Biography
Pursey Heugens is a professor of organisation theory, development, and change at the Department of Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM). His research interests include comparative corporate governance, business ethics, and bureaucracy, institutional, and demographic theories of organisation. Professor Heugens has won numerous awards for his research and teaching. He currently serves on the editorial boards of six scholarly journals. His research has been published in academic journals including the Academy of Management Journal, the Academy of Management Review, Organization Studies, and the Journal of Management Studies. His most recent works argues that the field of organisation theory is locked into a state of permanent failure due to powerful centrifugal forces which prevent it from producing a unified theory of organisational effectiveness – while equally strong centripetal forces keep university administrators and policy makers from cashing in their chips. He offers three research strategies that might end the stalemate by increasing the integration, relevance and realism of current theories of organisation. He obtained his PhD from RSM in 2001.
Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University
- pheugens@rsm.nl
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Work
- Roxana Turturea, Steve Sauerwald & Pursey P.M.A.R. Heugens (2025) - Forging agents of the state?: How political institutions impact CEO compensation in state-owned enterprises - Journal of International Business Studies - doi: 10.1057/s41267-024-00765-9 - [link]
- Guus Hendriks, Arjen H.L. Slangen & Pursey P.M.A.R. Heugens (2024) - Country portfolio diversity and firms’ portfolio adjustment decisions: A behavioral perspective - International Business Review, 33 (4) - doi: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2024.102280 - [link]
- Wenjie Liu & Pursey P.M.A.R. Heugens (2024) - Cross-sector collaborations in global supply chains as an opportunity structure: How NGOs promote corporate sustainability in China - Journal of International Business Studies, 55 (4), 429-449 - doi: 10.1057/s41267-023-00644-9 - [link]
- Ruxi Wang, Pursey Heugens & Frank Wijen (2024) - Green by Affiliation?: Ownership Identity and Environmental Management System Adoption in Chinese Business Groups - Journal of Management, 50 (4), 1331-1360 - doi: 10.1177/01492063221143721 - [link]
- Michel W. Lander, Thomas J. Roulet & Pursey P.M.A.R. Heugens (2023) - TEMPERING TEMPERANCE? A CONTINGENCY APPROACH TO SOCIAL MOVEMENTS’ ENTRY DETERRENCE IN SCOTTISH WHISKY DISTILLING, 1823–1921 - Academy of Management Journal, 66 (5), 1384-1410 - doi: 10.5465/amj.2019.1411 - [link]
- Guus Hendriks, Arjen H.L. Slangen & Pursey P.M.A.R. Heugens (2023) - How cross-cultural experience shapes emerging-market multinationals’ domestic performance after a cross-border acquisition - Long Range Planning, 56 (4) - doi: 10.1016/j.lrp.2023.102342 - [link]
- Julija N. Mell, Daan van Knippenberg, Wendy P. van Ginkel & Pursey P.M.A.R. Heugens (2022) - From Boundary Spanning to Intergroup Knowledge Integration: The Role of Boundary Spanners’ Metaknowledge and Proactivity - Journal of Management Studies, 59 (7), 1723-1755 - doi: 10.1111/joms.12797 - [link]
- Wenjie Liu, Pursey Heugens, Frank Wijen & Marc van Essen (2022) - Chinese management studies: a matched-samples meta-analysis and focused review of indigenous theories - Journal of Management, 48 (6), 1778-1828 - doi: 10.1177/01492063211073067 - [link]
- Wenjie Liu, Pursey Heugens, Frank Wijen & Marc Essen (2021) - Assessing and extending the unique contributions of Chinese management studies - Academy of Management. Annual Meeting Proceedings, 2021 (1) - doi: 10.5465/AMBPP.2021.91
- JJ Kroezen, Innan Sasaki & Pursey Heugens (2021) - Craft in Modern Society
- Rob van Tulder, Maarten Boksem, Ale Smidts, Harwin de Vries, Pursey Heugens, Gerrit van Bruggen, Wolf Wagner, Aurelie Lemmens, Julija Mell, Rommert Dekker & Hang Chan (1 December 2021) - ERIM recognises outstanding researchers with annual awards
- Pursey Heugens (15 February 2020) - Netherlands : New chair established for conducting research into family businesses
- Pursey Heugens & Ansgar Richter (5 December 2019) - ERIM marks 20 years of research in management
- Corinna Frey-Heger & Pursey Heugens (8 November 2019) - How Business Research Contributes to the Issues Behind World Science Day for Peace and Development
- Corinna Frey-Heger & Pursey Heugens (8 November 2019) - How Business Research Contributes to the Issues Behind World Science Day for Peace and Development
- SM Musa, Katrin Smolka & Pursey Heugens (2023) - Babson-NFIB Best Paper Award in General Topic in Entrepreneurship
- Marc van Essen, Pursey Heugens, P. Berrone, L. Gomez-Mejia & P. Duran (2016) - OMT Best International Paper Award for "The family-legitimizing environment and the prevalence, strategy, and performance of family firms"
- Marc van Essen, Pursey Heugens, Hans van Oosterhout & Jordan Otten (2011) - An institutional-based view of executive compensation; A multilevel meta-analytic test
- Pursey Heugens & Jordan Otten (2008) - The managerial power theory of executive pay: A cross-national test and extension.
RSM B.V.
- Start date approval
- November 2022
- End date approval
- November 2025
- Place
- ROTTERDAM
- Description
- GEMBA cursus "Strategy in a global environment"
Copenhagen Business School
- Start date approval
- January 2025
- End date approval
- August 2025
- Place
- KOPENHAGEN
- Description
- Visiting professorship: Otto Mønsted Professor
Philosophy of Science
- Level
- bachelor 1
- Year Level
- bachelor 1
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- BT1207
Qualitative Methods
- Level
- PhD
- Year Level
- PhD
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- BERMMC003
Organisation Theory
- Level
- PhD
- Year Level
- PhD
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- BERMASC046
Competitive Strategy
- Year Level
- master, IM/CEMS, Exchange, ERIM
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- BMSM10
