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Is Management Interdisciplinary? The Evolution of Management as an Interdisciplinary Field of Research and Education in the Netherlands

van Baalen, van Baalen, P.J.; Karsten, Karsten, L. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2007

Management research and education are often characterized as being interdisciplinary. However, most discussions on what … and education prevailed. …

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The Social Shaping of the early Dutch Management Schools - Professions and the power of Abstraction

van Baalen, van Baalen, P.J.; Karsten, Karsten, L. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2004

century. We argue that these schools were not just responses of the higher education system to the demand of industrializing … legitimize their position in the higher education system, abstraction appeared to be the dominant strategy of the professions. By … the moment the new professions had a foot in the higher education system the engineers and the accountants contested for …

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Strategies for Dealing with Drift during Implementation of ERP Systems

van Baalen, van Baalen, P.J.; van Fenema, van Fenema, P.C. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2005

Research on the relationship between Information Technology (IT) and organizations emphasizes the complexity of adaptation processes and the potential of drifting. Drifting means that an organization encounters unexpected circumstances that show the incompleteness and possible failure of an...

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Faculty Retention factors at European Business Schools. How Deans and Faculty Perceptions Differ.

Moratis, L.; van Baalen, van Baalen, P.J.; Teunter, … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2005

Developments in the management education environment present business schools with several challenges. Among these …

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Knowledge sharing in an Emerging Network of Practice: The Role of a Knowledge Portal

Bloemhof-Ruwaard, Jacqueline Bloemhof; van Baalen, van … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2005

This article addresses the emergence of networks of practice and the role of knowledge sharing via knowledge portals. Its focus is on factors that stimulate the successful emergence of networks of practice. Literature on knowledge management and communities of practice suggest the preexistence...

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The Importance of Sociality for Understanding Knowledge Sharing Processes in Organizational Contexts

Boer, N.I.; van Baalen, van Baalen, P.J.; Kumar, Kumar, K. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2002

This paper explores how different models of sociality can contribute to a better understanding of the dynamics of knowledge sharing within different organizational settings. It is asserted that the dynamics of knowledge sharing is organized according to a mix of four relational models...

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Multiple Inclusion and Community Networks

Bogenrieder, Bogenrieder, I.M.; van Baalen, van Baalen, P.J. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2004

Community membership has changed over the last decades. Most people participate in different communities simultaneously in order to satisfy different individual interests. This network individualism might threaten the sustainability of modern communities, like communities of practice (CoPs). In...

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