Onno Bouwmeester

Email: o.bouwmeester@vu.nl

CV: cv2023.doc


After PhD defense, 14 January 2008 

Photo: Hester Mieras

 

 

Onno Bouwmeester is professor in consulting and business ethics at Durham University Business School and he is associate professor at the department of Management and Organization, School of Business and Economics at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. He wrote three monographs in these fields as well as numerous articles, most of them using qualitative methods. His ethics studies focus on moral leadership, moral disengagement and rationality conflicts. In his consultant studies the focus is on change, rhetoric, and dirty work experiences. He likes interdisciplinary research that crosses borders of the social sciences and humanities. In his latest monograph he uses critical consultant jokes to study ethical transgressions in a business context. He has developed a MSc program in Management Consulting, and headed a supporting capacity group for over ten years. He started his career as a consultant.

 

 

 

 

Monographs:

2023: Business ethics and critical consultant jokes: New research methods to study ethical transgressions. Cham: Springer

https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-10201-1 (open access)

2017: The social construction of rationality: Policy debates and the power of good reasons. London: Routledge

              https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315724379

2010: Economic advice and rhetoric: Why do consultants perform better than academic advisers. Cheltenham: Elgar

              http://www.elgaronline.com/abstract/9781848442634.xml

Scientific articles (co-)authored:

2024: First up then out: Self-employment as a response to normative control practices in elite consultancies Scandinavian Journal of Management, 40(1) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scaman.2023.101313

2023: The relational dimension of feedback interactions: A study of early feedback meetings between entrepreneurs and mentors British Journal of Management, 34(2), 873-897

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/1467-8551.12615 (open access)

2022: Accentuating dirty work: Coping with psychological taint in elite management consulting. German Journal of Human Resource Management, 36(4), 411-439.

              https://doi.org/10.1177/23970022211055480 (open access)

2022: Intermediaries in the relevance-gap debate: A systematic review of consulting roles. International Journal of Management Reviews, 24(1) pp. 51-77.

              http://doi.org/10.1111/ijmr.12267 (open access)

2021: An exploration of obstacles to identity play during unemployment. Career Development International, 26(3) pp. 333-347

              https://doi.org/10.1108/CDI-10-2019-0238 (open access)

2021: Work-life balance policies in high performance organisations: A comparative interview study with millennials in Dutch consultancies. German Journal of Human Resource Management, 35(1) pp. 6-32 .

              https://doi.org/10.1177/2397002220952738 (open access)

2021: Reconceptualizing moral disengagement as a process: Transcending overly liberal and overly conservative practice in the field. Journal of Business Ethics, 172(3) pp. 525–543

              https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-020-04520-6 (open access)

2019: Pitching a business idea to investors: How new venture founders use micro-level rhetoric to achieve narrative plausibility and resonance. Int. Small Business Journal, 37(3) pp. 193 –214

              https://doi.org/10.1177/0266242618818249 (open access)

2018: Moral or Dirty Leadership: A Qualitative Study on How Juniors Are Managed in Dutch Consultancies. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 15(11), 2506

              https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15112506 (open access)

2016: The paradoxical effect of self-categorization on work stress in a high-status occupation: Insights from management consulting. Human Relations 69(9) pp. 1823–1852

              http://hum.sagepub.com/content/69/9/1823

2015: The paradoxical image of consultant expertise: a rhetorical deconstruction. Management Decision 53(10) pp. 2433 – 2456

              http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/full/10.1108/MD-11-2014-0653

2015: The Power of Arguments: ‘How Entrepreneurs Convince Stakeholders of the Legitimate Distinctiveness of Their Ventures. Journal of Business Venturing 30(4) pp. 616–631

              http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0883902614000743

2013: Consultant jokes about managing uncertainty: Coping by humor. International Studies of Management & Organization 43(3) pp. 41-57

              http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.2753/IMO0020-8825430303

2013: Field Dependency of Argumentation Rationality in Decision-Making Debates. Journal of Management Inquiry 22(4) pp 415-433

              http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1056492612469727

2011: Consultants as legitimizers:  Exploring their rhetoric Journal of Organizational Change Management 24(4)

              http://www.emeraldinsight.com/fwd.htm?id=aob&ini=aob&doi=10.1108/09534811111144601

2008: De argumentatiepraktijk van consultants en academische adviseurs M&O 58(6)

              http://hdl.handle.net/1871/35567

2008: Situationele rationaliteit in publieke besluitvorming Filosofie in Bedrijf 18(2)

              http://hdl.handle.net/1871/13138

2005: Span of control van afdelingsmanagers in ziekenhuizen MAB 79(3)

              http://www.mab-online.nl/pdf/387/087_096_MAB%2003.pdf


Book chapters (co-)authored:

2012: Consultants and persuasive argumentation

            https://www.researchgate.net/publication/329183877_Consultants_and_persuasive_argumentation

2009: Een professionele adviseur moet kunnen overtuigen

            http://hdl.handle.net/1871/15733
2009: Strategisch advies als het wegen van argumenten

            http://hdl.handle.net/1871/15415
2008: Stelligheid problematiseren: debatten in de organisatiekunde

            http://hdl.handle.net/1871/15815

Professional publications:

2023: Bouwmeester, O. Lowering Social Desirability Bias: Doing Jokes-Based Interviews. Management Consulting Journal, 6(2) 78-90. https://doi.org/10.2478/mcj-2023-0010

2023: Bouwmeester, O. What Jokes Can Tell: A Top 5 of Ethical Transgressions in Consulting. Management Consulting Journal, 6(1), 37-48. https://sciendo.com/pdf/10.2478/mcj-2023-0005

2023: Bouwmeester O. Ethische misstappen in consultancy: Zit er een kern van waarheid in grappen over consultants? De Binnenkant, Q1, pp. 7-11

https://www.professioneelbegeleiden.nl/ethische-misstappen-in-consultancy

2020: Consultants en ethiek: Een top tien van pijnpunten. M&C Quarterly 2020(2) pp. 44-49

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/342663274_Consultants_en_ethiek_Een_top_tien_van_pijnpunten 

2019: Werkstress en Moreel Leiderschap: Interviews met junior adviseur en hun managers. M&C Quarterly 2019(3) pp. 52-57

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/341489315_Werkstress_en_moreel_leiderschap

2018: Hoe Kabouter Buttplug Rotterdam veroverde: Rationeel adviseren over kunst. M&C Quarterly 2018 (1) pp. 52-55

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/328731949_Hoe_Kabouter_Buttplug_Rotterdam_veroverde_Rationeel_adviseren_over_kunst

2017: Verenigingsmanagers en besluitvorming: bekwaam omgaan met meervoudige rationaliteit, VM verenigingsmanagement 2017(4) pp.12-16

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/328732217_Bekwaam_omgaan_met_meervoudige_rationaliteit

2015: Uncertainty in the consultant client relation: What jokes can reveal to us. Amsterdam in Science, Business and Society 2, pp. 33-35

            https://www.abri.vu.nl/en/publications/insights/jokes.aspx

2011: Lachen om adviseurs: Grappen over ethiek helpen bij zelfreflectie. Management en consulting nr.4 pp.41-43

            http://dare.ubvu.vu.nl/handle/1871/35566

2008: Economisch contractonderzoek en het economisch adviesbegrip Vuurwerk nr 2 pp. 28-32

            http://www.feweb.vu.nl/nl/over-de-faculteit/relatie-magazine/index.asp

2008: Consultants houden van wetenschap maar relativeren hun universitaire kennis: De academische schizofrenie van adviseurs.

            Management en Consulting nr. 6 pp. 50-53
2008: Advies als argumentatie

Management en Consulting (5 maart 2008)

 

Dissertation:

2008 : Advice as Argument : Economic deliberation in management consulting and academic contract research

http://hdl.handle.net/1871/11506

 

In the media: 

2023: Interview in Overheid van Nu, 20-09-2023 https://www.overheidvannu.nl/actueel/artikelen/2023/09/20/de-overheid-kan-een-stuk-slimmer-omgaan-met-externe-consultants  

2023: Interview in Maarten! Uurtje factuurtje. Sept-Nov, pp. 60-66

2023: Interview in Quote, Qwestie: De consultant is gebakken lucht. Oneens, 09/2023, p 46

2023: Press release UK, Top 5 Ethical Transgression in Consulting: https://pressreleases.responsesource.com/news/103911/new-study-reveals-top-5-ethical-transgressions-in-consulting/

2023: Fragment Interview NPO Radio 1, in Dr Kelder & Co – De lange tentakels van consultants (01-04-23) https://www.nporadio1.nl/fragmenten/dr-kelder-en-co/fac3d899-4c11-4fef-9065-e2b7fee69dd7/2023-04-01-de-lange-tentakels-van-consultants

2023: Interview NPO Radio 1, in Dr Kelder & Co – Beroeps-bullshit & Liegen en bedriegen (01-04-23): https://www.nporadio1.nl/podcasts/de-jortcast/87098/dr-kelder-en-co-1-april-beroeps-bullshit-liegen-en-bedriegen

2008: Interview volkskrant.pdf

2008: Interview staatcourant.pdf

2008: http://audio.omroep.nl/radio5/teleac/hoezo/20080116-21.mp3