Nurse clinician-scientists are increasingly expected to show leadership aimed at transforming healthcare. However, research on nurse clinician-scientists' leadership (integrating researcher and practitioner roles) is scarce and hardly embedded in sociohistorical contexts. This study introduces leadership moments, that is, concrete events in practices that are perceived as acts of empowerment, in order to understand leadership in the daily work of newly appointed nurse clinician-scientists. Following the learning history method we gathered data using multiple (qualitative) methods to get close to their daily practices. A document analysis provided us with insight into the history of nursing science to illustrate how leadership moments in the everyday work of nurse clinician-scientists in the “here and now” can be related to the particular histories from which they emerged. A qualitative analysis led to three acts of empowerment: (1) becoming visible, (2) building networks, and (3) getting wired in. These acts are illustrated with three series of events in which nurse clinician-scientists' leadership becomes visible. This study contributes to a more socially embedded understanding of nursing leadership, enables us to get a grip on crucial leadership moments, and provides academic and practical starting points for strengthening nurse clinician-scientists' leadership practices. Transformations in healthcare call for transformed notions of leadership.
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Although much research has been done into the importance of IT Capabilities (ITC), Digital Leadership (DL) and Digital Transformation (DT) with regard to organizations’ firm performance and ability to thrive in the current digital market, there is little research on qualifying which specific ITC and DL competences affect the success of an organization's DT and ultimately impact their ability to adopt newly emerging technologies. This research aims to address the influence of DL and ITC on DT as well as which specific DL competences and ITC might ultimately affect an organization’s ability to successfully adopt newly emerging digital technologies. Quantitative data collected through a survey was used for this analysis. It was found that Architecture Design (DLA5) has the strongest positive affect on DT.
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Expectations are high for digital technologies to address sustainability related challenges. While research into such applications and the twin transformation is growing rapidly, insights in the actual daily practices of digital sustainability within organizations is lacking. This is problematic as the contributions of digital tools to sustainability goals gain shape in organizational practices. To bridge this gap, we develop a theoretical perspective on digital sustainability practices based on practice theory, with an emphasis on the concept of sociomateriality. We argue that connecting meanings related to sustainability with digital technologies is essential to establish beneficial practices. Next, we contend that the meaning of sustainability is contextspecific, which calls for a local meaning making process. Based on our theoretical exploration we develop an empirical research agenda.
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The IMPULS-2020 project DIGIREAL (BUas, 2021) aims to significantly strengthen BUAS’ Research and Development (R&D) on Digital Realities for the benefit of innovation in our sectoral industries. The project will furthermore help BUas to position itself in the emerging innovation ecosystems on Human Interaction, AI and Interactive Technologies. The pandemic has had a tremendous negative impact on BUas industrial sectors of research: Tourism, Leisure and Events, Hospitality and Facility, Built Environment and Logistics. Our partner industries are in great need of innovative responses to the crises. Data, AI combined with Interactive and Immersive Technologies (Games, VR/AR) can provide a partial solution, in line with the key-enabling technologies of the Smart Industry agenda. DIGIREAL builds upon our well-established expertise and capacity in entertainment and serious games and digital media (VR/AR). It furthermore strengthens our initial plans to venture into Data and Applied AI. Digital Realities offer great opportunities for sectoral industry research and innovation, such as experience measurement in Leisure and Hospitality, data-driven decision-making for (sustainable) tourism, geo-data simulations for Logistics and Digital Twins for Spatial Planning. Although BUas already has successful R&D projects in these areas, the synergy can and should significantly be improved. We propose a coherent one-year Impuls funded package to develop (in 2021): 1. A multi-year R&D program on Digital Realities, that leads to, 2. Strategic R&D proposals, in particular a SPRONG/sleuteltechnologie proposal; 3. Partnerships in the regional and national innovation ecosystem, in particular Mind Labs and Data Development Lab (DDL); 4. A shared Digital Realities Lab infrastructure, in particular hardware/software/peopleware for Augmented and Mixed Reality; 5. Leadership, support and operational capacity to achieve and support the above. The proposal presents a work program and management structure, with external partners in an advisory role.
Ontwikkelingssamenwerking is een gebied dat sterk in beweging is. Veranderingen in financiering door de Nederlandse overheid van ontwikkelingssamenwerking (Schulpen et al., 2018) en de opkomst van digitale digitale technologieën en daarmee de toename van mobiele telefonie, sociale media, internetgebruik in ‘de landen van de ontwikkelingssamenwerkingsprojecten, big data, fintech, online surveillance en censuur hebben de ontwikkelingssamenwerkingsorganisaties opgeschud en zelfs in een stroomversnelling gebracht. Maatschappelijke organisaties actief in ontwikkelingssamenwerking onderkennen de mogelijkheden die digitalisering hen biedt maar ervaren de gevolgen van deze digitale transformatie tegelijkertijd als complex, onzeker en onduidelijk in impact in ontwikkelingssamenwerking (Haikin & Flatters, 2017; Partos & The Spindle, 2018; Mitchell et al., 2020). In afstemming met mantelorganisaties actief in ontwikkelingssamenwerking beoogt dit project een antwoord te geven op de vraag hoe maatschappelijke organisaties digitale transformatie kunnen managen in de context van ontwikkelingssamenwerking met als doel om diverse Sustainable Development Goals te behalen De onderzoeksopzet is ingebed in de reeds opgedane theoretische kennis en onderzoekslijnen van het lectoraat Procesinnovatie en Informatiesystemen over de relatie van e-Leadership, IT Capabilities met Digitale Transformatie (Ravesteijn & Ongena, 2019), en breidt de kennis uit op het vlak van maatschappelijke organisaties actief in ontwikkelingssamenwerking, waar de dynamiek van geografisch wijd verspreide stakeholders en verschillende niveaus van digitale ontwikkelingen van organisaties zowel vanuit de praktijk als vanuit een academisch perspectief een interessante onderzoekdimensie opleveren. Voortbordurend op inzichten vanuit het promotieonderzoek van de kandidaat over hoe de organisaties sociale media inzetten voor ontwikkelingssamenwerkingsdoelen (Sheombar, 2019b; Sheombar et al., 2021), alsmede het onderzoekslijnen van het lectoraat is op basis van de systeembenadering van een socio-technische lens op digitale transformatie de onderzoeksvraag als volgt geformuleerd. hoe managen maatschappelijke organisaties digitale transformatie door socio-technische systemen in de context van meervoudige waardecreatie in ontwikkelingssamenwerking? Het project resulteert in ontwikkelde instrumenten en trainingsmateriaal voor de ontwikkelingssamenwerkingsorganisaties voor omgaan met digital transformatie.
Digitalisering is niet meer weg te denken uit de beroepspraktijk van publieke organisaties. Organisaties zien de voordelen van digitalisering: het levert efficiëntere processen en een optimalisatie van de klantbeleving op. De Nederlandse overheid zet fors in op digitalisering. Desondanks gaat dit langzamer dan verwacht. Veel publieke organisaties zoeken naar de juiste strategieën voor digitalisering.
