Ad v a n I t e r s o n a.vaniterson@os.unimaas.nl
Ad v a n I t e r s o n a.vaniterson@os.unimaas.nl
My new novel
De Citoyenne ("The Citizeness")
is out! (Nieuw Amsterdam Uitgevers):
"A fascinating read"- Meuse-Rhine Journal
"Reminiscent of Germinal" - HP/De Tijd
"An intriguing portrait of Maastricht anno 1867, a sparkling city where people from all directions flock together" - Radio Netherlands
I divide "my" working hours between academic research and teaching, and fiction/faction writing (novels, columns)
Academic work: I am an associate professor at the Department of Organization and Strategy, Maastricht University (P.O. Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands). After my study, I worked for several years at the sociological department of the University of Amsterdam, especially in the field of the sociology of culture. Furthermore, I worked as a personal secretary of the English-German sociologist, Norbert Elias.
My dissertation
involved a study of cultural and institutional
aspects of
organizational design and labour discipline in the early factory system, based on the case of
the Maastricht glass-, crystal- and pottery factories of the Regout family (`Vader,
Raadgever en Beschermer'.
Petrus
Regout en zijn arbeiders 1834-1870, Maastricht University Press, 1992). My promotor was
Geert Hofstede.
My academic work has focussed on the neo-institutionalist concept of national business systems, developed by a group of European researchers (Richard Whitley et al.). Here below you can see some of the volumes published by this group - and to which I have contributed pieces on the Dutch and Belgian business system.
Currently, I have shifted my attention somewhat to micro-sociological processes in organizations. This has resulted, amongst others, in: Iterson, Ad van, Willem Mastenbroek, Tim Newton, and Dennis Smith (2002), The Civilized Organization. Norbert Elias and the future of organization studies, Amsterdam/Philadelphia: Benjamins Publishers. At the macro level, governance issues keep on having my attention.
Fiction work: I have published three collections
of short stories (Het geheim van de dichter; Een hoofd vol fruit; Zuiderlingen) and three novels
(Een verborgen man; Francesca's moeder; De citoyenne). I also wrote a stage play (for theatre company
Het
Vervolg): a monologue directed by Floor Huygen and performed by Mieneke
Bakker (3rd picture from the left, below).
Next to that, I write, since 2000, a weekly column for
the Dutch regional newspaper
Dagblad
De Limburger, under the pen name of Impassant.
