About Arjen van Witteloostuijn

Arjen van Witteloostuijn is Professor of Business and Economics at the Vrije Universiteit (VU) Amsterdam and Dean of the VU School of Business and Economics in the Netherlands, as well as Research Professor in Business, Economics and Governance at the University of Antwerp and Antwerp Management School in Belgium. In the 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, and 2010s, he was affiliated with the University of Groningen, University Maastricht, Tilburg University and Utrecht University (all four the Netherlands), and Cardiff University and Durham University (both in the United Kingdom), and he visited New York University (the US) and Warwick Business School (the UK). He holds degrees in Business, Economics and Psychology.

He is (former) member of the editorial board of, e.g., the, Academy Management Journal, Cross-Cultural and Strategic Management, British Journal of Management, Industrial and Corporate Change, Journal of International Business Studies, Organization Studies and Strategic Organization. He was/is member of the Economic Advisory Council of the Dutch Parliament and the Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences (KNAW), and Fellow of the Academy of International Business (AIB).

He has published widely in such international journals as the Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Accounting, Organizations & Society, American Journal of Political Science, American Journal of Sociology, American Sociological Review, British Journal of Political Science, Economica, Industrial Relations, International Journal of Industrial Organization, Journal of Business Venturing, Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of Management, Journal of Management Studies, Journal of Organizational Behavior, Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, Management Science, Organization Science, Organization Studies, Personality and Individual Differences, Public Administration Review, and Strategic Management Journal. He strongly believes in work that crosses multiple disciplines.