Nicolaas Blom
Biographic Data
| ID | 6884714 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nicolaas Blom |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nicolaas |
| FAMILY NAME | Blom |
| SIGNATURE | BLOM N |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Limerick |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6919-8380 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
A Scoping Review of Followership Literature in Compulsory Schooling Contexts
This scoping review examines 61 peer-reviewed studies (1984–2024) on followership in compulsory schooling to map existing research and highlight future research areas. Findings show a predominance of quantitative studies, with limited attention to relational and co-constructive frameworks. Middle leadership and cross-cultural contexts are underrepresented. The review highlights a lack of focus on building followership capacity and its impact on s…
Leadership development as a missed opportunity in design and technology education
One of the purposes of Design and Technology Education (DTE) in schools has traditionally been the development of students’ technological capability. While this purpose remains valuable, I argue that there is a missed opportunity to make explicit the socio-technological leadership capacities already implicated in technological activity. Drawing on leadership theory, research in engineering education, and perspectives from the philosophy of techno…
School leaders' experiences and perceptions of the movement of Ukrainian child refugees into Irish schools
In March 2022, Ireland's minister for education announced that Irish schools were taking in student refugees from the Ukraine. This study explores Irish school leaders' experiences of this transition through qualitative research incorporating semi-structured interviews with six school leaders. Findings reveal a phased process focussing initially on introducing students to the school community followed by the introduction of students into the scho…
Students’ perceptions of the nature of technology and its relationship with science following an integrated curriculum
The increased emphasis on implementing effective integrated STEM education calls for in-depth student understanding of the nature of each separate discipline. This study examined how South African Grade 9 and 10 students who had completed ‘Natural Sciences and Technology’ as a school subject, perceived technology and its relationship with science in a South African context. Data were collected using a questionnaire with open-ended and Likert-type…
An Exploration of Leadership in Post-Primary Schools
The focus of this research was to explore school leadership in post-primary schools using an adapted Schmidt Toxic Leadership Scale ©, which the authors recalibrated to examine both constructive and destructive leadership, the impact on individuals professional and personal lives, and on staff morale. Using a mixed methods approach, data were collected from 111 teaching professionals via online survey. Findings indicated a notable emergence of to…
The Dark Side of School Culture
The extant literature evidences the link between incivility and workplace culture. Both have a symbiotic relationship whereby a change in one influences the other. When workplace cultures develop dysfunctional values and beliefs, negative traditions, and caustic ways of interacting, they have become “toxic cultures.” This study examined Irish post-primary school teachers’ experiences of incivility and toxic culture in the workplace through in-dep…
The Dark Side of School Culture
The extant literature evidences the link between incivility and workplace culture. Both have a symbiotic relationship whereby a change in one influences the other. When workplace cultures develop dysfunctional values and beliefs, negative traditions, and caustic ways of interacting, they have become “toxic cultures.” This study examined Irish post-primary school teachers’ experiences of incivility and toxic culture in the workplace through in-dep…
Students’ perceptions of the nature of technology and its relationship with science following an integrated curriculum
The increased emphasis on implementing effective integrated STEM education calls for in-depth student understanding of the nature of each separate discipline. This study examined how South African Grade 9 and 10 students who had completed ‘Natural Sciences and Technology’ as a school subject, perceived technology and its relationship with science in a South African context. Data were collected using a questionnaire with open-ended and Likert-type…
An Exploration of Leadership in Post-Primary Schools
The focus of this research was to explore school leadership in post-primary schools using an adapted Schmidt Toxic Leadership Scale ©, which the authors recalibrated to examine both constructive and destructive leadership, the impact on individuals professional and personal lives, and on staff morale. Using a mixed methods approach, data were collected from 111 teaching professionals via online survey. Findings indicated a notable emergence of to…
The Dark Side of School Culture
The extant literature evidences the link between incivility and workplace culture. Both have a symbiotic relationship whereby a change in one influences the other. When workplace cultures develop dysfunctional values and beliefs, negative traditions, and caustic ways of interacting, they have become “toxic cultures.” This study examined Irish post-primary school teachers’ experiences of incivility and toxic culture in the workplace through in-dep…
School leaders' experiences and perceptions of the movement of Ukrainian child refugees into Irish schools
In March 2022, Ireland's minister for education announced that Irish schools were taking in student refugees from the Ukraine. This study explores Irish school leaders' experiences of this transition through qualitative research incorporating semi-structured interviews with six school leaders. Findings reveal a phased process focussing initially on introducing students to the school community followed by the introduction of students into the scho…
A Scoping Review of Followership Literature in Compulsory Schooling Contexts
This scoping review examines 61 peer-reviewed studies (1984–2024) on followership in compulsory schooling to map existing research and highlight future research areas. Findings show a predominance of quantitative studies, with limited attention to relational and co-constructive frameworks. Middle leadership and cross-cultural contexts are underrepresented. The review highlights a lack of focus on building followership capacity and its impact on s…
Leadership development as a missed opportunity in design and technology education
One of the purposes of Design and Technology Education (DTE) in schools has traditionally been the development of students’ technological capability. While this purpose remains valuable, I argue that there is a missed opportunity to make explicit the socio-technological leadership capacities already implicated in technological activity. Drawing on leadership theory, research in engineering education, and perspectives from the philosophy of techno…
Psychology (4 works) · Pedagogy (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Clinical Psychology (2 works) · Clinical Psychology (2 works) · Curriculum (2 works) · Educational leadership (2 works) · Irish (2 works) · Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior (2 works) · Perception (2 works)