Educators in professional higher education experience difficulties addressing students’ self-awareness in their courses. The topic is often dismissed by students as ‘vague’ or ‘irrelevant’. This is detrimental for learning since knowing who you are and who you want to be is crucial: it guides behaviour …

"Binnen en buiten detentie zijn verschillende actoren actief om de gedetineerde te helpen bij re-integratie in de samenleving. Zij werken relatief los van elkaar. Reclassering is in het voortraject actief, in het kader van advisering en als er toezicht is opgelegd in het na-traject. In detentie gaan …

Design/methodology Organisations are digitising the customer journey at a fast pace but have no idea what the effects of digitisation will be on customer experience and customer relationships. This paper describes two studies on digitisation in customer contact and the effects on customer experience …

Background: Non-technical errors, such as insufficient communication or leadership, are a major cause of medical failures during trauma resuscitation. Research on staffing variation among trauma teams on teamwork is still in their infancy. In this study, the extent of variation in trauma team staffing …

The purpose of this study was to explore innovativeness and entrepreneurial tendencies among different national cultures. A survey instrument was administered on a sample of 731 business students from several countries in Asian, Baltic, USA, Nordic and Middle, South and East European countries. Respondents …

In this chapter, seven intercultural teaching experiences are contextualised by using the Hofstede (2011) model on cultural dimensions. The experiences are from Australia, China, France, Germany, Russia, India and Thailand. They are analysed using Hofstede’s four cultural dimensions of Power Distance, …

Big report of the Startup EDR Project. See how the project promoted interregional collaboration and development for startups within the Ems-Dollart region.

Young people and generation Z bring new values and appreciations into the business world. Entrepreneurship is more appreciated, and plenty of countries try to encourage young people for entrepreneurial paths. Here the interest is to see what kind of entrepreneurial qualities are needed with young business …

The purpose of this study is to evaluate qualities that are needed for effective entrepreneurship in a variety of national cultures. The sample represents 731 business students from several countries from Asia, Baltics, USA, Nordic, Middle, South and East Europe. College students completed a questionnaire …