Publicaties

Dialogues in Sustainable HRM

In the emerging sustainable Human Resource Management (HRM) literature, advocating to ‘rehumanize’ and pluralize HRM, dialogue is put forward as a silver bullet to cope with paradoxical tensions and pluralist workforces. This conceptual paper aims to add to the sustainable HRM literature by examining the position and application of dialogue within sustainable HRM, using ideas and concepts from dialogue literature and complexity thinking. We applied core concepts of complexity thinking (i.e., self-organization, nonlinearity, attractors, and emergence) to deepen our understanding of the positioning of dialogue, the position of power, and the emergence of intended and unintended outcomes. Moreover, through the distinction between intentional and continuous dialogue, the intentional, dynamic, and emergent nature of dialogue was explored. Connecting, sensing, grasping, and influencing the local patterning of continuous dialogue is important for positioning dialogue within sustainable HRM, and intentional dialogical practices can support this. More specifically, based on our literature review, we present a conceptual model that furthers our understanding of (1) conceptualizations of dialogue as both intended and continuous; (2) the role of power in dialogue; (3) how stability and novelty emerge from dialogue. The paper concludes by discussing the implications of the developed perspectives on dialogue for future research as well as management practices.

Dienstbaar Organiseren | 29-09-2021

Vertrouwen

“Vertrouwen is een grondmotief in samenleven, het sociaal domein en dus ook in het sociaal werk. ” Wim Dekker pleit bij zijn installatie als lector aan de CHE voor een meer centrale rol van onderling vertrouwen in de ontwikkeling van het sociaal domein: “Zonder vertrouwen vraagt niemand om hulp en heeft het verlenen van (professionele) hulp geen duurzaam resultaat. Het is uiteindelijk de relationele dynamiek rond een praktijk die bepaalt of de die ook echt slaagt.”

Informele Netwerken | 24-09-2021

Meaning-making on the ground: an empirical study on interactional framing in environmental conflicts

Purpose: The study aims to explain the communicative basis of conflicts in which actors stand in opposition in defining a negotiated situation and to deepen knowledge of environmental conflict development, in particular on how frames are (re)shaped through discursive choices in interaction. Design/methodology/approach: This study adopts an interactional approach to framing and 1) identifies the frames shaped and reshaped in four environmental debates and 2) analyzes how framing activities affect the course of the debates. Findings: This study contributes to understanding 1) the interactive nature of conflicts; 2) how the reception and interpretation of issue framing depends on the surrounding identity and characterization framing and 3) how framing activities, like identity work, emotional alignment and reframing, can affect the course of environmental debates toward polarizing or bridging. Research limitations/implications: On a methodological level, this study contributes to communication research by applying methodologies for investigating framing processes on a micro-level. This study investigates interactional framing, considering the perspectives of frame strategists engaging in issue arenas. The study provides an in-depth discourse analysis of the debates but lacks an overview on the entire issue arena regarding this conflict. Practical implications: Skilled actors span boundaries by articulating issue frames that accommodate opponents' concerns and values while demonstrating the added value of the new frame, adjusting identity work in favor of relations with opponents. Furthermore, calibrating emotional intensity offers opportunities to mobilize support. Originality/value: This research investigates which communicative competences are essential to act adequately in environmental conflicts, given their intractable nature, and suggests opportunities for cocreation by making discursive choices. This approach helps to uncover the micro-processes that escalate and de-escalate a conflict.

Journalistiek & Communicatie | 21-09-2021

Learning Professional Knowledge: Bachelor Nursing Students’ Experiences in Learning and Knowledge Quality Outcomes in a Competence-Based Curriculum

Since decades, nursing education struggles with a persistent gap between the theoretical knowledge offered in the study program and its application in professional practice. To bridge this gap competence-based curricula were developed with instructional designs as authentic learning contexts and self-directed learning. In this project we explored final year Bachelor Nursing (BN) students’ experiences in learning in a newly developed curriculum, and their knowledge quality outcomes and the degree of agreement with knowledge requirements. An instrumental multiple case study was conducted with interviews, concept mapping and a domain knowledge list. Results show that a third of the participants had positive learning experiences and got high appraisals for their knowledge quality. Similar to the medium and low scoring participants, they developed instrumental knowledge but integrated other forms of learning into a system of meaning, which is needed to solve non-routine problems in future practice. Medium and low scoring participants did not profit from learning in authentic contexts and selfdirected learning. In conclusion, developing sufficient professional knowledge in a constructivist competence-based curriculum is influenced by students’ intrinsic motivation to build a strong knowledge base, by their perception of how to learn and use professional knowledge, and their expectations of the degree of supervision and guidance by the teacher. It is recommended to evaluate the extent to which the intended curriculum is being taught.

Dienstbaar Organiseren | 18-09-2021

Facilitators and barriers for promoting healthy eating among primary care patients: results of a qualitative study among practice nurses

Background: Practice nurses have an important role in promoting healthy eating to prevent or delay long-term complications from chronic lifestyle-related diseases. Objective: To identify the facilitators and barriers encountered by practice nurses at a professional level when promoting healthy eating among patients. Methods: Face-to-face semi-structured interviews were conducted with 21 Dutch practice nurses. Data were recorded, transcribed and analysed using inductive thematic analysis. Results: Two main themes were determined: professional characteristics and professional–patient encounter. Professional characteristics included good communication skills and experience facilitated the successful promotion of healthy eating, while a lack of communication skills and lack of knowledge about diet were perceived as barriers. The most frequently identified facilitators for professional–patient encounter included ensuring a personal connection with patients, creating food awareness, focussing on small changes, adopting a tailored approach, motivating and arranging extra consultations. Barriers included lack of skills to raise the topic, lack of persistence, inability to find a common understanding, lack of competence in handling patients’ own choices and underuse of existing educational materials. Conclusions: Further research using the identified facilitators and barriers for promoting healthy eating in primary care patients with chronic diseases could assist in the development of future training programmes for practice nurses.

Leefstijl en Gezondheidsbevordering | 05-09-2021

Opbrengsten van GezinsBuddy voor eenoudergezinnen en het eigene van de aanpak

Deze rapportage beschrijft de uitkomsten van een onderzoek naar de opbrengst en het eigene van stichting GezinsBuddy. De uitvoering ervan vond plaats in gemeente De Ronde Venen van november 2019 tot en met mei 2021. GezinsBuddy (hierna te noemen GB) was benieuwd hoe hulp vragende eenoudergezinnen de steun van een GezinsBuddy ervaren en wat de (financiële) opbrengst is van wat de organisatie hen biedt. Ook wilde ze graag weten wat de ouders, de GezinsBuddy’s, andere betrokkenen en werkveldpartners als het eigene van het initiatief zien. GB benaderde daarom het Lectoraat Informele Netwerken en Laatmoderniteit van de Christelijke Hogeschool Ede (CHE) met de vraag om dit via een effectencalculatie te beantwoorden.

Informele Netwerken | 01-09-2021

Onbekend en onbelicht

Een onbekend aantal normaal begaafde kinderen in Nederland groeit op bij verstandelijk beperkte ouders. Zij ervaren hun jeugd soms als eenzaam en onveilig. Deze kinderen vallen vaak buiten indicatiestellingen en komen daarom niet altijd in beeld bij hulpverleners. En onder hulpverleners heerst ook vaak handelingsverlegenheid. Er is een groeiende behoefte aan erkenning van en kennis over de situatie van deze kinderen.

Zingeving in nieuwe geloofsgemeenschappen | 01-09-2021

‘De Weg heeft ook een berm’

In 2020 deed de Protestantse Kerk via diepte-interviews onderzoek naar de missionaire 'mindset' van haar predikanten en kerkelijk werkers. Met veertig van hen (aselect gekozen) werden gesprekken gevoerd, met daarbij ruime aandacht voor theologische thema's. In dit artikel wordt verslag gedaan van met name dit theologische deel van het onderzoek. Vooral drie thema's komen daarbij aan de orde: het mogelijk unieke van de christelijke traditie in vergelijking met andere religieuze of seculiere zingevingskaders, de persoon van Jezus in de (missionaire) communicatie en tenslotte de invulling van soteria en haar tegenhanger 'verloren gaan'. Aansluitend worden de uitkomsten van het onderzoek in een breder kader geplaatst en reflecteert de auteur op enkele uitkomsten. Het integrale onderzoeksverslag is ook op deze site te vinden.

Zingeving in nieuwe geloofsgemeenschappen | 01-07-2021