Dr. R.L. (Bex) Hewett

Bex Hewett
Rotterdam School of Management (RSM)
Erasmus University Rotterdam
Member ERIM
Field: Organisation
Affiliated since 2017

Bex Hewett is an Associate Professor in the Department of Organisation and Personnel Management of Rotterdam School of Management.

Bex's work is driven by a passionate belief that work should make people's lives better. Her research focuses on how work and employment can be designed to benefit the lives of workers whilst achieving organisational goals. Her research has been published in journals including Journal of Management, Journal of Management Studies, Human Relations, Human Resource Management Review and Human Resource Management. 

Bex is currently looking at how people management works in self-managing organisations and is Research Lead of the People and Self-Managing Organisations project.

Bex works with organisations to apply research to practice as part of the People, Organisations & Change research group. She is currently an Associate Editor of Human Resource Management Review and a member of the Executive Committee of the HR Division of the Academy of Management. 

Bex is Academic Director of the ERIM part-time PhD programme, and teaches on RSM's Beyond HR programme for experienced HR professionals. 

Bex was awarded her PhD from Royal Holloway, University of London. Prior to this she worked for 10 years as an HR professional, finally as Head of HR Operations at Ofcom (the UK's communications regulator).

Publications

Article (15)

  • Academic (15)

    • Hewett, R., Sikora, D., Brees, J., & Moelijker, R. (2024). Answerable for what? The role of accountability focus in line manager HR implementation. Human Resource Management, 63(2), 165-185. https://doi.org/10.1002/hrm.22189

    • Gagné, M., & Hewett, R. (2024). Assumptions about Human Motivation have Consequences for Practice. Journal of Management Studies. https://doi.org/10.1111/joms.13092

    • Hewett, R. (2023). Dissonance, reflection and reframing: Unpacking the black box of motivation internalization. Journal of Management Studies, 60(2), 285-312. https://doi.org/10.1111/joms.12878

    • Sanders, K., Hewett, R., & Yang, H. (2023). Looking Back to Move Forward: A 20-Year Overview and an Integrated Model of Human Resource Process Research. Research in Personnel and Human Resources Management, 41, 161–197. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0742-730120230000041007

    • Hewett, R., & Shantz, A. (2021). A theory of HR co-creation. Human Resource Management Review, 31(4). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrmr.2021.100823

    • Clinton, ME., Hewett, R., Conway, N., & Poulter, D. (2021). Lost Control Driving Home: A Dual-Pathway Model of Self-Control Work Demands and Commuter Driving. Journal of Management, 48(4), 821-850. https://doi.org/10.1177/0149206321997912

    • Boekhorst, J. A., Hewett, R., Shantz, A., & Good, J. R. L. (2021). The double-edged sword of manager caring behavior: Implications for employee wellbeing. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/ocp0000313

    • Clinton, ME., Conway, N., Sturges, J., & Hewett, R. (2020). Self-control during daily work activities and work-to-nonwork conflict. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 118, Article 103410. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2020.103410

    • Demerouti, E., Hewett, R., Haun, V., De Gieter, S., Rodriguez-Sanchez, A., & Skakon, J. (2019). From job crafting to home crafting: A daily diary study among six European countries. Human Relations, 73(7). https://doi.org/10.1177/0018726719848809

    • Hewett, R., & Leroy, H. (2019). Well it's only fair: How perceptions of manager discretion in bonus allocation affect intrinsic motivation. Journal of Management Studies, 56(6), 1105-1137. https://doi.org/10.1111/joms.12445

    • Hewett, R., Shantz, A., & Mundy, J. (2019). Information, beliefs and motivation: The antecedents to HR attributions. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 40(5), 570-586. https://doi.org/10.1002/job.2353

    • Hewett, R., Liefooghe, A., Visockaite, G., & Roongrerngsuke, S. (2018). Bullying at Work: Cognitive Appraisal of Negative Acts, Coping, Wellbeing, and Performance. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 23(1), 71-84. https://doi.org/10.1037/ocp0000064

    • Hewett, R., Shantz, A., Mundy, J., & Alfes, K. (2017). Attribution theories in Human Resource Management research: a review and research agenda. The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 29(1), 87-126. https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2017.1380062

    • Hewett, R., Haun, VC., Demerouti, E., Rodriguez-Sanchez, AM., Skakon, J., & De Gieter, S. (2017). Compensating need satisfaction across life boundaries: A daily diary study. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 90(2), 270-279. https://doi.org/10.1111/joop.12171

    • Hewett, R., & Conway, N. (2016). The Undermining Effect Revisited: The Salience of Everyday Verbal Rewards and Self-Determined Motivation. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 37(3), 436-455. https://doi.org/10.1002/job.2051

Chapter (4)

  • Academic (4)

    • Hewett, R. (2023). Skills-based pay. In Encyclopedia of Human Resource Management, Second Edition (pp. 362-363). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800378841.s.17

    • Hewett, R. (2023). Team pay. In Encyclopedia of Human Resource Management, Second Edition (2 ed., pp. 381-382). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800378841.t.4

    • Hewett, R., & Shantz, A. (2022). The role of line managers in the formation of employees' HR attributions. In Research Handbook on Line Managers (pp. 95-112). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781839102745.00012

    • Hewett, R. (2021). HR attributions: A critical review and research agenda. In Handbook on HR Process Research (pp. 7-26). Edward Elgar Publishing.

Conference proceeding (3)

Doctoral Thesis (1)

  • Internal (1)

    • Hewett, B. (2014). Examining the relationship between workplace rewards and the quality of motivational experience; a Self-Determination Theory perspective. [Doctoral Thesis, Royal Holloway University of London]. Royal Holloway, University of London.

Web publication/site (2)

  • Professional (2)

    • Hewett, B. (2020). Marking the boundaries between home and work. Web publication/site, RSM Discovery - Management Knowledge.

    • Hewett, B., & Leroy, H. (2019). Are formal bonus procedures actually motivating your staff?. Web publication/site, RSM Discovery - Management Knowledge.

Additional activities (2)

  • Human Resource Management Review (Journal)

    Editorial work (Academic)

  • Human Resource Management Journal (Journal)

    Editorial work (Academic)

PhD Tracks (10)

PhD in Organizational Behaviour/Human Resource Management
  • Role: Daily Supervisor
  • PhD Candidate: Jingtao Zhu
  • Time frame: 2018 -
PhD in Organizational Behaviour/Human Resource Management
  • Role: Co-promotor
  • PhD Candidate: Rowan Moelijker
  • Time frame: 2021 -
PhD in Organization Theory
  • Role: Co-promotor
  • PhD Candidate: José Luis Gallegos
  • Time frame: 2021 -
READY, SET, GO(AL)! New Directions in Goal-Setting Research
  • Role: Member Doctoral Committee
  • PhD Candidate: Jorrit Alkema
  • Time frame: 2015 - 2022
Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration, Resilience, and Innovation in Entrepreneurial Ecosystems
Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration, Resilience, and Innovation in Entrepreneurial Ecosystems
  • Role: Co-promotor
  • PhD Candidate: Elliot Reed
  • Time frame: 2022 -
Future cognition in leadership: how future mental time travel impacts leadership development.
Future cognition in leadership: how future mental time travel impacts leadership development.
  • Role: Co-promotor
  • PhD Candidate: Clovis Rondineli Silva
  • Time frame: 2021 -
(A)I (Heart icon as "LOVE") what I do: Employing AI and chatbot technology for sustained employee motivation
  • Role: Co-promotor
  • PhD Candidate: Dijana Aleksic
  • Time frame: 2019 -
Lonely-ship: The Emergence and Experience of Leader Loneliness
  • Role: Member Doctoral Committee
  • PhD Candidate: Ho Wa (Hodar) Lam
  • Time frame: 2016 - 2023
PhD in Organizational Behaviour/Human Resource Management
  • Role: Co-promotor
  • PhD Candidate: Miheer Prafulla Agnihotri
  • Time frame: 2023 -
New Forms of Leadership
  • Role: Member Doctoral Committee
  • PhD Candidate: Folkert Mulder
  • Time frame: 2017 -

Events (2)

2024
November
12
High-involvement work processes and employee well-being: an analysis of the European Working Conditions Survey 2021
Research Seminar
As: Coordinator
2023
November
23
Part-Time PhD Information Session #1
ERIM PhD Programme Information Event
As: Speaker

Address

Visiting address

Office: Mandeville Building T10-41
Burgemeester Oudlaan 50
3062 PA Rotterdam

Postal address

Postbus 1738
3000 DR Rotterdam
Netherlands

Research Initiatives

Latest publication

Article

Hewett, R., Sikora, D., Brees, J., & Moelijker, R. (2024). Answerable for what? The role of accountability focus in line manager HR implementation. Human Resource Management, 63(2), 165-185. https://doi.org/10.1002/hrm.22189