Profile
Bex Hewett is an Associate Professor in the Department of Organisation and Personnel Management of Rotterdam School of Management.
Bex's work is driven by a passionate belief that work should make people's lives better. Her research focuses on how work and employment can be designed to benefit the lives of workers whilst achieving organisational goals. Her research has been published in journals including Journal of Management, Journal of Management Studies, Human Relations, Human Resource Management Review and Human Resource Management. Bex's research is also regularly featured in news media and professional press, including MIT Sloan Management Review, The Telegraph, The Times, The Guardian, Forbes, and Time Magazine.
Bex is currently looking at how people management works in self-managing organisations and is Research Lead of the People and Self-Managing Organisations project.
Bex works with organisations to apply research to practice as part of the People, Organisations & Change research group. She is currently an Associate Editor of Human Resource Management Review and a member of the Executive Committee of the HR Division of the Academy of Management.
Bex is Academic Director of the ERIM part-time PhD programme, and teaches on RSM's Beyond HR programme for experienced HR professionals.
Bex was awarded her PhD from Royal Holloway, University of London. Prior to this she worked for 10 years as an HR professional, finally as Head of HR Operations at Ofcom (the UK's communications regulator).
Publications
Article (16)
Academic (16)
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Lau, A., Haist, J., & Hewett, R. (2025). Impact-driven scholar, reflective practitioner, or pracademic? Conceptualizing hybrid roles to bridge the research-practice gap in HRM. Human Resource Management Review, 35(2), Article 101077. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrmr.2025.101077
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Hewett, R., Sikora, D., Brees, J., & Moelijker, R. (2024). Answerable for what? The role of accountability focus in line manager HR implementation. Human Resource Management, 63(2), 165-185. https://doi.org/10.1002/hrm.22189
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Gagné, M., & Hewett, R. (2024). Assumptions about Human Motivation have Consequences for Practice. Journal of Management Studies, 62(5), 2098-2124. https://doi.org/10.1111/joms.13092
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Hewett, R. (2023). Dissonance, reflection and reframing: Unpacking the black box of motivation internalization. Journal of Management Studies, 60(2), 285-312. https://doi.org/10.1111/joms.12878
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Sanders, K., Hewett, R., & Yang, H. (2023). Looking Back to Move Forward: A 20-Year Overview and an Integrated Model of Human Resource Process Research. Research in Personnel and Human Resources Management, 41, 161–197. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0742-730120230000041007
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Hewett, R., & Shantz, A. (2021). A theory of HR co-creation. Human Resource Management Review, 31(4). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrmr.2021.100823
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Clinton, ME., Hewett, R., Conway, N., & Poulter, D. (2021). Lost Control Driving Home: A Dual-Pathway Model of Self-Control Work Demands and Commuter Driving. Journal of Management, 48(4), 821-850. https://doi.org/10.1177/0149206321997912
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Boekhorst, J. A., Hewett, R., Shantz, A., & Good, J. R. L. (2021). The double-edged sword of manager caring behavior: Implications for employee wellbeing. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/ocp0000313
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Clinton, ME., Conway, N., Sturges, J., & Hewett, R. (2020). Self-control during daily work activities and work-to-nonwork conflict. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 118, Article 103410. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2020.103410
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Demerouti, E., Hewett, R., Haun, V., De Gieter, S., Rodriguez-Sanchez, A., & Skakon, J. (2019). From job crafting to home crafting: A daily diary study among six European countries. Human Relations, 73(7). https://doi.org/10.1177/0018726719848809
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Hewett, R., & Leroy, H. (2019). Well it's only fair: How perceptions of manager discretion in bonus allocation affect intrinsic motivation. Journal of Management Studies, 56(6), 1105-1137. https://doi.org/10.1111/joms.12445
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Hewett, R., Shantz, A., & Mundy, J. (2019). Information, beliefs and motivation: The antecedents to HR attributions. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 40(5), 570-586. https://doi.org/10.1002/job.2353
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Hewett, R., Liefooghe, A., Visockaite, G., & Roongrerngsuke, S. (2018). Bullying at Work: Cognitive Appraisal of Negative Acts, Coping, Wellbeing, and Performance. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 23(1), 71-84. https://doi.org/10.1037/ocp0000064
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Hewett, R., Shantz, A., Mundy, J., & Alfes, K. (2017). Attribution theories in Human Resource Management research: a review and research agenda. The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 29(1), 87-126. https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2017.1380062
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Hewett, R., Haun, VC., Demerouti, E., Rodriguez-Sanchez, AM., Skakon, J., & De Gieter, S. (2017). Compensating need satisfaction across life boundaries: A daily diary study. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 90(2), 270-279. https://doi.org/10.1111/joop.12171
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Hewett, R., & Conway, N. (2016). The Undermining Effect Revisited: The Salience of Everyday Verbal Rewards and Self-Determined Motivation. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 37(3), 436-455. https://doi.org/10.1002/job.2051
Chapter (5)
Academic (5)
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Aleksic, D., Hewett, R., & Giessner, S. (2025). On GenAI and channeling employee creativity. In M. Orel, M. Černe, & S. I. Wong (Eds.), Humanizing the Digital Workspace: Creativity, Innovation and Leadership in the Age of Technology Springer Nature. https://link.springer.com/book/9783031769016
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Hewett, R. (2023). Skills-based pay. In Encyclopedia of Human Resource Management, Second Edition (pp. 362-363). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800378841.s.17
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Hewett, R. (2023). Team pay. In Encyclopedia of Human Resource Management, Second Edition (2 ed., pp. 381-382). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800378841.t.4
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Hewett, R., & Shantz, A. (2022). The role of line managers in the formation of employees' HR attributions. In Research Handbook on Line Managers (pp. 95-112). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781839102745.00012
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Hewett, R. (2021). HR attributions: A critical review and research agenda. In Handbook on HR Process Research (pp. 7-26). Edward Elgar Publishing.
Conference proceeding (3)
Academic (3)
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Hewett, B. (2015). Bonus Intensity, Need Satisfaction and Autonomous Motivation: The Role of Informational Signaling. In - https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2015.11793abstract
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Hewett, B., Hahn, V., De Gieter, S., Demerouti, E., Rodríguez-Sánchez, A., & Skakon, J. (2015). Daily recovery through need satisfaction at home: the moderating role of need satisfaction at work. In - https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2015.11790symposium
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Hewett, B. (2013). A Longitudinal Exploration of the Impact of Performance-related Reward on Happiness at Work. In - https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2013.10620symposium
Doctoral Thesis (1)
Internal (1)
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Hewett, B. (2014). Examining the relationship between workplace rewards and the quality of motivational experience; a Self-Determination Theory perspective. [Doctoral Thesis, Royal Holloway University of London]. Royal Holloway, University of London.
Other contribution (1)
Academic (1)
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Gagné, M., & Hewett, R. (2025, Mar). What Leaders Get Wrong About Employee Motivation. (3 ed.) MIT Sloan Management Review
Web publication/site (2)
Professional (2)
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Hewett, B. (2020). Marking the boundaries between home and work. Web publication/site, RSM Discovery - Management Knowledge.
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Hewett, B., & Leroy, H. (2019). Are formal bonus procedures actually motivating your staff?. Web publication/site, RSM Discovery - Management Knowledge.
Activities
Additional positions (1)
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RSM BVStart date approval: 19 Dec 2023End date approval: 18 Dec 2026Place: ROTTERDAMDescription: Various exec ed sessions
Additional activities (2)
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Human Resource Management Review (Journal)Bex Hewett (Editor)01 Jan 2023
Activity: Editorial work (Academic)
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Human Resource Management Journal (Journal)Bex Hewett (Editor)01 Jan 2019 - 30 Apr 2022
Activity: Editorial work (Academic)
Courses
POC Master Thesis
- Study year: 2025/2026, 2024/2025, 2023/2024
- Code: BMMTPOC
Past courses
Academic Research? Presentation!
- Study year: 2023/2024
- Code: BPTPHD3102
Advanced Quantitative Methods
- Study year: 2023/2024
- Code: BPTPHD2205
Appraisal
- Study year: 2023/2024
- Code: BPTPHD1400
Developing Argumentative Writing
- Study year: 2023/2024
- Code: BPTPHD2103
Developing Theory
- Study year: 2023/2024
- Code: BPTPHD1202
Effective Paper Revision
- Study year: 2023/2024
- Code: BPTPHD4104
Engaged Research
- Study year: 2023/2024
- Code: BPTPHD1302
Finding Scholarly Literature & Data
- Study year: 2023/2024
- Code: BPTPHD1102
Front End of Paper
- Study year: 2023/2024
- Code: BPTPHD2101
HRM Master Thesis
- Study year: 2023/2024
- Code: BMMTHRM
Integrity in Research
- Study year: 2023/2024
- Code: BPTPHD1305
Introduction to Academic Writing
- Study year: 2023/2024
- Code: BPTPHD1103
Introduction to Causal Inference
- Study year: 2023/2024
- Code: BPTPHD1401
Introduction to Econometrics
- Study year: 2023/2024
- Code: BPTPHD1203
Introduction to Qualitative Methods
- Study year: 2023/2024
- Code: BPTPHD1304
Introduction to Quantitative Methods
- Study year: 2023/2024
- Code: BPTPHD1104
Peer Review Clinic
- Study year: 2023/2024
- Code: BPTPHD2204
Peer Review Clinic
- Study year: 2023/2024
- Code: BPTPHD4101
Philosophy of Science I
- Study year: 2023/2024
- Code: BPTPHD1201
Philosophy of Science II
- Study year: 2023/2024
- Code: BPTPHD1402
Publication Strategy
- Study year: 2023/2024
- Code: BPTPHD3103
Strategic People Management
- Study year: 2023/2024
- Code: BM15HRM
Strategic People Management
- Study year: 2023/2024
- Code: BM01POC
Systematic Literature Review
- Study year: 2023/2024
- Code: BPTPHD2104
Systematic Literature Review
- Study year: 2023/2024
- Code: BPTPHD1101
Visualisation Fundamentals
- Study year: 2023/2024
- Code: BPTPHD4103
Writing Clinic
- Study year: 2023/2024
- Code: BPTPHD1303
Featured in the media
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RECRUITMENT - PressReader.com
Research on the implementation of HR practices by Prof. Bex Hewett has been picked up by the PressReader service - appearing in the Maidenhead Advertiser
Friday, 22 November 2024 -
Working 11 hours a day from home? Here's how to claw back some valuable family time
Britons who work from home are spending 10 hours more per week working than pre-pandemic, leading to fears of burnout. Dr Bex Hewett, an assistant professor at the RSM, whose work focuses on people's mental health is afraid of…
Wednesday, 3 February 2021 -
Working 11 hours a day from home? Here's how to claw back some valuable family time
Britons who work from home are spending 10 hours more per week working than pre-pandemic, leading to fears of burnout. Dr Bex Hewett, an assistant professor at the RSM, whose work focuses on people's mental health is afraid of…
Wednesday, 3 February 2021 -
Struggling with working from home? Here are 4 tips that may help
An article that mentiones Rebecca Hewett's research on proactive steps we can take to help us feel more in control of our time.
Friday, 19 June 2020 -
4 Steps For Successful Home Working
Rebecca Hewett from RSM has compiled four 4 steps that may help working from home, mentioned in Forbes. She suggests to do a needs audit, craft your day, focusing on achievements and asking for help may help. …
Friday, 8 May 2020 -
‘Laat manager zelf beslissen wie welke bonus krijgt’
An article that mentions research done by Rebecca Hewett and Hannes Leroy of RSM. The research shows that if managers are allowed to make their own decisions about performance bonuses to be awarded, employees are generally more…
Monday, 27 May 2019 -
Formal bonuses overrated in motivating staff
Research done my Rebecca Hewett, Assistant Professor at the Department of Organisation and Personnel Management, and Hannes Leroy, Associate Professor at the Department of Organisation and Personnel Management at RSM has been…
Tuesday, 7 May 2019 -
Why giving staff bonuses is riskier than you think
Research done my Rebecca Hewett, Assistant Professor at the Department of Organisation and Personnel Management, and Hannes Leroy, Associate Professor at the Department of Organisation and Personnel Management at RSM has been…
Thursday, 2 May 2019 -
Why giving staff bonuses is riskier than you think
Research done my Rebecca Hewett, Assistant Professor at the Department of Organisation and Personnel Management, and Hannes Leroy, Associate Professor at the Department of Organisation and Personnel Management at RSM has been…
Thursday, 2 May 2019 -
Want to motivate staff? Scrap formal bonus procedures
Research done my Rebecca Hewett, Assistant Professor at the Department of Organisation and Personnel Management, and Hannes Leroy, Associate Professor at the Department of Organisation and Personnel Management at RSM has been…
Wednesday, 1 May 2019 -
Want to motivate staff? Scrap formal bonus procedures
Research done my Rebecca Hewett, Assistant Professor at the Department of Organisation and Personnel Management, and Hannes Leroy, Associate Professor at the Department of Organisation and Personnel Management at RSM has been…
Wednesday, 1 May 2019 -
Want to motivate staff? Scrap formal bonus procedures
Research done my Rebecca Hewett, Assistant Professor at the Department of Organisation and Personnel Management, and Hannes Leroy, Associate Professor at the Department of Organisation and Personnel Management at RSM has been…
Wednesday, 1 May 2019
