de Droog, Mieke

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Interim Rector, Lecturer, Program Manager Bachelor OGM, and Program Director of the *GG&L
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Last updated February 6, 2025
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Mieke de Droog is the Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Science (FAS), Program Manager of the Bachelor Organization Governance & Management (OGM), and Program Director of the Aruba Institute of Good Governance & Leadership (*GG&L) at the University of Aruba. She is also a lecturer in the OGM program since 2009. Additionally, she is the Chair Faculty Council of FAS and the Chair OGM Program Committee. Furthermore, she collectively developed the curriculum of the OGM program and the program's quality assurance. Her tasks include thesis coordination and guidance, research, and social services activities. Mieke is an experienced organizer. She was 16 years director of the FAVI, the foundation for visually impaired and blind persons of all ages in Aruba. Mieke holds a Ph.D. and an MA in public administration and organizational sciences from the University of Utrecht. She has a Bachelor's in social work. She also holds several teaching certifications including Basic Examination Qualification (BKE), FAS Minitraining, and is currently pursuing the Certificate basic University teaching qualification (BKO). Mieke is flexible, communicative, proactive and enthusiastic, a creative leader, manager, lecturer, team player, and researcher. Her research interests are in the field of organizing quality in Small Island States, with a focus on well-being, inclusion, enhancement of public services, collaboration, and sustainability (geared towards SDG goals 3, 4, 10, 11, 16, and 17). Furthermore, her research design and methods include interpretive, and qualitative, making use of in-depth interviewing, focus group sessions, and participant observation.

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    Towards a Kingdom Mobility Program in Higher Education. Proposal for a three-year pilot program in the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
    (Universiteit Utrecht, 2020) Bakker, Wieger; de Droog, Mieke; Grievink, B.; Keuning, M.; Olthof, M.
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    Seeing through their eyes. Providing a more powerful public service for persons with a visual impairment in Aruba
    (InderScience Online, 2021) de Droog, Mieke
    What does a front-line service provider or policy worker know of persons with a visual impairment? How can he/she empathise with clients with such an impairment? The purpose of the current research is to gain insight into how to provide more valuable public service to visually impaired residents of Aruba. Qualitative in-depth interviews were conducted with 32 respondents. The focus was on their day-to-day constructions of reality, taking in account both their life stories and the specific context. The data showed that emphatic, attentive interventions, acknowledging the value of experiences of persons with a visual impairment contribute to more powerful public service. Essential factors affecting experiences are the quality of the relations and encounters with front-line service providers and agencies due to helping and non-helping behaviour. Respect for differences between people and their own choices is essential in these interventions and the verbal and non-verbal behaviour of front-line workers.
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    Perceptions and implications of implicit gender bias in the hotel sector in Aruba
    (Emerald Insight, 2024) Jadnanansing, Madhu; DiPietro, Robin; de Droog, Mieke
    Purpose: This study aimed to collect data on the perception of top executive women in the Aruban hotel sector regarding implicit gender bias. Design/methodology/approach: A qualitative study on the metacognitive processes of awareness, evaluation and autocorrection was utilized. Through purposive sampling women in the top two leadership levels in Aruba Hotel and Tourism Association (AHATA) member-hotels were selected. Findings: Results showed that a third of the top female executives experienced implicit gender bias career barriers. Different types of bias were identified such as: judgments regarding pregnancy, unequal pay and obstructions by the male general manager. How the women dealt with this bias depended on the type of bias and their personality. The identification of bias and its effects on the career trajectory were also influenced by characteristics of the work setting such as the size of the hotel and functional area. Research limitations/implications: The research limitations include the chosen scope, the impediment of the generalizability of the findings due to the nature of the study, self-perceived data and possible researcher and respondent bias. Practical implications This study added to the existing body of leadership development literature with a focus on the effects of implicit bias on female leadership advancement. Some specific theoretical concepts that were combined in this study are organizational leadership, metacognition and the unconscious mind. The important role of personality was also confirmed in this study however one element that stood out in the current study was the effect of resilience in overcoming perceived barriers and attaining personal career goals. Suggestions and directions for future research are provided. Originality/value Despite the fact that gender bias was not observed in an explicit form, participants advised to be aware of the existence and effects of the implicit form and to seek education and guidance from female mentors and to remain goal oriented when confronted with this bias. Since female under-representation in senior leadership positions in other economic sectors is not observed this advice serves as a significant practical implication for the development of female leadership in this important sector in Aruba.
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    Context – Goal – Method – Outcome: Alignment in Citizen Science project design and its relation to supporting the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
    (Citizen Science Association, 2023) de Agustin Camacho, Alba; Van Petegem, Wim; de Droog, Mieke; Jacobs, Lies
    Citizen science (CS) is a diverse practice, with projects emphasizing scientific and/or democratization goals. While the integration of both goals is advocated for sustainability transitions, this implies contextualized methodological choices. This contribution presents an instrument to explore methodological choices in relation to project goals and context, linking these patterns to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). By way of a PRISMA scoping review, case studies implemented in the Global North (GN) or Global South (GS) were selected and categorized using the instrument to identify notable patterns. GN projects are generally published by GN authors and can predominantly be linked to productivity goals relating to SDGs on biodiversity (SDGs 14, 15). In contrast, GS projects are commonly associated with diverse co-author groups that focus on democratization and/or productivity, and prioritize SDGs on agriculture, health, sustainable communities, and climate change (SDGs 2, 3, 11, 13). The analyzed case studies could contribute directly to three SDG indicators and indirectly to 22. Methodological choices regarding project goals and themes translate into variations in participant selection and recruitment, contribution types, and project outcomes. Further, project design and outcomes can be linked to co-authorships, with larger teams typically associated with co-created projects which in turn focus on democratization or democratization and productivity goals, and produce a wide diversity of outcomes. Qualitative information extracted from the investigated papers was used to contextualize the relevance of combining productivity and democratization goals as well as the related challenges of harmonizing different interests and of resource limitations as well as other project constraints.