Current Position

Assistant Professor

Research interests

My research addresses the factors and processes by which people seek, find and retain employment, and how people manage their careers.  I am particularly interested in the processes that can foster (re-) employment and a successful career, such as preparatory activities (career adaptability), employability, and the type of motivation job-seekers have (autonomous vs. controlled). Additionally, I am interested in career management and people's self-regulatory behaviors to pursue a successful career.

Education

PhD in Organizational Psychology (cum laude)

University of Amsterdam

Thesis: "Prepare and Pursue: routes to suitable (re-)employment"

MaSc in Psychology (cum laude)  

University of Amsterdam

Organizational Psychology

BaSc in Psychology

University of Amsterdam: Organizational Psychology 

Maastricht University: Cognitive Psychology / Biological Developmental Psychology

Conference presentations (selection)

Koen, J., van Vianen, A.E.M., van Hooft, E.A.J. & Klehe, U.C. (2013, August). The more, the better? Autonomy in the job-search process. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Academy of Management, Lake Buena Vista, FL. 

Koen, J., Zikic, J., van Vianen, A.E.M. & Klehe, U.C. (2013, May). A whole new future: motives and methods of building career identity. Paper presented at the bi-annual meeting of the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology, Münster, Germany.

Saks, A. & Koen, J. (2012, August). The school-to-work transition and work-role identity. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Academy of Management, Boston, MA. Careers Division Best Symposium Award 2012.

Saks, A., Zikic, J. & Koen, J. (2012, August). The measurement of job-search self-efficacy. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Academy of Management, Boston, MA.

Koen, J., Klehe, U.C. & van Vianen, A.E.M. (2011, August). Labor Market Distance: an Employability-based Conceptualization. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Academy of Management, San Antonio, Texas.

Koen, J., Klehe, U.C. & van Vianen, A.E.M. (2011, May). Prepare before you Pursue: The Effects of Career Adaptability Training on Job-Search Success among University Graduates. Paper presented at the bi-annual meeting of the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology, Maastricht , the Netherlands.

Koen, J., Klehe, U.C. & van Vianen, A.E.M. (2010, October). Distance to the Labor Market: an Employability-based Conceptualization. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Werkgemeenschap Arbeids- & Organisatie Psychologie, Brussels, Belgium. Best Paper Award (2nd).

Koen, J., Klehe, U.C. & van Vianen, A.E.M. (2010, August). Development of job-search and employability in compulsory reemployment courses: a matter of motivation? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Academy of Management, Montréal,Canada. Careers Division Best Symposium Award 2010.

Van Vianen, A.E.M., Koen, J., & Klehe, U.C.  (2010, July). Adapting and adaptability: Behaviors and abilities. Paper presented at the 27th International Congress of Applied Psychology, Melbourne, Australia, 11 - 16 July,2010. Invitedsymposium.

Koen, J., Klehe,U.C. & van Vianen, A.E.M. (2010, May). Compulsory reemployment courses: useful or useless? Poster presented at the 4th international conference of Self-Determination Theory, Ghent, Belgium.

Koen, J., Klehe, U.C. & van Vianen, A.E.M. (2009, April). The way towards job-search: development of reemployability among long-term unemployed people. Paper presented at the 24d annual meeting ofthe Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, New Orleans, LA. 

Klehe, U.C., Koen, J., Zikic, J. & Nauta, A. (2008, April). Searching hard and searching smart during unemployment: the impact of career adaptability. Paper presented at the 23d annual meeting of the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, San Francisco, CA.

Grants

2012-2014

Research grant (on behalf of Aukje Nauta, Irene de Pater and Annelies van Vianen) by LUMC (board of the academic hospitals in the Netherlands), Leiden, The Netherlands, for the post-doctoral research project "i-deals, employability and career success".

2012

Research grant (co-authors: Edwin van Hooft and Annelies van Vianen) by Emotion Regulation Focuspoint of the University of Amsterdam for the project "self-regulation in job-search".

2011

Travel grant by the Graeve Francken Foundation (Alumni Foundation, University of Amsterdam) for visiting prof. dr. Alan Saks at the University of Toronto and prof. dr. Connie Wanberg at the University of Minnesota (Carloson School of Management).

2009-2010

Research grant (coauthored with Annelies van Vianen and Ute-Christine Klehe) by Pantar (reemployment agency), Amsterdam, The Netherlands, for the project "motivation and reemployment goals".

2008-2012

Research grant (coauthored with Annelies van Vianen and Ute-Christine Klehe) by the Dienst Werk en Inkomen (reemployment services), Amsterdam, The Netherlands, for the Ph.D. project on "Re-integreerbaarheid" (reemployability).

2008

Research grant (coauthored with Annelies van Vianen and Ute-Christine Klehe) by the Dienst Werk en Inkomen (employment services), Amsterdam, The Netherlands, for the project "Voortgang Meetbaar Maken: Het volgen van DWI reïntegratieklanten" (measuring progress: following DWI re-integration clients).

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