Business is changing from an industrial- to a knowledge-based environment, building more from professionals and their expertise. Corporations need to create internal organizations in which there is more emphasis on human capital and creating/sharing knowledge and talents. Talent management and knowledge …

While a relatively large literature outlines adjustment processes for retirees in general, very little empirical and theoretical attention has focused on the psychological adjustment process for bridge employees. That is to say, few studies have attempted to understand the psychological mechanisms that …

Facing the Challenges of a Multi-Age Workforce examines the shifting economic, cultural, and technological trends in the modern workplace that are taking place as a result of the aging global workforce. Taking an international perspective, contributors address workforce aging issues around the world, …

In September 2010, Hanze University of Applied Sciences in Groningen (the Netherlands) started a 20-week international program titled GameOn! The object of this program is for students to develop serious games, that aim to help the youth become aware of social and/or health related issues. Since the …

The main objective of this study was to explore the online tools and techniques that independent documentary makers can use to make their productions more interactive and engaging. The research was conducted with an international documentary audience and international documentary producers in mind, and …

Organisaties opereren in toenemende mate in alsmaar uitdijende netwerken van partners – van klanten en ketenpartners tot zelfs concurrenten. Voor het opbouwen en onderhouden van die netwerken worden online en social media tegenwoordig steeds belangrijker. De ‘3.0 organisatie’ laat zien hoe dat gaat. …

Het borgen van het eindniveau is in het hbo een actueel en interessant vraagstuk. Wanneer opleidingen kunnen aantonen hoe studenten dit eindniveau binnen hun opleiding behalen, geeft dit het hbo-diploma waarde en biedt dit diploma de student een geode start van een mooie loopbaan. …

Als de Leidse burgemeester dit voorjaar besluit om een vrijkomende exzedendelinquent huis vesting te bieden, zijn de rapen gaar. Bewoners vernemen het nieuws eerst via de media en zien zich vervolgens geconfronteerd met de beslissingen over hun leefomgeving. De woede wordt vanzelfsprekend soepel versterkt …

This paper aims to show how current insights on place branding are used to organize “green” entrepreneurship in the Dutch Utrechtse Heuvelrug region. The role of place is explored in establishing a differentiated meaning for green entrepreneurship and providing an inspirational source for innovations, …

Fans constitute a very special kind of audience. They have been marginalized, ridiculed and stigmatized, yet at the same time they seem to represent the vanguard of new relationships with and within the media. ‘Participatory culture’ has become the new normative standard. Concepts derived from early …