Qualifications: Ph.D Massachusetts Institute of Technology USA NEUROSCIENCE FOR LEADERSHIP MIT POSTGRADUATE University / Neuro Leadership Institute UK NEUROSCIENCE OF LEADERSHIP Middlesex PH.D. IESE Business School University of Navarra Spain ECONOMICS BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION IN WITH SPECIALIZATION IN ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR (Summa Cum Laude) Master’s Degree Vlerick Management School; University of Ghent Belgium MARKETING MANAGEMENT Bachelor’s Degree Catholic University of Louvain, Louvain Belgium INDUSTRIAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY (Cum Laude)
Dr. Steven Poelmans is professor of Leadership and Organizational Neuroscience at Antwerp Management School (AMS). He holds a M. Organizational Psychology, M. Marketing Management, Ph.D. Management, and Postgraduate in Neuroscience of Leadership. He is the founder of the NeuroTrainingLab™, a neuroscience-based leadership development methodology. Dr. Poelmans has twenty years of teaching experience at seven business schools in three continents, teaching organizational behavior, managerial communication, cross-cultural management, (neuro)/leadership, and coaching. He is author of the book “Paradoxes of Leadership”, editor of five academic books, several dozens of articles in peer-reviewed journals, and more than 30 book chapters. He was recognized as a Top 50 Overall Contributor by the Work-Family Researchers Network.
Jang, S., Kim, E.S., Cao, C., Allen, T.D., Cooper, C.L., Lapierre, L.M., O'Driscoll, M.P., Sanchez, J.I., Spector, P.E., Poelmans, S., Abarca, N., Alexandrova, M., Antoniou, A.S., Beham, B., Brough, P., Çarikçi, I., Ferreiro, P., Fraile, G., Geurts, S., Kinnunen, U., Lu, C., Lu, L., Moreno-Velázquez, I.F., Pagon; M., Pitariu, H., Salamatov, V., Siu, O.L., Shima, S., Schulmeyer, M.K., Tillemann, K., Widerszal-Bazyl, M., Woo, J. (2017). Measurement invariance of the satisfaction with life scale across 26 countries. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 1-17. (AJG***).
Beham, B. Baierl, A., & Poelmans, S. (2015). Managerial telework allowance decisions – a vignette study among German managers. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 12, 1.22. (ABS***).
Casper, W. J., Allen, T. D., & Poelmans, S. A. Y. (2014). International perspectives on work and family. Applied Psychology: International Review, 63, 1, 1-4. (AJG***).
Poelmans, S. & Gil Ugarte, L.S. (2014). Quiet Leadership. La Ciencia y la Praxis del Neuroliderazgo. Harvard Deusto Business Review, 208, 60-67.
Allen, T. D., Lapierre, L. M., Spector, P. E., Poelmans, S. A.Y., O'Driscoll, M., Sanchez, J. I., Cooper, C. L., Walvoord, A. G., Antoniou, A.S., Brough, P., Geurts, S., Kinnunen, U., Pagon, M., Shima, S. and Woo, J.-M. (2013). The Link between National Paid Leave Policy and Work–Family Conflict among Married Working Parents. Applied Psychology: An International Review. (AJG***). *Rock, D, Siegel, D., Poelmans, S., & Payne, J. (2012). The Healthy Mind Platter. Neuroleadership Journal, 4, 1-23.
Poelmans, S. (2012). The “Triple-N” Model: Changing Normative Beliefs about Parenting and Career Success. Journal of Social Issues, 68, 4, 838–847. (Impact Factor 2,08).
Yang, L., Spector, P.E., Sanchez, J.I., Allen, T.D., Poelmans, S., Cooper, C.L., Lapierre, L.M., O'Driscoll, M.P., Abarca, N., Alexandrova, M., Antoniou, A.S., Beham, B., Brough, P., Çarikçi, I., Ferreiro, P., Fraile, G., Geurts, S., Kinnunen, U., Lu, C., Lu, L., Moreno-Velázquez, I.F., Pagon; M., Pitariu, H., Salamatov, V., Siu, O.L., Shima, S., Suárez Simoni, A., Tillemann, K., Widerszal-Bazyl, M., Woo, J. (2012). Individualism-Collectivism as a Moderator of the Work Demands-Strains Relationship: A Cross-Level and Cross-National Examination. Journal of International Business Studies, 43: 424-443. (ABS****).
Masuda, A., Poelmans, S.A.Y., Spector, P.E., Allen, T.D., Cooper, C.L., Lapierre, L.M., O’Driscoll, M. (2012). The Relationship of Flexible Work Arrangements with Work-to-Family Conflict, Job Satisfaction and Turnover Intentions: A Comparison of Three Country Clusters. Applied Psychology: An International Review, 61, 1, 1-29. (AJG***).
Lu, L., Cooper, C.L., Kao, S., Chang, T., Allen, T.D., Lapierre, L.M., O’Driscoll, M.P., Poelmans, S.A.Y., Sanchez, J.I. & Spector, P.E. (2010). Cross-cultural differences on work-to-family conflict and role satisfaction: A Taiwanese-British Comparison. Human Resource Management, 49, 1, 67-85. (ABS****).
Lu, L., Kao, S.; Cooper, C.L., Allen, T.D., Lapierre, L.M.; O’Driscoll, M.; Poelmans, S., Spector, P.E. (2009). Work Resources, Work-toFamily Conflict, and Its Consequences: A Taiwanese–British Cross-Cultural Comparison. International Journal of Stress Management, 16, 1, 25–44. (AJG**).
Poelmans, S.A.Y., Kalliath, T. & Brough, P. (2008). Achieving work-life balance: Current theoretical and practice issues. Journal of Management & Organization, 14, 3, 227-238.
Poelmans, S.A.Y. & Chenoy, R. (2008). Investigating workplace flexibility using a multi-organization database: A collaboration of academics and practitioners. Community, Work & Family, 11, 2, 133-137.
Poelmans, S. & Beham, B. (2008). The moment of truth: Conceptualizing managerial work-life policy allowance decisions. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 81, 3, 393-410. (AJG****).
Thomas, D.C . Stahl, G.; Ravlin, E.C.; Poelmans, S.; Pekerti, A.; Maznevski, M.; Lazarova, M.B.; Elron, E .; Ekelund, B.Z.; Cerdin, J.L.; Brislin, R; Aycan, Z.; Au, K. .(2008). Cultural Intelligence: Domain and Assesment. International Journal of Cross-Cultural Management, 8 (2), 123 – 143.
Lapierre, L.M., Spector, P.E., Allen, T.D., Poelmans, S., Cooper, C.L., O’Driscoll, M.P., Sanchez, J.I., Brough, P., Kinnunen, U. (2008). Family-supportive organization perceptions, multiple dimensions of work–family conflict, and employee satisfaction: A test of model across five samples. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 73, 92–106. (AJG****).
Spector, P.E., Allen, T.D., Poelmans, S.A.Y., Lapierre, L.M., Cooper, C.L., O’Driscoll, M., Sanchez, J.I., Abarca, N., Alexandrova, M., Beham, B., Brough, P., Ferreiro, P., Fraile, G., Lu, C., Lu, L., Moreno-Velázquez, I., Pagon, M., Pitariu, H., Salamatov, V., Shima, S., Suarez Simoni, A., Siu, O.L., & Widerszal-Bazyl, M. (2007). Cross-National Differences in Relationships of Work Demands, Job Satisfaction and Turnover Intentions with Work-Family Conflict, Personnel Psychology, 60, 805-835. (AJG ****).
O'Driscoll, M.P.; Spector, P.E., Allen, T.D., Poelmans, S., Cooper, C.L., Lapierre, L. M., Sanchez, J.I. (2006). Work-family conflict, work and family demands, satisfaction and psychological well-being among New Zealand managers. Australian Journal of Psychology, 58, p. 173-175. Pitariu, H. D., Spector, P. E., Poelmans, S., O'Driscoll, M. P., Cooper, C. L. Allen, T. D., Lapierre, L. M., Sanchez, J. I., & Pitariu, A. H. (2004). Conflictul munca-familie la managerii din Romania. Un studiu correlational [Work-family conflict related to managers in Romania. A correlational study] Psihologia Resurselor Umane, 2, 16-22. Poelmans, S. & Sahibzada, K. (2004). A multi-level model for studying the context and impact of work/family policies and culture in organizations. Human Resource Management Review, Special Issue “Contemporary Debates in European Human Resource Management”, 14, 4, 409-431. (ABS***).
Buelens, M. & Poelmans, S. (2004). Enriching the Spence and Robbins’ typology of workaholism. Demographic, motivational, and organizational correlates. Journal of Organizational Change Management, 17, 5, 440-458.
Spector, P.E., Cooper, C.L., Poelmans, S., Allen, T.D., O’Driscoll, M., Sanchez, J.I., Siu, O.L., Dewe, P., Hart, P., Lu, L., Renault de Moraes, L.F., Ostrognay, G.M., Sparks, K., Wong, P., Yu, S. (2004). A Cross-National Comparative Study of Work/Family Stressors, Working Hours, and Well-being: China and Latin America vs. the Anglo World. Personnel Psychology, 57, 1, 119-143. (AJG ****).
O’Driscoll, M., Poelmans, S., Spector, P.E., Cooper, C.L., Allen, T.D. & Sanchez, J.I. (2003). The buffering effect of family-responsive interventions, perceived organizational and supervisor support in the work-family conflict – strain relationship”. International Journal of Stress Management, 10, 4, 326-344.
Poelmans, S. (2003). Editorial. The multi-level “fit” model of work and family (Editorial introduction to special issue on “Theoretical frameworks for cross-cultural research on work and family”. International Journal of Cross-Cultural Management, 3,3, 267-274.
Poelmans, S., Spector, P.E., Cooper, C.L., Allen, T.D., O’Driscoll, M. & Sanchez, J.I. (2003). A Cross-National Comparative Study of Work/Family Demands and Resources. International Journal of Cross-Cultural Management, 3,3, 275-288.
Spector, P., Cooper, C.L., Sanchez, J.I., Sparks, K., Bernin, P., Büssing, A., Dewe, P., Hart, P., Lu, L., Miller, K., Renault de Moreas, L., O’Driscoll, M., Ostrognay, G.M., Pagon, M., Pitariu, H., Poelmans, S., Radhakrishnan, P, Russinova, V., Slamatov, V., Salgado, J., Shima, S., Ling Siu, O., Stora, J.B., Teichmann, M., Theorell, T., Vlerick, P., Westman, M., Widerszal-Bazyl, M. & Wong, P., Yu, S. (2002). A 24 nation / territory study of work locus of control, well-being, and individualism: How generalizable are western work findings? Academy of Management Journal, 45, 2, 453-466. (ABS****).
Spector, P.E., Cooper, C.L., Sanchez, J.I., Sparks, K., Bussing, A., Dewe, P., Lu, L., Miller, K., de Moraes, L.R., O'Driscoll, M., Pagon, M., Pitariu, H., Poelmans, S., Radhakrishnan, P., Salgado, J., Siu, O.L., Stora, J.B., Vlerick, P., Westman, M., Widerszal-Bazyl, M., Wong, P. (2002). The pitfalls of poor psychometric properties: A rejoinder to Hofstede's reply to us. Applied Psychology-An International Review, 51, 1, 174-178. (AJG***).
Spector, P., Cooper, C.L., Sanchez, J.I., Sparks, K., Bernin, P., Büssing, A., Dewe, P., Hart, P., Lu, L., Miller, K., Renault de Moreas, L., O’Driscoll, M., Ostrognay, G.M., Pagon, M., Pitariu, H., Poelmans, S., Radhakrishnan, P, Russinova, V., Slamatov, V., Salgado, J., Shima, S., Ling Siu, O., Stora, J.B., Teichmann, M., Theorell, T., Vlerick, P., Westman, M., Widerszal-Bazyl, M. & Wong, P., Yu, S. (2001). Do National Levels of Individualism and Internal Locus of Control Relate To Well-Being: An Ecological Level International Study". Journal of Organizational Behavior, 22, 815-832. (AJG***.
Spector, P., Cooper, C.L., Sparks, K., Bernin, P.B., Dewe, P., Luo, L., Miller, K., Renault de Moreas, L., O’Driscoll, M., Pagon, M., Pitariu, H., Poelmans, S., Radhakrishnan, P, Russinova, V., Slamatov, V., Salgado, J., Sanchez, J.I, Shima, S., Ling Siu, O., Stora, J.B., Teichmann, M., Theorell, T., Vlerick, P., Westman, M., Widerszal-Bazyl, M. & Wong, P., Yu, S. (1999). An international study of the psychometric properties of the Hofstede Values Survey Module 1994: A comparison of individual and country/province level results. Applied Psychology: An International Review, 50, 2, 269-281. (AJG***).
Casper, W. J., Allen, T. D., & Poelmans, S. A.Y. (2013). International and Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Work and Family. Special issue of Applied Psychology: An International Review, 63, 1-4.
Poelmans, S.A.Y. (2003). Theoretical Frameworks for Cross-cultural Research on Work and Family”. Special issue of International Journal of Cross-Cultural Management, 3,3, 267-274
2014
Adolfo Ibañez University, School of Management (Chile)
Best Teacher Award
2013
Adolfo Ibañez University (Chile)
Best Teacher Award
2009
Best papers in Work-Family research field
Kanter Award
2006 -2008
Animago AWARD 2006 (Germany)
Imaginaria festival (Italy)
COM/CAN (Japan)
Honorable Mention
Best Visual Innovation" of The International Festival of Cinema and Technology in Washington DC (USA), for videoclip “Déjà Vu” (Producer: Steven Poelmans, Director: Pieter van Houte
2005
Best papers in Work-Family research field
Kanter Award
2005
Academy of Management HRM
Best Paper Award
2004
IESE Alumni Association
Research Excellence Award
2001
AEDIPE – Asociación Española de Directores de Personal (Spanish Association of Personnel Managers)
Best Article Award
2001
The University of Navarra, for thesis “A multi-level, multi-method study of work-family conflict. A managerial perspective”
Magna Cum Laude; Ph.D. in Management / Organizational Behavior
1998 -2001
IESE Business School
University of Navarra
PhD in Management Scholarship
1987
Selected Competition Walloon Regional Government
“Train Bruxelles-Pékin”, representing Belgian youth in Russia and China
1980
City of Turnhout
Belgium
Best Student of City Award
