Marjolein Dennissen

193 About the author About the author Marjolein Dennissenwas born in Lelystad on January 5th, 1983. She started studying Psychology at Radboud University in 2001. She wrote her master’s thesis on the right-wing attitudes of Dutch youth and obtained her master’s degree in Culture- and Personality Psychology in 2007. After finishing her study, Marjolein worked for three years at Lincoln Smitweld in Nijmegen. In 2011, she obtained a second master’s degree in Organization Studies in the Organization of Cultural Diversity track at Tilburg University. Her master thesis project focused on the impact of the migrant hostile discourse on the experiences of employees with a Moroccan background, which resulted in a publication in Current Sociology in 2015, co-authored with Dr. Hans Siebers. In 2012, she started as junior researcher at the Behavioral Science Institute at Radboud University. She carried out a NWO funded review study on the impact of teachers on parental involvement together with Prof. Eddie Denessen, Dr. Joep Bakker and Dr. Helma Oolbekkink-Marchand. In December 2012, Marjolein started her PhD trajectory at the Institute for Management Research at Radboud University. Her project has resulted in two publications (open access) in British Journal of Management and Organization Studies, co-authored with Prof. Yvonne Benschop and Prof. Marieke van den Brink. A third paper is currently in the first round of review at Journal of Management Studies. Marjolein also participated in a number of international conferences and workshops, including the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion International Conference (2014, 2017), the European Group of Organization Studies (2014, 2018), the Copenhagen Business School Workshop on Leadership, Diversity and Inclusion (2016), the Academy of Management Meeting (2016), and the Critical Management Studies Conference (2017). She received a Best Paper Award at the 2014 Equality, Diversity and Inclusion International Conference, and was nominated for the Best Student Paper Award at the 2018 European Group of Organization Studies. In 2015, she was granted the Frye Stipendium , which is awarded to promising women researchers to stimulate their academic career. During her PhD, Marjolein was involved in many other activities. She organized seminars for the Junior Faculty Consortium, and the Hot Spot Gender and Power in Politics and Management, and was part of the organizing committee for the International Doctoral Consortium Critical Management Studies. Furthermore, she participated twice in the Researcher in the classroom-project, talking about her research with primary school pupils. In 2016, Marjolein worked as a researcher in the European FP 7 GARCIA project. Since 2018, Marjolein is working as an Assistant Professor Strategic Human Resource Management at the Institute for Management Research at Radboud University.