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Item Het hoofd als bedrijfsdatabank(2025-06-02)De scriptie wilde onderzoek doen naar de invloed van de invulling van het sociaal kapitaal op kenniscreatie in de onderneming. Er is gekeken of deze invloed positief of negatief is en hoe de invloed tot uiting komt in de organisatie. De uitkomsten waren dat in het geval van Zorggroep ’t Achterhuus de invulling van het sociale kapitaal te hoog was waardoor er een negatieve invloed was op het sociale kapitaal. Omdat het sociale kapitaal zo hoog was ingevuld, zorgde dit ervoor dat vrijwel alle opgedane kennis in een informeel circuit bleef hangen. Daardoor wordt weer meer geleund op het sociale kapitaal voor de reproductie van kennis enzovoorts. Er is daarmee sprake van een zichzelf versterkend effect. Conclusie was dat er zeker een invloed is van sociaal kapitaal op kenniscreatie, maar deze hoeft niet altijd positief te zijn.Item Geen feest zonder ons. Een onderzoek naar ervaringen omtrent gelijkwaardigheid en verschil van festivalliefhebbers met een handicap op meerdaagse muziekfestivals in Nederland.(2023-03-24)This research explores how people with a disability experience equity and inequity at Dutch multiday music festivals, and to what extent their needs align with organisers’ accessibility considerations. Seven interviews were conducted: six with visitors with a disability and one with a festival organiser. Due to limited academic literature, three texts were used to build an explorative framework, combining theories on ableism (Den Brok-Rouwendal), music and disability (McKay), and optimal arts experiences (McCarthy). Respondents felt equity when their disability was not made salient, allowing them to lose themselves in the music and enter a flow state. Inequity arose when they were confronted with their disability—through pain or reactions from others. The organiser’s approach only partially reflected visitors’ needs. Overall, the findings suggest that freedom and autonomy enhance the festival experience for people with a disability. Further research into flow experiences within this group is recommended.Item Write or Waste? Comparing the Effectiveness of Self-transcendence and Self enhancement Appeals in a Shopping List Intervention to Reduce Household Food Waste(2021-07-09)Recent research suggests that making shopping lists and adhering to them appears to be a vital behavior in reducing food waste. Building on these findings, the objective of this research is to investigate the factors that contribute to the likelihood of making shopping lists and to examine whether these factors can be used to increase shopping list usage when attempting to reduce household food waste. The current research performs two Studies; a qualitative, survey-based study (Study 1: N = 839) to assess the relation between shopping lists and food waste and to understand consumers’ drivers and barriers to making shopping lists. Furthermore, an experimental field study (Study 2: N = 169) was undertaken to compare the effectiveness of a self-enhancement appeal and a self-transcendent appeal in reducing food waste, in the context of shopping lists. Findings suggest that self-transcendence appeals were more effective in increasing shopping list usage compared to self-enhancement appeals. Interestingly, self-enhancement appeals were explicitly reported to be more motivating to make shopping lists. This shows an interesting dissociation between what people report to be motivating their behavior and what causes behavioral change. Although household food waste levels decreased over the course of the study, this effect could not be ascribed to the intervention for which a causal relationship between making shopping lists and household food waste remains unestablished. Theoretical and practical implications of these findings are discussed. Keywords: shopping lists, food waste, habits, behavior change, intervention
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