Van Dun Desiree Hermina
Professore Associato
Desirée van Dun is Associate Professor Leadership and Teamwork for Industry 5.0 Transformation. She obtained a cum laude PhD in 2015, which received various (inter)national awards including the Emerald/EFMD Best Dissertation Award in Operations Management. Between 2017 and 2025 she was Assistant and Associate Professor at University of Twente and a visiting researcher at Cardiff Business School, UK. Prior she worked 10 years as a management consultant. She is Managing Editor at International Journal of Operations & Production Management and Associate Editor at Creativity and Innovation Management. She also serves as the 2026 Division Chair Elect of the Academy of Management’s OSCM Division.
Carriera
PHD: Organisational Behaviour and Operations Management, University of Twente the Netherlands.
Master of Science: Business Administration, University of Twente the Netherlands.
Ricerca
Desirée van Dun studies effective human behavioural dynamics for digital and green organizational transformation (Industry 5.0). She pioneers high-tech field research methods like video observation and arousal data collection during real meetings, similar to those found in DIG’s Marco Garetti CORE and BRIEL labs. As an engaged scholar, she collaborates with organizations to contribute practically-relevant academic research (and education). Her academic work has appeared in management journals such as the International Review of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, International Journal of Operations & Production Management, Production Planning and Control, European Management Journal, Creativity and Innovation Management, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, and International Journal of Qualitative Methods.
Pubblicazioni Selezionate
Selected publications:
Van Dun, D. H., Weritz, P., & Kumar, M. (in press/2026). How leadership enhances absorptive capacity for Industry 4.0 technology adoption through social integration mechanisms. International Journal of Operations & Production Management.
Franken, J., Van Dun, D. H., & Wilderom, C. P. M. (2024). High-quality improvement processes through raising awareness of group-members’ problem-solving preferences. International Journal of Operations & Production Management, 44(13), 335-363. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOPM-10-2023-0845
Van Dun, D. H., & Kumar, M. (2023). Social enablers of Industry 4.0 technology adoption: Transformational leadership and emotional intelligence. International Journal of Operations & Production Management, 43(13), 152-182.https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOPM-06-2022-0370
Van Dun, D. H., & Wilderom C. P. M. (2021). Improving high lean team performance through aligned behaviour-value patterns and coactive vicarious learning-by-doing. International Journal of Operations & Production Management, 41(13), 65-99.https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOPM-11-2020-0809
Van Dun, D. H., Hicks, J. N., & Wilderom, C. P. M. (2017). Values and behaviors of effective lean managers: Mixed-methods exploratory research. European Management Journal, 35(2), 174-186. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.emj.2016.05.001
Premi e riconoscimenti
2025 Shingo Publication Award for the edited collection A Research Agenda for Lean Management to which I contributed chapter 10, title: “Leading lean transformations: Towards a 3D view of lean leadership”
2024 Shingo Research Award for the 2017 article “Values and behaviors of effective lean managers: Mixed-methods exploratory research”, published in European Management Journal
2020 EurOMA Best Student Paper Award Runner-Up, with José Franken as first author. Paper title: “Video-based objective measurement of problem-solving process quality in kaizen teams”
2019 Best Developmental Paper Award, Strategy-as-Practice track, British Academy of Management, United Kingdom, with Floor Slagter as first author. Paper title: “The middle managerial process of strategically aligning work-floor employees: An exploratory study”
2017 Shingo Research Award for the edited collection The Routledge Companion to Lean Management to which I contributed chapter 10, title: “Lean Teams”
2016 Best PhD Dissertation of the University of Twente Award (Overijssel PhD Award), on behalf of the Province of Overijssel and the UT, the Netherlands
2015 Emerald/EFMD Outstanding Doctoral Research Award in the Operations and Production Management category
2015 Best Student Paper Award in the Operations Management Division of the Annual Academy of Management Meeting, Vancouver, Canada. Paper title: “Governing highly performing lean team behaviors: A mixed-methods longitudinal study”
2010 Runner-up Best Student Paper Award, Operations Management Division of the Annual Academy of Management Meeting, Montréal, Canada. Paper title: “What are the values and behaviors of effective lean leaders?”
Servizio alla comunità
2025-current - Managing Co-editor International Journal of Operations & Production Management
2023-current - Associate Editor Creativity and Innovation Management (including Guest Editor of the Special Issue“Bridging innovation and sustainability management research: theoretical and managerial challenges and opportunities”)
2024-current - Elected Board Member, Academy of Management Operations & Supply Chain Management (OSCM) Division, current role: 2026 Division Chair Elect and Sponsorship, past roles: 2025 Program Chair and 2024 PDW Chair
2023-current - Editorial Review Board Journal of Supply Chain Management
2020-2021 - Co-coordinator of the Academy of Management, OSCM division Joint Junior Faculty & Doctoral Student Consortium 2020 and 2021 edition with in total 60 young scholar participants
2017-2023 - Board Member Academy of Management OSCM division, in the roles of Communications Coordinator, Newsletter Editor, and Membership Committee member