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Item Preferences for ChatGPT vs. Human Advisers: Do the Adviser and Cognitive Load Predict Risky Decision-Making?(2026-02-28)Participants aged 18–65 years old were recruited to participate in the Trust Game, which was an online simplified version of the one used in Klingbeil et al. (2024). In half of the trials, they received advice from ChatGPT, and in the other half, it was from another participant. The first block did not induce cognitive load, and in the second block cognitive load was induced by including time constraints. Across all four conditions, the number of times they took the given advice was measured. No significant effect on rates of advice taking was found for source of advice, cognitive load, or for their interaction. These results did not replicate most earlier findings. It is possible that factors like the way we manipulated cognitive load or the adjustments to the experimental design, as well as the research sample, account for these differences. Keywords: decision-making, social risk, advice-taking, following advice, ChatGPT, cognitive load, time pressure, financial decisions, trusting behaviour, algorithm aversion, algorithm trustItem The role of digital communication tools in maintaining organisational culture: A single case study of a virtual team at Albert Heijn RDC Limburg.(2025-07-22)With the rise of virtual teams, organisations face new challenges in maintaining their organisational culture while using digital communication tools. This thesis investigates how organisational culture is preserved in such a virtual team setting, using a single case study of team leaders at Albert Heijn regional distribution centre Limburg. Drawing on the concepts of organisational culture, Media Richness Theory and Task-Technology Fit, this research investigates how digital communication tools impact team dynamics and cultural cohesion in a team. The data was collected through eight semi-structured interviews with managers and team leaders of the distribution centre, supported by relevant internal documents and on-site observations. The findings show that while the organisational culture is perceived as informal, open and collaborative, this informality also comes with passivity and inconsistent communication practices. The digital tools are frequently selected based on individual preference and habits, undermining the communication quality and weakening the team cohesion. The results highlight the importance of aligning task complexity with the richness of the communication medium. Targeted training in digital communication tool use could help strengthen organisational culture in virtual teams. This study offers both theoretical insights into organisational culture maintenance in virtual teams and practical implications for improving digital communication tools use in logistics-based organisations. Keywords: Virtual teams, Organisational culture, Digital communication tools, Media Richness theory, Task-Technolgy Fit, Digital communication, and Culture transmission.Item Thesis title: Fantastic and frustrating: The paradoxical experience of practicing inclusive leadership(2026-07-22)Over the years, inclusive leadership has received more attention as a leadership style that supports employee well-being and diversity. However, most research so far has focused on the effects of the leadership style on employees within the team, leaving the effects it has on the leaders themselves underexplored. Building on paradox theory, this research explores how tensions that can come up in inclusion paradoxes can affect the well-being of leaders, and argues that navigating these tensions can be expected to be emotionally and cognitively taxing for leaders. Through in-depth interviews with women and men in leadership positions, multiple influences on leaders’ well-being were found, as not only did leaders experience both the positive and negative influence of inclusion paradoxes on their well-being and identity as a leader, external factors and situational context have an influence on leader well-being as well. Furthermore, leaders displayed different coping strategies for dealing with the paradoxical tensions, such as self-awareness and seeking support from colleagues. This thesis contributes to inclusive leadership theory by emphasizing leader well-being, and provides practical recommendations for organisations to support leaders in dealing with paradoxical tensions in a sustainable way.Item Is de herkenning van jezelf de succesfactor bij diversificatie? Onderzoek naar de invloed van de herkenning van jezelf op het effect van een marketingadvertentie van een nieuw product, op merkattitude.(2019-08-14)Als een merk wil groeien kan het bedrijf kiezen voor diversificatie. Met deze groeistrategie introduceert een merk een nieuw product op een, voor het merk, nieuwe markt. In de literatuur wordt dit ook wel merkuitbreiding genoemd. Deze vorm van uitbreiding kan risico’s met zich meebrengen voor het merk. Sluit het product aan bij de consument en wat is het effect van een nieuw product, buiten de huidige productcategorie, op de merkattitude? De merkattitude is namelijk een van de bepalende factoren voor het koopgedrag van consumenten. Marketingadvertenties blijken hierbij de manier om gedeeltelijke sturing te kunnen geven aan deze merkattitudes. Deze sturing kan belangrijk zijn indien een merk kiest om diversificatie toe te passen. Door het toenemende aantal advertenties is het belangrijk om persoonlijk relevant te zijn en herkenning te bieden aan de consument. Wanneer de consument zichzelf kan herkennen als gebruiker van het merk en of product kan dit resulteren in een positief effect op de merkattitude. In dit onderzoek wordt onderzocht of de relatie van het zien van een marketingadvertentie van een nieuw product, op de merkattitude, beïnvloed wordt door zelfbeeld congruentie met het merk. Daarnaast wordt ook onderzocht in hoeverre zelfbeeld congruentie met het (nieuwe) product hierbij een rol speelt. Aan het experiment hebben 954 participanten deelgenomen. Zij werden tijdens het experiment blootgesteld aan een marketingadvertentie met een nieuw product, buiten de huidige productcategorie, of een marketingadvertentie met een bestaand product. De marketingadvertenties die getoond zijn waren afkomstig van het Nederlandse merk Optimel. Resultaten van het onderzoek laten zien dat, na blootstelling aan een advertentie, de mate van zelfbeeld congruentie met het merk zorgt voor een positief effect op merkattitude. De zelfbeeld congruentie met het product speelt hier echter een negatieve rol en onderdrukt deze positieve relatie, naarmate zelfbeeld congruentie met het product stijgt.Item How Film Music Enhances the Experience of Elevation and Moral Motivations in Meaningful Short Films A study about the power of music in meaningful short films(2019-06-24)Positive media psychologists have been studying what media elicits self-transcendent emotions like elevation. This study examined whether film music influences the experience of elevation and moral motivations after viewing a short, meaningful film. Transportation was regarded as a mediator between film music and elevation in the first analysis. In a second analysis elevation was regarded as a mediator between film music and moral motivations. 99 Participants (M = 27,75; SD = 10,57) watched the same short film with or without the background music. Mediation analysis revealed that film music influenced elevation, but transportation did not mediate this relationship. Elevation did mediate the relationship between film music and moral motivations. Results indicated that a three minute video can elicit elevation.
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