Ralf Caers, PhD General information Address: Zwartzustersvest 27, 2800 Mechelen Telephone: 0497/80.93.76, 02/210.16.74 Email: Ralf.Caers@hubrussel.be Date of birth: 13/02/1981 Degrees 2003-2006: PhD in Applied Economic Sciences 1999-2003: Master in Applied Economic Sciences Option: HRM 1993-1999: Secundary education, ASO, Economics-Mathematics Koninklijk Atheneum Leopoldsburg Current & Past Employment 2007-...: Professor HRM & Management Human Resources Research Group Hogeschool-Universiteit Brussel 2007-2007: Scientific researcher SMIT (Studies on Media, Information and Telecommunication) 2003-2006: PhD student MICE (Micro-economics for the profit & nonprofit sectors)
Additional employment 2011-.: - Professor HRM Facultés Universitaire Saint-Louis, Brussels, Belgium 2010: - Professor HRM in the management training program for international employees of the Brothers of Charity, Ghent, Belgium 2010: - Professor HRM, Ehsal Regional Office, Dubai, United Arab Emirates 2009-...: - Member of the governing board of the Human Resource Management program at Ehsal Management School, Brussels, Belgium 2009-...: - Co-promotor of the PhD-project How are employees of the nonprofit sector motivated?, HUB-VUB, 4-jarig. 2009 : - Member of expert commission for the evaluation of 2 institutions of higher education, appointed by the Croatian Government, Zagreb, Croatia 2008-...: - Coordinator of the team Bedrijfsmanagement & Ondernemerschap & Marketing Management, Hogeschool-Universiteit Brussel Current & past teaching: HUB: HRM (Dutch, since 2007) Management Principles (English, since 2007) Human Resource Management (English, since 2007) Introduction on Management (Dutch, year 2008-2009) VUB: Exercises Management & Marketing voor de Agogische Wetenschappen (taakbegeleiding) Exercises HRM Temporary replacement for exercises on micro-economics and financial analysis
National publications Caers R. 2008. Inleiding HRM. Praktische kennis wetenschappelijk onderbouwd. Antwerpen: Intersentia, 191 p. Publications in international scientific journals CAERS R. and CASTELYNS V. 2010. LinkedIn and Facebook in Belgium: The Influences and Biases of Social Network Sites in Recruitment and Selection Procedures. Social Science Computer Review (forthcoming) (0.635) PEPERMANS R. 2008. Community nurses job satisfaction: a literature review. Journal of Advanced Nursing 62(5): 521 529 (1.442) CAERS R., DU BOIS C., JEGERS M., DE GIETER S., SCHEPERS C., and PEPERMANS R. 2006. Principal-agent relationships on the stewardship-agency axis. Nonprofit Management and Leadership 17(1): 25-47. PEPERMANS R. 2009. A micro-economic perspective on manager selection in nonprofit organizations. European Journal of Operational Research 192(1) (1.096) DE COOMAN R., DE GIETER S., PEPERMANS R., HERMANS, R., DU BOIS C., CAERS, R. and JEGERS M. 2009. Testing socialization and attraction-selection-attrition hypotheses. Journal of Vocational Behavior 74(1) (2.148) DE COOMAN R., DE GIETER S., PEPERMANS R., DU BOIS C., CAERS, R. and JEGERS M. 2008. Freshmen in nursing: job motives and work values of a new generation. Journal of Nursing Management 16: 56 64. DE COOMAN R., DE GIETER S., PEPERMANS R., DU BOIS C., CAERS R. and JEGERS M. 2007. Graduated teachers motivation for choosing a job in education. International Journal for Vocational and Educational Guidance 7(2). DE GIETER S., DE COOMAN R., PEPERMANS R., CAERS R., DU BOIS C. and JEGERS M. 2006. The dimensionality of the Pay Satisfaction Questionnaire : a validation study in Belgium. Psychological Reports, 98: 640 650. (0.281) DE GIETER S., DE COOMAN R., PEPERMANS R., CAERS R., DU BOIS C. and JEGERS M. 2006. Identifying nurses rewards : a qualitative categorization study in Belgium. Human Resources for Health 4(15). DU BOIS C., CAERS R., JEGERS M., SCHEPERS C., DE GIETER S., and PEPERMANS R. 2004. Agency problems and unrelated business income of non-profit organisations : an empirical analysis. Applied Economics 36(20): 2317 2326. (0.303) DU BOIS C., CAERS R., JEGERS M., SCHEPERS C., DE GIETER S., and PEPERMANS R. 2004. Objectives of non-profit organisations : a managerial economics perspective. Zeitschrift für öffentliche und gemeinwirtschaftliche Unternehmen (Journal for Public and Nonprofit Services) 27(3): 288 302.
DU BOIS C., CAERS R., JEGERS M., DE COOMAN R., DE GIETER S., and PEPERMANS R. 2007. The non-profit board : a concise review of the empirical literature. Zeitschrift für öffentliche und gemeinwirtschaftliche Unternehmen (Journal for Public and Nonprofit Services) 30(1): 55-64. DU BOIS C., CAERS R., JEGERS M., DE COOMAN R., DE GIETER S., and PEPERMANS R. 2009. The link between board composition and board objectives: An empirical analysis on Flemish non-profit schools. Managerial & Decision Economics 30(3): 173 182. DU BOIS C., CAERS R., JEGERS M., DE COOMAN R., DE GIETER S., and PEPERMANS R. 2009. Agency Conflicts Between Board and Manager: A Discrete Choice Experiment in Flemish Nonprofit Schools. Nonprofit Management & Leadership 20(2): 165 183. SCHEPERS C., DE GIETER S., PEPERMANS R., DU BOIS C., CAERS R., and JEGERS M. 2005. How are employees of the non-profit sector motivated? A research need. Nonprofit Management and Leadership 16(2): 191 208. VAN PUYVELDE S., CAERS R., DU BOIS C., and JEGERS M. 2011. "The governance of nonprofit organizations: Integrating agency theory with stakeholder and stewardship theories." Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly forthcoming Publications in national & international popular media Caers, R. & Castelyns V. (april-mei, 2010) Twee op drie bedrijven zoeken op LinkedIn informatie over sollicitanten. Published in: De Morgen, Jobat, Vacature.com, Het Nieuwsblad, Het Laatste Nieuws, Gazet van Antwerpen, Belang van Limburg, Editiepajot, References.be. Caers, R. & Castelyns V. (2010) Je bent wie je kent. Published in: Intermediair (NL), 19, p7. Caers, R. & Castelyns, V. (2010) Werving en selectie via sociale netwerksites. Informatie op LinkedIn en Facebook beïnvloedt selectie. Published in: HRsquare, 94. Caers, R. & Vanderheyden, E. (mei, 2010) Job vaker naar knappe sollicitanten. Published in: De Standaard, Het Nieuwsblad, Vacature.com, Jobat, Editiepajot, Unizo.be, References.be. Caers, R. (maart 2011) Driekwart werknemers wil baas niet als Facebook-vriend. Published in: De Standaard, Het Nieuwsblad, Jobat
Participation in international conferences Without manuscript: NCVO Researching to voluntary sector Conference, Birmingham, 2003. European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management Workshop on the Challenges of Managing the Third Sector, Fribourg, 2003. ISTR International Conference, Toronto, 2004. CTTE 6 th Conference on Telecommunication and Techno-economics, Helsinki, 2007. With manuscript: CAERS R., DU BOIS C., JEGERS M., DE GIETER S., SCHEPERS C., and PEPERMANS R., Toward an agency theory for non-profit organisations : determining the correct position of non-profit principal agent relationships on the stewardship-agency axis. NCVO Researching the Voluntary Sector Conference, Sheffield, 2004. CAERS, R., DU BOIS, C., JEGERS, M., DE GIETER, S., SCHEPERS, C. and R. PEPERMANS, Recruiting nonprofit employees : an agency-stewardship theory on motivational differences and selective contracting. European Conference of the ISTR and EMES, Paris, 2005. PEPERMANS R., Selecting the best employee for the job : an agency-stewardship view on applicant selection in nonprofit organizations. European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management Workshop on the Challenge of Managing the Third Sector, Belfast, 2005. CAERS, R., DU BOIS C., JEGERS M., DE COOMAN R., DE GIETER S. and PEPERMANS, R., A micro-economic perspective on manager selection in nonprofit organizations. European Academy of Management (EURAM) Conference, Oslo, 2006. Public presentations Agoria, SME-council on recruitment through social media. May 18, 2011. Reviewer for: European Journal of Operational Research, 2006. Nonprofit Management and Leadership, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010