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Dr Pieter-Jan Bezemer

Senior Lecturer

Staff Member Details
Telephone: +61 8 6304 5283
Email: p.bezemer@ecu.edu.au
Campus: Joondalup  
Room: JO2.352  
ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2006-9959

Dr Pieter-Jan is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Business and Law.

Key research areas

  • Strategic Management
  • Strategic Leadership & Stakeholder Management

Biography

Dr Pieter-Jan Bezemer holds a PhD in Business Administration from the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, The Netherlands. Over the past 20 years he has been teaching strategy, leadership and corporate governance in Australia, Estonia, Italy, The Netherlands and New Zealand. Pieter-Jan’s expertise is centred around decision-making in the boardroom and the diffusion of (contested) management practices. His research has been published in leading journals such as the Academy of Management Journal, Corporate Governance: An International Review, British Journal of Management, Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, and Strategic Organization.

He also contributed to the 1st edition of the student textbook Strategic Management Essentials by Grant, Murray, Orr, Butler and Bezemer (Wiley, 2021). He is currently Communications Editor at Corporate Governance: An International Review and a member of the editorial review board at Academy of Management Learning & Education. In Australia he has been involved in a series of formal boardroom evaluations, including financial institutions regulated by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority. He is currently working on a NSW government-funded project on the prioritization of work, health & safety amongst Australian business leaders.

Awards and recognition
  • 2024 SBL Management Discipline Award
  • 2023 SBL Outstanding Publication Award
  • 2023 Outstanding Reviewer Award, Corporate Governance: The International Journal of Business in Society
  • 2021 SBL Award for Mentorship in Research
  • 2018 Best Paper Award, Corporate Governance: An International Review
  • 2015 Best Paper Award, Qualitative Research in Accounting & Management

Professional associations
  • Communications Editor of Corporate Governance: An International Review (2021-now)
  • Editorial review board of Academy of Management Learning & Education (2021-now)

Research Areas and Interests
  • Corporate governance
  • Boardroom dynamics
  • Strategic management
  • Diffusion of contested management practices
  • Sustainable development - poverty
  • Non-profit/church leadership

SBL Research Centres or Cluster/s

Co-lead of the Business Competitiveness (BC) research cluster.

Qualifications

  • PhD in Liberal Arts, Netherlands, 2010.
  • Master of Science in Business Administration, Netherlands, 2005.

Research Outputs

2025

Journal Articles

2024

Journal Articles

  • Eirola, A., Bezemer, P., Reinhold, S. (2024). Boardroom Dissent: An Integrative Review and Future Research Agenda. Corporate Governance (Oxford): an international review, 2024(Article in press), 18 pages. https://doi.org/10.1111/corg.12607.
  • Langmann, S., Bezemer, P., Pick, D. (2024). Local community capacity building: Exploring nongovernmental organizations approaches in Tamil Nadu. Community Development Journal, 59(3), 438-456. https://doi.org/10.1093/cdj/bsad009.

2023

Journal Articles

  • Bezemer, P., Pugliese, A., Nicholson, G., Zattoni, A. (2023). Toward a synthesis of the board-strategy relationship: A literature review and future research agenda. Corporate Governance (Oxford): an international review, 31(1), 178-197. https://doi.org/10.1111/corg.12481.

Reports

  • Bentley, T., Onnis, L., O'Neill, S., Brunetto, Y., Blackwood, K., Bezemer, P., Franken, E., Farr-Wharton, B., Hernandez Grande, A., Huuskes, L. (2023). Strengthening the Priority of WHS for Business Leaders. Phase 2 Report. Joondalup, WA. ECU.

2022

Journal Articles

  • Bezemer, P., Langmann, S., Vlaar, P. (2022). Death or Resurrection? Christian Church Leader Responses to External Change. Journal of Management, Spirituality and Religion: an international blind refereed journal, 19(1), 1-20. https://doi.org/10.51327/WBLT3098.
  • Gyan, K., Bezemer, P. (2022). Related diversification, firm level resources, and firm performance in the context of Australian extractive industry. Journal of Corporate Accounting & Finance, 33(2), 142-153. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcaf.22541.

2021

Journal Articles

  • Langmann, S., Bezemer, P., Pick, D. (2021). Knowledge Sharing for Sustainable Development: An Examination of Practices in Local-Level NGOs in Tamil Nadu, India. Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, 32(4), 809-820. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11266-021-00348-4.
  • Veltrop, D., Bezemer, P., Nicholson, G., Pugliese, A. (2021). Too Unsafe to Monitor? How Board–CEO Cognitive Conflict and Chair Leadership Shape Outside Director Monitoring. Academy of Management Journal, 64(1), 207–234. https://doi.org/10.5465/amj.2017.1256.
  • Peij, S., Bezemer, P. (2021). Exploring the key challenges facing company secretaries in a two-tier board context. Corporate Governance: The International Journal of Business in Society, 21(5), 815-830. https://doi.org/10.1108/CG-06-2020-0226.

2018

Journal Articles

  • Bezemer, P., Nicholson, G., Pugliese, A. (2018). The influence of board chairs on director engagement: A case‐based exploration of boardroom decision‐making. Corporate Governance (Oxford): an international review, 26(3), 219-234. https://doi.org/10.1111/corg.12234.

2017

Journal Articles

  • Nicholson, G., Pugliese, A., Bezemer, P. (2017). Habitual accountability routines in the boardroom: how boards balance control and collaboration. Accounting Auditing and Accountability Journal, 30(2), 222-246. https://doi.org/10.1108/AAAJ-07-2015-2143.

2016

Journal Articles

  • Nijholt, JJ., Bezemer, P., Reinmoeller, P. (2016). Following fashion: Visible progressiveness and the social construction of firm value. Strategic Organization, 14(3), 220-247. https://doi.org/10.1177/1476127015617673.

2015

Journal Articles

  • Peij, S., Bezemer, P., Maassen, G. (2015). Role ambiguity and conflicts: A study of company secretaries and two-tier boards in the Netherlands. Corporate Ownership and Control, 12(3), 114-123. https://doi.org/10.22495/cocv12i3p10.
  • Pugliese, A., Nicholson, G., Bezemer, P. (2015). An Observational Analysis of the Impact of Board Dynamics and Directors' Participation on Perceived Board Effectiveness. British Journal of Management, 26(1), 1-25. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8551.12074.
  • Bezemer, P., Zajac, EJ., Naumovska, I., Van Den Bosch, FA., Volberda, HW. (2015). Power and Paradigms: The Dutch Response to Pressures for Shareholder Value. Corporate Governance (Oxford): an international review, 23(1), 60-75. https://doi.org/10.1111/corg.12093.

2014

Journal Articles

  • Bezemer, P., Nicholson, G., Pugliese, A. (2014). Inside the boardroom: exploring board member interactions. Qualitative Research in Accounting and Management, 11(3), 238-259. https://doi.org/10.1108/QRAM-02-2013-0005.
  • Bezemer, P., Peij, S., Kruijs, Ld., Maassen, G. (2014). How two-tier boards can be more effective. Corporate Governance: The International Journal of Business in Society, 14(1), 15-31. https://doi.org/10.1108/CG-02-2013-0018.

Research Projects

  • Strengthening the Priority of WHS for Business Leaders , NSW Government, Centre for Work Health and Safety Tender, 2022 ‑ 2024, $369,050.

Research Student Supervision

Current Supervisions

Associate Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Cross-sector collaboration, boards of directors, and resource dependence theory: Enhancing governance for a changing landscape

Completed Supervisions

Associate Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Nascent Technology Ventures Commercialization: A Framework for Capability Development and Business Model Transitions
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Delving into the diversification and performance relationship: Building a more nuanced understanding through the inclusion of new contextual variables
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