Professional development needs to be understood as a spontaneous process of learning at work before moving on toward the 'desired' professional development. Learning as a result of working is often implicit, stems from social interaction and direct experience, involves the (thoughtless, implicit) reproduction …

This study focuses on revealing and developing personal constructs regarding problem behaviour in classrooms. Twenty-nine teachers (initial and in-service students) took part in the project. The main idea is that teachers’ opinions about their pupils and themselves influence the way they act in their …

Communicatie tijdens organisatieverandering wordt in toenemende mate als belangrijk beschouwd, maar is nog maar weinig bestudeerd. Communicatie in de organisatie wordt gezien als een van de belangrijke antecedenten van commitment bij de organisatie. Vertrouwen van de werknemers in het management is belangrijk …

Organisatieverandering blijft een complex en weerbarstig proces. Ondanks pogingen van onderzoekers en mensen uit de praktijk om veranderprocessen beter te begrijpen, is er weinig uitgebreid empirisch onderzoek uitgevoerd naar problemen bij het invoeren van veranderingen. In deze studie onderzoeken wij …

Debates about social theory and social policy are highly fragmented and unclear in subject and direction. A recognised paradigm is failing. Maybe we have to accept that social reality is not to reconstruct in social theory. But we certainly need social theorists and social theories to support citizens, …

Smoking-behavior during pregnancy and the reliability of an interview were prospectively investigated. The tobacco-exposure was assessed a) by an intake interview b) by a smoking diary and c) by maternal thiocyanate and carboxy-hemoglobin concentrations. Of the 115 nulliparous women, 66 smoked (57.4%). …