Publicaties

Conditions for cultural belonging among youth of immigrant descent in Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden and the United Kingdom

Intergroup contexts of classrooms have an influence on mainstream and ethnic belonging of youth of immigrant descent. Based on the normative reference group theory, a higher level of ethic identification is expected in classrooms with a higher proportion of co-ethnic youth and, based on constrict theory, a lower level of mainstream identification is expected in ethnically more diverse classrooms. However, these relations between ethnic composition and cultural belonging may differ between countries due to differences in multicultural policies and colonial histories. Using two waves of data from CILS4EU survey, we conduct a cross-national comparison of the relation between intergroup contexts of classrooms and cultural belonging. The results imply that both theories cannot be generalized across national contexts, and other factors vary as well across countries. Therefore, research and policy in this area should pay more attention to the national context in terms of policies and histories.

Samen Divers | 24-10-2022

Constructing Parental Team Spirit

In a micro-analysis of two cases from the Netherlands, Instant Messaging conversations between birth parents and professional foster parents were studied. The study reveals there are three types of activity in Instant Messaging: aligning dialogues, exhchange of information, and relationship building. Aligning dialogues are the most common. These are aimed at coordinating (daily) matters around the youngster’s situation. Following aligning initiations, the conversations may change into the two other activity types: (background) exchange of information and relationship building. extenuating educational access challenges a specific foster youth and her advocate experienced as result of the COVID-19 pandemic and school closures.

Pleeg- en Gezinshuiszorg | 19-11-2022

Contra Cliteur

De ‘postsecular’ age van Jürgen Habermas biedt meer terechte ruimte voor religieuze en levensbeschouwelijke pluriformiteit dan betogen voor een besloten secularisme en een levensbeschouwelijk besloten publieke ruimte van iemand als Paul Cliteur. Habermas sluit bovendien beter aan bij de realiteit: in alle grote publieke debatten lopen seculiere en religieuze argumenten en stellingnamen door elkaar heen. De tegenstelling tussen seculier en religieus bestaat niet en is een onbruikbaar frame.

Journalistiek & Communicatie | 11-09-2012

Conversations with children to identify educational needs

Presently, many primary education schools in the Netherlands are in the middle of implementing a new way of dealing with diversiy (HGW), which tries to avoid the labeling of deficiencies, but emphasizes the cooperation between all parties involved (parents, teachers, students) to encourage student learning. The teacher is supposed to first identify the educational needs of all students and then cluster them. Conversations with children is recommended as one of the ways in which educational needs can be identified (Pameijer, Van Beukering & De Lange, 2009). The present study focuses on the experience of teachers in conducting these conversations. Our research question is: What role do conversations with children play in identifying the educational needs of students.

Docent en Talent | 12-10-2012

Corporate Communication

In September 2015, it appeared that the Volkswagen Group had circumvented the rules for testing diesel car exhaust gases. Although the organization presents itself as eco-friendly, it used a “default device” for diesel cars to produce less CO2 during test situations. Due to this kind of scandal, corporate communication is often associated with greenwashing and the manipulation of minds. Using the normative practice approach, the authors introduce some basic distinctions that may help to come to a better understanding of what the specific duty and responsibility of communication professionals is. They argue that corporate communication stands or falls with public trust. Building confidence and public legitimation is the main task of communication professionals. Although communication is about the construction of a communal world, that does not mean that framing and strategic reasoning are not important. In order to bring in a legitimate point of view, one has to present this point of view in an impactful way. Communication professionals have to balance between the interests of the organization and the requirements of public legitimation. They also have to make convincingly clear how their personal biography and the narrative of the organization are interrelated.

Journalistiek & Communicatie | 01-04-2019

Corporate spirituality as organizational praxis

A methodology for doing research into corporate spirituality should enable us to deal with the religious component of spirituality instead of trying to separate spirituality from religious beliefs, as the positivist school proposes. Waaijman’s phenomenological-dialogical research cycle enables us to deal with religious diversity in a scientific way. Sölle’s concept of democratized spirituality allows for discovering everyday (corporate) life as a finding place and workplace for spirituality. Replacing theistic terms by the concept of ‘alterity’ in a definition of spirituality may stimulate corporate spirituality without excluding or disqualifying spiritual diversity. Arendt’s concept of ‘action’ is closely connected to democratised spirituality. From that we can deduce a number of characteristics of corporate spirituality that give flesh and bone to what corporate spirituality can be. This allows us to see that many elements of corporate spirituality are already present in our organizational praxis. It also tells us that we need to become more aware of them and practice them. In doing so we set out on a ‘via transformativa’ that eventually may transform our organizations.

03-12-2009

Cross-sectorale circulaire innovatie

Het doel van het whitepaper is tweeledig: - Een bijdrage leveren aan de visievorming rondom regionale ontwikkeling door middel van innovatie. Dit vanuit het perspectief van de transitie van een lineaire naar een circulaire economie. - Een kader te schetsen waarbinnen praktijkonderzoek en plaats kan vinden rondom de vraag: ‘Hoe organiseren we concreet samenwerking rondom innovatie die dienstbaar is aan en zorgt voor impact op de circulaire economie’?

Dienstbaar Organiseren | 01-01-2020

Culture shock: beleving van landverhuizende ontwikkelingswerkers vanuit contextueel perspectief

Een van de belangrijkste oorzaken van problemen bij landverhuizen is culture shock. We laten zien dat in de literatuur vooral aandacht is voor de praktische en psychologische factoren die een rol spelen wanneer iemand van land wisselt. De aandacht voor de invloed van landverhuizen op relaties is relatief onderbelicht gebleven, terwijl er zowel in het land waaruit men vertrekt als in het land waar men naartoe verhuist veel mensen geraakt worden door de verhuizing. We laten zien hoe ontwikkelingswerkers die van land verhuizen, omgaan met culture shock die dat teweeg brengt en wat zij zeggen (in retrospectie) nodig te hebben. Tenslotte beschouwen we deze ervaringen vanuit de contextuele benadering

Duurzame zorg | 01-01-2018