Leadership development concerns a complex subject because it pertains an extensive number of combinations of features of people, purposes and contexts. Much research has been conducted on the development of adult leaders, but little is known about youth sharing the leadership in the context of playing …

Studies show adults’ attitudes towards citizenship to be related to their educational level. It has been claimed that higher educated people more often possess ‘good’ citizenship values. However, only limited insight exists into how differences in citizenship attitudes between adolescents from various …

Much has been written on differences and similarities of B2B sales and procurement professionals. Sometimes these two types seem to come from two different planets, but then we hear talk of synergies and the need to cooperate more closely. Let’s first discuss the “Women Are from Venus; Men Are from Mars” …

Over the years the industrial production was transformed by steam power in the 19th century, by electricity in the early 20th century, and by automation in the 1970s (Lorenz, et al., 2015). Today’s society is on the verge of the fourth industrial revolution, the Smart Industry. The impact of the Smart …

Does nothingness have to be empty, related to white, and, ultimately, be a shrouded representation of whiteness? Are empty spaces really, as John Barry claimed in his “No Show Museum” piece, quoting Marcuse, “places to which we can come, and for a while ‘be free to think about what we are going to do’”? …

‘The clients you arrange affiliate campaigns for are the biggest telecom providers in the Netherlands. The campaigns are doing great, which results in steady sales. But it is not enough. What is the fun of working for clients whom already have a steady market, and whom are represented at every possible …

In literature on public support for military missions, political discord has been criticised, because it is claimed that having a single strategic narrative as a basis for consensus helps foster such support. In this chapter the author starts from the perspective of the primacy of politics. The chapter …

With the introduction of research activities in higher professional education in the Dutch higher education system, the notions of ‘research’ that were previously silently agreed upon among academics in traditional universities also came under pressure. Additionally, both types of higher education actively …

The research of this report revolves around the question: ‘due to what reasons do Dutch consumers buy a PlayStation 4 or Xbox One, and how is this decision affected by strategies used by Sony and Microsoft?’ This research was conducted to find out how these two companies defend their positions in the …

The South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission has been claimed to be one of the most important truth commissions. Moreover, it has been the first truth commission to use media extensively in its initiatives. The SATRC was created to address the atrocities caused by the apartheid, and furthermore, …