Biography
Prof. dr. Brenda Vermeeren is professor of Public Administration - Strategic HRM, Leadership, and Public Performance at the Department of Public administration and Sociology. Her research interests include the relationship between HRM and public performance and the role of line managers and employees in this relationship. A key driver in her work is connecting science and (policy) practice. She is a general board member of the Association for Public Administration (Vereniging voor Bestuurskunde) and an editorial board member of the Dutch HRM journal (Tijdschrift voor HRM). From 2008 to early 2023, she also combined her work at EUR with a position as an advisor at ICTU-InternetSpiegel (a program of the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations). Furthermore, education runs like a thread through her career where she has been actively involved in education development and coordination for many years. Since April 2023, she is vicedean of education at the Erasmus School of Social and Behavioral Sciences.
Brenda Vermeeren graduated cum laude from the Master in Public Administration at EUR. From 2008 to 2013, she worked as a PhD student in the Department of Public Administration at EUR. She defended her PhD thesis, entitled "HRM Implementation and Performance in the Public Sector" in March 2014. In recent years, she obtained her Senior Teaching Qualification, Senior Examination Qualification and Educational Leadership Qualification.
Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences
- vermeeren@essb.eur.nl
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Work
- Joëlle van der Meer, Brenda Vermeeren, Sandra van Thiel & Bram Steijn (2024) - The bureaucrat, the entrepreneur, and the networker: Developing and validating measurement scales for civil servants’ role perceptions - Public Administration Review, 84 (3), 500-518 - doi: 10.1111/puar.13702 - [link]
- Samantha Metselaar, Erik Hans Klijn, Laura den Dulk & Brenda Vermeeren (2023) - Did Leadership Become More Important During COVID-19?: A Longitudinal Analysis of the Impact of Servant Leadership on Performance and Work-Life Balance Satisfaction in a Public Organization - Review of Public Personnel Administration - doi: 10.1177/0734371X231198165 - [link]
- Samantha Alexandra Metselaar, Laura den Dulk & Brenda Vermeeren (2023) - Teleworking at Different Locations Outside the Office: Consequences for Perceived Performance and the Mediating Role of Autonomy and Work-Life Balance Satisfaction - Review of Public Personnel Administration, 43 (3), 456-478 - doi: 10.1177/0734371X221087421 - [link]
- Alissa Lysanne Van Zijl, Brenda Vermeeren, Ferry Koster & Bram Steijn (2023) - Functional diversity and team innovation: A study on the mediating role of social cohesion in primary care teams - Health Care Management Review, 48 (3), 229-236 - doi: 10.1097/HMR.0000000000000369 - [link]
- Ellen Minkman & Brenda Vermeeren (2023) - Leren uit het buitenland. Kansen en belemmeringen voor het implementeren van in het buitenland opgedane kennis in Nederland - Water Governance, 1, 30-39
- Samantha Metselaar, Laura den Dulk & Brenda Vermeeren (2023) - When home becomes the workplace: Work-life balance experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic - Contemporary Perspectives in Family Research, 21, 3-30 - doi: 10.1108/S1530-353520230000021001
- Joëlle van der Meer, Brenda Vermeeren & Bram Steijn (2023) - Why do Role Perceptions Matter? A Qualitative Study on Role Conflicts and the Coping Behavior of Dutch Municipal Enforcement Officers - Urban Affairs Review, 60 (2), 1-34 - doi: 10.1177/10780874231203892
- Brenda Vermeeren & Beatrice I. J. M. Van der Heijden (2022) - Employability in the public sector: The impact of individual and organizational determinants - Frontiers in Psychology, 13 - doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1041618 - [link]
- Josine van den Elsen, Brenda Vermeeren & Bram Steijn (2022) - Valence of formal learning, employability and the moderating roles of transformational leadership and informal learning in the public sector - International Journal of Training and Development, 26 (2), 266-284 - doi: 10.1111/ijtd.12258 - [link]
- Samantha Metselaar, Erik Hans Klijn, Laura den Dulk & Brenda Vermeeren (2022) - Does leadership become more important in public organizations during COVID-19? A longitudinal analysis on the impact of servant leadership on work-life balance satisfaction and performance.
- B (Brenda) Vermeeren (2021) - NIG conference (Chair)
Activity: Organising and contributing to an event › Academic - B (Brenda) Vermeeren & Beate van der Heijden (2020) - Zo blijven medewerkers inzetbaar (Speaker)
Activity: Oral presentation › Professional - B (Brenda) Vermeeren (2020) - Landelijk Congres der Bestuurskunde (Event) (Chair)
Activity: Membership of committee › Academic - B (Brenda) Vermeeren (2018) - External expert in Committee ‘Monitor Organization and Work’, Ministry of Interior and Kingdom Relations. (Other)
Activity: Other › Professional - B (Brenda) Vermeeren (2018) - KU Leuven (External organisation) (Member)
Activity: Membership of committee › Academic - B (Brenda) Vermeeren (2018) - Vereniging voor Bestuurskunde (External organisation) (Member)
Activity: Membership of board › Academic - B (Brenda) Vermeeren (2013) - Vereniging voor Bestuurskunde (External organisation) (Member)
Activity: Membership of committee › Academic
- Brenda Vermeeren, Bram Steijn & Joëlle van der Meer (2020) - European Group for Public Administration, Best Paper Award
- Brenda Vermeeren & B. Bronkhorst (2017) - Emerald Literati Highly Commended Award
4.3 Internship Master PA MHRV
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- FSWBM-6020
4.3 Thesis Master of Change and HR
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- FSWBM-6030
4.1 Strategic Human Resource Management
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- FSWBM-6060
