Annelies E.M. van Vianen
CURRENT POSITION
Chair and Full professor Organizational Psychology
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
Annelies van Vianen obtained a MSc (1977) in Educational Psychology at the University of Leiden. From 1978 until 1988 she was appointed as contract researcher and senior researcher Work and Organizational Psychology at the University of Leiden, where she received her PhD in1987. During the following three years she was project manager at the department of industrial psychology, Dutch Post and Telecom Company. In 1990 she jointedthe work and organizational psychology program at the University of Amsterdam. She is professor since 2005. Her first chair (Career competencies in work and learning careers) was funded by the Nederlandse Stichting voor Psychotechniek (Dutch Psychotechnical Foundation) until September 2010. In addition, since 2007 she is full professor Organizational Psychology and since 2008 she is chair of the program group Work and Organizational Psychology. Van Vianen was the Editor of the Dutch scientific journal Gedrag en Organisatie (Behavior and Organization) and she is serving or has served in the editorial boards of Personnel Psychology, International Journal of Selection and Assessment, Academy of Management Journal, and Academy of Management Review. She is the (co)author of about 125 national and international articles, book chapters, and reviews on topics including personnel selection, person-organization fit, gender and work, and career development.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Research interests cover a broad area of issues in organizational and personnel psychology. Central to Van Vianen’s research is the interaction between persons and their environment. She studied this subject at different levels, i.e. the interaction and fit between: (1) individuals in teams (person-person fit), (2) individuals and their organization, and (3) individuals and the national culture they are employed in. Her current research projects concern: Determinants of people’s fit perceptions, organizational cultures, expatriation, the development of employees’ career competencies, gender differences in task-choice behaviors and adult attachment. Furthermore, she is interested in an evolutionaryapproach to people’s fit need and the development of organizational behaviors and cultures. Finally, she is involved in research on leadership.