Wiebren Jansen

Dr. Wiebren Jansen is associate lector at the Transformational Media professorship.

Wiebren received his PhD in 2015 with a dissertation on diversity and inclusion in work organizations at the University of Groningen. He then worked as an Assistant Professor at Utrecht University. Here he led the Dutch Inclusivity Monitor, a large-scale research and advisory project on diversity and inclusion. Wiebren has been working at NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences since 2022. In his position as associate lector at the Transformational Media professorship, he investigates how organizations can promote social sustainability, with special attention to the role of communication.

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