Suzanne van Gils

Suzanne van Gils, PhD, is an associate professor in management communication and ethics. She is the Associate Dean for the new MSc program in Digital Communication Management starting fall 2022. Her research interests focus on (im)moral behavior in organizations, identity processes, and leader-employee interactions. Recent projects focus among others on the leadership communication and ethical behavior in (digital) teams. Moreover, Suzanne serves as co-promotor on the PhD project of M. Untung Manara on corruption at Maastricht University. She is the section co-editor of the section quantitative leadership for the Journal of Business Ethics.

Suzanne's teaching focuses on communication for leadership, ethics, and business communication in general

Before joining BI in 2019, Suzanne has worked as an assistant professor at Maastricht University, and as a post-doctoral research fellow at Kühne Logistics University in Hamburg. Suzanne's work has been published in journals such as Journal of Applied Psychology, Human Relations, Leadership Quarterly, and Journal of Business ethics.

Area of Expertise

• Ethics
• Organisational Identity
• Leadership Communication

Companies

• Associate Dean MSc in Digital Communication Management BI Norwegian Business School (2021)
• Associate Professor BI Norwegian Business School (2020)
• Lecturer BI Norwegian Business School (2019 — 2020)
• Assistant Professor Maastricht University (2013 — 2019)
• Postdoctoral Research Fellow Kuehne Logistics University (2012 — 2013)

Education

• 2012 Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University PhD
• 2007 Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam Master of Science