Staff profile

Bart (PhD 2010) is a Full Professor of Leadership and Organisational Behaviour at Durham University Business School (UK). His research focuses on organisational trust, teams, leadership, and creativity and innovation, which he examines through primary studies and research syntheses (meta-analyses, reviews). He consistently publishes his work in top-tier journals (e.g., AMJ, JAP, AMA, AROPOB, JOM), serves on review boards and as an associate editor of some of these journals, and has received multiple best paper and reviewer awards. Within the university, he has held various (research-focused) leadership roles at the institutional, faculty, and school level. Bart's teaching portfolio includes both substantive and methodological courses, ranges from the Bachelor to the PhD level, and includes invited teaching at the triple accredited (AACSB, EQUIS, AMBA) Erasmus University Rotterdam. Prior to joining Durham, Bart worked as an Associate Professor at the VU University Amsterdam (the Netherlands) and Australian Catholic University (Australia) respectively. 

Mini-Biography

Bart is a Professor of Leadership and Organisational Behaviour at DUBS. His research interest include organizational trust, teams, and leadership, which he examines through primary studies and research syntheses. His teaching portfolio includes both substantive and methodological courses and ranges from the Bachelor to the PhD level.

• Leadership
• Organizational trust
• Research methods (incl. surveys, meta-analysis)
• Teams (incl. diversity, virtuality, creativity)

Journal Article

• de Jong, B., Lee, A., Gill, J., & Zheng, J. (online). Felt trust: Added baggage or added value? A critical review, constructive redirection, and exploratory meta‐analysis. Journal of Organizational Behavior, https://doi.org/10.1002/job.2838
• Banks, G. C., Rasmussen, L. M., Tonidandel, S., Pollack, J. M., Hausfeld, M. M., Williams, C., Albritton, B. H., Allen, J. A., Bastardoz, N., Batchelor, J. H., Bennett, A. A., Briker, R., Castille, C. M., De Jong, B. A., Demeter, E., DeSimone, J. A., Field, J. G., Figueroa-Armijos, M., Fernanda Garcia, M., Gardner, W. L., …Yang, T. (2025). Women’s and Men’s Authorship Experiences: A Prospective Meta-Analysis. Journal of Management, 51(4), 1273-1287. https://doi.org/10.1177/01492063251315701
• Chamberlin, M., Nahrgang, J. D., Sessions, H., & De Jong, B. (2024). An examination of shared leadership configurations and their effectiveness in teams. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 45(4), 595-619. https://doi.org/10.1002/job.2774
• Dirks, K. T., & de Jong, B. (2022). Trust Within the Workplace: A Review of Two Waves of Research and a Glimpse of the Third. Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior, 9(1), 247-276. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-orgpsych-012420-083025
• de Jong, B., Gillespie, N., Williamson, I., & Gill, C. (2021). Trust Consensus Within Culturally Diverse Teams: A Multistudy Investigation. Journal of Management, 47(8), 2135-2168. https://doi.org/10.1177/0149206320943658
• de Mol, E., Cardon, M. S., de Jong, B., Khapova, S. N., & Elfring, T. (2020). Entrepreneurial passion diversity in new venture teams: An empirical examination of short- and long-term performance implications. Journal of Business Venturing, 35(4), Article 105965. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusvent.2019.105965
• Knight, A. P., Greer, L. L., & De Jong, B. (2020). Start-Up Teams: A Multidimensional Conceptualization, Integrative Review of Past Research, and Future Research Agenda. Academy of Management Annals, 14(1), 231-266. https://doi.org/10.5465/annals.2018.0061
• Greer, L. L., de Jong, B. A., Schouten, M. E., & Dannals, J. E. (2018). Why and when hierarchy impacts team effectiveness: A meta-analytic integration. Journal of Applied Psychology, 103(6), 591-613. https://doi.org/10.1037/apl0000291
• De Jong, B. A., Dirks, K. T., & Gillespie, N. (2016). Trust and team performance: A meta-analysis of main effects, moderators, and covariates. Journal of Applied Psychology, 101(8), 1134-1150. https://doi.org/10.1037/apl0000110
• de Jong, B. A., Bijlsma-Frankema, K. M., & Cardinal, L. B. (2014). Stronger than the sum of its parts? The performance implications of peer control combinations in teams. Organization Science, 25(6), 1703-1721. https://doi.org/10.1287/orsc.2014.0926
• De Jong, B. A., & Dirks, K. T. (2012). Beyond shared perceptions of trust and monitoring in teams: Implications of asymmetry and dissensus. Journal of Applied Psychology, 97(2), 391-406. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0026483
• De Jong, B. A., & Elfring, T. (2010). How does trust affect the performance of ongoing teams? the mediating role of reflexivity, monitoring, and effort. Academy of Management Journal, 53(3), 535-549. https://doi.org/10.5465/amj.2010.51468649