOI]

Vakpublicaties

Honingh, M., Ehren, M., van Montfort, C., Blom, R., Van Genugten, M., & de Gooyert, V. (2020). Effectstudie van het vernieuwde onderwijstoezicht. Institute for Management Research.

2017

Vakpublicaties

Van Thiel, S., van Erp, J. G., de Kruijf, J., Kingma, S., Blom, R., & Bouwman, R. B. (2017). Kansen Begrensd: Evaluatie van de Kansspelautoriteit 2012-2016. Institute for Management Research. [Repository]