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Dr. M.van Vuuren, Mark

Expertise

·	Organizational communication

·	Motivation, Identification, Commitment

·	Job crafting

·	sensemaking

·	Leadership

Research

Marks main research interest includes communication, specifically in the context of organizations. He studies work meaning and the ways people make sense of the content and significance of their work. This leads to research projects on (professional) identity dynamics, work relatonships, identification processes during change (e.g. mergers), job crafting en ‘healthy organizations.’

Further, he is interested in philosophy of science, again primarily within the context of communication studies. Research projects and paradigms include: history of ideas, actor-network theory, social constructionism, storytelling, Martin Buber and life history.

PhD supervision

Anne Marie Lohuis – Solution Focused Work and Professional Identities (chair: prof. dr. Ernst Bohlmeijer).

Suzanne Janssen – Developmental networks and informal mentoring (chair: prof. dr. Menno de Jong).

Guido Rijnja – Resistance and deception in governmental agencies. (chair: prof. dr. Erwin Seydel).

Henk Stoorvogel - Homiletics and communication. (chair: prof. dr. Menno de Jong; co-promotor: dr. ir. Bernard Veldkamp).

Awards

2011 Recipient Best Teacher Award Communication Studies

2010 Nominated Best Teacher Award University of Twente

2010 Recipient Best Teacher Award Communication Studies

2008 Recipient Best Teacher Award University of Twente

2008 Outstanding Paper Award , Emerald Literari Network ~ Corporate Communications: An International Journal (bes article in CCIJ 2008)

2007 Recipient Best Teacher Award Communication Studies

2006 Winnaar "Excellent Teaching by a Graduate Student" Award, presented by the Instructional and Developmental Division of the International Communication Association

2004 Recipient Best Teacher Award Communication Studies

Positions & Memberships

·	Mastertrack-coordinator Corporate & Organizational Communication (2010 - )

·	Member Educational committee Communication Studies (2001 - )

·	Member of the Board department Communication Studies (2010 - )

·	Member ‘Taksforce Onderwijsvernieuwing Bacheloropleidingen Universiteit Twente’ (chaired by rector magnificus prof. dr. Ed Brinksma) (2011- )

·	Scientific advisor ‘Domein van de Duurzaamheid’ (Vianen) (2011- )

·	Teacher Top-course Communication Vd Hilst (2010- )

·	Member Editorial board Corporate Communications: An international Journal (2008- )

·	Guest editor CCIJ: Elving, W.J.L., & Van Vuuren, M. (2008). Communication and organizational change. Special Issue Corporate Communications: An international journal.

·	Member Raad van Advies Athletes in Action Nederland (2002-2007)

·	Member International Communication Association

·	Member of the ICA Task Force on Political Engagement (International Communication Association. Taskforce chaired by Prof. Sandra Braman, University of Winconsin-Milwaukee, USA) (2010-2011)

·	Member Academy of Management

·	Member Netherlands School of Communication Research

Keynotes

Van Vuuren, M. (2011). Turns in the road: new developments in leadership research and practice. ABS Executive Master Communication Summer School, Faaborg, Denmark, August.

Van Vuuren, M. (2011). Medewerkers binden en verbinden. Keynote Praktijkcongres Interne Communicatie. Bussum, 19 april.

Van Vuuren, M. (2009). Work meaning in stigmatized occupations. OUREPO, Université de Montreal, Montreal, Canada, April.

Van Vuuren, M. (2008). Direct and indirect effects of supervisor communication on organizational commitment: on a paper, energy, dirty work and more. Keynote presented at the Corporate Communication Institute Conference, Wroxton, England, May.

Van Vuuren, M. (2008). Communication implications of Positive Organizational Scholarship. Invited lecture for Aarhus Business School, Denmark, Executive Masters of Corporate Communication, Amsterdam August.

International experience

2011 Visiting Professor, Aarhus Business School, Denmark (August)

2009 Visiting professor, Departement de Communication, Université de Montréal, Canada (March-August)

Scientific publications

Accepted

Van Vuuren, M. (in press). Merger, she wrote: : Improvising on the script of identification processes during mergers. Advances in Mergers & Acquisitions, Vol. 10.

Wamsteeker, A., & Van Vuuren, M. (in press). Impliciete en expliciete communicatiestrategieën tijdens organisatieveranderingen: Een casestudie naar de implementatie van een shared service center binnen de publieke sector. Tijdschrift voor Communicatiewetenschap. [ISI]

Janssen, S., Van Dalfsen, C., Van Hoof, J., & Van Vuuren, M. (in press). Balancing Uniqueness and Similarity in Corporate Stories: A Content Analysis of Textual Characteristics. Public Relations Review. [ISI]

2011

Elving, W. J. L. & Van Vuuren, M. (2011). Beyond Identity Washing: Corporate Social

Responsibility in an Age of Skepticism. Slovenian Scientific Journal of Marketing, 17, 49-56.

2010

Van Vuuren, M., & Cooren, F. (2010). ‘My attitude made me do it’: Considering the agency of attitudes. Human Studies, 33, 85-101. [ISI]

Van Vuuren, M., Beelen, P., & De Jong, M. (2010). Speaking of dominance, status differences, and identification: Making sense of a merger. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 83, 627-643. [ISI]

Van Vuuren, M. & Westerhof, G.J. (2010). Alledaagse zingeving: een communicatieperspectief op betekenisvol werk. Tijdschrift voor gerontologie en geriatrie, 41, suppl.

2008

Van Vuuren, M. & Elving, W.J.L. (2008). Communication, sensemaking and change as a chord of three strands: Practical implications and a research agenda for communicating organizational change. Corporate Communications: An international journal, 13, 349-359.

Elving, W.J.L., & Van Vuuren, M. (2008). Communication and organizational change. Special Issue Corporate Communications: An international journal.

Van Vuuren, M., De Jong, M. D. T., & Seydel, E. R. (2008). Contributions of self and organisational efficacy expectations to commitment: a fourfold typology. Employee Relations, 30, 142-155.

Van Vuuren, M., Veldkamp, B. P., De Jong, M. D. T., & Seydel, E. R. (2008). Why work? Aligning foci and dimensions of commitment along the axes of the Competing Values Framework. Personnel Review, 37, 47-65. [ISI]

Van Vuuren, M., De Jong, M. D. T., & Seydel, E. R. (2008). ‘Commitment with or without a stick of paid work’: comparison of paid and unpaid workers in a non-profit organization. European Journal of Work & Organizational Psychology, 17, 315-326. [ISI]

Van Vuuren, M., Veldkamp, B. P., De Jong, M. D. T., & Seydel, E. R. (2008). The congruence of actual and perceived person-organization fit. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 18, 1736-1747. [ISI]

2007

Van Vuuren, M., De Jong, M. D. T., & Seydel, E. R. (2007). Direct and indirect effects of supervisor communication on organizational commitment. Corporate Communications: An international journal, 12, 116-128. Outstanding paper award CCIJ 2008.

2006

Van Vuuren, M. (2006). Why Work? The contribution of value perceptions and efficacy expectations to organizational commitment. Enschede: University of Twente. ISBN 90-365-2406-7 (Dissertatie)

Specialist publications

Van Vuuren, M. (in press). In goede banen leiden: Job crafting voor en door managers. Leadership.

Van Vuuren, M., & Dorenbosch, L. (2011). Mooi Werk: naar een betere baan zonder weg te gaan. Amsterdam: Boom. ISBN 97-894-610-547-84

Van Vuuren, M. (2008). Followership. Leadership, 3 (3), 54-58.

Van Vuuren, M. (2007). Niet alleen voor de communicatiespecialist [boekbespreking van E. Reijnders, Interne Communicatie voor de professional, naar een interactievisie]. Openbaar Bestuur, jaargang 17, nummer 1 (januari), p. 32

Van Vuuren, M. (2007). Via de band: de onzichtbare brug tussen communicatie en commitment. Interne Communicatie, 6(1), 10-12.

Van Vuuren, M. (2007). Leiderschap en de botsing van persoonlijkheden. Leadership, 2 (2), 8-13.

Van Vuuren, M. (2007). Nieuwe wegen, gebaande paden [Bespreking van het boek Nieuwe aanpak in Overheidscommunicatie: mythen, misverstanden en mogelijkheden]. Openbaar Bestuur, jaargang 10, nummer 10, (oktober), p. 29.

Van Vuuren, M. (2004). Over interpretatie: identiteit en cultuur in organisaties. Beweging 68 (2, zomer), 32-35. -239.

Van Vuuren, M. (2003). Identiteitsbeleid. In G. Buijs (Red.), Wat je zegt, ben je zelf: identiteit in christelijke organisaties, p. 92-101.

Van Vuuren, M. (2001) [Recensie van:] Rebel, H.J. Communicatiebeleid en communicatiestrategie. Amsterdam: Boom. Tijdschrift voor Communicatiewetenschap.