Contesting the dominant narrative: expanding the multistory cultural change approach Available to Purchase

Martijn van Ooijen MSc, BA, PhD, Researcher of Cultural Change, Faculty of Social Science, Dept. of Organization Science at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. First, the PhD research aims to generate in-depth insight in the narrative struggle of change urgencies and second, how narrative development contributes to change processes. Martijn also works as a self-employed change consultant within the professional network of Kessels & Smit, The Learning Company.

Dr Antonie van Nistelrooij is Assistant Professor Organization Development and Change, at the Dept. of Organization Studies, at the VU University Amsterdam. Besides his work for the university he is Senior Management Consultant in facilitating dialogical change processes and Lecturer in several Dutch MBA studies on the subject of Management and Organizational Change.

Marcel Veenswijk is Professor in Management of Cultural Change, Dept. of Organization Science at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. He publishes on cultural change, institutional transformation and innovation processes, especially in the context of public sector organizations. The work of his research group addresses the tensions between institutionalized structures and individual agency, the changing norms in institutional fields, the establishment of newly emerging fields, the breakdown or cut across institutionalized boundaries and the micro-processes of conflict and identity formation. Veenswijk has been project leader in a large variety of (externally financed) research projects.