Telephone number:	+31 (0)71 527 6845
E-Mail:	puttenmvan@fsw.leidenuniv.nl
Faculty / Department:	Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen, Instituut Psychologie, Sociale en Organisatiepsychologie
Office Address:	Pieter de la Court gebouw Wassenaarseweg 52 2333 AK Leiden Room number 2A13

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Marijke van Putten graduated in psychology at Leiden University. She received her PhD in Tilburg with her research on the effect of missed opportunities on turning down attractive offers. After this, she worked as a postdoctoral researcher in the Marketing department of the K.U. Leuven. Since September 2009 she works at Leiden University as assistant professor for social and organizational psychology.

Reasearch

Her research focuses on decision making, more specifically on the question when people decide not to act. The research is specifically aimed at investigating situational and emotional factors that play a role in this. For example, the roles of missed opportunities and mixed feelings on staying inactive is studied. Besides these lines of research, she is interested in who especially tends to involve previous events in their decisions and when this leads to action/inaction, and when to positive/negative feelings.

Teaching

• Social Psychology of Organizational Behavior (Master Program S&O)
• Thesis Supervision (Master Program S&O)
• Tutoraat Academische Vaardigheden (1st year undergraduate)
• Conflict en Coöperatie (3rd year undergraduate)
• Bachelor Project

Publications

International Journal Articles

• Dealing with missed opportunities: Action vs. state orientation moderates inaction inertia. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 45, 808-815.
• Van Putten, M., Zeelenberg, M., & Van Dijk, E. (2008). Multiple Options in the Past and the Present: The Impact on Inaction Inertia, Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 21, 519-531.
• Van Putten, M., Zeelenberg, M., & Van Dijk, E. (2007). Decoupling the past from the present attenuates inaction inertia. Journal of Behavioral Decision Mak ing, 20, 65-79.
• Inaction inertia, regret, and valuation: A closer look. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 101, 89-104.
• Zeelenberg, M & Van Putten, M. (2005). The dark side of discounts: How missing a discount may promote brand switching. Psychology and Marketing, 22, 611-622.

    Dutch Articles

• Van Putten, M., Zeelenberg, M., & Van Dijk, E. (in press). “Piekeraars laten aanbiedingen liggen. De invloed van actie oriëntatie op het inactie inertie effect.” (Ruminators skip promotions. The influence of action orientation on the inaction inertia effect). Jaarboek Sociale Psychologie 2008.
• Van Putten, M., Zeelenberg, M., & Van Dijk, E. (2008). “Het Unieke Effect van Gemengde Gevoelens” (The unique effect of mixed feelings). Jaarboek Sociale Psychologie 2007.
• Van Putten, M., Zeelenberg, M., & Van Dijk, E. (2007). “De Invloed van Alternatieve Keuzemogelijkheden op het Inactie Inertie Effect”. In : C. van Laar, R. Ruiter, J. Karremans, W. van Rijswijk, & F. van Harreveld., (Eds.), Jaarboek Sociale Psychologie 2006 (pp. 403-410). Groningen: ASPO pers.
• Van Putten, M., Zeelenberg, M., & Van Dijk, E. (2006). “Ontkoppeling van heden en verleden: grenzen aan het inactie inertie effect.” (Decoupling the past from the present. Boundaries of the inaction inertia effect). In R. Holland, J. Ouwerkerk, C. van Laar, R. de Ruiter, & J. Ham (Eds.), Jaarboek Sociale Psychologie 2005 (pp. 389-400). Groningen: ASPO pers
• Van Putten, M. & Van Dijk, E. (2002). De effecten van vergelijkbaarheid en tijdsspanne op inactie inertie. (The effects of comparibility and timespan on inaction inertia) In E. van Dijk, E. Kluwer & D. Wigboldus (Eds.). Jaarboek Sociale Psychologie 2002 (pp. 329-336). Delft: Eburon.

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