A Magnet-related program has been recently adopted in the Netherlands. Support for staff nurses from nurse middle managers (NMMs) is a key component of such a program. A Bourdieusian ethnographic organizational case study in four hospitals in the Netherlands and the United States (Magnet, Magnet-related and non-Magnet) was conducted to explore NMMs’ supporting role behavior. Bourdieus concepts of habitus, dispositions, field and capital guided the analysis. Eight dispositions constitute NMMs habitus. A caring, clinical and scientific disposition enhance NMMs’ capital in particular organizations-as-fields. Further research is necessary to link Magnet (related) program characteristics to various configurations of dispositions of NMMs habitus.
This study assesses the evolutionary leadership theory and the natural leadership instrument of Van Vugt and Ahuja (2011) in the context of youth elite football. The Evolutionary Leadership Theory is a comprehensive new way of looking at leadership that suggests environmental pressures influence the choice of who becomes the leader. The results revealed that the concept of natural leadership, as measured using the six natural leaders questionnaire, cannot be applied to the context of youth football. The preliminary data showed that natural leadership in youth sport requires a more basic framework of leadership consisting of communication, resources and focus on competition.
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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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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.
Het lectorenplatform CE ontstond in 2017 uit de behoefte een podium te hebben voor kennisuitwisseling en samenwerking in een tot dan toe versnipperd onderzoeksveld. Het platform is hierin geslaagd maar ziet nog volop mogelijkheden om haar rol te versterken. Enkele redenen zijn: Overheden ondersteunen een stevige agenda voor onderzoek. Er komen meer internationale, Rijksbrede en regionale programma’s voor de circulaire economie en er worden veranderingen in regelgeving bestudeerd (grondstoffenakkoord, energieneutraliteit, keurmerken voor duurzaamheid). Het thema circulaire economie met ‘wicked problems’ als klimaatverandering moet multidisciplinair benaderd worden omdat het zowel technische, maatschapp- elijke, juridische, psychologische, ecologische als economische elementen in zich heeft. Multidisciplinaire samenwerking is dus noodzakelijk en kan nog beter. Lectoren hebben invloed op de opleiding van nieuwe professionals en vorming van hun duurzame bewustzijn. Door praktijkgericht onderzoek in verbinding met onderwijs uit te voeren zorgen zij ervoor dat nieuwe generaties studenten worden opgeleid met denkwijzen en instrumenten voor een circulaire economie. De focus ligt in de vervolgfase op het hebben van impact via concrete projecten, in grotere programma’s en door verbindingen met nieuwe partijen. We investeren in het (door)ontwikkelen van methodieken, instrumenten en tools - zoals circulaire business modellen, meervoudige waardenmodellen, circulaire financieringswijzers en circulaire scorecards. Deze testen we in ‘living lab’-achtige settingen. Avans en Het Groene Brein zorgen wederom voor de aansturing. De samenwerking wordt uitgebreid door samen te werken met andere lectorenplatforms, waaronder Logistiek, Biobased Economy en Urban Energy en NADR (creatieve industrie). Samenwerking biedt mogelijkheden voor crossovers in onderzoek en versterkt de kennisbasis. Het platform staat zo voor stevige kennisdisseminatie naar onderwijs en praktijk. Ondermeer via de kenniskaart die in de opstartperiode is ontwikkeld, professionele, wetenschappelijke publicaties en bijeenkomsten. In openleeromgevingen worden leerpakketten aangeboden die inzetbaar zijn bij de ontwikkeling van onderwijsmodules, onderwijsmethodes en MOOC’s gericht op transitie naar een CE.
The aim of the ProInCa project was to develop the sustainable innovation capacity of Kazakhstan’s Medical Universities for the modernization of nursing. The project was coordinated by JAMK University of Applied Sciences and consisted of a consortium of five Kazakhstani medical universities and four European higher education institutions. The project was co-funded by the Erasmus+ Capacity Building in the Field of Higher Education programme and supported by the Ministry of Education and Science and the Ministry of Healthcare of the Republic of Kazakhstan during 15.10.2017 – 31.01.2021.he wider objective of the ProInCa project is to develop the sustainable innovation capacity of Kazakhstan’s Medical Universities for the modernization of nursing. This wider objective is divided into four specific objectives, which are:1. Development of mechanisms for collaboration and knowledge sharing between academic national and international nursing community and society.2. To learn from best practices on implementing evidence-based nursing in nursing research, education and practice to promote the efficiency and quality of health care.3. Strengthen higher education institutes’ role in building evidence-based nursing research activities in health services to promote quality and safety of health care system.4. Promote the capacity and system of nursing leadership and management in health care transition to improve the quality of health care system
