Short CV

Michael Vliek obtained his PhD at the University of Amsterdam (2009), where he worked as assistant professor until 2016. He then moved to Germany and cofounded the behavioural consultancy Praktitektur, while also lecturing at different universities on the topic of behaviour change. Since 2020 he is a lecturer at the unit of Social, Economic and Organisational Psychology of Leiden University. His passion lies in education and knowledge sharing: he is co-author of several textbooks on applied (social) psychology and behaviour change, and works as knowledge valorization staff member at the recently founded Knowledge Centre for Psychology and Economic Behaviour (www.kcpeg.nl).

Publications

Books

Sassenberg, K., & Vliek, M. L. W. (Eds.) (2019). Social psychology in action: Evidence-based interventions from theory to practice. Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature.

Holt, N. J., Bremner, A., Sutherland, E., Vliek, M. L. W., Passer, M., & Smith, R. (2019). Psychology: The science of mind and behaviour (4th edition) London: McGraw-Hill.

Vliek, M. L. W. (2017). Pillory or a pat on the back: Enforcement through ‘naming and shaming’ and ‘naming and faming’ (pp. 76) [Dutch]. Den Haag : Boom Juridische Uitgevers.

Van der Pligt, J., & Vliek, M. L. W. (2016). The psychology of influence: Theory, research and application (pp. 250). London: Routledge.

Holt, N. J., Bremner, A., Sutherland, E., Vliek, M. L. W., Passer, M., & Smith, R. (2015, 2012, 2009). Psychology: The science of mind and behaviour (1-3rd edition). London: McGraw-Hill.

Van der Pligt, J., & Vliek, M. L. W. (2014). Overreden en verleiden: De psychologie van beïnvloeding (pp. 322). Amsterdam: Pearson.

Derks, B., Renes, R. J., Ruys, K., Van de Ven, N., & Vliek, M. L. W. (Eds.). (2010). Jaarboek Sociale Psychologie 2010. Groningen, Netherlands: ASPO pers.

Van Prooijen, J. W., Renes, R. J., Derks, B., Stel, M., & Vliek, M. L. W. (Eds.). (2009). Jaarboek sociale psychologie 2009. Groningen, Netherlands: ASPO pers.

Peer Reviewed Journals

Vliek, M. L. W. (2014). The role of subjective time in organisations: A temporal perspective on temporary workers' commitment to the organization. [Dutch] Gedrag en Organisatie, 27, 55-68.

Vliek, M. L. W., & Rotteveel, M. (2012). If time flies are you more fun? The relative effect of expected exposure duration on the evaluation of social stimuli. European Journal of Social Psychology, 42, 327-333.

Fischer, A. H., Gillebaart, M., Rotteveel, R., Becker, D., & Vliek, M. L. W. (2011). Veiled Emotions: The effect of covered faces on emotion perception and attitudes. Social Psychological and Personality Science.

Leach, C. W., Rodriguez Mosquera, P. M., Vliek, M. L. W., & Hirt, E. (2010). Group devaluation and group identification. Journal of Social Issues, 66, 535-552.

Leach, C. W., Van Zomeren, M., Zebel, S., Vliek, M. L. W., Pennekamp, S. F., Doosje, B., Ouwerkerk, J. W., & Spears, R. (2008). Self-Definition and Self-Investment: A multi-component model of in-group identification. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 95, 144-165.

Leach, C. W., & Vliek, M. L. W. (2008). Group membership as a “frame of reference” for interpersonal comparison. Social Psychology and Personality Compass, 2, 539-554.

Vliek, M. L. W., Leach, C. W., & Spears, R. (2007). Contrast and assimilation in upward comparison: The intragroup dimension. In D. Stapel & J. Suls (Eds.), Assimilation and contrast in social psychology (pp.289-311). NY, US: Psychology Press.

Zebel, S., Pennekamp, S. F., Van Zomeren, M., Doosje, B., Van Kleef, G., Vliek, M. L. W., & Van der Schalk, J. (2007). Vessels with Gold or Guilt: Emotional Reactions to Family Involvement Associated with Glorious or Gloomy Aspects of the Past. Group processes and Intergroup Relations, 10, 71-86.

Vliek, M. L. W., Leach, C. W., & Spears, R. (2006). Processing interpersonal social comparisons within high and low status groups: An intragroup approach. In R. W. Holland, J. W. Ouwerkerk, R. Ruiter, C. Van Laar & J. Ham (Eds.), Jaarboek Sociale Psychologie 2005. Groningen: ASPO.

Other Academic

Vliek, M. L. W., & Sassenberg, K. (2019). Nothing as practical as a good theory. In, Sassenberg, J. and Vliek, M. L. W. (Eds.), Social psychology in action: Evidence-based interventions from theory to practice (pp. v-xiii). Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature.

Sassenberg, K., & Vliek, M. L. W. (2019). Self-regulation strategies and regulatory fit. In, Sassenberg, J. and Vliek, M. L. W. (Eds.), Social psychology in action: Evidence-based interventions from theory to practice (pp. 51-64). Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature.

Vliek, M. L. W., Doosje, B, Spears, R. (2016). A (short) history of group research in The Netherlands [Dutch]. In F. Van Harreveld, & B. Buunk (Eds.), Pligtsbesef: Een geschiedenis van de Nederlandse sociale psychologie (pp. 85-98).

Aartman, I., Haker, A., Verheijck, E., Vliek, M. L. W., & van der Wurff, R. (2015). Dare to share: Advise for the University of Amsterdam, Board; ‘green paper’ on knowledge sharing. University of Amsterdam, White Paper. [Dutch]

Van Dijk, W., Ouwerkerk, J., & Vliek, M. L. W. (2015). Fraudulent Dutch scientific publications by D. Stapel. Report for the Dutch Association of Social Psychologists. [Dutch]

Vliek, M. L. W. (2009). Group-based social comparison processes: An intragroup level of analysis (Doctoral dissertation). University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Publications