D. (Dirk) van Dierendonck

Dirk van Dierendonck is an associate professor of organisational behavior at the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM).

His areas of expertise include leadership (notably servant leadership), positive organisational behaviour, leadership development, and measurement development.

Professor Dierendonck is the associate editor of the International Journal of Servant Leadership. He is co-founder of the Erasmus Center for Leadership Studies, and co-founder and co-organiser of the New Directions in Leadership Research conference organised by Duke University in the UK, Erasmus University in the Netherlands, INSEAD in France, and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in the USA.

Dirk van Dierendonck is the author of books, book chapters and over 60 scholarly articles published in the major academic journels including the Journal of Management, the Journal of Applied Psychology, the Journal of Organizational Behavior, and the European Journal of Work and Organizational Behavior.

He received his PhD from Utrecht University in the Netherlands.

• Articles (37)
  • Nederveen Pieterse, A., van Knippenberg, D. & Van Dierendonck, D. (2013). Cultural diversity and team performance: The role of team member goal orientation. Academy of Management Journal, Accepted.
  • Schinkel, S., van Vianen, A & Van Dierendonck, D. (2013). Selection fairnes and outcomes: A field study of interactive effects on applicants reactions. International Journal of Selection and Assessment, Accepted.
  • Bobbio, A., Van Dierendonck, D. & Manganelli, A.M. (2012). Servant Leadership in Italy and its relation to organizational variables. Leadership, 8(3), 229-243.
  • De Jager Meezenbroek, E., Garssen, B, van den Berg, M, Van Dierendonck, D., Visser, A. & Schaufeli, W.B. (2012). Measuring spirituality as a universal human experience: Development of the Spiritiual Attitude and Involvement List (SAIL). Journal of Psychosocial Oncology, 30, 141-167.
  • De Jager Meezenbroek, E., Garssen, B, van den Berg, M, Van Dierendonck, D., Visser, A. & Schaufeli, W.B. (2012). Measuring spirituality as a universal human experience: A review of spirituality questionnaires. Journal of Religion & Health, 51(2), 336-354.
  • Kool, M. & Van Dierendonck, D. (2012). Servant leadership and commitment to change, the mediating role of justice and optimism. Journal of Organizational Change Management, 25(3), 422-433.
  • Van Dierendonck, D. & Dijkstra, M.T.M. (2012). The role of the follower in the relationship between empowering leadership and empowerment: A longitudinal investigation. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 42(SI), E1-E20.
  • Van Dierendonck, D. & Jacobs, G. (2012). Survivors and Victims, a meta-analytic review of fairness and organizational commitment after downsizing. British Journal of Management, 23(1), 96-109.
  • Van Dierendonck, D. (2012). Spirituality as an essential determinant for the Good Life, its importance relative to self-determinant psychological needs. Journal of Happiness Studies, 13, 685-700.
  • Asag-Gau, L. & Van Dierendonck, D. (2011). The impact of Servant Leadership on organizational commitment among the highly talented: The role of challenging work conditions and psychological empowerment. European Journal of International Management, 5(5), 463-483.
  • Hakanen, J. & Van Dierendonck, D. (2011). Servant Leadership and life satisfaction: the mediating role of justice, job control, and burnout. The International Journal of Servant-Leadership, 7(1).
  • Schinkel, S., Van Dierendonck, D., van Vianen, A & Ryan, A.M. (2011). Applicants reactions to rejection: Feedback, fairness, and attributional style effects. Journal of Personnel Psychology, 10(4), 146-156.
  • Van Dierendonck, D. (2011). Servant leadership: A review and synthesis. Journal of Management, 37(4), 1228-1261.
  • Van Dierendonck, D. & Groen, R. (2011). Belbin revisited: A multitrait-multimethod investigation of a team role instrument. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 20(3), 345-366.
  • Van Dierendonck, D. & Nuijten, I (2011). The Servant Leadership Survey: Development and validition of a multidimensional Measure. Journal of Business and Psychology, 26(3), 249-267.
  • Rodriguez-Carvajal, R., Diaz Mendez, D, Moreno-Jimenez, B., Blanco Abarca, A & Van Dierendonck, D. (2010). Vitalidad y recursos internos como componentes del constructo de bienestart psicologico. Psicothema, 22(1), 63-70.
  • Verdoold, A & Van Dierendonck, D. (2010). Development of a Leadership Forgiveness Measure. The International Journal of Servant-Leadership, 6, 285-292.
  • Dijkstra, M.T.M., de Dreu, C.K.W., Evers, A. & Van Dierendonck, D. (2009). Passive responses to interpersonal conflict at work emplify employee strain. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 18(4), 405-423.
  • Van Dierendonck, D., Rodriquez-Carvajal, R, Moreno-Jimenez, B. & Dijkstra, M.T.M. (2009). Goal integration and well-being: Self-regulation through inner resources in The Netherlands and Spain. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 40(5), 746-760.
  • Dierendonck, D. van, Diaz, D., Rodriquez-Carvajal, R, Blanco, A. & Moreno-Jimenez, B. (2008). Ryff's six-factor model of psychological well-being, a Spanish exploration. Social Indicators Research, 87(3), 473-479.
  • Dierendonck, D. van, Haynes, C., Borrill, C. & Stride, C. (2007). Effects of upward feedback on leadership behaviour toward subordinates. Journal of Management Development, 26(3), 228-238.
  • Diaz, D., Rodriguez-Carvajal, R., Blanco, A., Moreno-Jimenez, B., Gallardo, I., Valle, C. & Dierendonck, D. van (2006). Adaptacion espanola de las escalas de bienestar psicologico de Ryff. Psicothema, 18(3), 572-577.
  • Dierendonck, D. van & Heeren, I. (2006). Towards a research model of servant-leadership. The International Journal of Servant-Leadership, 2(1), 147-169.
  • Dierendonck, D. van & Mohan, K. (2006). Some thoughts on spirituality and eudaimonic well-being. Mental Health, Religion and Culture, 9(3), 227-238.
  • Algera, J.A., Dierendonck, D. van & Vlerick, P. (2005). Optimaal presteren in Organisaties. Gedrag en Organisatie, 17(6), 383-386.
  • Dierendonck, D. van, Garssen, B & Visser, A. (2005). Burnout prevention through personal growth. International Journal of Stress Management, 12(1), 62-77.
  • Dierendonck, D. van & Te Nijenhuis, J. (2005). Flotation Restricted Environmental Stimulation Therapy (REST) as a stress-management tool: A meta-analysis. Psychology and Health, 20(3), 405-412.
  • Dijkstra, M.T.M., Dierendonck, D. van, Evers, A. & Dreu, C.K.W. (2005). Conflict and wellbeing at work: the moderating role of personality. Journal of Managerial Psychology, 20(2), 87-104.
  • Taris, T.W., Stoffelsen, J, Bakker, A.B., Schaufeli, W.B. & Dierendonck, D. van (2005). Job control and burnout across occupations. Psychological Reports, 97(3), 955-961.
  • De Dreu, C. K. W., Dierendonck, D. van & Dijkstra, M.T.M. (2004). Conflict at Work and Individual Wellbeing. International Journal of Conflict Management, 15(1), 6-26.
  • Dierendonck, D. van, Haynes, C., Borrill, C. & Stride, C. (2004). Leadership behavior and subordinate wellbeing. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 9(2), 165-175.
  • Dierendonck, D. van (2004). The construct validity of Ryff's scales of psychological well-being and its extension with spiritual wellbeing. Personality and Individual Differences, 36(3), 629-643.
  • Dijkstra, M.T.M., Dierendonck, D. van & Evers, A. (2004). Responding to conflict at work and individual well-being: The mediating role of flight behavior and feelings of helplessness. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 14(2), 119-135.
  • Schinkel, S., Dierendonck, D. van & Anderson, D. (2004). The impact of selection encounters on applicants: An experimental study into feedback effects after a negative decision. International Journal of Selection and Assessment, 12(1-2), 197-205.
  • Dierendonck, D. van & Mevissen, N. (2002). Aggressive behavior of passengers, conflict management behavior and burnout among trolley care drivers. International Journal of Stress Management, 9(4), 345-355.
  • Stoffelsen, J, Taris, T.W., Bakker, A.B., Schaufeli, W.B. & Dierendonck, D. van (2002). Verschillen in burnoutrisico tussen functies en individuen: Wat is de rol van regelmogelijkheden? Gedrag & Gezondheid, 30, 17-29.
  • Bakker, A.B., Schaufeli, W.B., Sixma, H., Bosveld, W. & Dierendonck, D. van (2000). Patient demands, lack of reciprocity, and burnout: A five-year longitudinal study among general practitioners. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 21, 425-441.

• Book contributions (5)
  • Dierendonck, D. van, Nuijten, I.A.P.M. & Heeren, I. (2009). Servant Leadership, key to followers well-being. In D Tjosvold & B Van Knippenberg (Eds.), Power and interdependence in organizations (pp. 319-337). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • Dierendonck, D. van, Garssen, B & Visser, A. (2004). Rediscovering meaning and purpose at work. The transpersonal psychology background of a burnout prevention program. In A.S. Antoniou & C. Cooper (Eds.), Research Companion to Organizational Health Psychology (pp. 623-631). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
  • Dierendonck, D. van, De Dreu, C. K. W. & Best-Waldhober, M. de (2003). Conflict at work and individual wellbeing. In M. Schabracq, J.A.M. Winnubst & C.L. Cooper (Eds.), Handbook of work and health psychology, 2nd edition (pp. 495-516). John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
  • Dierendonck, D. van, Schabracq, M.J. & Bakker, A.B. (2001). Preventie en tegengaan van burnout in organisaties. In C.A.L. Hoogduin, W.B. Schaufeli, C.P.D.R. Schaap & A.B. Bakker (Eds.), Behandelingsstrategieën bij burnout. Houten; Diegem: Bohn Stafleu Van Loghum.
  • Bakker, A.B., Schaufeli, W.B. & Dierendonck, D. van (2000). Burnout: Prevalentie, risicogroepen en risicofactoren. In I.L.D. Houtman, W.B. Schaufeli & T. Taris (Eds.), Psychische vermoeidheid en werk: Cijfers, trends en analyses (pp. 65-82). Alphen a/d Rijn: Samsom.

• Professional publications
  • Dierendonck, D. van (2005). Het goed leven. Introductie van een multidimensioneel model en een instrument voor het meten van eudaimonistische welzijn. Gedrag en Gezondheid, 33(1), 3-14.