Biography
Michaéla Schippers is Professor of Behaviour and Performance Management at Rotterdam School of Management, ֱ, 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 & ֱ, 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 The full video is available via . 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 (E=CS2) and Comenius Senior Fellow.
Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University
- mschippers@rsm.nl
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Work
- Catarina M. Santos, Sjir Uitdewilligen, Lex van der Vegt, Michaéla C. Schippers & Ana Margarida Passos (2025) - - Group and Organization Management - doi: -
- Vera M Schweitzer, Fabiola H Gerpott, Nale Lehmann-Willenbrock, Sander de Leeuw, Michaéla Schippers & Jiachun Lu (2025) - - Journal of Supply Chain Management - doi: -
- Michaéla Schippers, Rob van Tulder, Max M. Louwerse & Desiderio C. Panas (2025) -
- Kasper P. Kepp, Kevin Bardosh, Tijl De Bie, Louise Emilsson, Justin Greaves, Tea Lallukka, Taulant Muka, J. Christian Rangel, Niclas Sandström, Michaéla C. Schippers, Jonas Schmidt-Chanasit & Tracy Vaillancourt (2024) - - Monash bioethics review, 42 (2), 169-199 - doi: -
- Michaéla C. Schippers, John P.A. Ioannidis & Matthias W.J. Luijks (2024) - - Frontiers in Sociology, 9 - doi: -
- Michaéla Schippers, Elisabeth M. de Jong, Diana C. Rus, Huib Rommers & Sanchayan Banerjee (2024) - -
- Izaak Dekker, Michaéla Schippers & Erik Van Schooten (2023) - - Journal of Research on ֱal Effectiveness, 17 (3), 561-589 - doi: -
- Job Hudig, Ad Scheepers, Michaéla Schippers & Guus Smeets (2023) - - Psychological Reports, 1-22 - doi: -
- Michaéla C. Schippers, John P.A. Ioannidis & Ari R. Joffe (2022) - - Frontiers in Public Health, 10 - doi: -
- Job Hudig, Ad Scheepers, Michaéla Schippers & Guus Smeets (2022) - - Current Psychology, 42 (27), 23349-23368 - doi: -
- Michaéla Schippers (5 november 2020) - University distances itself from professor who counts Covid
- Michaéla Schippers (26 november 2019) - Know your purpose – then act
- Marta Szymanowska, Rob van Tulder, Rene de Koster, Erik van Raaij, Dirk Schoenmaker, Steef van de Velde, Steve Kennedy, Gabriele Jacobs, Yashar Ghiassi-Farrokhfal, Ferdinand Jaspers, Michaéla Schippers & Frank Wijen (11 juni 2019) - New online course: Driving Business Towards The SDGs
- Michaéla Schippers, K. L. Scott, T. J. Zagenczyk & R. L. Purvis (2013) - Best Paper Award - Coworker exclusion and employee outcomes : The moderating role of perceived organizational and social support
Geen
- Start date approval
- juli 2022
- End date approval
- juli 2025
- Place
- NEDERLAND
- Description
- Onderzoek uitdragen om de wereld beter te maken
Ikigaitv.nl website Positieve Psychologie
- Start date approval
- juli 2022
- End date approval
- juli 2025
- Place
- NEDERLAND
- Description
- PP interventies op website aanbieden
Follow the Science
- Start date approval
- november 2022
- End date approval
- juli 2025
- Place
- MONIKKENDAM
- Description
- Podcast: "Follow the Science". Interviews
Michaela Schippers
- Start date approval
- september 2023
- End date approval
- september 2026
- Place
- MONNICKENDAM
- Description
- Verbinden mensen - "Make the world a better place"
afgestemd met Willem Koolhaas, per lezing/optreden
- Start date approval
- november 2023
- End date approval
- november 2026
- Place
- NEDERLAND
- Description
- veel lezingen, filmpjes en workshops
Great Happiness Project
- Start date approval
- maart 2024
- End date approval
- maart 2027
- Place
- NEDERLAND
- Description
- connectie maken met ikigaitv.nl