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Koen van Bommel is Assistant Professor of Organization Theory at VU University Amsterdam.
Koen van Bommel obtained his PhD in Management from Warwick Business School in England in 2014. During his doctoral studies, he also conducted research at Kellogg School of Management (Northwestern University) in Evanston, IL. Prior to becoming a researcher, Koen van Bommel was a sustainability consultant at KPMG.
Koen is particularly interested in sustainable business models, the tensions and paradoxes around corporate sustainability and sustainability/integrated reporting. Koen van Bommel also studies how social movements emerge and transform in response to their institutional environments and how they can subsequently change this environment. He is particularly interested in the Slow Flood movement. Koen van Bommel’s work has appeared in journals such as Organization Studies, Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, Journal of Cleaner Production, Research in the Sociology of Organizations as well as in several books.
Research
Taking an organization and management theory perspective, his research focuses in particular on corporate social responsibility (CSR) and corporate sustainability as well as on the broader relationship between business and society.
Teaching
Koen van Bommel’s teaching activities include courses at the Bachelor and Master level, for instance on organization theory, management & organization, CSR and management consulting, as well as the supervision of Bachelor and Master theses.
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Research Output 2008 2018
Managing tensions in sustainable business models: Exploring instrumental and integrative strategies
van Bommel, K., 20 Sep 2018, In : Journal of Cleaner Production. 196, p. 829-841 13 p.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Social Movements
Hensmans, M. & van Bommel, K., 2018, The International Encyclopedia of Strategic Communication. Heath, R. L. & Johansen, W. (eds.). Wiley‐Blackwell, p. 1390-1401Research output: Chapter in Book / Report / Conference proceeding › Chapter › Academic › peer-review
Critical Management Studies and paradox
van Bommel, K. & Spicer, A., 2017, Oxford Handbook of Organizational Paradox: Approaches to Plurality, Tensions and Contradictions. Jarzabkowski, P., Lewis, M., Smith, W. & Langley, A. (eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press., p. 143-161Research output: Chapter in Book / Report / Conference proceeding › Chapter › Academic › peer-review
When Orders of Worth Clash: Negotiating Legitimacy in Situations of Moral Multiplexity
Reinecke, J., van Bommel, K. & Spicer, A., 2017, In : Research in the Sociology of Organizations. 52, p. 33-72Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Slow Food as a Social Movement
van Bommel, K. & Spicer, A., 2015, International Encyclopaedia of the Social and Behavioural Sciences (second edition). Wright, J. D. (ed.). Oxford: Elsevier, p. 94-99Research output: Chapter in Book / Report / Conference proceeding › Chapter › Academic
Activities 2013 2013
- 2 Lecture / Presentation
Sustainability reporting in the Netherlands: Rationalization from values to value
van Bommel, K. (Speaker)Activity: Lecture / Presentation › Academic
From values to value: The role of commensuration in the institutionalization of sustainability reporting
van Bommel, K. (Speaker)Activity: Lecture / Presentation › Academic
Prizes
Awarded "Best Paper on Environmental and Social Practices", Organization and Management Theory (OMT) Division, Academy of Management Annual Meeting
K. van Bommel (Recipient), 2014
Prize: Prize / Award › Academic
Emerald Literati Award, Outstanding Author Contribution (Research in the Sociology of Organizations)
K. van Bommel (Recipient), 2018
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Finalist “Best Dissertation Award” (Social Issues in Management (SIM) Division, Academy of Management Annual Meeting)
K. van Bommel (Recipient), 2015
Prize: Prize / Award › Academic
“Developing the Management Studies Community” Grant
K. van Bommel (Recipient) & C.M.J. Wickert (Recipient), 2018
Prize: Prize / Award › Academic