This volume, the result of four years of work performed by the combined research groups of Utrecht University (Faculty of Humanities) and the HU Utrecht University of Applied Sciences (Faculty of Education), focuses on the central theme of 'Normative Professionalization'. Drawing on a wide variety of …

In Cok Bakker & Nicolina Montesano Montessori (Eds.). Complexity in Education: From Horror to Passion. Rotterdam/Boston/Taipei: SensePublishers.

In Cok Bakker & Nicolina Montesano Montessori (Eds.). Complexity in Education: From Horror to Passion. Rotterdam/Boston/Taipei: SensePublishers.

In Cok Bakker & Nicolina Montesano Montessori (Eds.), Complexity in Education: From Horror to Passion. Rotterdam/Boston/Taipei: SensePublishers.

In Cok Bakker & Nicolina Montesano Montessori (Eds.), Complexity in Education: From Horror to Passion. Rotterdam/Boston/Taipei: SensePublishers.

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to see how a more developed discipline – corporate real estate management (CREM) – can add value to a less developed discipline – municipal real estate management (MREM) – to contribute to their professionalisation. Design/methodology/approachEvery year since 2008 …

In the 21st century, Dutch Universities of Applied Sciences (hogescholen) are creating a genuine connection between teaching, research, professionalization and the innovation of practices and policies, going far beyond the academic approach taken by the traditional universities. In the city of Rotterdam, …

Freedom of speech, plurality and self-regulation characterize the Dutch media system. With fading political parallelism, strong public service broadcasting and a fair level of professionalization the Dutch media system fits the model of Democratic Corporatist media system. Continuous debates on journalistic …

Social work is a profession that is very much part of and contributes to an ever changing and evolving society. It is therefore essential that social work is able to respond to the diverse and dynamic demands that it may encounter in that society and in the future. The critique of social work is, however, …

This article discusses the development of the measurement constructs for research on faculty professionalization (FP) in polytechnic universities in the Netherlands.