Karen van Dam investigates how employees adapt to changes and demands in the work situation, focusing on organizational change responses, emotion regulation, appraisal processes, stress responses, de-activation, workplace learning, and sustainable employability. She is the author of the ‘Adaptability scale’, which measures workers’ tendency to be flexible, open-minded and ready to deal with changing, uncertain and new work situations. Additionally, she has developed a bodily movement intervention for stress release.