LSM
Place des Doyens 1/L2.01.01
1348 Louvain-la-Neuve
Professeur ordinaire
LSM
Place des Doyens 1/L2.01.01
1348 Louvain-la-Neuve
Laurent Taskin, Ph.D. in management sciences, is Professor of HR and Organization Studies at the Louvain School of Management, Université catholique de Louvain. Holder of the laboRH Chair in Human Management and Work Transformations, He is also academic director of the Master in management as well as of the international network 'european master in labour studies'. He is (or has been) visiting professor in several Universities among which Cass Business School (City University of London, UK), Warwick Business School (University of Warwick, Canada) or ESG-UQAM (Montreal, Canada). He has been President of the Institute for Work Studies (2011-2016) and deputy director of Crecis (2008-2011).
His research focus on new ways of working, in a critical perspective. He has published many articles in international journals like Organization Studies, Journal of Business Ethics, International Journal of Human Resource Management, Ephemera, New Technology, Work and Employment, Economies & Sociétés, Revue Française de Gestion, @GRH. he has also published or edited more than 12 books among which Management Humain (De Boeck, 2016, avec Anne Dietrich) and Critical Management Studies: Global voices, local accents (Routledge, 2016, co-édité avec Chris Grey, Isabelle Huault, Véronique Perret). In 2012, He has been appointed as Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Work Innovation (Inderscience).
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Laurent Taskin, Docteur en sciences économiques et de gestion, est Professeur de management humain et des organisations à la Louvain School of Management (Université catholique de Louvain). Titulaire de la Chaire laboRH en Management Humain et Transformations du Travail, il est responsable académique du master en sciences de gestion de la LSM et du réseau international 'master européen en sciences du travail'. Il fut Président de l'Institut des sciences du travail (2011-2016) et deputy director du CRECIS (2008-2011).
Ses recherches portent sur le changement organisationnel en GRH et, plus spécifiquement sur les nouvelles formes d'organisation du travail, dans une perspective critique. Il a publié de nombreux ouvrages, chapitres et articles dans des revues internationales telles que Organization Studies, Journal of Business Ethics, International Journal of Human Resource Management, Ephemera, New Technology, Work and Employment, Economies & Sociétés, Revue Française de Gestion, @GRH. Il a publié plusieurs ouvrages, dont Management Humain (De Boeck, 2016, avec Anne Dietrich) ou Critical Management Studies: Global voices, local accents (Routledge, 2016, co-édité avec Chris Grey, Isabelle Huault, Véronique Perret). Il est également Editeur-en-chef de la revue scientifique International Journal of Work Innovation (Inderscience).
Experience
year description
2007-... Associate Professor, Louvain School of Management, Université catholique de Louvain
2012-..., Titulaire chaire laboRH en Management Humain et Transformations du Travail (TRAV/ILSM)
2011-..., President, Institut des Sciences du Travail
2011-..., Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Work Innovation
2008-2011, deputy director, CRECIS
2012 Visiting Professor, IAE Lille1, FR
2006 Visiting Fellow, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick, UK
| Year | Label | Educational Organization |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Licencié en sciences de gestion | Université catholique de Louvain |
| 2003 | Diplômé d'études approfondies en économie et gestion | Université catholique de Louvain |
| 2007 | Docteur en Sciences de Gestion | Université catholique de Louvain |
Main research interests:
Relying on the spread of information and communication technologies (ICT), new forms of work organization (NFWO) emerge and constitute nowadays a component of a flexible way to manage work that challenge traditional human resource management practices. We particularly focus on the re-regulation process it involves in the management of remote employees by especially considering two main fields of enquiry:
-A human resource dimension exploring the management of NFWO and remote employees, namely by focusing on control issues;
-A strategic dimension exploring how NFWO challenge knowledge transfer.
Main related publications :
- Taskin, L. & Devos, V. (2005) "Paradoxes from the individualization of human resource management: The case of telework", Journal of Business Ethics, 62 : 13-24.
- Taskin, L. & Edwards, P. (2007) "The possibilities and limits of telework in a bureaucratic environment: Lessons from the public sector", New Technology, Work and Employment , 22(3), 195-207.
- Taskin, L. (2007) Les enjeux de la déspatialisation pour le management humain: Vers de nouveaux modes de contrôle?, Louvain-la-Neuve: Presses universitaires de Louvain, 489p.
- Taskin, L. & Bridoux, F. (à paraître, 2010) "Telework: Despatialisation as a challenge to knowledge creation and transfer", International Journal of Human Resource Management.
Adopting a critical and managerial perspective, we aim at re-considering the political dimension of individuals (i.e. power and control) within the mainstream approach of KBV (knowledge-based view) to advance knowledge about the sharing of knowledge within organizations. FSRIU Research project grant.
Critical Management Studies (CMS) comprise a range of alternatives to mainstream management theory, with a view to radically transforming management practice. At its core is a deep skepticism regarding the moral defensibility and the social and ecological sustainability of prevailing conceptions and forms of management and organization. In the context of a growing interest in CMS, we propose to question Human Resource Management mainstream and practices. This results, especially, in a critique of the limits of those ‘orthodox’ approaches and of taken-for-granted or unquestioned issues (such as for instance power and control) and in the development of alternative perspectives.
Main related publications:
- Taskin, L. & Willmott, H. (2008) “Introducing Critical Management Studies: Key dimensionsâ€, Gestion 2000, 25(6), 27-38.
- Taskin, L. & Tremblay, D.-G. (2008) “Une critique scientifique constructive pour comprendre de nouveaux enjeux organisationnels“, Gestion 2000, 25(6), 15-24.