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One profile, five stories an autoethnography of sense-making and meaning-making of a personality profile
No full textPurposeSenior professionals and managers employed by large organizations regularly participate in leadership development interventions that include a personality inventory. This research paper aims to address how the first author and five feedback coaches make sense and meaning of the results of these inventories and interpret this process in terms of Perceptual Control Theory.Design/methodology/approachThe first author engaged in five separate feedback sessions with five different feedback coaches based on the results of a leadership assessment instrument and kept a diary to reflect upon these sessions. Her meaning-making process is discussed in relation to the Perceptual Control Theory.FindingsThe autoethnographic reflections demonstrated that only feedback that was compatible with her sense of identity led to additional self-reflection, sometimes leading to enhanced self-awareness. It also confirmed the idiosyncrasy of sensemaking of personality profiles resulting from a personality assessment instrument and suggested that working with multiple interpretations of a personality profile comes with additional benefits.Practical implicationsWe recommend that organizations using self-scored personality assessments consider the benefits of allowing multiple perspectives on personality profiles. We suggest inviting the individuals concerned to take an active role in the sensemaking and meaning-making process of their own profiles. This approach may not align with the traditional positivist interpretation of validated personality instruments. However, adopting the view that personality narratives are not fixed or self-evident, but rather co-constructed by individuals, could encourage recipients of such feedback to actively engage in creating their own story rather than passively accepting others' interpretations of who they are.Originality/valueThe topic of sense-making and meaning-making of personality inventory results has, at least to our understanding, never been approached by means of an autoethnography nor discussed in relation to Perceptual Control Theory
De gemeente(n) van ruimtelijke kwaliteit
No full textIn het afgelopen decennium hebben gemeenten steeds meer taken en verantwoordelijkheden op hun bordje gekregen. Dat is zeker ook het geval in het ruimtelijk domein. Als gevolg van decentralisatie en deregulering zijn ze gedwongen om meer zaken op te gaan pakken en daar ook nog meer een proactieve aanpak voor te ontwikkelen. De Omgevingswet biedt algemene kaders en instrumenten, maar vraagt om een lokale invulling. Zonder proactief beleid zal het lastig en soms zelfs onmogelijk zijn voor gemeente om richting te geven aan nieuwe ruimtelijke ontwikkelingen en activiteiten. Wat dan overblijft is een vorm van laissez-faire waarin economische motieven de boventoon voeren en de kwaliteit van de leefomgeving vaak weinig aandacht krijgt. Verrommeling, verdozing, verpaarding en alle varianten op deze fenomenen zijn het vaak ongewenste effect van dit gebrek aan visie en beleid
Rural Feet Voting of Leisure Explorers
No full textIn the COVID-19 period, spatial leisure behavior, often driven by the desire to escape urban life, reflected health and environmental concerns. This study examines how pandemic-induced spatial motives and changes impacted disparities in leisure mobility, specifically urban-to-rural tourism, in Sweden. Analyzing pre-pandemic, during pandemic, and post-pandemic periods, using anonymized mobile phone and socioeconomic data, the paper explores urban–rural leisure mobility variations. Despite a decline in professional geographical mobility, mainly of people in affluent urban areas, due to remote work, the spatial leisure activities remained rather stable? Our findings, based on a negative binomial regression analysis, reveal also exacerbated socioeconomic segregation in recreational trips. The disruption in mobility accessibility due to COVID-19 appears to amplify existing socioeconomic disparities, notably in urban-to-rural leisure travel. Our research sheds new light on the widening gap in geographical leisure activities, emphasizing the need for equitable access to nonurban destinations.</p
A comparison of valuation methods for cultural ecosystem services in support of ecosystem accounting
No full textAssigning an economic value to cultural ecosystem services is important to promote their sustainable and rational use. Valuation of such services requires a non-market approach as they are not traded on markets and, thus, have no directly observable market price. The System of Environmental-Economic Accounting – Ecosystem Accounting (SEEA-EA) aims to develop a systematic approach to value ecosystem services aligned with the valuation approach of the national accounts. However, valuing cultural services in SEEA-EA is challenging and different approaches have been developed. In this study, we compare four prominent approaches for valuing cultural ecosystem services: resource rent, travel cost method, simulated exchange value and consumer expenditure. We test and compare these methods in a case study of Ugam Chatkal State Nature National Park in Uzbekistan and examine to what degree the methods are aligned with accounting valuation principles. We note that the methods assess value in a different way and, accordingly, we find considerable differences amongst approaches in recreational value: values ranged between US65.19M annually. The lowest value was provided by the resource rent approach and the highest value by the travel cost method including consumer surplus. This latter method is not aligned with SEEA-EA accounting; however, even the three methods that are aligned with accounting principles provide quite different value estimates. The two other approaches, simulated exchange value and consumer expenditure, provided an annual value of US13.5M, respectively. We find that a resource rent method is likely to underestimate the 'true' value of the service when used for accounting and that the simulated exchange value method seems to be best aligned with the valuation needs for cultural services for SEEA-EA.</p
Understanding continuing professional development of vocational teachers
No full textVocational teachers are expected to keep their professional knowledge and skills up to date. In order to support their professional development effectively, we need to understand how vocational teachers learn, what they learn, and why they learn. This study characterises vocational teachers’ continuing professional development. Teachers’ perceptions of their professional development were gathered during a two-and-a-half-year longitudinal study. Through learner reports and semi-structured interviews, 12 experienced teachers described their learning activities, their realised professional development over time, and the factors that contributed to their professional growth. Within the gathered data, three different professional development profiles were identified: professional development (1) focusing on the primary process of teaching students, (2) focusing on executing tasks and roles in school, and (3) focusing on oneself in relation to the wider context of vocational education. These profiles contribute to organising customised support of professional development trajectories
Dark Triad and Resilience to Personal Loss:Evidence from the 2023 Türkiye-Syria Earthquakes
No full textCan narcissism help foster resiliency against adversity? In this study, we used Turkish panel data, to examine whether narcissism can buffer the negative impact of personal loss on change in subjective well-being in the wake of the Türkiye-Syria earthquakes of 2023. Results show that the adaptation to personal loss was stronger for individuals high on narcissism. At the same time, we found no evidence that individuals high on Machiavellianism or psychopathy – other Dark Triad traits - were better able to adapt to personal loss
Identifying success factors for integrated coastal zone management:Development of a regional coastal plan in Morocco
No full textIntegrated coastal zone management (ICZM) is a policy framework that aims to achieve sustainable development in the context of limited space and resources of (densely populated) coastal areas, by balancing environmental protection, societal needs, and economic development. In this paper, we first reflect on key components influencing the success of ICZM. Second, we compare our understanding to the process of preparation of a coastal plan for the Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima region in Morocco. Finally, we extend and generalize our conclusions to ICZM as a relevant policy framework, by identifying factors that influence the context-specific interpretation of ICZM in Morocco. We argue that ICZM depends on the integration, implementation, coordination between science and policy, and appropriate governance. In the Moroccan case, a variety of institutions first need to agree on the governance structure and priorities, as a base for a clear direction for the regional ICZM. This calls for a change of stakeholder engagement for certain steering institutions and leadership by ‘wilaya’. The coastal plan preparation process showed a lack of balance between stakeholder participation and institutional coordination, and increased bureaucratization which covers accountability for decision-making. Although coastal governance is supported by the national government, it is still unknown to what extent it is supported at the regional level which oversees the ICZM. We conclude that besides leadership, political support, and institutional commitment, broader stakeholder engagement is crucial for the decisions that shape the future of the coastal zone, which indicates that governance is the most important success factor for ICZM.</p
The Effect of Fostering a Growth Mindset in Primary School Children:Does Intervention Approach Matter?
No full textPromoting a growth mindset may positively influence learner motivation andenhance learning outcomes among primary school children. Previous studies have predominantly focused on secondary and undergraduate students, investigating the efficacy of areading and writing intervention related to intelligence. Introducing effort-based praiseduring the learning process also aligns with a growth mindset and may further facilitatethe development of a growth mindset in primary education. To evaluate the effects ofthese intervention approaches, we conducted a two-by-two between-subjects experimentalstudy with a sample of 161 Dutch primary school children aged 10 to 12 years. This studyaimed to assess the effects of two interventions both independently (main effects) andin combination (interaction effect): a growth mindset reading and writing assignment(factor 1) and effort-based praise (factor 2) on mindset beliefs and learning performance,specifically in terms of retention and transfer within the probability calculation domain.While a positive effect on growth mindset beliefs was observed, neither the individualinterventions nor their combination significantly influenced learning performance
Artikel 7:922 BW kwalificeert niet als voorrangsregel in de zin van de Rome I Verordening
No full textIn deze bijdrage wordt aan de hand van de Rome I Verordening en het arrest HCAV II, de stelling verdedigd dat artikel 7:922 BW niet als voorrangsregel kwalificeert. Daarbij wordt ingegaan en voortgeborduurd op de in de literatuur aan de orde gestelde argumenten, en wordt een aantal ‘nieuwe’ argumenten ter tafel gebracht