Tijdschrift voor HRM

What Tijdschrift voor HRM does

Tijdschrift voor HRM is a Dutch-language academic journal founded in 1998 and based in Den Bosch, Netherlands, with 7 employees. It bridges peer-reviewed HRM scholarship with professional practice, serving HR professionals working in policy and practice as well as HRM students and lecturers in higher education across the Netherlands and Flanders (Belgium).

The journal publishes peer-reviewed articles, essays, interviews, columns, and book reviews under a blind peer review process. Its technology stack is built on WordPress CMS, with Google Analytics for traffic measurement and MailChimp for newsletter distribution (4-6 issues per year). Articles are distributed through the journal's freely accessible website database and through Amsterdam University Press on IngentaConnect, where they receive DOI codes for permanent traceability and Google Scholar discoverability.

The business model is open access and revenue is not publicly disclosed. The journal is supported by a network of institutional partners, including a premium partnership with the Dutch HR professional association NVP, a core publishing partnership with Amsterdam University Press, multiple Dutch and Belgian universities and hogescholen, and corporate sponsors such as Achmea and brightmine. Leadership comprises Marian Thunnissen as Editor-in-Chief (Hoofdredacteur) and Willem de Lange as Publisher (Uitgever). The journal is privately held, with no venture, private equity, or parent company ownership disclosed.

Name

Tijdschrift voor HRM

Legal name

Tijdschrift voor HRM

Website

https://tijdschriftvoorhrm.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Tijdschrift voor HRM is a 27-year-old Dutch-language academic journal that publishes peer-reviewed HRM articles, columns, and reviews for HR professionals and higher-education HRM students and lecturers across the Netherlands and Flanders, freely accessible via its website and indexed through Amsterdam University Press.

Ownership category

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Product category

Academic Journal Publishing

NAICS

Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities (541720), Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities (54172), Web Search Portals, Libraries, Archives, and Other Information Services (5192), Libraries and Archives (51921)

SIC

Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721), Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

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Scholarly Societies & Conference Proceedings Publishing

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Publishing (Books, News, Magazines)/Educational & Academic Publishing (Textbooks, Scholarly, STM)

Keywords

• Academic journal publishing
• Human resource management
• Peer-reviewed publications
• HRM research articles
• HR professional development

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Tijdschrift voor HRM is a Dutch-language peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes articles, columns, essays, interviews, and book reviews on Human Resource Management, aimed at HR professionals in policy practice and at HRM students and lecturers in higher education across the Netherlands and Flanders (Belgium). The journal operates a freely accessible website with a searchable article archive, distributes a periodic newsletter, and indexes its content through Amsterdam University Press on IngentaConnect with DOI codes for academic discoverability.

Product overview

Tijdschrift voor HRM is an academic journal focused on Human Resource Management that operates as a unified publishing platform. The core product is the peer-reviewed journal itself, which publishes articles, columns, essays, and book reviews. The offering includes a searchable article database/archive, a newsletter delivered via MailChimp, and publication through Amsterdam University Press on IngentaConnect with DOI codes for enhanced academic discoverability. The journal follows a blind peer review process and is freely accessible through its website.

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Products and services

• Tijdschrift voor HRM (Academic Journal) A peer-reviewed Dutch-language academic journal that publishes articles, columns, essays, interviews, and book reviews on Human Resource Management for HR professionals and HRM students and lecturers in higher education across the Netherlands and Flanders.
• Artikelendatabase (Article Database) A searchable online archive/database containing all published articles, columns, book reviews, and essays from the journal, accessible via the website.
• Nieuwsbrief (Newsletter) A periodic email newsletter delivered approximately four to six times per year via MailChimp, providing subscribers with new articles, columns, essays, and book reviews on HRM topics.
• TvHRM op Amsterdam University Press The journal's articles distributed through Amsterdam University Press on the IngentaConnect platform, providing DOI codes and enhanced academic discoverability through Google Scholar and other academic databases.

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Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

18 partnerships are on record, tiered premium, core and standard.

• NVP (Nederlandse Vereniging voor Personeelsbeleid)premiumStrategic or Co-development PartnerPremium partner of Tijdschrift voor HRM. NVP is the Dutch professional association for HR policy, contributing to the professionalization of HRM in the Netherlands.
• Amsterdam University PresscoreTechnology or IntegrationAcademic publisher partner that places articles in IngentaConnect database and assigns DOI codes for permanent article traceability and improved academic discoverability.
• Hanzehogeschool GroningenstandardOthersPartner educational institution supporting the journal's mission to bridge HRM knowledge and policy.
• Open UniversiteitstandardOthersPartner educational institution supporting the journal's mission.
• Universiteit GroningenstandardOthersPartner university supporting the journal.
• Tilburg UniversitystandardOthersPartner university supporting the journal.
• Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven)standardOthersPartner university in Belgium supporting the journal's cross-border reach.
• HR AcademystandardOthersPartner HR professional development institution.
• AchmeastandardOthersCorporate partner contributing to the journal's funding and visibility.
• Avans HogeschoolstandardOthersPartner HBO institution.
• FontysstandardOthersPartner HBO institution.
• Zuyd HogeschoolstandardOthersPartner HBO institution.
• Erasmus Universiteit RotterdamstandardOthersPartner university.
• Universiteit UtrechtstandardOthersPartner university.
• Universiteit TwentestandardOthersPartner university.
• Hogeschool van AmsterdamstandardOthersPartner HBO institution.
• WindesheimstandardOthersPartner HBO institution.
• brightminestandardOthersCorporate partner providing HR data/analytics expertise.

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Regional players

• Vacature: Belgian HR and recruitment-focused publication covering career, employer branding, and HR topics; comparable as a regional HR publication serving the Flemish market that overlaps with TvHRM's Belgian readership.
• Knack: Belgian general news and business magazine covering economy, careers, and workplace topics; comparable as a regional Belgian publication overlapping with TvHRM's Flemish audience on workplace, career, and HR-adjacent content.

Direct peers

• HRzone: UK online HR publication with news, opinion, and analysis for HR professionals; comparable as a digital-first HR publication producing articles, interviews, and thought-leadership content for HR practitioners.
• HR Magazine (UK): UK HR trade magazine covering HR strategy, employment law, and people management; comparable as an English-language practitioner HR publication with similar topical coverage (employment law, L&D, talent management).
• PW. (Vakblad voor Personeelszaken): Dutch magazine covering HR, personnel policy, and labor relations; comparable as a Dutch-language trade publication targeting HR policy professionals and decision-makers in the Netherlands.
• People Management (CIPD): UK-based HR practitioner magazine published by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD); comparable as a national HR trade publication backed by a leading HR professional association, paralleling the NVP-TvHRM relationship.
• HR Praktijk: Dutch HR practitioner magazine focused on HR professionals and personnel management; directly comparable as a Dutch-language HR publication serving HR practitioners, the same primary audience as Tijdschrift voor HRM.
• International Journal of Human Resource Management: Peer-reviewed academic journal publishing HRM research; directly comparable as a scholarly HRM journal with a research-to-practice remit, though operating at an international scale rather than Dutch/Flemish.
• Human Resource Management Journal (Wiley): Peer-reviewed academic journal publishing HRM research with practical implications; directly comparable as a scholarly HRM journal bridging academic research and practitioner application, parallel to TvHRM's positioning.

Broad incumbents

• MT (Management Team): Dutch management magazine covering leadership, HR, and organizational topics; comparable as a Dutch-language management publication with overlapping HR content but broader executive audience rather than HR-specialist focus.

Market position

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Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Profiles2 records

Funding overview

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