Wiebren Jansen

“Obtaining tangible results by combining science with practice gives me energy!” 

Wiebren is employed as a Senior Lecturer and Researcher Strategic Communication at NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences. In February 2023 he joined the Professorship Transformational Media, where he will contribute to the development of a sustainability monitor. 

In his research, Wiebren has revealed how organizations can become more diverse and inclusive and has examined how this affects the wellbeing and performance of individuals and teams. 

He obtained a PhD in Social and Organizational Psychology in 2015 at the University of Groningen. As part of his dissertation, he developed and validated the Perceived Group Inclusion Scale (PGIS), which measures the degree to which people perceive to be socially included in groups. Soon after his PhD defence, he accepted a position as Assistant Professor at Utrecht University to work with some of the top scholars in his field. Together with his colleagues, he developed and launched the Netherlands Inclusivity Monitor (NIM), an evidence-based tool to help organizations become more diverse and inclusive.

Publications

2024
Jansen, W.S., Toorn, J., Bokern, Y.N.A., & Ellemers, N. (2024). Shades of support: An empirical assessment of D&I policy support in organizations. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 1–9 . https://doi.org/10.1111/jasp.13025

2023
Steenbergen, E.F., Jansen, W.S., & Ellemers, N. (2023). How Executive Boards Set the Stage for Unethical Behavior in the Financial Sector. Business Ethics and Leadership, 7(4), 108-127. https://doi.org/10.61093/bel.7(4).108-127.2023

2021
Jansen, W.S., Kröger, C., Van der Toorn, J., & Ellemers, N. (2021). The Right Thing to do or the Smart Thing to do? How Communicating Moral or Business Motives for Diversity Affects the Employment Image of Dutch Public and Private Sector Organizations. Journal of Applied Social Psychology doi: 10.1111/jasp.12783

Martinescu, E., Jansen, W.S., & Beersma, B. (2021). Negative gossip decreases targets’ organizational citizenship behavior by decreasing social inclusion. A multimethod approach. Group & Organization Management. doi: 10.1177/1059601120986876

2019
Jansen, W.S., Meeussen, L., Jetten, J., & Ellemers, N. (2019). Negotiating inclusion: Revealing the dynamic interplay between individual and group inclusion goals. European Journal of Social Psychology. doi: org/10.1002/ejsp.2633

Şahin, O., Van der Toorn, J.M., Jansen, W.S., Boezeman, E.J., & Ellemers, N. (2019). Looking beyond our similarities: How perceived (in)visible dissimilarity relates to feelings of inclusion at work. Frontiers in Psychology. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00575

2018
Ellemers, N., Şahin, O., Jansen, W.S., & Van der Toorn, J.M. (2018). Naar effectief diversiteitsbeleid. Het bouwen van bruggen tussen wetenschap en praktijk . Gedrag & Organisatie (PDF)

2017
Ten Hoeve, Y., Castelein, S., Jansen, W.S., Jansen, G.J., & Roodbol, P.F. (2017). Nursing students’ changing orientation and attitudes towards nursing during education: A two-year longitudinal study. Nurse Education Today, 48, 19-24. doi: 1016/j.nedt.2016.09.009

2016
Ten Hoeve, Y., Castelein, S., Jansen, W.S., Jansen, G.J., & Roodbol, P.F. (2016). Predicting factors of positive orientation and attitudes towards nursing: A quantitative cross-sectional study. Nurse Education Today, 40, 111-117. doi: 1016/j.nedt.2016.02.019

Jansen, W.S., Otten, S., & Van der Zee, K.I. (2016). Being different at work. How gender dissimilarity relates to social inclusion and absenteeism. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations. doi: 10.1177/1368430215625783 (PDF)

2015
Jansen, W.S., Vos, M.W., Otten, S., Podsiadlowski, A., & Van der Zee, K.I. (2015). Colorblind or colorful? How diversity approaches affect cultural majority and minority employees. Journal of Applied Social Psychology. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/jasp.12332

Jansen, W.S., Otten, S., & Van der Zee, K.I. (2015). Being part of diversity. The effects of an all-inclusive multicultural diversity approach on majority members’ perceived inclusion and support for organizational diversity efforts. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 18(6), 817-832. doi: 10.1177/1368430214566892

2014
Jansen, W.S., Otten, S., Van der Zee, K. I., & Jans, L. (2014). Inclusion: Conceptualization and measurement. European Journal of Social Psychology, 44(4), 370-385. doi: 10.1002/ejsp.2011