prof.dr.

(Michaéla) MC Schippers

Profile

Michaéla Schippers is Professor of Behaviour and Performance Management at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands. She holds a PhD from the Psychology Department at the Free University in Amsterdam.

Prof. Schippers research interest covers goalsetting, team reflexivity, team performance, academic performance as well as ikigai (i.e. purpose in life), and life goals. She coined the term “life crafting” as a way to optimize performance and happiness. Other research interests include diversity, new ways of working, and social exclusion/inclusion.

Her work was published in several leading academic journals, such as  Annual Review of Psychology, Administrative Science Quarterly, Journal of Management, Journal of Management Studies, Personnel Psychology, Academy of Management Learning & Education, Journal of Organizational Behavior, European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, Frontiers in Psychology and Human Relations.

Her work was picked up by the media on several occasions. She did interviews with among others CNN, New York Magazine, Oprah Magazine, Eindbazen podcast and NTR radio. A short video of her 2017 inaugural speech can be found here:  The full video is available via click here 

Dr. Schippers was a visiting scholar at Harvard Business School. She is also an active member of the EER research database. Dr. Schippers is scientific director of the Erasmus Center of Study and Career Success (E=CS2) and Comenius Senior Fellow.

• Featured publications (12)

  • M.C. Schippers, M.A. West & J.F. Dawson (2015). Team reflexivity and innovation: The moderating role of team context. Journal of Management, 41 (3), 769-788. doi: 10.1177/0149206312441210
  • M.C. Schippers, A.C. Homan & D. van Knippenberg (2013). To reflect or not to reflect: Prior team performance as a boundary condition of the effects of reflexivity on learning and final team performance. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 34 (1), 6-23. doi: 10.1002/job.1784
  • P.A.M. Van Lange, M.C. Schippers & D. Balliet (2011). Who volunteers in psychology experiments? A study of prosocial motivation in volunteering. Personality and Individual Differences, 51 (3), 279-285. doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2010.05.038
  • M.C. Schippers & R. Hogenes (2011). Energy management of people in organizations. Journal of Business and Psychology, 26, 193-203. doi: 10.1007/s10869-011-9217-6
  • A. Nederveen Pieterse, D. van Knippenberg, M.C. Schippers & D.A. Stam (2010). Transformational and transactional leadership and innovative behavior: The moderating role of psychological empowerment. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 31 (4), 609-623. doi: 10.1002/job.650
  • Z. Sasovova, A. Mehra, S.P. Borgatti & M.C. Schippers (2010). Network Churn: The Effects of Self-Monitoring Personality on Brokerage Dynamics. Administrative Science Quarterly, 55 (4), 639-670. doi: 10.2189/asqu.2010.55.4.639
  • P.S. Widmer, M.C. Schippers & M.A. West (2009). Recent developments in reflexivity research: A review. Psychology, 2 (2), 2-11.
  • M.C. Schippers, D.N. den Hartog, P.L. Koopman & D. van Knippenberg (2008). The role of transformational leadership in enhancing team reflexivity. Human Relations, 61 (11), 1593-1616. doi: 10.1177/0018726708096639
  • D. van Knippenberg & M.C. Schippers (2007). Work group diversity. Annual Review of Psychology, 58, 515-541. doi: 10.1146/annurev.psych.58.110405.085546
  • M.C. Schippers, D.N. den Hartog & P.L. Koopman (2007). Reflexivity in teams: A measure and correlates. Applied Psychology, 56 (2), 189-211. doi: 10.1111/j.1464-0597.2006.00250.x
  • M.C. Schippers (2006). The psychological benefits of superstitious rituals in top sport: A study among top sportspersons. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 36 (10), 2532-2553. doi: 10.1111/j.0021-9029.2006.00116.x
  • M.C. Schippers, D.N. den Hartog, P.L. Koopman & J.A. Wienk (2003). Diversity and team outcomes: the moderating effects of outcome interdependence and group longevity and the mediating effect of reflexivity. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 24 (6), 779-802. doi: 10.1002/job.220

• All publications (63)

  • Key publication (12)

    • M.C. Schippers, M.A. West & J.F. Dawson (2015). Team reflexivity and innovation: The moderating role of team context. Journal of Management, 41 (3), 769-788. doi: 10.1177/0149206312441210
    • M.C. Schippers, A.C. Homan & D. van Knippenberg (2013). To reflect or not to reflect: Prior team performance as a boundary condition of the effects of reflexivity on learning and final team performance. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 34 (1), 6-23. doi: 10.1002/job.1784
    • P.A.M. Van Lange, M.C. Schippers & D. Balliet (2011). Who volunteers in psychology experiments? A study of prosocial motivation in volunteering. Personality and Individual Differences, 51 (3), 279-285. doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2010.05.038
    • M.C. Schippers & R. Hogenes (2011). Energy management of people in organizations. Journal of Business and Psychology, 26, 193-203. doi: 10.1007/s10869-011-9217-6
    • A. Nederveen Pieterse, D. van Knippenberg, M.C. Schippers & D.A. Stam (2010). Transformational and transactional leadership and innovative behavior: The moderating role of psychological empowerment. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 31 (4), 609-623. doi: 10.1002/job.650
    • Z. Sasovova, A. Mehra, S.P. Borgatti & M.C. Schippers (2010). Network Churn: The Effects of Self-Monitoring Personality on Brokerage Dynamics. Administrative Science Quarterly, 55 (4), 639-670. doi: 10.2189/asqu.2010.55.4.639
    • P.S. Widmer, M.C. Schippers & M.A. West (2009). Recent developments in reflexivity research: A review. Psychology, 2 (2), 2-11.
    • M.C. Schippers, D.N. den Hartog, P.L. Koopman & D. van Knippenberg (2008). The role of transformational leadership in enhancing team reflexivity. Human Relations, 61 (11), 1593-1616. doi: 10.1177/0018726708096639
    • D. van Knippenberg & M.C. Schippers (2007). Work group diversity. Annual Review of Psychology, 58, 515-541. doi: 10.1146/annurev.psych.58.110405.085546
    • M.C. Schippers, D.N. den Hartog & P.L. Koopman (2007). Reflexivity in teams: A measure and correlates. Applied Psychology, 56 (2), 189-211. doi: 10.1111/j.1464-0597.2006.00250.x
    • M.C. Schippers (2006). The psychological benefits of superstitious rituals in top sport: A study among top sportspersons. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 36 (10), 2532-2553. doi: 10.1111/j.0021-9029.2006.00116.x
    • M.C. Schippers, D.N. den Hartog, P.L. Koopman & J.A. Wienk (2003). Diversity and team outcomes: the moderating effects of outcome interdependence and group longevity and the mediating effect of reflexivity. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 24 (6), 779-802. doi: 10.1002/job.220

  • Article (35)

    • Scholarly Publication (31)

      • M.C. Schippers & N. Ziegler (2020). Life crafting as a way to find purpose and meaning in life. Frontiers in Psychology, 10. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02778
      • D.J. Hudig, A.W.A. Scheepers, M.C. Schippers & A.A.C.M. Smeets (2020). Motivational Mindsets and Reasons for Studying: Development and Validation of a Classification Tool. Frontiers in Psychology. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.535801
      • M.C. Schippers, A. Rauch, F.D. Belschak & W. Hulsink (2019). Entrepreneurial intentions of teams: Sub-dimensions of Machiavellianism interact with team resilience. Frontiers in Psychology, 10:2607. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02607
      • J. Backmann, M. Weiss, M.C. Schippers & M. Hoegl (2019). Protective personality factors and student resiliency predicting academic achievement: A multi-wave study on the moderating role of achievement orientation. Learning and Individual Differences, 72, 39-48. doi: 10.1016/j.lindif.2019.04.004
      • A. Alexiou, S. Khanagha & M.C. Schippers (2019). Productive organizational energy mediates the impact of organizational structure on absorptive capacity. Long Range Planning, 52 (2), 155-172. doi: 10.1016/j.lrp.2018.02.001
      • C. Wessels, M.C. Schippers, S. Stegmann, A.B. Bakker, P.J. van Baalen & K.I. Proper (2019). Fostering flexibility in the new world of work: A model of time-spatial job crafting. Frontiers in Psychology, 10:505. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00505
      • M.C. Schippers, D. Morisano, E.A. Locke, A. Scheepers, G. Latham & E.M. de Jong (2019). Writing about personal goals and plans regardless of goal type boosts academic performance. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 10:101823. doi: 10.1016/j.cedpsych.2019.101823
      • K.Y. Lee, M.K. Duffy, K.L. Scott & M.C. Schippers (2018). The experience of being envied at work: How being envied shapes employee feelings and motivation. Personnel Psychology, 71 (2), 181-200. doi: 10.1111/peps.12251
      • A. Alexiou & M.C. Schippers (2018). Digital game elements, user experience and learning: A conceptual framework. Education and Information Technologies, 23 (6), 2545-2567. doi: 10.1007/s10639-018-9730-6
      • K. Otte, U. Konradt, Y. Garbers & M.C. Schippers (2017). Development and validation of the REMINT: a reflection measure for individuals and teams. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 26 (2), 299-313. doi: 10.1080/1359432X.2016.1261826
      • U. Konradt, K.P. Otte & M.C. Schippers (2016). Reflexivity in teams - a review and new perspectives. The Journal of Psychology, 150 (2), 153-174. doi: 10.1080/00223980.2015.1050977
      • K.L. Scott, S. Tams, M.C. Schippers & K.Y. Lee (2015). Opening the black box: Why and when workplace exclusion affects social reconnection behavior, health and attitudes. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 24 (2), 239-255. doi: 10.1080/1359432X.2014.894978
      • U. Konradt, M.C. Schippers, Y. Garbers & C. Steenfatt (2015). Effects of guided reflection and feedback on team performance improvement: The role of team regulatory processes and emergent cognitive states. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 24 (5), 777-795. doi: 10.1080/1359432X.2015.1005608
      • M.C. Schippers, Ad Scheepers & J.B. Peterson (2015). A scalable goal-setting intervention closes both the gender and minority achievement gap. Palgrave Communications (online), 1, 15014. doi: 10.1057/palcomms.2015.14
      • M.C. Schippers, M.A. West & J.F. Dawson (2015). Team reflexivity and innovation: The moderating role of team context. Journal of Management, 41 (3), 769-788. doi: 10.1177/0149206312441210
      • K.L. Scott, T.J. Zagenczyk, M.C. Schippers & R.L. Purvis (2014). Coworker exclusion and employee outcomes: The moderating role of perceived organizational and social support. Journal of Management Studies, 51 (8), 1235-1256. doi: 10.1111/joms.12099
      • M.C. Schippers (2014). Social loafing tendencies and team performance: The compensating effect of agreeableness and conscientiousness. Academy of Management Learning & Education, 13 (1), 62-81. doi: 10.5465/amle.2012.0191
      • M.C. Schippers, A.C. Edmondson & M.A. West (2014). Team reflexivity as an antidote to team information processing failures. Small Group Research, 45 (6), 731-769. doi: 10.1177/1046496414553473
      • M.C. Schippers, A.C. Homan & D. van Knippenberg (2013). To reflect or not to reflect: Prior team performance as a boundary condition of the effects of reflexivity on learning and final team performance. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 34 (1), 6-23. doi: 10.1002/job.1784
      • A. Alexiou, M.C. Schippers & I. Oshri (2012). Positive psychology and digital games: the role of emotions and psychological flow in serious games development. Psychology, 3 (12A), 1243-1247. doi: 10.4236/psych.2012.312A184
      • P.A.M. Van Lange, M.C. Schippers & D. Balliet (2011). Who volunteers in psychology experiments? A study of prosocial motivation in volunteering. Personality and Individual Differences, 51 (3), 279-285. doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2010.05.038
      • M.C. Schippers & R. Hogenes (2011). Energy management of people in organizations. Journal of Business and Psychology, 26, 193-203. doi: 10.1007/s10869-011-9217-6
      • A. Nederveen Pieterse, D. van Knippenberg, M.C. Schippers & D.A. Stam (2010). Transformational and transactional leadership and innovative behavior: The moderating role of psychological empowerment. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 31 (4), 609-623. doi: 10.1002/job.650
      • Z. Sasovova, A. Mehra, S.P. Borgatti & M.C. Schippers (2010). Network Churn: The Effects of Self-Monitoring Personality on Brokerage Dynamics. Administrative Science Quarterly, 55 (4), 639-670. doi: 10.2189/asqu.2010.55.4.639
      • P.S. Widmer, M.C. Schippers & M.A. West (2009). Recent developments in reflexivity research: A review. Psychology, 2 (2), 2-11.
      • M.C. Schippers, D.N. den Hartog, P.L. Koopman & D. van Knippenberg (2008). The role of transformational leadership in enhancing team reflexivity. Human Relations, 61 (11), 1593-1616. doi: 10.1177/0018726708096639
      • D. van Knippenberg & M.C. Schippers (2007). Work group diversity. Annual Review of Psychology, 58, 515-541. doi: 10.1146/annurev.psych.58.110405.085546
      • M.C. Schippers, D.N. den Hartog & P.L. Koopman (2007). Reflexivity in teams: A measure and correlates. Applied Psychology, 56 (2), 189-211. doi: 10.1111/j.1464-0597.2006.00250.x
      • M.C. Schippers (2006). The psychological benefits of superstitious rituals in top sport: A study among top sportspersons. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 36 (10), 2532-2553. doi: 10.1111/j.0021-9029.2006.00116.x
      • M.C. Schippers, D.N. den Hartog, P.L. Koopman & J.A. Wienk (2003). Diversity and team outcomes: the moderating effects of outcome interdependence and group longevity and the mediating effect of reflexivity. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 24 (6), 779-802. doi: 10.1002/job.220
      • D.N. den Hartog, M.C. Schippers & P.L. Koopman (2002). The impact of leader behavior on trust in management and co-workers. SA Journal of Industrial Psychology, 28 (4), 29-34.

    • Professional Publication (4)

      • M.C. Schippers (2012). Why team reflexivity works. RSM Insight, 12 (4), 18-19.
      • P.J. van Baalen, D. van der Meulen, J. Bouwman & M.C. Schippers (2012). Task-location optimization in the Hybrid Workspace. Tijdschrift voor Ergonomie, 37 (3), 28-32.
      • M.C. Schippers, L. Rook & S.L. van de Velde (2011). Crisis performance predictability in supply chains. RSM Insight, 7 (3), 10-11.
      • M.C. Schippers, D.N. den Hartog & P.L. Koopman (2005). Reflexiviteit van teams: Ontwikkeling van een instrument. Gedrag en Organisatie, 18 (2), 83-102.

  • Part of book - Chapter (3)

    • S. De Leeuw, M.C. Schippers & S. Hoogervorst (2016). The Fresh Connection: Cross-functional integration in Supply Chain Management. In E. Bendoly, W. VanWezel & D..G. Bachrach (Eds.), Handbook of Behavioral Operations Management: Social and psychological dynamics in production and service settings. Oxford Press: Oxford
    • M.C. Schippers, M.A. West & A.C. Edmondson (2016). Team reflexivity and innovation. In The Wiley Blackwell Handbook of the Psychology of Teamwork and Collaborative Processes (in press). Wiley Blackwell
    • M.C. Schippers (2001). Reflexiviteit als hulpmiddel. In H. Korevaar, Y. Politiek & P. Spruit (Eds.), Managers en teams. Alphen aan den Rijn: Samson

  • Article in volume (2)

    • C. Wessels, M.C. Schippers & P.J. van Baalen (2013). "Getting Engaged: It is more than saying 'yes'to your organization. How work engagement and its influencers affect Work-Life Balance and Job Satisfaction and the Moderating Role of Flexibl Working. In EAWOP. Munster
    • M.C. Schippers & A. Homan (2009). Breaking the negative performance spiral: The role of reflexivity and team learning. In Best paper proceedings Academy of Management, Chicago

  • Inaugural speech (1)

    • M.C. Schippers (2017). IKIGAI: Reflection on Life Goals Optimizes Performance and Happiness. (2017, juni 16). Rotterdam: Erasmus Research Institute of Management

  • Other output (8)

    • Scholarly Publication (7)

      • E. Dolgova & M.C. Schippers (2015). Co-evolution of perceptions of competence and friendship in teams: the effect of self-monitoring personality. Annual Meeting of the International Network for Social Network Analysis (Sunbelt Conference): Brighton, UK.
      • A. Alexiou, M.C. Schippers, I. Oshri & E. Dolgova (2013). Exploring the real potential of serious games: The role of game features and individual differences on user engagement and learning. EGOS Colloquium: Montreal, Canada.
      • P. van Neerijnen, M.P. Tempelaar, M.C. Schippers & P. Figge (2012). Creating performance through ambidexterity: The role of a firm’s organizational transactive memory system and organizational reflexive climate. Annual Academy of Management Conference: Boston, USA, included in The Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings.
      • P. van Neerijnen, M.C. Schippers, M. Tempelaar & P. Figge (2012). Creating performance through ambidexterity: The role of an organizational transactive memory system and organizational reflexive climate. Best paper proceedings Academy of Management Conference, Boston, United States.: .
      • P. van Neerijnen, M.P. Tempelaar, M.C. Schippers & P. Figge (2012). Creating performance through ambidexterity: The role of a firm’s organizational transactive memory system and organizational reflexive climate. EURAM: Rotterdam, NL.
      • E. Dolgova & M.C. Schippers (2012). Birds of a feather 2.0: Is there a personality-based homophily? NYU Stern Medici Summer School 2012: Florence, Italy.
      • E. Dolgova & M.C. Schippers (2012). The effect of self-monitoring personality and expertise on relationship formation in groups. European Academy of Management Annual Meeting (EURAM),: Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

    • Other Publication (1)

      • A. Alexiou, M.C. Schippers & I. Oshri (2013). Exploring the learning potential of serious games: The role of game features and individual differences in user engagement and learning. 29th EGOS (European Group of Organization Studies) Colloquium: Montreal, Canada.

  • Award (1)

    • K.L. Scott, T.J. Zagenczyk, M.C. Schippers & R.L. Purvis (2013). Best Paper Award - Coworker exclusion and employee outcomes : The moderating role of perceived organizational and social support. Eastern Academy of Management Conference: Spain. Wetenschappelijk.

  • Contribution weekly / daily journal (1)

    • M.C. Schippers For the greater good? The devastating ripple effects of the Covid-19 crisis. Psychology doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.577740

• Ancillary activities (2)

  TedEx

  Start date approval

  Oct/2019

  End date approval

  Oct/2022

  Place

  ROTTERDAM

  Description

  Presentaties

  Hof van de Rechten van de Mens

  Start date approval

  Oct/2020

  End date approval

  Oct/2023

  Place

  DEN HAAG

  Description

  getuige-deskundige,

• Teaching (2)

  Professional development I

  Title

  Professional development I

  Year

  2020

  Year level

  bachelor 1

  Professional Development I

  Title

  Professional Development I

  Year

  2020

  Year level

  bachelor 1

• PhD list (6)

  • Saeedeh Ahmadi

    A motivational perspective to decision-making and behavior in organizations

    • 2014 - 2019
  • Christina Wessels

    Flexible Working Practices: How Employees Can Reap the Benefits for Engagement and Performance

    • 2013 - 2017
  • Nick van der Meulen

    The Distance Dilemma; The effect of flexible working practices on performance in the digital workplace

    • 2011 - 2016
  • Andreas Alexiou

    Management of Emerging Technologies and the Learning Organization: Lessons from the Cloud and Serious Games Technology

    • 2010 - 2016
  • Pepijn van Neerijnen

    The Adaptive Organization: The Socio-Cognitive Antecedents of Ambidexterity and Individual Exploration

    • 2008 - 2016
  • Evgenia Dolgova

    On getting along and getting ahead: How personality contributes to social network dynamics

    • 2007 - 2019

• Editorial positions (13)

  European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology

  Role

  Consulting Editor

  Journal of Business and Psychology

  Role

  Consulting Editor

  Small Group Research

  Role

  Consulting Editor

  Academy of Management Review

  Role

  Ad Hoc Reviewer

  Organization Science

  Role

  Ad Hoc Reviewer

  Psychological Science

  Role

  Ad Hoc Reviewer

  Journal of Organizational Behavior

  Role

  Ad Hoc Reviewer

  Group and Organization Management

  Role

  Ad Hoc Reviewer

  Group Processes and Intergroup Relations

  Role

  Ad Hoc Reviewer

  Applied Psychology

  Role

  Ad Hoc Reviewer

  Journal of Organizational Change Management

  Role

  Ad Hoc Reviewer

  Personnel Review

  Role

  Ad Hoc Reviewer

  The Leadership Quarterly

  Role

  Consulting Editor

• Present position

  Full Professor

  University

  Erasmus University Rotterdam

  School

  RSM - Rotterdam School of Management

  Department

  Department of Technology and Operations Management

  Telephone

  0104081892