Biography
Joep Cornelissen is Professor of Corporate Communication and Management at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University. The main focus of his research involves studies of the role of corporate and managerial communication in the context of innovation, entrepreneurship and change. In addition, he also has an interest in questions of scientific reasoning and theory development in management and organization theory.
His work has been published in the Academy of Management Review, Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Management Studies, Organization Science, and Organization Studies. He is also the author of the widely used textbook Corporate Communication: A Guide to Theory and Practice (Sage), now in its seventh edition (2023).
Joep is the Editor-in-Chief of Organization Theory and a Council member of the Society for the Advancement of Management Studies. He previously served as Associate Editor of the Academy of Management Review and as General Editor of the Journal of Management Studies (2006–2012). He is also a member of the editorial boards of the Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Journal of Management Studies, and Organization Studies. Since 2017, he has been the Academic Director of the Executive Master in Corporate Communication at RSM Executive Education.
Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University
- cornelissen@rsm.nl
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Work
- Alexander S. Kier, Neil A. Thompson, Todd H. Chiles & Joep Cornelissen (2026) - Entrepreneurial imagination: A pluralistic scoping review of a sprawling literature - Journal of Business Venturing, 41 (1) - doi: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2025.106555
- Kathryn Hartwell, Gerardo Patriotta, Simona Spedale & Joep Cornelissen (2025) - Talking about strategy: Unpacking the connection between forms of talk and sensemaking in strategy work - Strategic Organization - doi: 10.1177/14761270251340826 - [link]
- Matthias Wenzel, Philip Gylfe, Saku Mantere & Joep Cornelissen (2025) - The Manifold Impacts of Management Research - Journal of Management Studies - doi: 10.1111/joms.13240 - [link]
- Martin Kornberger, Renate Meyer, Ignasi Marti, Corinna Frey-Heger, Joep Cornelissen & Marian Gatzweiler (2025) - Collective Action in Crisis? Introduction to the Special Issue - Organization Studies, 46 (7 Special Issue: Collective Action in Crisis?), 919-939 - doi: 10.1177/01708406251336033 - [link]
- Joep Cornelissen (2025) - The Problem with Propositions: Theoretical Triangulation to Better Explain Phenomena in Management Research - Academy of Management Review, 50 (2), 342–365 - doi: 10.5465/amr.2022.0297 - [link]
- Joep Cornelissen & Mirjam Werner (2025) - What Are Mechanisms?: Ways of Conceptualizing and Studying Causal Mechanisms - Organizational Research Methods - doi: 10.1177/1094428125131872
- Joep Cornelissen & Mirjam Werner (2025) - Purpose-led communication: Practical steps towards defining your organisation's purpose and communicating meaningfully to your stakeholders - doi: 10.4324/9781003545224-10 - [link]
- Claudio Biscaro, Elena Bruni, Joep Cornelissen & Cliff Oswick (2025) - Metaphor and Organization Studies: Going beyond resonance to further theory and practice - Organization Studies, 46 (5), 745-766 - doi: 10.1177/01708406251314572 - [link]
- Joep Cornelissen, Victoria Stephens & Lee Matthews (2024) - Unlocking the power of diversity for supply chain knowledge: Is pluralism in theorizing styles the key? - Journal of Supply Chain Management, 60 (3), 3-17 - doi: 10.1111/jscm.12328 - [link]
- Samuel Horner, Joep Cornelissen & Mike Zundel (2024) - Panacea or Dangerous Practice: A Counterpoint to Hanisch's Argument for Prescriptive Theorizing - Journal of Management Studies, 61 (4), 1717-1730 - doi: 10.1111/joms.13039 - [link]
University of Liverpool Management School
- Start date approval
- mei 2024
- End date approval
- mei 2027
- Place
- LIVERPOOL
- Description
- advies en bijdrage in ontwikkeling vakgroep
Thesis
- Year
- 2025
- Course Code
- BMCC4014
Thesis
- Year
- 2025
- Course Code
- BMCC4001
International Exchange
- Year
- 2025
- Course Code
- BMCC3001
Conscientious Organisations
- Year
- 2025
- Course Code
- BMCC2026
Purpose, Leadership and Communication
- Year
- 2025
- Course Code
- BMCC2025
Strategic Communication
- Year
- 2025
- Course Code
- BMCC2024
Co-creation and Stakeholder Engagement
- Year
- 2025
- Course Code
- BMCC2023
Finance for Communication Professionals
- Year
- 2025
- Course Code
- BMCC2022
Digital Communication
- Year
- 2025
- Course Code
- BMCC2021
Strategic Management
- Year
- 2025
- Course Code
- BMCC2020
Organisational Change
- Year
- 2025
- Course Code
- BMCC2018
Persuasive Communication
- Year
- 2025
- Course Code
- BMCC2017
Issues Management and Public Affairs
- Year
- 2025
- Course Code
- BMCC2014
Corporate Responsibility
- Year
- 2025
- Course Code
- BMCC2012
Navigating the STKH Media Landscape
- Year
- 2025
- Course Code
- BMCC2007
Leadership and Communication
- Year
- 2025
- Course Code
- BMCC2006
Employee Communication
- Year
- 2025
- Course Code
- BMCC2004
Crisis Communication
- Year
- 2025
- Course Code
- BMCC2003
Corporate Branding
- Year
- 2025
- Course Code
- BMCC2002
Reputation Management
- Year
- 2025
- Course Code
- BMCC2001
Summer Course in Corporate Communication
- Year
- 2025
- Course Code
- BMCC1102
Winter Course in Corporate Communication
- Year
- 2025
- Course Code
- BMCC1101
Theory and Theoretical Contributions
- Level
- PhD
- Year Level
- PhD
- Year
- 2025
- Course Code
- BERMAMC017
