
Marleen Huysman
Biography
Marleen is director of the KIN Center for Digital Innovationat at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and is head of the department of Knowledge, Information and Innovation. She studied Sociology at the Erasmus University Rotterdam and has a PhD in Business Economics on the topic of Organizational Learning and IT at the VU University. <br />Marleen has been assistant professor at the department of Work and Organizational Psychology, TU Delft and associate professor Business Administration at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Since 2006 she holds a chair in Knowledge and Organization at the School of Business and Economics. Marleen has been visiting scholar during her PhD at Stanford and in 2000-2001 she was a visiting scholar at the Technology and Innovation Management (TIM) group at Harvard Business School. Marleen conducts research in the following overlapping fields of research, all related to the development and use of digital innovation: new ways of working, technology in practice, knowledge sharing, - coordinating, development and integration. Her research has been published in various international journals and books and is a frequent speaker at academic and professional meeting in the field.
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Publications
Waardenburg, L., Huysman, M. and Sergeeva, AnastasiaV. (2022). In the Land of the Blind, the One-Eyed Man Is King: Knowledge Brokerage in the Age of Learning Algorithms Organization Science, 33(1):59–82.
Pachidi, S., Berends, H., Faraj, S. and Huysman, M. (2021). Make way for the algorithms: Symbolic actions and change in a regime of knowing Organization Science, 32(1):18--41.
Porter, AmandaJ., Tuertscher, P. and Huysman, M. (2020). Saving Our Oceans: Scaling the Impact of Robust Action Through Crowdsourcing Journal of Management Studies, 57(2):246--286.
Kolb, DarlG., Dery, K., Huysman, M. and Metiu, A. (2020). Connectivity in and around Organizations: Waves, tensions and trade-offs Organization Studies, 41(12):1589--1599.
Sergeeva, AnastasiaV., Faraj, S. and Huysman, M. (2020). Losing Touch: An embodiment perspective on coordination in robotic surgery Organization Science, 31(5):1248--1271.
Soekijad, M., van den Hooff, B.J., Agterberg, L. and Huysman, M. (2011). Leading to learn in networks of practice: Two leadership strategies Organization Studies, 32(8):1005--1027.
Ferguson, J., Huysman, M. and Soekijad, M. (2010). Knowledge management in practice: Pitfalls and potentials for development World Development, 38(12):1797--1810.
Agterberg, L., van den Hooff, B.J., Huysman, M. and Soekijad, M. (2010). Keeping the wheels turning: The dynamics of managing networks of practice Journal of Management Studies, 47(1):85--108.
Huysman, M. (2004). Handbook of Organizational learning and Knowledge [Review of: M. Easterby-smith, M.A. Lyles (2004) Handbook of Organizational learning and Knowledge] Organization Studies, 25(3):481--496.