Toen de Hanzehogeschool Groningen (hg) in het najaar van 2009 haar subsidieaanvraag voor de Tijdelijke stimuleringsregeling Leven Lang Leren 2010-2011 voorbereidde, werd het Kenniscentrum Arbeid (in het bijzonder het lectoraat Flexicurity) daarbij betrokken vanwege haar praktijkgerichte onderzoeksexpertise …

Conform haar gestage ontwikkeling naar een kennisinstelling waarbij praktijkgericht onderzoek een even reguliere taak is als initieel onderwijs en bijscholing, had de hg bij een eerder verworven subsidie in het kader van het Sirius programma al een praktijkgericht onderzoeksprogramma ingebouwd. Vanwege …

The initial encounter between a buyer and a seller has received much attention among practitioners. The first time a buyer interacts with a seller is thought to be highly influential. The premise is that buyers form an opinion during this first encounter, or even the first minutes of this encounter. …

2.1 Background and Objective This research explores the Housemothers' vision on care at the Assessment Center of World Hope International, where they provide aftercare for victims of sexual abuse and exploitation. World Hope International, a Christian relief and development organization (founded in the …

To determine if Workplace Health Promotion programs (WHPs) are effective in improving presenteeism. The secondary objective was to identify characteristics of successful programmes and potential risk factors for presenteeism. The Cochrane Library, Medline and other electronic databases were searched …

The story of Triodos Bank over the last 20 years reads as a success story. It is also a story about how principles are guiding business. However, principles need a pragmatic approach in order to be successful. Over the past 30 years the bank’s management has succeeded in balancing a clear focus to create …

High Profile is sinds 1990 de uitgeverij die nieuws en informatie verstrekt over de markt van zakelijke evenementen. Het nieuws en de informatie wordt verstrekt door het uitgeven van jaarboeken, een magazine, websites, digitale nieuwsbrieven, het organiseren van de award uitreiking Gouden Giraffe en …

Introduction: The aim was to obtain the best available knowledge on stroke survivors' experiences of rehabilitation. The increase in demands for accountability in health care and acknowledgement of the importance of client participation in health decisions calls for systematic ways of integrating this …

This report was written in order to find out if the current and previous implemented smoking bans have had effect on the smoking behaviour of Dutch citizens and the citizens of the state of California and to see to what extent they had effect. In order to find out what the effects were of the smoking …

Within social sciences, ranging from education to psychology, sociology and anthropology, we see theories emerging that are based on the concept that our social world is existentially dialogical. According to Valsiner and Van der Veer (2000), dialogical theories referring to the work of Hermans (1994, …