dr. Juup Essers

Profile
Juup Essers is Assistant Professor of Models and Policy at the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM).
He holds an MA in Philosophy & Political Theory from Leiden University and an MScBA and PhD from RSM.
Juup has authored and co-authored publications in the areas of philosophy of organization science, incommensurability of management theories, and ideology in organizations. He also sits on the scientific committee of the biennial conference on Rhetoric and Narratives in Management Research (RNMR) in Barcelona.
With more than 30 years of teaching experience under his belt, Juup has lectured on a variety of topics, ranging from rhetoric, philosophy of science, and cross-cultural management to business research methodology. He is a regular winner of the Best Teacher award in the Evening MScBA program at RSM.
His current research interests mainly focus on a critical appraisal of the semiotics and rhetoric of leadership discourse.
Professional experience
Assistant Professor
Erasmus University Rotterdam
RSM - Rotterdam School of Management
Department of Organisation and Personnel Management
Assistant Professor
Erasmus University Rotterdam
RSM - Rotterdam School of Management
Department of Organisation and Personnel Management
Publications
Key Publications (4)
- J.P.J.M. Essers (2012). Re‐writing the Organization: The Ideological Deadlock of Narrative Methodology. Journal of Organizational Change Management, 25 (2), 332-351. doi: 10.1108/09534811211213991
- J.P.J.M. Essers, S. Böhm & A. Contu (2009). Corporate Robespierres, Ideologies of Management and Change. Journal of Organizational Change Management, 22 (2), 129-140. doi: 10.1108/09534810910947172
- J.P.J.M. Essers (1999). Incommensurabiliteit en organisatie: over het management van verschil in organisaties. In M.J. van Riemsdijk (Ed.), Dilemma's in de bedrijfskundige wetenschap (pp. 206-234). Assen: Van Gorcum
- J.P.J.M. Essers & J.F. Schreinemakers (1997). Nonaka's Subjectivist Conception of Knowledge in Corporate Knowledge Management. Knowledge Organization, 24 (1), 24-32.
Professional Publications
- J.P.J.M. Essers (1995). De idee van een bedrijfskundige methodologie als verantwoordingskader voor bedrijfskundig handelen. Memo. Nieuwsbrief van de Nederlands-Vlaamse Academie voor Management, 4 (1), 3-11.
Scholarly Publications (21)
- G. Touburg & J.P.J.M. Essers (2019). Mythologizing Management: A Mythographic Analysis of the Case Method. 11th International Critical Management Studies Conference: Milton Keynes (2019, juni 28).
- G. Touburg & J.P.J.M. Essers (2018). Mythologizing Management: A Mythographic Analysis of the Case Method. 7th International Conference on Rhetoric and Narratives in Management Research: Barcelona (2018, maart 26).
- M.J. Flory & J.P.J.M. Essers (2016). Slawomir Magala, Generalist with a Cause. Journal of Organizational Change Management, 29 (1). doi: 10.1108/JOCM-11-2015-0217
- J.P.J.M. Essers (2016). Necessitas Legem Non Habet: Authority, Democracy and the Language of Leadership. 6th International Conference on Rhetoric and Narratives in Management Research: Barcelona (2016, maart 22).
- J.P.J.M. Essers (2013). Teaching Tolerance: Designing an MSc-Programme in Cross-Cultural Management. 12th Annual IACCM Conference: Rotterdam (2013, juni 21).
- J.P.J.M. Essers (2013). The Rhetoric of Repetition: Management Discourse on the Verge of Glossolalia. 5th International Conference on Rhetoric and Narratives in Management Research: Barcelona (2013, maart 25).
- J.P.J.M. Essers (2012). Re‐writing the Organization: The Ideological Deadlock of Narrative Methodology. Journal of Organizational Change Management, 25 (2), 332-351. doi: 10.1108/09534811211213991
- J.P.J.M. Essers (2011). Re-writing the Organization: Rhetorical Pitfalls of Narrative Research. 4th International Conference on Rhetoric and Narratives in Management Research: Barcelona (2011, maart 24). [go to publisher's site]
- J.P.J.M. Essers, S. Böhm & A. Contu (2009). Corporate Robespierres, Ideologies of Management and Change. Journal of Organizational Change Management, 22 (2), 129-140. doi: 10.1108/09534810910947172
- H.K. Letiche & J.P.J.M. Essers (2004). Jean-François Lyotard. In S. Linstead (Ed.), Organization Theory and Postmodern Thought (pp. 64-87). London/Thousand Oaks/New Delhi: Sage doi: 10.4135/9781446217313.n4
- J.P.J.M. Essers & J. van Oosterhout (2000). Het analyseren en schrijven van een betoog. In Ph. van Engeldorp Gastelaars (Ed.), Elementen van bedrijfskundig onderzoek (pp. 175-209). Nieuwerkerk a/d IJssel: ServicePost
- J.P.J.M. Essers (1999). Incommensurabiliteit en organisatie: over het management van verschil in organisaties. In M.J. van Riemsdijk (Ed.), Dilemma's in de bedrijfskundige wetenschap (pp. 206-234). Assen: Van Gorcum
- A.J.J.A. Maas, J.P.J.M. Essers, H.K. Letiche, S.J. Magala & A.J. Roodink (1998). Managing Change: Change Perspectives. Rotterdam: Donner
- J.P.J.M. Essers & J.F. Schreinemakers (1997). Nonaka's Subjectivist Conception of Knowledge in Corporate Knowledge Management. Knowledge Organization, 24 (1), 24-32.
- J.P.J.M. Essers & J.F. Schreinemakers (1996). Critical Notes on the Use of Knowledge in Knowledge Management. In R. Green (Ed.), Knowledge, Organization and Change. Proceedings of the Fourth International ISKO Conference (Advances in Knowledge Organization, Volume 5) (pp. 213-215). Frankfurt: Indeks
- J.P.J.M. Essers & J.F. Schreinemakers (1996). The Conceptions of Knowledge and Information in Knowledge Management. In J.F. Schreinemakers (Ed.), Knowledge Management. Organization, Competence and Methodology. Proceedings of the Fourth International ISMICK Symposium (Advances in Knowledge Management, Volume 1) (pp. 93-104). Würzburg: Ergon
- J.P.J.M. Essers, A. Huiberts & J.F.D.B. Wempe (1994). National Legislation versus International Competition: The Environmental Clean-up at Avebe. In B. Harvey, H. van Luijk & H. Steinmann (Eds.), European Casebook on Business Ethics (pp. 159-180). Hertfordshire: Prentice Hall
- J.P.J.M. Essers (1991). Interdisciplinariteit en herdisciplinering: de ontwikkelingsgang van bedrijfskunde als wetenschap. In H.W. Blom & J.J. Vromen (Eds.), Bedrijfseconomie: hoe bestaat het?: aanzetten tot een filosofische plaatsbepaling (pp. 17-29). Leiden/Antwerpen: Stenfert Kroeze
- J.P.J.M. Essers (1989). Over de methodologische verantwoording van bedrijfskunde als wetenschap. In J.W.M. Bertrand, J. Geersing, A. Pruyn, J.A.M. Theeuwes & H. van de Water (Eds.), Bedrijfskundig onderzoek 1989: 4e NOBO onderzoeksdag: Eindhoven, 9 november 1989 (pp. 271-280). Eindhoven: NOBO
- C.P. Veerman & J.P.J.M. Essers (Ed.). (1988). Wetenschap en wetenschapsleer: een inleiding (second ed.). Delft: Eburon
- J.P.J.M. Essers (1988). De kritische theorie van Jürgen Habermas. In C.P. Veerman & J.P.J.M. Essers (Eds.), Wetenschap en wetenschapsleer: een inleiding (second ed.) (pp. 199-251). Delft: Eburon
Semi Scientific Publications (2)
- M.J. Flory & J.P.J.M. Essers (2011). Frits maakt geen vrienden. In J. Groenewegen & A. Dreimüller (Eds.), Frits van Engeldorp Gastelaars: vriendelijke vriendenboek (pp. 33-35). Zeist: A-D Druk
- J.P.J.M. Essers (1997). Beste Erik. In Ph. van Engeldorp Gastelaars (Ed.), Liberik de Leede: sparringpartners (pp. 110-114). Nieuwerkerk a/d IJssel: ServicePost
Doctoral Thesis
- J.P.J.M. Essers (2007, februari 8). Incommensurabiliteit en organisatie: de reconstructie van een academische patstelling. Erasmus University Rotterdam (231 pag.) (Rotterdam) Prom./coprom.: prof.dr. S.J. Magala.
Recognitions
Editorial positions (2)
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Journal of Organizational Change Management
Occasional Reviewer
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Journal of Organizational Change Management
Co-Editor Special Issue
Side positions (4)
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Conference on Rhetoric and Narratives in Management Research
Member Scientific Committee
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Best teacher in the Evening Master 'Bedrijfskunde'
winner, several times
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SR Professor Award 2015: best professor premaster BA
nominee
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SR Professor Award 2015: best professor premaster IBA
nominee
Media
News item
Media item
- EM TV: Ziekteverzuim daalt door thuiswerken, maar ‘noodtoestand’ wat betreft werkdruk
Article including a video where Roel Pieterman, the chairman of the EUROPA union consultation, and Juup Essers, Professor at the RSM, explain how high the workload is among employees and how the pandemic is making the problem…
Erasmus Magazine Thursday, 12 November 2020
Courses
Studying Change
- Study year: 2020/2021, 2017/2018, 2016/2017, 2015/2016
- Code: BM04OCC
- ECTS: 6 Level: Master
Strategic HRM
- Study year: 2020/2021
- Code: BM07HRM
- Level: ERIM, Exchange, IM/CEMS, Master
Wetenschapsleer
- Study year: 2020/2021, 2019/2020, 2018/2019, 2017/2018, 2016/2017, 2015/2016, 2014/2015, 2013/2014, 2012/2013, 2011/2012
- Code: BMA3001
- ECTS: 3
MV 2, Majorgebonden Methodologie Seminar
- Study year: 2020/2021, 2019/2020
- Code: BMA3017
- ECTS: 2
Rhetoric for managers
- Study year: 2020/2021, 2019/2020, 2018/2019, 2017/2018, 2016/2017, 2015/2016
- Code: BMME065
- ECTS: 6 Level: Master, Master, Master, Master
HRM Master Thesis
- Study year: 2020/2021
- Code: BMMTHRM
- ECTS: 16 Level: Master
HRM-OCC Master Thesis
- Study year: 2020/2021
- Code: BMMTHRM-OCC
- ECTS: 16 Level: Master
OCC Master Thesis
- Study year: 2020/2021, 2019/2020, 2018/2019, 2017/2018
- Code: BMMTOCC
- ECTS: 16 Level: Master
Research Methodology
- Study year: 2020/2021
- Code: BMRMHRM-OCC
- Level: Master
Research clinic
- Study year: 2020/2021
- Code: BMRSCMIM
- ECTS: 1 Level: Master
Bedrijfskundige Methodologie
- Study year: 2020/2021, 2019/2020, 2018/2019, 2017/2018
- Code: BPA1014
- ECTS: 4
Human Resource Management
- Study year: 2020/2021
- Code: BT2102
- Level: Bachelor 2, Bachelor 3, Pre-master
Past courses
Cross Cultural Management
- Study year: 2019/2020, 2018/2019, 2017/2018, 2016/2017, 2015/2016, 2014/2015, 2013/2014, 2012/2013, 2011/2012
- Code: BAB23
- Level: Bachelor 2, Bachelor 2
Human Resource Management
- Study year: 2019/2020
- Code: BAD11
- Level: Bachelor 3, Bachelor 3, Pre-master
Human resource management
- Study year: 2019/2020
- Code: BKB1022
- Level: Bachelor 3, Pre-master
Introduction to Business
- Study year: 2019/2020
- Code: BT1101
- Level: Bachelor 1, Bachelor 1
Introduction to Business
- Study year: 2019/2020, 2018/2019, 2017/2018, 2016/2017, 2015/2016
- Code: BAP064
Introduction to business administration
- Study year: 2019/2020
- Code: BK1101
- Level: Bachelor 1
Professional development I
- Study year: 2019/2020
- Code: BK1105
- Level: Bachelor 1
Professional Development I
- Study year: 2019/2020
- Code: BT1105
- Level: Bachelor 1
Advisory Skills
- Study year: 2017/2018
- Code: BMME064
- ECTS: 6 Level: Master
Foundations of Consulting
- Study year: 2017/2018
- Code: BM05OCC
- ECTS: 3 Level: Master
Intervention skills
- Study year: 2017/2018
- Code: BMME066
- ECTS: 6 Level: Master
Managing Professional Organisations
- Study year: 2017/2018
- Code: BM01OCC
- ECTS: 6 Level: Master
Organisational Change and Consulting Research Methodology
- Study year: 2017/2018, 2016/2017, 2015/2016
- Code: BMRMOCC
- ECTS: 4 Level: Master
Personal Development Trajectory
- Study year: 2017/2018
- Code: BM06OCC
- ECTS: 3 Level: Master
Theories on Change, on Behaviour, and on Differences
- Study year: 2017/2018
- Code: BM02OCC
- ECTS: 6 Level: Master
Final project
- Study year: 2016/2017, 2015/2016, 2014/2015, 2013/2014, 2012/2013, 2011/2012
- Code: BMA4002
- ECTS: 20
Kick-off PTO
- Study year: 2016/2017, 2015/2016, 2014/2015, 2013/2014, 2012/2013, 2011/2012
- Code: BPA1010
Organisational Theory & Dynamics
- Study year: 2015/2016, 2014/2015, 2013/2014, 2012/2013
- Code: BAB21
- ECTS: 6 Level: Bachelor 2, Bachelor 2, Pre-master
Organisational theory and dynamics
- Study year: 2015/2016, 2013/2014
- Code: BKB1014
- ECTS: 6 Level: Bachelor 2, Pre-master
Organisational change and consulting research methodology
- Study year: 2014/2015, 2013/2014
- Code: RSMRMOCC
- ECTS: 4 Level: Master
Rhetoric for managers
- Study year: 2014/2015, 2013/2014
- Code: RSMME060
- ECTS: 6 Level: Master
International project
- Study year: 2012/2013, 2011/2012
- Code: BMA2001
- ECTS: 5
Methodology
- Study year: 2012/2013, 2011/2012
- Code: BMA4001
- ECTS: 1
own company project
- Study year: 2012/2013, 2011/2012
- Code: BMA1005
- ECTS: 4
Philosophy of organisational change
- Study year: 2012/2013, 2011/2012
- Code: BKMME155
- ECTS: 10 Level: Master
INTERNATIONAAL PROJECT
- Study year: 2011/2012
- Code: VBA 022
Kick-off PTO
- Study year: 2011/2012
- Code: BPA1001
- ECTS: 1
WETENSCHAPSLEER
- Study year: 2011/2012
- Code: VBA 032
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