https://thesis.eur.nl/col/7036/ List of Publications en https://thesis.eur.nl/pub/75546/ Mon, 03 Jul 2023 00:00:01 GMT <div>Vennemann, L.F.J.</div> With the rising demand for digital literacy in the current society, schools are increasingly tasked with improving this literacy in their students. Teachers are expected to use ICT in their classrooms to cater to this need. This study examined the relationships of three different leadership styles with ICT integration in the classroom by primary teachers in the Netherlands. Investigating the relationship between three leadership styles (transformational, adaptive, and servant) and ICT integration through motivation and competency, a three-phase explanatory-sequential mixed methods study was conducted. First, surveys (N = 544) were used to test the hypotheses, and second, focus groups (N=9) were conducted to contextualize the survey outcomes. Finally, the results of the focus groups were used to conduct a post hoc analysis of the survey data. Results demonstrated that while motivation and competency had a substantial and significant relationship with ICT integration, no relationship was found between ICT integration and any of the three leadership styles. Nonetheless, the focus groups revealed that teachers did experience that their level of ICT integration was associated with their school leaders' leadership traits, especially through motivation. However, the quantitative exploratory post hoc analysis based on these outcomes did not uncover this same result and showed that future research is required on this topic. https://thesis.eur.nl/pub/75547/ Mon, 03 Jul 2023 00:00:01 GMT <div>Hyttinen, I.I.O.</div> In today’s rapidly evolving digital age, technologies are ubiquitous in organisational processes. In order for employees and organisations to remain competitive and future-proof, innovation is vital. Digital technology use fosters intrapreneurial behaviours (innovation, proactivity, risk-taking), rendering investigation into the digital literacy skills of employees relevant. This study aimed to empirically evaluate whether one’s digital literacy positively related to employees’ intrapreneurial behaviour, and how job characteristics of a digital age work environment (job autonomy and information overload) moderate this relationship. An online cross-sectional survey using pre-existing scales measured the levels of perceived digital literacy, intrapreneurial behaviour, job autonomy, and information overload of 113 full-time employees across occupations within Europe. The data was analysed using multiple linear regression analysis, followed by a moderation analysis of two independent moderators. The results of the multiple linear regression analysis indicated a significant positive relationship between digital literacy and intrapreneurial behaviour. Additionally, job autonomy was found to be positively associated with intrapreneurial behaviour, while information overload was negatively associated. The moderation effects of job autonomy and information overload were statistically insignificant. The findings provide novel empirical evidence between digital literacy and intrapreneurial behaviour, offering intervention strategies to enhance this positive effect, and contributing insights for the current development of various governmental-level digital competence initiatives. The findings also offer theoretical implications on personal resources within the JD-R theory. https://thesis.eur.nl/pub/75545/ Wed, 23 Aug 2023 00:00:01 GMT <div>Snellenberg, R.Q.</div> This study uses quantitative and qualitative methodologies to investigate the relationship between perceived agent autonomy and behavioral intention regarding a novel recruitment system among 67 managers at the Municipality of Rotterdam. The research also incorporates three qualitative interviews. By extending the UTAUT-model by Venkatesh et al. (2003), this study examines performance expectancy, effort expectancy, social influence, perceived agent autonomy and facilitating conditions in order to predict behavioral intention and use behavior. Results indicate a significant positive relationship between perceived agent autonomy and behavioral intention. Increased perceived autonomy during system use increase the likelihood of adoption, aligning with theories such as the self-determination theory by Ryan & Deci (2000). This study confirms previous research’s relationship between performance expectancy and behavioral intention. The quantitative analysis shows that effort expectancy has a significant effect on behavioral intention while qualitative analysis shows a less important relationship. Internal social influence on system usage appears limited. This emphasizes the importance of positive managerial support and the utilization of change agents to promote system adoption. A final factor explaining the acceptance of the new system and associated with positive attitudes towards adoption is facilitating conditions. Moderation analyses in this research show no significant moderating effects. In conclusion, perceived agent autonomy significantly influences the intention to adopt and use new recruitment technologies among managers at the Municipality of Rotterdam. Social influence and facilitating conditions are factors as well. These findings provide insights into technology adoption among public sector managers and can be used in future digital transformations. https://thesis.eur.nl/pub/75508/ Fri, 28 Jun 2024 00:00:01 GMT <div>De Gans, Y.M.</div> Livability is a problem in vulnerable neighborhoods with much social housing. As housing corporations play an active role there, they may improve livability by improving community ties and increasing civic engagement. In doing so, housing corporations use e-participation to foster civic engagement. E-participation entails the usage of digital technology to facilitate civic engagement. Therefore, this study quantitatively investigated whether e-participation by housing corporations affects the civic engagement of tenants. In doing so, this study used a nested analysis. A quantitative large n analysis of tenants living in standard neighborhoods (n=415) is combined with a small n mixed methods analysis of an extreme case: neighborhood Het Lage Land (n=67). Using a linear regression for both analyses, this study assessed whether the outcomes of the model stayed the same in a vulnerable neighborhood. Interviews and qualitative survey data were used to explain the results of the small n analysis. The large n analysis found that e-participation is positively and significantly associated with both civic engagement, as well as intrinsic and extrinsic motivation. The small n analysis found no statistically significant results. Based on the qualitative data, e-participation does not work in Het Lage Land due to a lack of trust amongst tenants and the digital divide. In this neighborhood, tenants lack the digital proficiency to properly use e-participation. Furthermore, as community ties are bad, tenants do not help each other to use e-participation. When designing e-participation, policy makers should thus carefully consider whether this is suitable for the target group. https://thesis.eur.nl/pub/75512/ Mon, 01 Jul 2024 00:00:01 GMT <div>Ten Have, L.W.</div> In this master thesis research, a multimethod study was conducted about the state of the art on how artificial intelligence has changed the way people make art. In the literature and media, AI art raised many questions surrounding originality, novelty, authenticity, human connection, and creativity. This research aimed to explore further how AI has changed the creative work process of artists. A total of 23 artists websites were analysed, five in-depth interviews were conducted, and one field observation was done at the first AI gallery. Based on a thematic analysis, it became clear that all artists who create with AI or related technologies have a big interest for technology and have prior knowledge. Motivators for making art with AI could be divided in five categories: societal, scientific, technological, natural, human life, and knowledge motivations. Artists see working with AI as a collaboration and can be seen as co-creative. Next, it was also a way of addressing and criticizing the current socio-technological systems we live in. With this research, more information was gathered about using AI in the creative work process. It has shown that artists are aware about the possible negative implications of AI. In some way, artists have become more transparent about their process. Lastly, more understanding was created about concepts related to co-creativity and art entrepreneurship. Overall, artists saw technology as an extension to their toolbox, a new kind of collaboration, creating new art experiences, enhancing their own creativity, and an adaption to their creative work process. Keywords: artificial intelligence, art, art entrepreneurship, creativity, co-creativity, technology https://thesis.eur.nl/pub/75507/ Mon, 01 Jul 2024 00:00:01 GMT <div>Junod, P.R.F.C.</div> Automation technologies are increasingly reshaping organisational processes and workforce dynamics. This research investigates how employees engage in job crafting behaviour following the implementation of Robotic Process Automation (RPA) and Intelligent Document Processing (IDP) in organisational settings. Informed by qualitative interviews conducted in a global food manufacturing company, the study explores three dimensions of job crafting: task crafting, relational crafting, and cognitive crafting. The findings highlight task crafting as employees reshape their roles, reallocating time from routine tasks to more analytical and strategic activities. Conversely, relational crafting appears minimally affected, with RPA seen as enhancing task efficiency while preserving existing interpersonal dynamics. Furthermore, employees demonstrate cognitive crafting by optimistically embracing RPA to envision future automation enhancements that elevate job meaningfulness and broaden responsibilities. This study provides theoretical contributions by integrating automation and job crafting theory to better understand the impact of automation on job design. Moreover, it offers practical insights for organisations and employees seeking to effectively leverage technology to enhance workforce capabilities and adaptation strategies. https://thesis.eur.nl/pub/75513/ Mon, 01 Jul 2024 00:00:01 GMT <div>Baan, P.B.</div> The main aim of this study was to explore the relationship between individualism and attitudes towards digital state surveillance, through the framework of an individualism-collectivism dichotomy. More specifically, the ways in which privacy concerns and trust in national government influence this relationship were laid out. The sample consisted of 80 Dutch voting-age citizens. The study was conducted using an online survey and analyses included correlation- and moderation analyses. Results showed a positive correlation between individualism and negative surveillance attitudes, a negative correlation between collectivism and negative surveillance attitudes, and no correlation between individualism and collectivism. Privacy concerns were found to be a strong factor in determining negative surveillance attitudes among participants with high individualism-scores. Trust in national government had no moderating effect on the relationship between individualism and negative surveillance attitudes, although this result may have been influenced by poor methodology. Individualism and collectivism may not be part of the same dichotomy, as collectivist and individualist attitudes can be held concurrently. Individualism poses a significant challenge for the surveillance state, on a personal level and perhaps on a societal level, although the latter is not expanded upon in this study. Addressing privacy concerns may help policy makers overcome this challenge. Further research is needed to explore the relationship between individualism and digital state surveillance, and limitations of the current study can be overcome in future research. https://thesis.eur.nl/pub/75509/ Mon, 01 Jul 2024 00:00:01 GMT <div>Kaleta, A.</div> Microwork, a sub-type of platform labour, which encompasses the completion of online short, fragmented tasks via microworking platforms is notably absent from the discourse or the attempts to regulate the platform economy. Resembling the Marxist piece-wage model of employment, microwork pays per completed task, is fragmentary, removed from the bigger context, and location-independent. These conditions create difficulties in mobilising workers to fight for their rights and fall outside of the false self-employment regulatory focus. Following the institutional theory of dualisation, this paper argues that the precarious conditions experienced by microworkers can be attributed to the inequalities in the labour market as a whole. A thematic analysis of 45 interviews with microworkers from Germany, Portugal, and Spain showcases there are qualitative differences within the variety of microtasks available, and that on the level of the national economy, labour market outsiders tend to engage in qualitatively inferior tasks that offer lower pay and less secure working terms. Moreover, the insiders engaging in microwork are less vulnerable to experiencing the negative consequences of its risks. These results imply the need to address job insecurity and employment difficulties experienced in the secondary labour market sector, as well as the necessity of improving the quality of microwork in general. https://thesis.eur.nl/pub/75510/ Mon, 01 Jul 2024 00:00:01 GMT <div>Zwaan, L.B.</div> The healthcare system in the Netherlands faces significant challenges due to demographic changes, rising complex care needs, and chronic illnesses, with projected shortages of 155,000 healthcare personnel by 2032, necessitating alternative care delivery methods through digitalization and hybrid care models. Remote monitoring (RM) facilities this way of alternative care delivery. This study examines the digital transformation (DT) towards RM from the viewpoints of hospital middle managers. Focus lies on identifying tensions and paradoxes they encounter within the DT to RM. For this research, a case study was conducted in a top-clinical hospital in the Netherlands, in which sixteen semi-structured, qualitative interviews were held with primarily team- and department managers. The collected data was coded and analyzed with an inductive, grounded theory approach, following the Gioia method. This resulted in the identification of three tensions that middle managers encounter in the DT to RM, namely: aligning with doctors; balancing between quality and quantity; and temporal tensions. These three tensions are interwoven and visualized in a ‘tensional knot’, which highlights the complex position that the middle managers find themselves in during the DT to RM. The study's findings contribute to understanding the challenges of implementing RM in hospital settings. It shows that RM cannot be seen separately from the socio-technical system it is brought into, underscoring how DTs impact different relationships and balances, causing tensions and paradoxes. Moreover, the study offers insights for policymakers and healthcare leaders to better attune their approach of the DT to RM to the complexity of reality. https://thesis.eur.nl/pub/75511/ Mon, 01 Jul 2024 00:00:01 GMT <div>Köse, Z.</div> This study aims to explore the technology adoption among female SME owners in Turkey, utilizing the Individual Differences Theory (IDT) as the main theoretical framework. Adapting IDT, was originally developed for women working in IT sectors to the entrepreneurships context expanded the theory to include unique experiences of women entrepreneurs in technology adoption. Understanding these individual identity, individual influence and environmental factors shaping the technology adoption of female SME owners will contribute to existing policies and support programs regarding female entrepreneurs. 19 semi-structured interviews were conducted with 12 female SME owners and 7 experts. Using a combination of inductive and deductive methods, a thematic analysis was carried out to uncover the common themes and characteristics of female SME owners, as well as environmental factors affecting their technology adoption. The analysis shows that women can react differently to similar factors. They can overcome factors such as age and socio-economic background through characteristics like resilience and confidence. However, all participants are dependent on factors such as family support and financial resources. Also, the analysis showed that women value technologies that would serve society. Policy-makers should take these unique characteristics of women into account and follow strategies to reposition them as their strengths. This way women can be pioneers in areas such as green transition and waste utilization. Also, end to end support with an aim to fix the problems within the entrepreneurship system as a whole should be prioritised over positive discrimination, which should be directed to rural areas with deeper issues.