Purpose – This paper aims to introduce the special issue on CSR communication attached to the First International CSR Communication Conference held in Amsterdam in October 2011. The aim of the introduction is also to review CSR communication papers published in scholarly journals in order to make a summary of the state of CSR communication knowledge. Design/methodology/approach – The existing literature on CSR communication was approached via systematic review. with a combination of conventional and summative qualitative content analysis. The final dataset contained 90 papers from two main business and management databases, i.e. EBSCOhost and ProQuest.Findings – Papers were coded into three main categories. The results show that the majority of the papers are concerned with disclosure themes. Considerably less salient are papers that fall under process-oriented themes and the outcomes/consequences of CSR communications. The most important outlets for CSR communication-related topics are Journal of Business Ethics and Corporate Communications: An International Journal.Originality/value – This paper represents the first attempt to perform a systematic and comprehensive overview of CSR communication papers in scholarly journals. Its value is in making this rather vast and heterogeneous literature more visible and accessible to all CSR communication scholars.Keywords - CSR communication, Scholarly journals, Systematic review, Content analysis, Special issue, Journals, Social responsibilityPaper type - Research paper
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Objective This paper aims at uncovering the hampering and facilitating factors in intercultural communication that professionals encounter in their business relationships. Methodology The data collection process involved conducting individual interviews and two rounds of focus groups with professionals who shared their experiences in working with another culture. The transcripts were analyzed using Thematic Analysis (Braun & Clarke, 2012) with the assistance of Atlas.ti 9. Findings The key challenges that emerged were differences in communication styles: too direct versus too indirect; misunderstandings and misconceptions when communicating in non-native languages; differences in business customs, such as separating business from private life versus blurred business and personal relationships; differences in decision-making and stereotyping. Value Added We offer a new perspective about existing models and theories of intercultural dimensions, highlighting the risks they entail when superficially generalized. Our paper contributes to professional practice by illustrating how language, differences in the communication style, business etiquette and stereotyping can prevent successful interactions. We show that business English may facilitate international communication but may easily become a source of misinterpretation. Recommendations Intercultural flexibility can play a fundamental role in contextualizing communication and providing true meaning to businesses exchanges. Adjusting language, focusing on building trustful relationships and creating alignment processes can all be instrumental for more effective and successful business communication. Future research with business professionals from diverse cultural backgrounds would enrich our understanding of intercultural business communication.
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Enhancing communication performance skills may help children with Down Syndrome (DS) to expand their opportunities for participation in daily life. It is a clinical challenge for speech-language pathologists (SLP) to disentangle various mechanisms that contribute to the language and communication problems that children with DS encounter. Without clarity of different levels of functioning, appropriate interventions may be poorly conceived or improperly implemented. In the present study, the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health – Children and Youth Version (ICF-CY) framework was used to classify contributing factors to communication performance in a multiple case study of six young children with DS. Within a comprehensive assessment, we identified individual and environmental facilitators and barriers, leading to an integrative profile of communication performance (IPCP) for each child. Whereas these six children shared a developmental, and/or expressive vocabulary age and/or level of communicative intent, the children faced similar but also unique personal and environmental factors that play an important role in their communication performance. Our data reveal that a combination of different factors may lead to the same language outcomes and vice versa, based on a unique pattern of interdependency of ICF-CY domains. Planning SLP interventions for enhancing communication performance in children with DS should therefore be based on a comprehensive view on the competences and limitations of every individual child and its significant communication partners. This evaluation should address facilitators and barriers in body functions, structures, activities, participation and environment, with a specific focus on individual strengths. The ICF-CY provides a useful framework for constructing an IPCP that serves this purpose.
The results will be consensus between departments of physiotherapy universities of allied health care about learning outcomes CommunicationThere is no consensus between Dutch Physiotherapy departments on learning outcome of bachelors
Het lectoraat Applied Quantum Computing is een samenwerking tussen de Hogeschool van Amsterdam en het Centrum Wiskunde en Informatica. Dit lectoraat gaat zich bezig houden met het leggen van een verbinding tussen enerzijds fundamenteel onderzoek en anderzijds praktische problemen. In een samenwerking met IBM, Capgemini en Qusoft zullen cases en experimenten worden uitgevoerd hoe Quantum Computing bedrijven gaat beïnvloeden. Op het gebied van Quantum Communication zal onderzocht worden hoe m.b.v. Quantum Technologie gekomen kan worden tot een veilige communicatie. Ook zal aangesloten worden bij onderzoek naar en onderwijs worden ontwikkeld rondom hoe quantum mechanische effecten praktisch ingezet kunnen worden om metingen te verrichten. Onderzoek zal verricht worden naar het implementeren van theoretische oplossingen als bedacht in de laboratoria van universiteiten voor problemen bij bedrijven en instellingen. Binnen de Hogeschool van Amsterdam zal aansluiting worden gezocht met het onderzoek dat wordt gedaan binnen diverse lectoraten van de Faculteit DMCI, zoals responsible IT (i.o) en Urban Analytics en met de onderzoekers van de groep Urban Technology van de faculteit Techniek. In het onderwijs wordt een relatie bestendigd met opleidingen als HBO-ICT, waarvoor een minor wordt ontwikkeld, en Technische Natuurkunde. Daarbuiten zal verder gewerkt worden aan een netwerk om te komen tot een ecosysteem van instellingen en bedrijven. De Hogeschool van Amsterdam draagt Marten Teitsma als lector voor. Marten Teitsma heeft heeft veel ervaring in het onderwijs, ontwikkeling daarvan, als leidinggevende en is gepromoveerd in de Artificiële Intelligentie. Binnen de hogeschool heeft hij het initiatief genomen tot diverse activiteiten op het gebied van Quantum Computing.
In de subsidieaanvraag van de gemeente Hoogeveen in het kader van de aardgasvrije wijken is een bedrag van €75K opgenomen voor een bewonersmonitor uitgevoerd door het lectoraat Communication, Behaviour & the Sustainable Society van EnTranCe. Dit betrof een monitor die 8 jaar lang wordt ingezet. Zie bijgevoegde offerte.
