Research areas

International Human Resource Management, expatriation in profit and non-profit sectors (adjustment, performance, the role of host country nationals, the impact of social support), intercultural communication in hospitals.

Curriculum

Marian van Bakel graduated in International Business Communication at Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands. After her studies she was a Visiting Study Fellow at University of Oxford where she conducted a research on the adjustment of Dutch diplomats and their partners in London. In February 2012 she successfully defended her PhD thesis ‘In Touch with the Dutch’, in which she put expatriates in touch with a Dutch host to examine the effect of this contact on the success of the international assignment. During her PhD she also worked as in house communication consultant at Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre in Nijmegen, the Netherlands, and has done extensive voluntary work in the intercultural field for the Young Society of Intercultural Education, Training and Research (Young SIETAR). One of her projects was to co-edit and co-author A Suitcase Full of Discoveries (2008), an intercultural storybook for children.

Currently she is associate professor at the Department of Marketing and Management of the University of Southern Denmark. In her research she focuses on the various benefits of contact with locals for expatriates, both within and outside the workplace, and on how expatriates can more easily get in touch with locals as this can be difficult in certain countries.

Education

Ph.D. International Business Communication, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands (2012) 

MA International Business Communication, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands (2002)

Funding

In 2016 Marian van Bakel received 173.820DKK funding from Udlændinge-, Integrations- og Boligministeriet for the project ’Breaking out of the expat bubble: Connecting with a Danish colleague’ (www.sdu.dk/bubble). This was followed in 2019 by a Carlberg Foundation Monograph Fellowship (703.000DKK) to enable her to write a book about her long term research topic 'Breaking out of the Expat Bubble'. Furthermore, during her PhD research, Marian van Bakel received several subsidies to enable congress attendance (e.g. LifeLongLearning Programme, two times the Radboud University Nijmegen PhD Internationalisation Fund and a travel scholarship of Catharina van Tussenbroekfonds). In addition, a grant of Catharina van Tussenbroekfonds and Radboud University Nijmegen enabled a three month study visit in 2009 to Reading University (UK), University of Melbourne (Australia), and Victoria University Wellington (New Zealand) to present and discuss her research findings. In 2010 she has also received a scholarship for promising research by external PhD-candidates of the Faculty of Arts, Radboud University Nijmegen.

Research information

Marian van Bakel graduated in International Business Communication at Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands. After her studies she was a Visiting Study Fellow at University of Oxford where she conducted a research on the adjustment of Dutch diplomats and their partners in London. In February 2012 she successfully defended her PhD thesis ‘In Touch with the Dutch’, in which she put expatriates in touch with a Dutch host to examine the effect of this contact on the success of the international assignment. During her PhD she also worked as in house communication consultant at Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre in Nijmegen, the Netherlands, and has done extensive voluntary work in the intercultural field for the Young Society of Intercultural Education, Training and Research (Young SIETAR). One of her projects was to co-edit and co-author A Suitcase Full of Discoveries (2008), an intercultural storybook for children.

Currently she is a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Leadership and Corporate Strategy of the University of Southern Denmark. In her research she will focus on the various benefits of contact with locals for expatriates, both within and outside the workplace, and on how expatriates can more easily get in touch with locals as this can be difficult in certain countries.

Work experience

Postdoctoral researcher, University of Southern Denmark (2013-)

Postdoctoral researcher, Radboud University Nijmegen (2012-2013)

In house communication consultant, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre (2003-2013)

Supervisor, dept. of Business Communication, Radboud University Nijmegen (2007 and 2009)

Visiting Study Fellow, International Gender Studies Centre, University of Oxford (Oct 2002 - March 2003)

Academic study visits

March 2009: Prof. Dr. C. Ward, Centre for Applied Cross-cultural Research, Victoria University, NZ;

February 2009: Prof. Dr. A.W. Harzing, Department of Management, University of Melbourne, Australia;

January 2009: Prof. Dr. C.J. Brewster, Henley Business School, University of Reading, UK.


Education

MA International Business Communication, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands (2002)

Ph.D. International Business Communication, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands (2012)


Courses and training

Personal Leadership: Effective Intercultural Teamwork, 20 hour workshop Summer Institute for Intercultural Communication (SIIC), Portland, USA (July 2012);

Developing Cultures of Collaboration, 30 hour workshop SIIC, Portland, USA (July 2012);

China: Encountering the Culture of a Rising Power, 20 hour workshop SIIC, Portland, USA (July 2012);

Consulting skills, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen (March 2012);

Social Media, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen (February 2012);

Ph.D. course Global and Cross-Cultural Management, University of Aarhus (May 2006);

Training of Intercultural Trainers, Young SIETAR, Rotterdam, NL (November 2006);

Academic Writing, Radboud University Nijmegen, NL (October, 2004).


Funding

During her PhD research, Marian van Bakel has received several subsidies to enable congress attendance (e.g. LifeLongLearning Programme, two times the Radboud University Nijmegen PhD Internationalisation Fund and a travel scholarship of Catharina van Tussenbroekfonds). In addition, a grant of Catharina van Tussenbroekfonds and Radboud University Nijmegen enabled a three month study visit in 2009 to Reading University (UK), University of Melbourne (Australia), and Victoria University Wellington (New Zealand) to present and discuss her research findings. In 2010 she has also received a scholarship for promising research by external PhD-candidates of the Faculty of Arts, Radboud University Nijmegen.