Purpose: To present a new Value Adding Management model in order to support decision makers in identifying appropriate interventions to add value to the organisation, to manage its implementation, and to measure the output and outcomes. Theory: The paper builds on value adding management theories and …

The value of not-working among unemployed persons aged 45+; a qualitative study.The participants in this study were all very active. The activities they performed were beneficial to them and therefore important. Valued life domains of the participants were quite similar to the latent benefits that Jahoda …

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© 2016, © Emerald Group Publishing Limited. Purpose – Despite their growing popularity among organisations, satisfaction with activity-based work (ABW) environments is found to be below expectations. Research also suggests that workers typically do not switch frequently, or not at all, between different …

To what extent do art students profit from cultural diversity within their group?

Across 3 studies, we investigated whether visual complexity deriving from internally repeating visual information over many scale levels is a source of perceptual fluency. Such continuous repetition of visual information is formalized in fractal geometry and is a key-property of natural structures. In …

"Hello, do you want me to take a picture?" Fotograaf Ahmet Polat werkt momenteel in de Groningse Korrewegwijk aan zijn project "Hello, do you want me to take a picture?" Recentelijk ontstonden in deze wijk beelden en een verhaal welke de aanzet vormen voor de publicatie die hier als presentatie te zien …

A short article reflecting on working with archives as an artist in a post-colonial setting.

Kenniscentrum NoorderRuimte doet praktijkgericht onderzoek naar de gebouwde omgeving in Noord- Nederland. Daarbij richten wij ons op de thema’s aardbevingen, krimp, duurzaamheid en gezondheid en welzijn. Onze aanpak is integraal. Onze lectoren, docent-onderzoekers en studenten verbinden de vakgebieden …

Self-tracking devices and sustainable employability.Employees’ level of sustainable employability is influenced by their health. In our study we tested whether self-tracking devices – devices that provide the user with reliable and continuous feedback on one or more health domains – can be useful tools …