ROBERT A. ROE

MaastrichtUniversity

Faculty of Economics & Business Administration

P.O. Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands

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Robert A. Roe (Amsterdam, 1944) is emeritus professor of Organizational Theory and Organizational Behavior at MaastrichtUniversity. He was full professor in Work and Organizational Psychology at Delft University of Technology (1980-1988) and W&O Psychology at TilburgUniversity (1988-1999), and part-time professor in Organizational Psychology at the University of Nijmegen (2002). He held the chair of Organizational Theory and Organizational Behavior in Maastricht from 2002-2009. During the years 1999-2001 he was general director of the Netherlands Aeromedical Institute in Soesterberg, the Netherlands. He was founding-director Work & OrganizationResearchCenter in Tilburg (WORC, 1991-1997).

Robert Roe is president of the European Federation of Psychologists’ Associations (EFPA, 2009). He was founding-president of the European Association of Work & Organizational Psychology (EAWOP, 1991-1995) and played an active role in the European Network of Organizational and Work Psychologists (ENOP) especially with regard to the development of the European Reference Model and Minimum Standards for Work and Organizational Psychology.

Robert Roe has a broad international experience. He has collaborated with colleagues from Europe, the United States and Canada, in teaching, research and professional domains. He has played a leading role in several international projects and he has organized dozens of scientific conferences, symposia and workshops in the field of work and organization. He was recently involved in the development of EuroPsy, the European Diploma for Psychologists.

Robert Roe has an extensive record of consulting activities, involving many firms and public organizations. In addition, he has also fulfilled several advisory roles in professional and public bodies. He is currently chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board of SHL International.

Robert Roe has a broad knowledge of work & organizational psychology and adjacent disciplines. He has worked in areas such as personnel selection and appraisal, career development, work performance, organizational change, organizational culture, impacts of economic transformation, and methods of organizational assessment. His recent work focuses at theoretical and methodological innovations, and aims at enhancing the effectiveness of organizational knowledge and its applications. It includes the development of methods for temporal modelling of organizational phenomena, methods of multi-perspective (spectral) analysis of organizational problems, and applications of design methodology.

Robert Roe has taught a wide range of topics, ranging from work and organizational psychology to organizational behaviour, organizational theory, and research methodology to students of psychology, technological, economics and business administration at the undergraduate, graduate, postgraduate and PhD level.

Over the years Robert Roe has written more than 400 scientific and professional publications, including several books. He has also served on the editorial boards of various scientific journals, currently including ‘Applied Psychology – An International Review’, the ‘Journal of Organizational Behavior’ (USA), and the ‘European Journal of W&O Psychology’ (Europe).

Selected publications

  • Claessens, B., Roe, R.A. (2009), Things to do today. A daily diary study on task completion at work. Applied Psychology. An international Review (in press).
  • Roe, R.A., Waller, M.J. & Clegg, S. (Eds.) (2009). Time in Organizational Research.London, UK: Routledge.
  • Roe, R.A., Solinger, O. & Van Olffen, W. (2009). Shaping organizational commitment. In: S. Clegg & C. Cooper (Eds.) The Sage Handbook of Macro-Organizational Behaviour. Volume 2. London: Sage; pp. 130-149.
  • Solinger, O., Van Olffen, W. & Roe, R.A. (2008). Beyond the three-component model of organizational commitment. Journal of Applied Psychology, 93 (1), 70-83.
  • Bartram, D. & Roe, R.A. (2008). Individual and organizational factors in competence acquisition. In: W.Nijhof (Ed.). The Learning Potential of the Workplace. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers; pp. 71-96.
  • Roe, R.A. (2008). Time in applied psychology: Studying what happens rather than what is. The European Psychologist, 13 (1), 37-52.
  • Schalk, M.J.D. & Roe, R.A. (2007). Towards a dynamic model of the psychological contract. Journal for the Theory of Social Behavior, 37 (2), 167-182.
  • Naus, F., Van Iterson, A. & Roe, R.A. (2007). Organizational cynicism: Extending the exit, voice, loyalty, and neglect model of employees' responses to adverse conditions in the workplace. Human Relations, 60 (5), 683-718.
  • Naus, F., Van Iterson, A. & Roe, R.A. (2007). Value incongruence, job autonomy, and organization-based self-esteem: A self-based perspective on organizational cynicism. European Journal of Work & organizational Psycholog, 16 (2), 195-219.
  • Raes, A., Glunk, U., Heijltjes, M. & Roe, R.A. (2007). Top management teams and middle managers: Making sense of leadership. Small Group Research, 38 (3), 360-386.
  • Claessens, B.J.C., Van Eerde, W., Rutte, C.G. & Roe, R.A. (2007). A Review of the time management literature. Personnel Review, 36 (2), 255-276.
  • Roe, R.A. & Hermans, P. (2006). Psychological factors in crew selection. In: Bor, R. & Hubbard, T. (Eds.), Aviation mental health. Ashgate Publishers; pp. 161-193.
  • Diepen, B. van, Iterson, A van, Roe, R.A. (2006). Human resources management in Europe and North America: Similarities and Differences. In: C. Cooper & R. Burke (Eds.) The Human Resources revolution: Research and Practice. Elsevier; pp. 79-98.
  • Bartram, D. and R. A. Roe (2005). Definition and assessment of competences in the context of the European Diploma in Psychology. The European Psychologist, 10 (2), 93-102.
  • Roe, R.A. (2005). The design of selection systems - Context, principles, issues. In: Evers, A., Anderson, N. & Smit, O. (Eds.), Handbook of personnel selection. Oxford: Blackwell; pp. 73-97.
  • Roe, R.A. (2005). No More Variables, Please. Giving time a place in Work and Organizational Psychology. In H. Kepir Sinangil, F. Avallone & A. Caetano (Eds.), Convivence in Organizations and Society. Milano: Guerini; pp.11-20
  • Puettgen, Ch. & Roe, R.A. (2005). Change Management Praktiken und SAP-Implementierungserfolg - Eine empirische Studie mit SAP-Projektleitern. In: O. Kohnke & W. Bungard (eds.), SAP-Einfuhrung mit Change Management. Wiesbaden: Gabler Verlag. ISBN: 3409126503; pp.143-168.
  • Claessens, B.J.C., Van Eerde, W., Rutte, C.C.G. & Roe, R.A. (2004). Planning Behavior and Perceived Control of Time at Work. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 25 (8), p. 937-950