Growing attention is paid to structural issues in academia, including trust in science and the role of metrics and rankings. In the open-access book Fixing Academia, I … Continue reading →

On April 2, Fixing Academia was published online (open access) and as a (beautiful!) limited edition paperback edition. Fixing Academia is written by … Continue reading →

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[This blog is also published on Social Science Space.] It’s that time of the year again. Some 50 percent of your academic LinkedIn … Continue reading →

The paper published in Management Accounting Research explores the relationship between a firm’s digitalization strategy and finance tasks. It reveals that having a digitalization strategy is crucial, and identifies differing impacts of automation and analytics based on departmental objectives. Surprisingly, using both may lead to decreased effectiveness in finance functions. Continue reading →

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Academia is in a credibility crisis. A record-breaking 10,000 scientific papers were retracted in 2023 because of scientific misconduct, and academic journals are overwhelmed by … Continue reading →

How to stimulate interpersonal trust in organizations? How can performance management contribute to trust? And, can other types of management control also enhance … Continue reading →

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Na zo’n tien jaar onderzoek, honderden schrijfuren en duizenden espresso’s, ligt De Meetmaatschappij nu in de boekhandels als paperback, ebook en luisterboek! In … Continue reading →

What drives the use of performance measurement (PM) systems in the public sector? And what are the effects of PM use? In a … Continue reading →

Op 1 december 2022 vond de derde en laatste aflevering van de serie De Meetmaatschappij plaats in Pakhuis de Zwijger in Amsterdam. Het … Continue reading →