prof.dr. C.P.M. Wilderom (Celeste)

Celeste P.M. Wilderom is a Ph.D.-holder in Psychology, State Universi­ty of New York (USA, 1987), and full professor in Change Management & Organizational Behaviour (International) Business Administration: University Twente, Enschede, the Netherlands. Her research focuses on leader-behavioural determinants of highly effective organizations, teams and (high-tech) employees, change (incl. OD) and work cultures/climates. She prefers to conduct field studies in which use is made of longitudinal surveys and also of video-based behavioural and physiological observations. Often, quantitative and qualitative data are being combined as well. 

MAIN RESEARCH FOCI

• Patterns of Effective Leadership Behaviours
• Generative Organizational Change/Culture/Climate/Consulting
• "Healthy" Team Dynamics

So far, Celeste has ‘delivered’ 40 doctorates (or PhD thesen, as well as many MSc & BSc theses); one of her PhD students received the ‘Best Dissertation’ award: US Academy of Management, Public-Sector Division. Another PhD student of her received, in 2010, the annual Best Dissertation award of the International Leadership Association. In 2015, the paper she co-authored with dr. Desiree van Dun, won the Best-paper award of the Operations-Management division of the US Academy of Management. In 2020, two cum-laude theses won EFDM prizes for that year’s best PhD theses. To date, four of her ex-PhD students received cum laude PhD doctorates; many but not all current PhD students are part-time students.

Prof. Wilderom is member of the next editorial boards:

1. The Leadership Quarterly (2020 IF: 10.517, Q1 in Management)

2. British Journal of Management (2020 IF: 6.567, Q1 in Management)

3. Journal of Management & Organization (2020 IF: 4.139, Q2 in Management)

4. Group & Organization Management (2020 IF: 3.938, Q3 in Management)

5. Journal of Professions and Organization (2020 Cite Score: 3.3, Q2 in Organizational Behaviour)

6. Journal of Management Inquiry (2020 IF: 3.194, Q3 in Management)

7. Journal of Strategy and Management (2020 Cite Score: 2.7, Q2 in Business and Intern. Managem.)

8. Conflict Resolution Quarterly (2020 Cite Score: 1.8, Q3 in Psychology)

9. Organizational Dynamics (2020 IF: 1.426, Q4 in Management)

10. Management & Sustainability: An Arab Review (the journal started in 2022)  

CURRENT AND PRIOR MAIN POSITION

2000 – now  Full Professor, Change Management & Organizational Behavior, (International) Business Administration, University of Twente, Enschede (in 2012, Nominated as Best Female Manager of the Year of Twente, Twentelife, van Deinse Media)

1993 – 2000  Full Professor, Strategy & Organization, Fac. of Economics, Univ. of Tilburg, Tilburg, the Netherl. (incl. a 1999 sabbatical in Cambridge University, Judge Institute of Management Studies, UK)

1990 – 1993  Associate Professor, Department Head, Business Administrati­on Research Unit, Economic and Social Institute (ESI), Faculty of Economics and Econometrics, Free University, Amsterdam (incl. a one-year in-house NIAS-fellowship, Wassenaar, the Netherlands)

1988 – 1990  Assistant Professor, Department Management and Organization, Faculty of Economics and Econometrics, Free University, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Expertise

• Social Sciences

  • Transformational Leadership
  • Dutch
  • Design Methodology
  • Longitudinal Analysis
  • Economic and Social Development
  • Structural Equation Modeling

• Psychology

  • Job Performance
  • Emotional Intelligence

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University of Twente

Ravelijn (building no. 10), room 2426
Hallenweg 17
7522 NH Enschede
Netherlands

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