Frans Bevort

Presentation

I have been studying organizations and work for more than two decades, with a specific focus on the development and management of people especially in knowledge intensive or professional organizational settings. The historical development of the relation between individual and organization, has been an enduring interest. Therefore themes within (Strategic) HRM, HRD, PM, OD, IR and OB have my attention.

I have been working ethnographically using an symbolic interactionist approach to understand the micro-foundations of institutional logics. For instance, the way professionals make sense of contradictory institutional logics of management in professional service firms (Bévort, 2012).

I am responsible for the administration and following analysis and publication of the Cranet survey, which explores the state of Danish HRM in all organisations with more than 100 employees (the survey is conducted in collaboration with 39 other countries).

I am participating in two subprojects in the Cre8tv internation research collaboration under the 7th EU-research framework: 1. Constructing Experts and  Expertise with professor Jesper Strandgaard and 2.  Art, Artists and Technology, with professor Can Seng Oii.
 

Primary research areas

Human Resource Management (HRM)

Employment Relations and Labour market theory

Management of Professional organizations and work

Symbolical interactionism (SI)

Institutional theory (NIT)

Courses

E-MBA (HRM), Flex-EMBA (HRM), Master of Social Science, Labor market theory, Master of Business, Master of Social Science, HRM, Diploma courses, Organization theory and HRM.

Supervision

Master and BA -theses.