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drs.ir. J.C. Kuijpers (Koen)

Researcher/ lecturer

About Me

Koen Kuijpers is a PhD candidate at the Netherlands Institute for Knowledge Intensive Entrepreneurship (NIKOS) at the University of Twente. He was granted a full scholarship for his PhD by the firms SOWECO N.V. Before he was offered a PhD position, Koen obtained a BSc in Engineering (cum laude) and a MSc in Business Administration at the University of Twente. His dissertation advisor is Prof. Dr. A.J. (Aard) Groen and daily supervisor is Dr. M.L. (Michel) Ehrenhard

Expertise

Social Sciences
Entrepreneur
Institutional Change
Mass Media
Nicotine
Resilience
Business & Economics
Innovative Behavior
Resilience
Arts & Humanities
Resilience

Research

Koen's research is positioned at the nexus of sociological and organizational research. His research focuses on the impact of institutional pressures on organizations and visa versa. Specifically, the adoption of new organizational practices by organizations in response to normative, cognitive and regulative changes are clearly at the heart of his research.

Publications

Recent
Kuijpers, K. (2021). Toward a cross-level understanding of institutional change: A microfoundational perspective. [PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT, University of Twente]. University of Twente. https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036551434
Caniëls, M. , Hatak, I. , Kuijpers, K. , & de Weerd-Nederhof, P. (2021). Trait Resilience Instigates Ideas? A Cross-Lagged Study. Paper presented at 27th Innovation and Product Development Management Conference, IPDMC 2020, Antwerp, Belgium.
Caniëls, M. C. J., Hatak, I. , Kuijpers, K. , & de Weerd, P. (2021). Trait Resilience and Resilient Behaviour at Work: The mediating role of job crafting. Paper presented at 28th IPDMC Innovation and Product Development Management Conference, IPDMC 2021, Milan, Italy.
de Weerd, P. , Kuijpers, K., Caniëls, M. C. J. , & Hatak, I. (2019). Individual Resilience for Innovation: Does Context Matter?. Paper presented at 26th Innovation and Product Development Management Conference 2019, Leicester, United Kingdom.
de Weerd, P. , Kuijpers, K., Caniëls, M. C. J. , & Hatak, I. (2019). Individual Resilience for Innovation: Does Context Matter?. Paper presented at 27th Annual High Technology Small Firms Conference, HTSF 2019, Enschede, Netherlands.
Kuijpers, K. , & Ehrenhard, M. (2019). The Impact of Vertical Complexity on Inclusive Practice Adoption to Institutional Pressures. Paper presented at 79th Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2019, Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
Kuijpers, K. , & Ehrenhard, M. (2019). Cross-National Institutional Pressures, Governance Structures and Inclusive Practice Adoption. Paper presented at 79th Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2019, Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
Other Contributions

'Thank you for smoking!': Legislative impact of state, corporations and activists on tobacco legislation. Kuijpers J.C., van den Broek T.A., Ehrenhard M.L., Need. A. Under review

The impact of cross-national instituional and governance diversity on the adoption of inclusive organizational practices (Working Paper). Kuijpers J.C., Ehrehard M.L.

Analyzing the role of mult-level logic alignment in reducing institutional complexity and predicting organizational response to institutional pressures. Kuijpers J.C., Ehrenhard M.L. EGOS proceedings. Tallinn, Estonia, 05-06-08

'Thank you for smoking!': Legislative impact of state, corporations and activists on tobacco legislation. Kuijpers J.C., van den Broek T.A., Ehrenhard M.L., Need. A. AoM Annual Meeting. Atlanta, USA, 04.08-08.08

'Shattered glass!': Assessing the influence of mass media on legitimacy and entrepreneurs' adoption of new organizational practices. (Working Paper) Kuijpers J.C., Ehrenhard M.L., Aktas S.

Assessing the role of issue fields on the diffusion of inclusive organizational practices in exchange fields. (Working Paper) Kuijpers J.C.

 

 

 

Education

Koen has given lectures in strategic positioning and innovation adoption. He taught at bachelor- and master- level at the University of Twente. Furthermore he supervised both bachelor- and master students during their graduation projects.

Affiliated Study Programmes

Bachelor

Master

Courses Academic Year  2023/2024

Courses in the current academic year are added at the moment they are finalised in the Osiris system. Therefore it is possible that the list is not yet complete for the whole academic year.
 

Courses Academic Year  2022/2023

Projects

Research on the fascilitators and obstacles of developmening an inclusive labor market. Consortium SOWECO/ Extend (Almelo) and University Twente. 

Research on organizational resilience. Longitudinal data collection. Prof. Dr. Ir. De Weerd- Nederhof, Dr. I. Hatak & Prof. M. Caniëls

Contact Details

Visiting Address

University of Twente
Campus & Facility Management
Sportcentrum (building no. 49)
De Hems 20
7522NL  Enschede
The Netherlands

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University of Twente
Campus & Facility Management
Ravelijn (building no. 10), room 2274
Hallenweg 17
7522NH  Enschede
The Netherlands

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Mailing Address

University of Twente
Campus & Facility Management
Ravelijn  2274
P.O. Box 217
7500 AE Enschede
The Netherlands