This dissertation provides a concise yet comprehensive overview of the ethno-religious complexities of Iraq and Syria (past and present), followed by an explorative analysis in order to determine whether ethno-religious partition would increase the political stability in both countries.

The disruptive rise of the sharing economy has revolutionized the field of consumption of things and influenced many associated areas. Participation in these social innovations is an important phenomenon and people are exploring and expanding the further possibilities of the sharing economy with emerging technologies …

This thesis addresses the emerging role of advisory boards in strategizing in privately held family firms. The thesis focuses on the period in which family firms start considering to work with an advisory board through the board’s first several years of existence. A micro-level strategy perspective …

Prefaces are always written in the end, perhaps because only in the end one knows how to start, or should have started. These a-chronic and a-synchronic starting words are meant to charm the reader into an investigating journey that has already ended; it is an act of seduction where promises are made …

Children worldwide are confronted with interpersonal violence (IV) on a daily basis. They encounter violence in children’s books, cartoons, on television and in the media or, more personally, in social media, at home, at school, in church or on the streets, with the acts being perpetrated by parents, …

The four studies presented in this dissertation aimed to examine which aspects of self-regulated learning (think of planning, time management, and motivation) best predict academic performance in higher education, and whether and how self-regulated learning might be improved for better academic performance …

Samenvatting Dit onderzoek komt voort uit mijn interesse voor de beroepspraktijk van oudere beeldend kunstenaars. Kan deze beroepspraktijk ook als een vorm van levenslang en levensbreed leren beschouwd worden? Aangezien in de artistieke praktijk en in het leerproces van de kunstenaar het ‘zelf’ een prominente …

Purpose - Housing associations make too small a contribution to society, the government has to step in too frequently because of maladministration, and the associations’ executives are often unaware of the far-reaching impact of their decisions. These are the conclusions of new academic research conducted …

This bachelor thesis deals with the quality characteristics of daycare schools using the example of the Bodelschwinghschule Münster. The work at daycare schools is put to the test as a result of changes in society over the years. Possible influences on the quality of work at daycare schools are family …

Dissertation Free University Amsterdam in order to obtain the degree of doctor in the year 2017