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prof. dr. Stefan Heusinkveld

Full Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Organization Sciences

Full Professor, Network Institute

Full Professor, Research Programmes - Social Sciences, Organization & Processes of Organizing in Society (OPOS)

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Stefan Heusinkveld is a Professor at the Department of Organization Sciences of Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. He obtained a PhD from the Radboud University Nijmegen with a dissertation on transience and persistence in management thinking. After his PhD he visited Durham University, the Stockholm School of Economics and Cardiff Business School. His current research concentrates on the translation of management ideas and practices with a special interest in studying the role of professions and occupations, management consultancies, management gurus [click here for article on Managementsite.nl], and the business media. He has published on these topics in journals such as Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, British Journal of Management, Human Relations, Human Resource Management Review, Information & Management, International Journal of Management Reviews, Journal of Health, Organization & Management, Journal of Management Studies, Journal of Professions and Organization, Management Learning, Organization Studies, Quality & Quantity, Scandinavian Journal of Management, and Technovation. He serves on the editorial boards of Organization, and Organization Studies and is co-editor of Journal of Professions and Organization. Stefan's work has also been published by Routlegde, Oxford University Press, and Cambridge University Press. His recent book De Managementideeënfabriek was nominated by the Ooa as book of the year 2018. Stefan was one of the lead coordinators of the EGOS standing Working Group on "Management, occupations and professions in social context".

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Heusinkveld, Stefan, Lucie Noury & Marlieke van Grinsven (2026), Translating professional-driven change: Agency, adaptation and impact across contexts. Sub-theme to the 42nd EGOS conference, July 9-11, Bergamo, Italy.
Heusinkveld, Stefan, Dimitrios Spyridonidis & Marlieke van Grinsven (2023), Translating leadership: Tensions contraditions and ambiguities. Sub-theme to the 39th EGOS conference, July 6-8, Cagliari, Italy.
Heusinkveld, Stefan, Daniel Muzio, Trish Reay, Andrew Sturdy, & Andreas Werr (2020-2021), Management, occupations and professions in social context. EGOS Standing Working Group - Extension.
Heusinkveld, Stefan, Hüseyin Leblebici, Daniel Muzio, Trish Reay, Andrew Sturdy, & Andreas Werr (2016-2019), Management, occupations and professions in social context. EGOS Standing Working Group.
Heusinkveld, Stefan, Daniel Muzio & Andreas Werr (2017), Management occupations and knowledge as a contestes terrain, Sub-theme to the 33rd EGOS conference, July 6-8, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Heusinkveld, Stefan, Andrew Sturdy & Andreas Werr (2015), Management expertise and advice in comparative perspectives, Sub-theme to the 31st EGOS conference, July 2-4, Athens, Greece.
Heusinkveld, Stefan, Andrew Sturdy & Andreas Werr (2014), The power of management experts in organizations and society, Sub-theme to the 30th EGOS conference, July 3–5, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Heusinkveld, Stefan, Andrew Sturdy & Andreas Werr (2013), Management occupations: Exploring boundaries and knowledge flows, Sub-theme to the 29th EGOS conference, July 4–6, Montréal, Canada.
Heusinkveld, Stefan, Andrew Sturdy & Andreas Werr (2012), Management consulting: Exploring the boundaries and alternatives, Sub-theme to the 28th EGOS conference, July 5-7 Helsinki, Finland.
Heusinkveld, Stefan, Andrew Sturdy & Andreas Werr (2011), Management innovators and management ideas, Sub-theme to the 27th EGOS conference, July 7-9 Gothenburg, Sweden.
Heusinkveld, Stefan, Andrew Sturdy & Andreas Werr (2008), The (co-)consumption of management ideas and practices, Sub-theme to the 24th EGOS Conference, July 10-12, Amsterdam. Related Special Issue (2011) Management Learning: The Co-consumption of Management Ideas and Practices, Volume 42, issue 2.