Dr. Marianne Van Woerkom is Assistant Professor, Human Resource Development, Department of Human Resource Studies, at Tilburg University, the Netherlands. In 2003 she earned her Ph.D. degree from Twente University, the Netherlands. She received the Dissertation of the year award from the Dutch and Flemish Society of Education Research (VOR/VFO) and was finalist for the Malcolm S. Knowles Dissertation of the year award from the Academy of Human Resource Development. In 2003 she earned a research grant for the project "The learning potential of the workplace?" from the Dutch Foundation for Scientific Research (NWO). She is member of the editorial board of
Human Resource Development Review and reviewer for
Human Resource Development International,
Personnel Review, Journal of Organizational and Occupational Psychology, and Vocations and Learning. She publishes in journals like
European Journal of Work and
Organizational Psychology, International Journal of Human Resource Management, Personnel Review, Journal of Business and Psychology, Journal of Managerial Psychology and
Adult Education Quarterly.