The central RQ this thesis poses is: To what extent does the collaborative context in which leaders operate, shape their role perception and the leadership behaviors they employ? The collaborative...Show moreThe central RQ this thesis poses is: To what extent does the collaborative context in which leaders operate, shape their role perception and the leadership behaviors they employ? The collaborative context is that of population care within Dutch safety regions. Through use of a survey and consequetive interviews, this thesis finds that generally, leaders within collaborative governance structures use all leadership behaviors that are described by Yukl (2012), between which they alternate depending on the context. However, a slight preference towards relations-oriented, problem-solving and task-oriented behaviors is visible. Leaders view themselves as the linking pin (or Harlem's oil) that unite all parties and feel responsible for making sure that all parties involved contribute to the collaboration, aiming to secure a public good together.Show less
Network theory perceives mental disorders as a network of interconnected symptoms influencing each other instead of latent variables of a diagnosis. A similar approach is taken in inpatient...Show moreNetwork theory perceives mental disorders as a network of interconnected symptoms influencing each other instead of latent variables of a diagnosis. A similar approach is taken in inpatient treatment for substance use disorder (SUD) by treating the psychological factors and curating the contextual factors related to substance use. Since previous studies have found contextual, psychosocial, and mental health factors to influence SUD recovery and outcome, it is important to understand these inter-factor relations promoting successful and durable change. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate what role these factors play in a network of individuals in inpatient treatment for SUD. The difference between pre- and post-treatment was investigated and a distinction was made in networks of patients with and without personality disorder (PD) comorbidity at post-treatment. Data from 307 patients recruited from Norwegian treatment facilities was used. Contextual, psychosocial, and mental health factors were examined by estimating four regularized partial correlation networks (Pre-Treatment, Post Treatment, PD, Control) and their respective accuracy and stability bootstraps. Whereas, to test the differences between these networks the NetworkComparisonTest was performed. Results of all networks indicate strong connections between depression and anxiety, and between emotional, physical, and sexual abuse. Furthermore, the Post-Treatment and PD networks show connections between contextual factors and substance use thereby illustrating the importance of a curated environment. Further investigation of contextual, psychosocial, and mental health factors through employment of a network intervention analysis in longitudinal research is important to purposefully target mechanisms of change in treatment for SUD recovery.Show less
The present environmental crisis has put the public war between current right-wing authoritarian governs and whoever in the world is concerned about the environment in the international spotlight....Show moreThe present environmental crisis has put the public war between current right-wing authoritarian governs and whoever in the world is concerned about the environment in the international spotlight. Donald Trump’s withdrawal from the Paris Climate Accord, on June 1, 2017 and the recent refusal of Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro to stop the exploitation of Amazon illustrate the emergence of a situation in which the notions of territory and nation-state no longer sustain the reality of our shared planet. The more climate change, global warming and the environmental degradation haunt the Earth’s inhabitants, the more it seems that we break apart the world as if boundaries of exclusion could prevent what is inside from perishing. In this thesis, I argue that, in the core of this issue, dwell precisely our ‘notions’ and ‘concepts’—enclosed in the huge monolith of Western modern thinking. To confront the planetary crisis, one needs a new strategy to access these problems—that would not consist in simply applying a dialectical method of discussion, but instead deploying a multidimensional approach, capable of penetrating that Western bloc from all sides. By taking on the notion of networks—whether informatic, political and biological—I critically analyse this concept and introduce the framework of the ‘swarm’ that I used in my own artistic practice as a way to allow a multiplicity of viewpoints. The art project Game of Swarms, which explores mainly the fact that the individuals of swarms work together without a locus of control, provokes the audience to rethink our current political structures and use the narrative of the game to imagine new forms of making politics and a new way to think our relation to the world. The biological self-organised model of swarms comes as a tool to create new narratives to face today’s planetary crisis and foster a more sustainable way of thinking.Show less
