Curriculum Vitae

Professional Memberships

• Kurt Lewin Institute (KLI) - Member
• Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) - International Affiliate     
• Academy of Management (AOM) - Member
• European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology (EAWOP) - Member
• Dutch Association of I/O Researchers (WAOP) - Member   

Editorial activities

• Editorial board member Journal of Applied Psychology
• Editorial board member Personnel Psychology
• Editorial board member Organizational Psychology Review
• Editorial board member International Journal of Selection and Assessment
• Associate editor Gedrag & Organisatie
• Guest editor special issue 'Trends rondom diversiteit' for Gedrag & Organisatie (with Astrid Homan and Sjir Uitdewilligen)
• Editor Oxford Handbook on Job Loss and Job Search (with Ute-Christine Klehe)

Research interests

• Motivation and self-regulation: procrastination, goal orientation, intention-behavior consistency, boredom
• Job search behavior, job loss, unemployment, reemployment
• Recruitment: applicant attraction, job pursuit
• Assessment: faking, 360º feedback, personality

As part of the WORKOUT project we developed an online training on how to improve networking skills (BRIO; see Wanberg, Van Hooft, Liu, & Csillag, 2020). The training is freely available here.

Advisor (promotor/co-promotor) of:

• Vince Pelzer (UvA) - Horizon2020 project on multilevel interventions to promote mental health in the workplace (H-WORK), funded by the EU (with Machteld van den Heuvel and Roy Sijbom)
• Sarah van den Hee (UvA) - Project on job search and reemployment
• Judith Langerak (UvA) - Project on the psychology of the flexible labor market, funded by Instituut GAK (with Jessie Koen)
• Gerald Weltevreden (UvA) - Project on implicit theories and achievement goals (with Annelies van Vianen; defended March 2021)
• Loes Kreemers (UvA) - ORA-project on self-regulation during unemployment (WORKOUT), funded by NWO (with Annelies van Vianen; defended January 2020)
• Nicoletta Dimitrova (VU) - Project on errors and self-regulation (with Cathy van Dyck and Peter Groenewegen; defended February 2014)
• Gera Noordzij (EUR) - Project on the role of goal orientation in reemployment counselling, funded by AGENS (with Heleen van Mierlo and Marise Born; defended January 2013)
• Benjamin J. de Boer (EUR) - Project on self-control (with Arnold Bakker; defended January 2012)

International publications

• Van Hooft, E.A.J., Van Hoye, G., & Van den Hee, S.M. (in press). How to optimize the job search process: Development and validation of the job search quality scale (JSQS). Journal of Career Assessment.

• Stremersch, J., Van Hoye, G., & Van Hooft, E.A.J. (in press). How to successfully manage the school-to-work transition: Integrating job search quality in the social cognitive model of career self-management. Journal of Vocational Behavior.

• Kreemers, L.M., Van Hooft, E.A.J., & Van Vianen, A.E.M. (in press). If you want a job, don’t just search hard, search systematically: A field study with career starters. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1080/1359432X.2021.1955857

• Dimitrova, N., & Van Hooft, E.A.J. (in press). In the eye of the beholder: Leader error orientation, employee perception of the leader, and employee work-related outcomes. Academy of Management Discoveries. https://doi.org/10.5465/amd.2019.0184
• Van Hooft, E.A.J., Kammeyer-Mueller, J., Wanberg, C. R., Kanfer, R., & Basbug, G. (2021). Job search and employment success: A quantitative review and future research agenda. Journal of Applied Psychology, 106, 674-713. https://doi.org/10.1037/apl0000675
• Wanberg, C.R., Van Hooft, E.A.J., Liu, S., & Csillag, B. (2020). Can job seekers achieve more through networking? The role of networking intensity, self-efficacy, and proximal benefits. Personnel Psychology, 73, 559-585. https://doi.org/10.1111/peps.12380
• Van den Hee, S.M., Van Hooft, E.A.J., & Van Vianen, A.E.M. (2020). A temporal perspective of job search: The relation between personality attributes, motivation, job search behavior and outcomes. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 122, 103489. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2020.103489
• Stockman, S., Van Hoye, G., & Van Hooft, E.A.J. (2020). How can hospitals engage their current employees in the recruitment of qualified nurses? A referral bonus and self-determination perspective. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 79, 2971-2981. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.14498
• Van Mierlo, H., & Van Hooft, E.A.J. (2020). Team achievement goals and sports team performance. Small Group Research, 51, 581-615. https://doi.org/10.1177/1046496420913119
• Kreemers, L.M., Van Hooft, E.A.J., Van Vianen, A.E.M., & Sisouw de Zilwa, S.C.M. (2020). Testing a self-compassion intervention among job seekers: Self-compassion beneficially impacts affect through reduced self-criticism. Frontiers in Psychology, 11: 1371. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01371
• Wanberg, C.R., Van Hooft, E.A.J., Dossinger, K., Van Vianen, A.E.M., & Klehe, U.-C. (2020). How strong is my safety net? Perceived unemployment insurance generosity and implications for job search, mental health, and reemployment. Journal of Applied Psychology,105, 209-229. https://doi.org/10.1037/apl0000435
• Van Hoye, G., Van Hooft, E.A.J., Stremersch, J., & Lievens, F. (2019). Specific job search self-efficacy beliefs and behaviors of unemployed ethnic minority women. International Journal of Selection and Assessment, 27, 9-20. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijsa.12231
• Van Hooft, E.A.J., & Van Hooff, M.L.M. (2018). The state of boredom: Frustrating or depressing? Motivation and Emotion, 42, 931-946. https://rdcu.be/2Djm
• Weltevreden, G. M., Van Hooft, E.A.J., & Van Vianen, A.E.M. (2018). Parental behavior and adolescent’s achievement goals in sport. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 39, 122-131. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2018.08.004
• Van Hooft, E.A.J., & Van Mierlo, H. (2018). When teams fail to self-regulate: Predictors and outcomes of team procrastination among debating teams. Frontiers in Psychology, 9: 464. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.0046
• Kreemers, L., Van Hooft, E.A.J., & Van Vianen, A.E.M. (2018). Dealing with negative job search experiences: The beneficial role of self-compassion for job seekers' affective responses. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 106, 165-179. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2018.02.001
• Klehe, U.-C., & Van Hooft, E.A.J. (Eds.) (2018). The Oxford Handbook of Job Loss and Job Search. New York: Oxford University Press. http://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/view/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199764921.001.0001/oxfordhb-9780199764921
• Van Hooft, E. A. J. (2018). Self-regulatory perspectives in the theory of planned job-search behavior: Deliberate and automatic self-regulation strategies to facilitate job seeking. In U.-C. Klehe, & E. A. J. van Hooft (Eds.), Oxford Handbook on Job Loss and Job Search. New York: Oxford University Press. http://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/view/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199764921.001.0001/oxfordhb-9780199764921-e-31
• Van Hooft, E. A. J. (2018). Motivation and self-regulation in job search: A theory of planned job-search behavior. In U.-C. Klehe, & E.A.J. van Hooft (Eds.), Oxford Handbook on Job Loss and Job Search. New York: Oxford University Press. http://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/view/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199764921.001.0001/oxfordhb-9780199764921-e-010
• Dimitrova, N.G., Van Hooft, E.A.J., Van Dyck, C., & Groenewegen, P. (2017). Behind the wheel: What drives the effects of error handling. The Journal of Social Psychology, 157, 658-672. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224545.2016.1270891
• Van Hooff, M.L.M., & Van Hooft, E.A.J. (2017). Boredom at work: Towards a dynamic spillover model of need satisfaction, work motivation, and work-related boredom. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 26, 133-148. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1359432X.2016.1241769
• Koen, J., Van Vianen, A.E.M., Van Hooft, E.A.J., & Klehe, U.-C. (2016). How experienced autonomy can improve job seekers' motivation, job search, and chance of finding reemployment. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 95-96, 31-44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2016.07.003
• Van Hooff, M.L.M., & Van Hooft, E.A.J. (2016). Work-related boredom and depressed mood from a daily perspective: The moderating role of work centrality and need satisfaction. Work & Stress 30, 209-227. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02678373.2016.1206151
• Van Mierlo, H., & Van Hooft, E.A.J. (2015). A group-level conceptualization of the 2x2 achievement goal framework: Antecedents and motivational outcomes. Group & Organization Management, 40, 776-808. http://gom.sagepub.com/content/40/6/776
• Dimitrova, N., Van Dyck, C., Van Hooft, E.A.J., & Groenewegen, P. (2015). Don’t fuss, focus: The mediating effect of on-task thoughts on the relationship between error approach instructions and task performance. Applied Psychology: An International Review, 64, 599-624. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/apps.12029/abstract 
• De Boer, B.J., Van Hooft, E.A.J., & Bakker, A.B. (2015). Self-control at work: Its relationship with contextual performance. Journal of Managerial Psychology, 30, 406-421. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/JMP-08-2012-0237
• Van Hooff, M.L.M., & Van Hooft, E.A.J. (2014). Boredom at work: Proximal and distal consequences of affective work-related boredom. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 19, 348-359. http://psycnet.apa.org/journals/ocp/19/3/348/
• Van Hooft, E.A.J. (2014). Motivating and hindering factors during the reemployment process: The added value of employment counselors' assessment. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 19, 1-17. http://psycnet.apa.org/journals/ocp/19/1/1/
• Noordzij, G., Van Hooft, E.A.J., Van Mierlo, H., Van Dam, A., & Born, M.Ph. (2013). The effects of a learning-goal orientation training on self-regulation: A field experiment among unemployed job seekers. Personnel Psychology, 66, 723-755. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/peps.12011/abstract
• Noordzij, G.,Van Hooft, E.A.J., Van Mierlo, H., Van Dam, A., & Born, M.Ph. (2013). Getting unemployed job seekers back to work: The development of a process model of employment counseling behavior. Career Development Quarterly, 61 , 256-275. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/j.2161-0045.2013.00054.x/abstract
• Van Hooft, E.A.J., Wanberg, C.R., & Van Hoye, G. (2013). Moving beyond job search quantity: Towards a conceptualization and self-regulatory framework of job search quality. Organizational Psychology Review, 3, 3-40. http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2041386612456033
• Van Hooft, E.A.J., & Born, M.Ph. (2012). Intentional response distortion on personality tests: Using eye-tracking to understand response processes when faking. Journal of Applied Psychology, 97 , 301-316. http://psycnet.apa.org/buy/2011-22089-001
• Wanberg, C. R., Basbug, G., Van Hooft, E.A.J., & Samtani, A. (2012). Navigating the black hole: Explicating layers of job search context and adaptational responses. Personnel Psychology, 65, 887-926. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/peps.12005/abstract
• Van Hooft, E. A. J., & Stout, T. (2012). Nepotism and career choice, job search, and job choice. In R. G. Jones (Ed.), Nepotism in organizations (pp. 67-91). SIOP Organizational Frontiers Series (Series Ed.: E. Salas). New York: Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/Nepotism-in-Organizations/Jones/p/book/9780815390831
• De Boer, B.J., Van Hooft, E.A.J., & Bakker, A.B. (2011). Stop and start control: A distinction within self-control. European Journal of Personality, 25, 349-362. (Awarded with the Wiley-Blackwell 2011 Award for Outstanding Contribution to the European Journal of Personality.) http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/per.796/abstract
• De Ridder, D., De Boer, B.J.,  Lugtig, P., Bakker, A.B., & Van Hooft, E.A.J. (2011). Not doing bad things is not equivalent to doing the right thing: Distinguishing between inhibitory and initiatory self-control. Personality and Individual Differences, 50 , 1006-1011. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2011.01.015
• Jaidi, Y., Van Hooft, E.A.J., & Arends, L.R. (2011). Recruiting highly-educated graduates: A study on the relationship between recruitment information sources, the theory of planned behavior, and actual job pursuit. Human Performance, 24 , 135-157. https://doi.org/10.1080/08959285.2011.554468
• Russo, G., & Van Hooft, E.A.J. (2011). Identities, conflicting behavioural norms and the importance of job attributes. Journal of Economic Psychology, 32 , 103-119. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joep.2010.09.002
• Van Dyck, C., Van Hooft, E.A.J., De Gilder, D., & Liesveld, L.C. (2010). Proximal antecedents and correlates of adopted error approach: A self-regulatory perspective. The Journal of Social Psychology, 150 , 428-451. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224540903366743
• Wanberg, C.R., Zhu, J., & Van Hooft, E.A.J. (2010). The job-search grind: Perceived progress, self-reactions, and self-regulation of search effort. Academy of Management Journal, 53 , 788-807.  https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/20788792.pdf (Awarded with the HRM Scholarly Achievement Award 2011 for the HR Division of the Academy of Management; Finalist for Academy of Management Journal's Best Paper Award 2010.)
• Schreurs, B., Derous, E., Van Hooft, E.A.J., Proost, K., & De Witte, K. (2009). Predicting applicants' job pursuit behavior from their selection expectations: The mediating role of the theory of planned behavior. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 30 , 761-783. https://www.jstor.org/stable/41683865
• Van Hooft, E.A.J., & De Jong, M. (2009). Predicting job seeking for temporary employment using the theory of planned behaviour: The moderating role of individualism and collectivism. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 82, 295-316.https://doi.org/10.1348/096317908X325322
• Van Hooft, E.A.J., & Noordzij, G. (2009). The effects of goal orientation on job search and reemployment: A field experiment among unemployed job seekers. Journal of Applied Psychology, 94, 1581-1590. https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/53f0/21e8c219b2ea36c90145a19f428c9d327b45.pdf
• Van Hoye, G., Van Hooft, E.A.J., & Lievens, F. (2009). Networking as a job search behaviour:A social network perspective. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 82 ,661-682. https://doi.org/10.1348/096317908X360675
• Van Hooft, E.A.J., & Crossley, C.D. (2008). The joint role of locus of control and perceived financial need in job search. International Journal of Selection and Assessment, 16, 258-271. digitalcommons.unl.edu/managementfacpub/7/
• Van Hooft, E.A.J., Born,M.Ph., Taris,T.W., & Van der Flier, H. (2006). Ethnic and gender differences in applicants' decision-making processes: An application of the theory of reasoned action. International Journal of Selection and Assessment, 14 , 156-166. repub.eur.nl/resource/pub_16683/index.html
• Van Hooft, E.A.J., Born, M.Ph., Taris, T.W., & Van der Flier, H. (2006). The cross-cultural generalizability of the theory of planned behavior: A study on job seeking in The Netherlands. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 37 , 127-135. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022022105284491
• Van Hooft, E.A.J., Van der Flier, H., & Minne, M.R. (2006). Construct validity of multi-source performance ratings: An examination of the relationship of self-, supervisor-, andpeer-ratings with cognitive and personality measures. International Journal of Selection and Assessment, 14 , 67-81. repub.eur.nl/resource/pub_16681/index.html
• Van Hooft, E.A.J., Born, M.Ph., Taris, T.W., & Van der Flier, H. (2005). Predictors and outcomesof job search behavior: The moderating effects of gender and family situation. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 67 , 133-152. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2004.11.005
• Van Hooft, E.A.J., Born, M.Ph., Taris, T.W., Van der Flier, H., & Blonk, R.W.B. (2005). Bridging the gap between intentions and behavior: Implementation intentions, action control, and procrastination. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 66 , 238-256. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2004.10.003
• Van Hooft, E.A.J., Born, M.Ph., Taris, T.W., & Van der Flier, H. (2004). Job search behavior and the theory of plannedbehavior: Minority - majority group differencesin The Netherlands. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 65 , 366-390. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2003.09.001
• Van Hooft, E.A.J., Born, M.Ph., Taris, T.W., Van der Flier, H., & Blonk, R.W.B. (2004). Predictors of job search behavior among employed and unemployed people. Personnel Psychology, 57 , 25-59. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1744-6570.2004.tb02483.x

Publications in Dutch

• Noordzij, G., Van Hooft, E.A.J., Van Mierlo, H., & Born, M.Ph. (2018). De samenhang tussen doeloriëntatie en werkprestatie: Een clusteranalyse. Gedrag & Organisatie, 31, 3-29. https://www.gedragenorganisatie.nl/inhoud/tijdschrift_artikel/GO-31-1-1/De-samenhang-tussen-doelori-ntatie-en-werkprestatie-een-clusteranalyse
• Van Hooft, E.A.J., & Van den Hee, S. (2017). Inhoudelijke effectevaluatie trainingen 50plus WW: Eindrapportage resultaten Voormeting, Nameting 1 en Nameting 2. Rapport voor UWV. Amsterdam: Universiteit van Amsterdam. https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/documenten/rapporten/2017/12/19/eindrapportage-inhoudelijke-effectevaluatie-trainingen-50plus-ww
• Homan, A., Van Hooft, E., & Uitdewilligen, S. (2017). Call for papers voor het G&O themanummer 2018: "Trends rondom diversiteit". Gedrag & Organisatie, 30, 82-84. https://www.gedragenorganisatie.nl/actueel/nieuws/nieuws/8/Call-for-papers-Trends-rondom-diversiteit
• Van Hooft, E.A.J., & Van den Hee, S. (2016). Inhoudelijke effectevaluatie trainingen 50plus WW: Tussenrapportage Voormeting en Nameting 1. Rapport voor UWV. Amsterdam: Universiteit van Amsterdam.
• Van Hooft, E.A.J., Van den Hee, S., Kreemers, L., & Van Vianen, A.E.M. (2015). Inhoudelijke effectevaluatie trainingen 50plus WW: Vragenlijstontwikkeling voormeting en nametingen. Rapport voor UWV.  Amsterdam: Universiteit van Amsterdam.
• Dimitrova, N.G., Van Dyck, C., Van Hooft, E. A. J., & Groenewegen, P. (2012). Gewoon aan de taak blijven denken: Foutenbenadering beïnvloedt taakprestatie middels taakgerichte gedachten. In M. Strick, M. Baas, L. Van Dillen, R. Dotsch, D. Lakens, & M. De Vries (Eds.), Jaarboek Sociale Psychologie 2012 (pp. 57-61). Groningen: ASPO Pers.
• Wesdorp, P., Van Hooft, E.A.J., Duinkerken, G., & Van Geuns, R. (2010). Het heft in eigen hand: Sturen op zelfsturing, handreiking voor re-integratieprofessionals. Den Haag: Raad voor Werk en Inkomen. https://www.kennisplatformwerkeninkomen.nl/documenten/rapporten/2010/09/01/het-heft-in-eigen-hand-sturen-op-zelfsturing
• Van Hooft, E.A.J., Wesdorp, P., Duinkerken, G., & Van Geuns, R. (2010). Het heft in eigen hand: Sturen op zelfsturing, achtergrondstudie. Den Haag: Raad voor Werk en Inkomen. https://www.kennisplatformwerkeninkomen.nl/documenten/rapporten/2010/11/01/het-heft-in-eigen-hand
• Noordzij, G., & Van Hooft, E.A.J. (2008). De invloed van doeloriëntaties op de effectiviteit van re-integratie. Gedrag & Organisatie, 21, 209-225.
• Van Hooft, E.A.J., & Van Dam, A. (2008). Werkzoekgedrag en het effect ervan onder de loep genomen. Maandblad Reïntegratie, 8 (4), 16-19. http://fidare.nl/media/Werkzoekgedrag.pdf
• Noordzij, G., Van Hooft, E.A.J., & Van Dam, A. (2008). Leren reïntegreren. Maandblad Reïntegratie, 8 (3), 10-12. http://fidare.nl/media/Leren%20reintegreren.pdf
• Van Hooft, E.A.J., Ottervanger, M., & Van Dam, A. (2007). Verklarende factoren van werkzoekgedrag en werkhervatting [Predictors of job seeking and reemployment] . Rotterdam: Erasmus Universiteit. repub.eur.nl/resource/pub_11087/index.html
• Schippers, A., Bos, A.E.R., Derous, E., & VanHooft, E.A.J. (2007). Heeft een depressieve sollicitant minder kans op eenbaan? Effecten van een depressief verleden op persoonsbeoordeling, emotionelereacties en aanname-intentie. In C.van Laar,R. Ruiter, J. Karremans, W. van Rijswijk & F. van Harreveld (Red.), Jaarboek Sociale Psychologie 2006 (pp 437-444). Groningen: ASPO Pers.
• Van Hooft, E.A.J. (2005). Diversiteit op de arbeidsmarkt en effectieve personeelswerving [Effective recruitment and labormarket diversity]. Gids voor Personeelsmanagement, 84 (3), 26-28.
• Van Hooft, E.A.J., Born, M.Ph., Taris, T.W., & Van der Flier, H. (2004). Werk zoeken en werk vinden: Een vergelijkend onderzoek onder Turkse en autochtone Nederlanders [Job search and job attainment: A comparative study among Turkish and native-Dutch individuals]. Amsterdam: Vrije Universiteit. www.innovatiefinwerk.nl/sites/innovatiefinwerk.nl/files/field/bijlage/rapportage_werk_zoeken_en_werk_vinden.pdf 
• Van Hooft, E.A.J., Raes, A.M.L., Taris, T.W., Brenninkmeijer, V., Blonk, R.W.B., Born, M.Ph., & Van der Flier, H. (2003). Determinanten van werkzoekgedrag bij autochtone en allochtone werklozen [Determinants ofjob-seeking behavior of native and ethnicminority unemployed persons]. Gedrag & Organisatie,16, 418-434.
• Van Hooft, E.A.J., Born, M.Ph., Taris, T.W., & Van der Flier, H. (2002). Culturele verschillen in werkzoekgedrag: Motivationele factoren en belemmeringen bij het zoeken naar werk [Cultural differences in applicant behavior: Motivational factors explaining job search]. Gedrag & Organisatie, 15, 52-71.