BACKGROUND Patients experience a difference in the structure provided by the Dutch Asthma centre Davos (Nederlands Astmacentrum Davos; NAD) and the structure of their own environment in the Netherlands. They therefore find it difficult to transfer the 'new' behavior patterns and the knowledge they gained …

Since workforces across the world are aging, researchers and organizations need more insight into how and why occupational well-being, together with work-related attitudes and motivations, change with age. Lifespan theories point to subjective health and future time perspective (i.e. an individuals perceptions …

In order to better understand the precursors of bridge employment, this study aimed to investigate whether individual action strategies in terms of selection, optimization, and compensation (SOC; Baltes & Baltes, 1990) are able to buffer the well-known negative impact of poor health on the intention …

Purpose: The objective of this study is to investigate the effect of a Self-Management Program for workers with a chronic disease. This program is based on the Chronic Disease Self-Management Program of Stanford University, modified for workers with a chronic somatic disease. Methods: In a randomized …

Light pollution is one of the fastest growing and most pervasive of environmental pollution (Chepesiuk, 2009). In the last couple of years, a lot of research has been done about the effects of light pollution. The interest in light pollution has been growing in many fields of science, extending from …

Sinds oktober 2011 werken de ICT-afdelingen van een aantal noordelijke (semi-)publieke organisaties samen onder de naam Samenwerking Noord. Gezamenlijk streven zij naar aantrekkelijk werkgeverschap voor ICT-ers in het Noorden en daarmee te anticiperen op (toekomstige) krapte op de ICT-arbeidsmarkt. In …

De arbeidsmarkt in de Eemsdelta regio staat onder druk: enerzijds telt de regio een relatief groot aantal werkzoekenden, anderzijds dreigen er personeelstekorten in de technische beroepen. Onduidelijk is waar en wanneer die tekorten zich in termen van specifieke opleidingsrichtingen, -niveaus en beroepen …

Publicatie van de twee kenniscentrumbrede onderzoekslijnen "Healthy Ageing & Work" en "Arbeidsmarkt in de Energyport regio Groningen'' ter gelegenheid van de 10 jarige bestaansgeschiedenis van het Kenniscentrum Arbeid. Beide onderzoekslijnen zijn verweven in onderzoeksprogramma's van de 5 lectoraten …

This study examines the relationships between students’ perceptions of heavy study load, time spent on learning, study strategies, and learning outcomes. Student’s study strategies were measured with a short version of Vermunt’s Inventory of Learning Styles. It was possible to replicate 5 processing …

The workforce in the EU is ageing, and this requires investment in older workers so that the organisations in which they work remain competitive and viable. One such investment takes the form of organising and facilitating intergenerational learning: learning between and among generations that can lead …