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Département
Département
Département Etudes organisationnelles & Ethique
Domaine(s) d’enseignement
Domaine d’enseignement
Conflict Management
Diversity Management
Cross-Cultural Management
Domaine(s) de recherche
Domaine de recherche
Gestion des ressources humaines
Compétences
Management de la diversité
Egalité femmes-hommes
Inclusion
Populations transgenres
Changement d'identité
Harcèlement sexuel
Handicap
Santé mentale au travail
Carrières durables
Femmes
LGBT dans le monde du travail
Covid-19 et impact sur l'identité et le rapport au travail
Transidentité
Minorités
Travail précaire
Management des Ressources Humaines
La religion au travail
Neurodiversité
Biographie
Biographie
Sophie Hennekam est professeure en comportement organisationnel, et experte des questions de gestion de la diversité. Grâce à sa formation en psychologie, elle mène des recherches sur de nombreux sujets, notamment sur les minorités et populations stigmatisées au sein des organisations, le travail précaire, les transitions identitaires et la main-d'œuvre créative. Elle collabore étroitement avec des partenaires de l'industrie pour s'attaquer à ces problèmes urgents pour les organisations. Elle a publié dans un large éventail de revues telles que le Journal of Applied Psychology, Human Relations, Journal of Vocational Behavior et Human Resource Management Journal. Elle a également publié des articles dans les médias suivants : Harvard Business Review France, E-Marketing, Focus RH ou encore The Conversation.
Formation
HDR, Sciences Sociales et Humaines, Management
EM Strasbourg, Strasbourg
(2019)
PhD in Human Resources Management
Open University (Milton Keynes), Milton Keynes
(2013)
MSc in Diversity Management
ESC Rennes, Rennes
(2008)
Master thesis in Psychology
Universität voor Humanistiek, Utrecht
(2007)
Bachelor in Psychology
Universität voor Humanistiek, Utrecht
(2006)
Expériences professionnelles
Responsable recherche département Management
Audencia Business School, Nantes
2020 - 2021
Publications
Publié
FELIX B., HENNEKAM S., (2026). How Nonbinary Individuals Construct and Express Their Gender Identity in Brazil.
Gender, Work and Organization, 33 (1), 202-218
HENNEKAM S., KÖLLEN T., (2025). Trapped in cisnormative and binarist gendered constraints at work: How HR managers react to and manage gender transitions over time.
International Journal of Human Resource Management, 36 (7), 1102-1128
HENNEKAM S., KULKARNI M., BEATTY J., (2025). Neurodivergence and the persistence of neurotypical norms and inequalities in educational and occupational settings.
Work, Employment and Society, 39 (2), 449-469
HENNEKAM S., HAYWARD S., BASTIAN B., (2025). Neurodiversity, gender and work.
Gender, Work and Organization, 32 (5), 1715-1721
HENNEKAM S., KULKARNI M., (2025). Indirectly Disabled yet Empowered by Revealing Vulnerability.
Work, Employment and Society, 39 (4), 1022-1031
HENNEKAM S., Aguinis H., Ashcraft K., Benschop Y., Blancero D. M., Cheng C., Cornelius N., Davidson M., Ford D., Hebl M., King E., Stone D., Holmes IV O., Konrad A. M., Kossek E. E., Ozbilgin M., Powell G. N., Pullen A., Morgan Roberts L. M., Roberson Q., Stone D., Syed J., Williams J., Williamson I. O., Zanoni P., (2025). Editorial: Voices from the academy: a response to President Donald Trump’s anti-DEI policies.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: an International Journal, 44 (2), 151-157
HENNEKAM S., BEAUREGARD A., (2025). Beyond the gender binary at work: introduction to the special issue.
International Journal of Human Resource Management, 36 (7), 1053–1067
FELIX B., HENNEKAM S., (2025). The unsustainable nature of the career ecosystem of autistic individuals in Brazil.
Career Development International, 30 (7), 729-744
VOLPONE S., HENNEKAM S., (2025). Neurodiversity at Work: Challenges and Opportunities for Human Resource Management.
Human Resource Management
HENNEKAM S., ELINE JAMMAERS E., FELIX B., (2025). Access to flexibility I-deals: the case of autistic individuals.
Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 98 (4), e70071
HENNEKAM S., DESCUBES I., (2024). Why common job demands are challenging for individuals with mental illness: the interaction of personal vulnerability factors and ableist norms.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: an International Journal, 43 (1), 72-92
HENNEKAM S., FOLLMER F., (2024). Neurodiversity and HRM: a practice-based review and research agenda.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: an International Journal, 43 (7), 1119-1129
PUNCHEVA-MICHELOTTI P., HUDSON S., HENNEKAM S., (2024). Anticipated chilly climate for women: the development and validation of a measure.
Employee Relations, 46 (4), 795-816
HENNEKAM S., RICHARD S., ÖZBILGIN M. F., (2023). How social structures influence the labour market participation of individuals with mental illness: a Bourdieusian perspective.
Journal of Management Studies, 60 (1), 174-203
HENNEKAM S., KELLAND J., DUMAZERT J.-P., (2023). Paternal supervisor gatekeeping: how supervising fathers hinder other fathers at work in their uptake of flexible work arrangements.
Gender, Work and Organization, 30 (1), 94-111
HENNEKAM S., PETERSON J., TAHSSAIN L., SALVETAT D., PEREZ F., (2023). How managers approach data analytics: a typologie through a Resource Orchestration perspective.
Management Decision, 61 (5), 1225-1243
HENNEKAM S., LADGE J., (2023). Free to be me? Evolving gender expression and the dynamic interplay between authenticity and the desire to be accepted at work.
Academy of Management Journal, 66 (5), 1529–1553
HENNEKAM S., DUMAZERT J.-P., (2023). Intersectional (in)visibility of transgender employees with an ethnic minority background throughout a gender transition: four longitudinal case studies.
Gender, Work and Organization, 30 (5), 1585-1610
HENNEKAM S., DE BECDELIEVRE P., FRANÇOIS GRIMA F., (2022). A sustainable career for interim managers: the role of career communities.
Personnel Review, 51 (4), 1277-1297
SUN M., HENNEKAM S., (2022). A multilevel perspective on the perceived effects of COVID-19 on nurses in China.
Employee Relations, 44 (1), 54-69
MATSON S., PUNCHEVA-MICHELOTTI P., KOETZ C., HENNEKAM S., (2022). Destigmatization through social sharing of emotions and empowerment: the case of disabled athletes and consumers of disability sports.
Journal of Business Research, 149 (October 2022), 77-84
HENNEKAM S., RICHARD S., OZBILGIN M., (2022). How social structures influence the labour market participation of individuals with mental illness: a Bourdieusian perspective.
Journal of Management Studies
HENNEKAM S., PETERSON Jonathan, TAHSSAIN Loubna, DUMAZERT Jean-Pierre, (2021). Recruitment discrimination: how organizations use social power to circumvent laws and regulations.
International Journal of Human Resource Management, 32 (10), 2213-2241
RICHARD S., HENNEKAM S., (2021). When can a disability quota system empower disabled individuals in the workplace? The case of France..
Work, Employment and Society, 35 (5), 837-855
RICHARD S., HENNEKAM S., (2021). Constructing a positive work-related identity as a disabled worker through social comparison: the role fo stigma and disability characteristics.
Journal of Vocational Behavior, 125 (March 2021), Article N°103528
HENNEKAM S., FOLLMER F., BEATTY J., (2021). The paradox of mental illness and employment: a person-job fit lens.
International Journal of Human Resource Management, 32 (15), 3244-3271
DE BECDELIEVRE P., GRIMA F., HENNEKAM S., (2021). Comment faire face à un choc de carrière en étant sénior: le cas des managers de transition.
Revue Française de Gestion, 47 (296), 11-26
ALI F., HENNEKAM S., SYED J., AHMED A., MUBASHAR R., (2021). Labour market inclusion of Afghan refugees in Pakistan through Bourdieu's theory of capital.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: an International Journal, 40 (8), 1032-1050
HENNEKAM S., LADGE J., POWELL G., (2021). Confinement during the COVID-19 pandemic: how work-life shock events may result in positive identity change.
Journal of Vocational Behavior, 130 (October 2021), Article N° 103621
HENNEKAM S., FOLLMER F., BEATTY J., (2021). Exploring mental illness in the workplace: the role of HR professionals and processes.
International Journal of Human Resource Management, 32 (15), 3135-3156
HENNEKAM S., MACARTHUR Sally, BENNETT Dawn, HOPE Cat, GOH Talisha, (2020). Women composer's use of online communities of practice to build and support their careers.
Personnel Review, 49 (1), 215-230
HENNEKAM S., BACOUEL-JENTJENS S., YANG I., (2020). Perceptions of diversity management practice among first- versus second-generation migrants.
Work, Employment and Society, 34 (5), 844-863
HENNEKAM S., RICHARD S., FRANÇOIS GRIMA F., (2020). Coping with mental health conditions at work and its impact on self-perceived job performance.
Employee Relations, 42 (3), 626-645
HENNEKAM S., SUBRAMANIAM A., (2020). Involuntary and voluntary demotion: employee reactions and outcomes.
European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 29 (4), 586-600
HENNEKAM S., SHYMKO Y., (2020). Coping with the Covid-19 Crisis: Force Majeure and Gender Performativity.
Gender, Work and Organization, 27 (5), 788-803
HENNEKAM S., TAHSSAIN-GAY L., BENRAISS-NAILLES L., (2020). Enjeux des dimensions culturelles dans le management de la diversité au sein des multinationales aux Pays-Bas et au Maroc.
Management et Sciences Sociales, 27, 64-77
HENNEKAM S., LADGE J., SHYMKO Y., (2020). From Zero to Hero: An Exploratory Study Examining a Sudden Hero Status Among Non-Physician Healthcare workers during the Covid-19 Pandemic.
Journal of Applied Psychology, 105 (10), 1088-1100
BENNETT Dawn, HENNEKAM S., MACARTHUR Sally, HOPE Cat, GOH Talisha, (2019). Hiding gender: how female composers manage gender identity.
Journal of Vocational Behavior, 113, 20-32
HENNEKAM S., BACOUEL-JENTJENS Sabine, YANG Inju, (2019). Ethnic diversity management in France: a multilevel perspective.
International Journal of Manpower, 40 (1), 120-134
HENNEKAM S., BENNETT Dawn, MACARTHUR Sally, HOPE Cat, GOH Talisha, (2019). An international perspective on management career as a woman composer.
International Journal of Arts Management, 21 (3), 4-13
HENNEKAM S., ANANTHRAM Subramaniam, MCKENNA Steve, (2019). Co-workers' perceptions of and reactions to employee's involuntary demotion.
Employee Relations, 41 (4), 740-757
HENNEKAM S., SYED Jawad, ALI Faiza, DUMAZERT Jean-Pierre, (2019). A multilevel perspective of the identity transition to motherhood.
Gender, Work and Organization, 26, 915-933
HENNEKAM S., MCKENNA Steve, RICHARDSON Julia, ANANTHRAM Subramaniam, (2019). Perceptions of demotion decisions: a social capital perspective.
European Management Journal, 37 (6), 730-741
HENNEKAM S., TAHSSAIN-GAY L., BENRAISS-NOAILLES L., (2019). Enjeux des dimensions culturelles dans le management de la diversité au sein des multinationales aux Pays-Bas et au Maroc.
Management et Sciences Sociales, 27 (Juillet-Décembre), 64-77
HENNEKAM S., PETERSON Jonathan, TAHSSAIN Loubna, DUMAZERT Jean-Pierre, (2018). Managing religious diversity in secular organizations in France.
Employee Relations, 40 (5), 746-761
SYED Jawad, ALI Faiza, HENNEKAM S., (2018). Gender equality in employment in Saudi Arabia: a relational perspective.
Career Development International, 23 (2), 163-177
BENNETT Dawn, HENNEKAM S., (2018). Self-authorship and creative industries workers' career decision-making.
Human Relations
HENNEKAM S., SYED Jawad, (2018). Institutional racism in the film industry: a multilevel perspective.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: an International Journal
HENNEKAM S., BENNETT Dawn, (2017). Creative industries work across multiple contexts: common themes and challenges.
Personnel Review, 46 (1), 68-85
HENNEKAM S., BENNETT Dawn, (2017). Sexual harassment in the creative industries: Tolerance, culture and the need for change.
Gender, Work and Organization, 24 (4), 417-434
HENNEKAM S., TAHSSAIN Loubna, SYED Jawad, (2017). Contextualising diversity management in the Middle East and North Africa: a relational perspective.
Human Resource Management Journal, 27 (3), 459-476
HENNEKAM S., (2017). Dealing with multiple incompatible work-related identities: the case of artists.
Personnel Review, 46 (5), 970-987
HENNEKAM S., (2017). Thriving of older workers.
Personnel Review, 46 (2), 297-313
HENNEKAM S., LADGE Jamie, (2017). When lesbians become mothers: identity validation and the role of diversity climate.
Journal of Vocational Behavior, 103, 40-55
HENNEKAM S., (2016). Identity transition during pregnancy: the importance of role models.
Human Relations, 69 (9), 1765-1790
HENNEKAM S., (2016). Competencies of older workers and its influence on career success and job satisfaction.
Employee Relations, 38 (2), 130-146
HENNEKAM S., BENNETT Dawn, (2016). Self-management of work in the creative industries in the Netherlands.
International Journal of Arts Management, 19 (1)
HENNEKAM S., BENNETT Dawn, (2016). Involuntary career transition and identity within the artist population.
Personnel Review, 45 (6), 1114-1131
HENNEKAM S., (2016). Vitality of older workers and its relationship with performance, career satisfaction and career success.
Management et Avenir, 1, 15-32
HENNEKAM S., (2016). Employability and performance: a comparison of baby boomers and veterans in the Netherlands.
Employee Relations, 38 (6), 927-945
HENNEKAM S., HERRBACH Olivier, (2015). The influence of age-awareness versus general HRM practices on the retirement decision of older workers.
Personnel Review, 44 (1), 3-21
HENNEKAM S., (2015). Career success of older workers: the importance of social skills and continuous learning ability.
Journal of Management Development, 34 (9), 1113-1133
HENNEKAM S., (2015). Employability of older workers in the Netherlands: antecedents and consequences.
International Journal of Manpower, 36 (6), 931-946
HENNEKAM S., (2015). Challenges of older self-employed workers in creative industries: the case of the Netherlands.
Management Decision, 53 (4), 876-891
HENNEKAM S., TAHSSAIN Loubna, (2015). Changing attitudes towards diversity: The Netherlands and Morocco compared.
Management Decision, 53 (9), 2135-2155
HENNEKAM S., HERRBACH Olivier, (2013). HRM practices and low occupational status older workers.
Employee Relations, 35 (3), 339-355
A paraître
BACOUEL-JENTJENS S., GEORGIADOU A., HENNEKAM S., (2025). Organizational learning in multinational corporations: a study of global diversity, equity, and inclusion practices.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: an International Journal
HAYWARD S., BURY S., HENNEKAM S., (2025). Quality Employee-Manager Relationships are Key to Career Success.
Autism
HENNEKAM S., FOLLMER F., (2024). “Why our voices don’t count”: The employment experiences of neurodivergent employees through a double empathy lens.
Organization
DOYLE N., MCDOWALL A., HENNEKAM S., (2026). The Sage Handbook of Neurodiversity at Work.
Sage Publications
BEATTY J., HENNEKAM S., KULKARNI J., (2023). De Gruyter Handbook of Disability and Management.
De Gruyter
HENNEKAM S., BEATTY J., KULKARNI M., (2023). De Gruyter Handbook of Disability and Management.
De Gruyter
HENNEKAM S., BEATTY J., KULKARNI M., (2023). Handbook of Disability and Management.
De Gruyter
RICHARD, S., HENNEKAM, S. (2024). How the (in)ability of using one's disability strategically reinforces inequality and precariousness amongst disabled workers: The case of France. dans Elina Meliou, Joana Vassilopoulou, Mustafa Ozbilgin (Eds.), Diversity and precarious work during socio-economic upheaval (pp. 79-97). Cambridge University Press.
RICHARD, S., HENNEKAM, S., TAKSA, L. (2024). Mental illness (1 ed.). dans Alain Klarsfeld, Stella Nkomo, Lucy Taksa, Anne-Françoise Bender, Gaelle Cahcat-Rosset (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Equality, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (pp. 234-237). Edward Elgar Publishing.
HENNEKAM, S. (2022). Towards more inclusion in the music industry. dans Dagmar Abfalter; Rosa Reitsamer (Ed.) (pp. 190-203). New York: Routledge.
HENNEKAM, S. Towards more inclusion in the music industry. Music as labour: inequalities and activism in the past and present. New York: Routledge.
HENNEKAM, S. (2022). Towards more inclusion in the music industry. Music as labour:inequalities and activism in the past and present (pp. 190-204). New York: Routledge.
HENNEKAM, S., DUMAZERT, J.-P. (2021). Managing talent in the context of an aging global workforce: emerging challenges. dans I. Tarique (Ed.), Contemporary Talent Management: A Research Companion. New York: Routledge.
HENNEKAM, S., DUMAZERT, J.-P. (2021). Managing talent in the context of an aging global workforce: emerging challenges. Contemporary Talent Management: A research Companion. New York: Routledge.
HENNEKAM S., (2019). How to adapt a research design to the particularities of a vulnerable group of workers under study.
SAGE Research Methods Cases
Articles de presse
HENNEKAM S., PETERSON Jonathan, TAHSSAIN Loubna, DUMAZERT Jean-Pierre, (2019). How organizations discriminate during recruitment.
London School of Economics Business Review
Activités scientifiques
Editeur invité d'une revue de recherche
International Journal of Human Resource Management : Beyond the gender binary
2023
Human Resource Management : Neurodiversity at work: challenges and opportunities
2022
International Journal of Human Resource Management : Guest editor for special issue on mental illness
2019
Membre Comité éditorial d'une revue de recherche
Board Member of Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology
2022
Editeur associé d'une revue de recherche
Gender, Work and Organization
2022
Employee Relations
2019
Membre Comité scientifique d'une association académique
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: an International Journal
2019
Reviewer revue académique
Reviewed multiple manuscripts
Récompenses et honneurs
National Council for Scientific and Technological Development, 2024
Emerald Literati Outstanding Paper Award 2019, 2019
Junior Professor Award FNEGE 2016, 2017
Supervision doctorat
A. VISNIAUSKITE : Burnout.
(2025) A. SALVATORI : Disability politics in France.
(2023) R. HASTUTI : Essays on mental disability and disclosure in the workplace: a dissertation by publication.
(2021) Y.-M. KUNDI : Job crafting.
J. CRABTREE : Tunesmiths and toxicity: workplace harassment in the contemporary music industries in Australia and New Zealand.
(2018) Kathleen Connell : Investigating career development and transition through the lens of Austalian classical singers.