Sociale media zijn tegenwoordig niet meer weg te denken uit het bedrijfsleven. Ook het Taleninstituut NIOW wil iets met sociale media omdat uit het Digitaal Marketingplan van 2010 is gebleken dat contact onderhouden belangrijk is, en dat sociale media hier een grote rol bij kunnen spelen. Sociale media …

The European Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus citellus) is an endemic, non-social, hibernating rodent, distributed through several Pan-European countries. Its habitat is semi-arid grass steppes and analogical man-made landscapes with short vegetation layers, such as meadows and golf courses. Since 1996, …

Medewerkers van het St. Antonius Ziekenhuis zijn over het algemeen tevreden over de manier waarop de interne communicatie op dit moment verloopt. Dan rijst de vraag: is deze manier van communiceren daadwerkelijk effectief? In gesprekken met medewerkers blijkt dat informatie veelal gescand wordt en alleen …

2.1 Background and Objective This research explores the Housemothers' vision on care at the Assessment Center of World Hope International, where they provide aftercare for victims of sexual abuse and exploitation. World Hope International, a Christian relief and development organization (founded in the …

In this article, we raised the question as to what extent members from higher status groups effectuated social resources, more specifically voluntary association membership, as a possible new compensating strategy to guarantee a successful intergenerational transmission of their occupational status. …

This research explores the attitudes of children from different socio-economic backgrounds towards cars. This paper explores their projected choices and motivations in the context of (1) post-materialist values; (2) economic constraints; and (3) social status theories; and draws upon survey research …

This study investigates the way in which first year students use Facebook. An overview of recent studies on Facebook usage and a survey is presented. The latter is an online questionnaire on the Facebook activities of 618 students (78.6 % of all first year students) of the Media department of Hogeschool …

1e alinea column: “Revolution doesn’t happen when society adopts new technology. It happens when society adopts new behaviors”. Clay Shirky, 2008 Sociale media maken het nog gemakkelijker zo’n volle agenda te hebben. Mailtjes, tweets, status updates, direct messages, etc sturen en elkaar bezig houden …

Business leaders increasingly face pressure from stakeholders to be transparent. There appears however little consensus on the risks and payoffs of disclosing vital information such as corporate strategy. To fill this gap, this study analyzes firm-specific determinants and organisational outcomes of …