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Book review: policy alienation and the power of professionals: confronting new policies by Lars Tummers
No full textWhy do public professionals resist policy changes? In this book Lars Tummers argues that we can use the concept of policy alienation - a “general cognitive state of psychological disconnection from a policy” that professionals can feel - to understand why. Case studies cover the implementation of new health policies in the Netherlands and discuss the factors that influence whether policies are resisted. Julián López-Murcia finds the policy alienation concept to be a significant contribution to debates regarding the organization of public services
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Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Op weg naar bevlogenheid en job crafting, een bestuurskundig onderzoek naar de invloed van taakeisen en energiebronnen op de bevlogenheid en job crafting van medewerkers
Full text linkAppropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Three ways to minimise professionals’ resistance to governmental change using the policy alienation model
Full text linkWhy do public service professionals resist some changes, while embracing others? Lars Tummers is an expert on the analysis of ‘policy alienation’. He has studied problems that professionals working in a range of sectors – including healthcare, social security and education – face in implementing new government policies. The conclusions he draws challenge the common assertions as to why professionals show resistance to adopting change
Vecht niet tegen het saaie imago
No full textLui, saai en suf. Ambtenaren komen maar niet van hun slechte imago af. Ze verzetten zich tot vervelens toe tegen dit beeld. In plaats van te vechten tegen negatieve stereotypen kunnen publieke organisaties positieve beelden – en die zijn er volop - omarmen. Laat zien dat werken bij de overheid zinvol is en dat een gezonde werk-privébalans mogelijk is, stelt hoogleraar Lars Tummers
Vecht niet tegen het saaie imago
No full textLui, saai en suf. Ambtenaren komen maar niet van hun slechte imago af. Ze verzetten zich tot vervelens toe tegen dit beeld. In plaats van te vechten tegen negatieve stereotypen kunnen publieke organisaties positieve beelden – en die zijn er volop - omarmen. Laat zien dat werken bij de overheid zinvol is en dat een gezonde werk-privébalans mogelijk is, stelt hoogleraar Lars Tummers
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