MARILIEKE ENGBERS
Organizational Behaviour Dissertation title How the unsaid shapes decision-making in boards: A reflexive exploration of paradigms in the boardroom Date and location October 14, 2020 at 11:45 in the Aula of the Main Building of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Life registration on: http://www.youtube.com/VUBeadlesOffice |
How the unsaid shapes decision-making in boards: A reflexive exploration of paradigms in the boardroom

This dissertation offers an emerging explanation of 1) how taken for granted and automatic, socio-cognitive processes between board members shape board decision-making; 2) how board members who consider their governance paradigm objective - and therefore, are considered paradigm-attached - enact a spiral of unsaid when they try to manage silent conflicts through informal decision-making 3) how four silence climates shape four different levels of cohesiveness and cognitive conflict towards board effectiveness and 4) how being aware of different levels of consciousness and perspective is required to investigate ‘taken for granted assumptions’ as well as automatic behavior in boards.
Short biography:
Marilieke Engbers (1969) completed her PhD at the School of Business and Economics at the VU University Amsterdam. She combines her lectures on strategy realization for the VU Finance and Control Program with consulting work for Reconsulting on board effectiveness, self-evaluations, strategy and leadership. During her PhD Marilieke was assigned by the Housing Associations Authority to research how board’s monitor the risks of long tenured CEO’s. She published the report ‘Kracht en Tegenkracht’ in 2019.