Academic publications

(see bottom of page for popular articles, reports, blogs and reviews)

2024

Jansen, W. S., Van der Toorn, J., Bokern, Y., & Ellemers, N. (2024). Shades of support: An empirical assessment of D&I policy support in organizations. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 54, 1-9. Open access

Moss-Racusin, C. A., Van der Toorn, J., Beneke, G., & Olson, K. R. (2024). Mothers of transgender youth experience stigma-by-association. Journal of Applied Social Psychology. Link

Morgenroth, T., Van der Toorn, J., Pliskin, R., & McMahon, C. E. (2023). Gender nonconformity leads to identity denial for cisgender and transgender individuals. Social Psychology and Personality Science, 15, 46–59. Link

2023

Bohré-den Harder, M., Harinck, F., van der Doef, M., Van der Toorn, J., & Gebhardt, W. E. (2023). Current knowledge on organizational humanness and its relation to leadership: A scoping review. TPM -Testing, Psychometrics, Methodology in Applied Psychology, 30, 185–201. Link

Napier, J. L., Van der Toorn, J., & Vial, A. C. (2023). The personal is political: Internalized stigma and the preference for gender complementarity in (some) same-sex relationships. Sex Roles, 89, 97–118. Open access.

2022

Bokern, Y., Jansen, W.S., Van der Toorn, J., Euser, L., Djoemai, V., & Ellemers, N. (2022). “All aboard: Handout for creating support for diversity- and inclusion policy”. Handout

Klarenaar, M., Van Ooien, A. L., Van der Toorn, J., Boes, M. Lakens, D., Stelling, L. J., Simons, M., Funk, M., Van Goch, M. M., Veldhuizen, M. D., & Tetteroo, D. (2022). Towards a representation of unheard and unseen individuals in the hospital, workplace, and neighborhood. Subsidized by the Center for unusual Collaborations. Report

Kulk, S., Van der Velde, M., Van der Toorn, J., & Veldhuizen, M. (2022). "P.INC Privacy and D&I Policy Guide". Handout

Senen, L., Ramos Delgado, R., Jansen, W.S., Van der Toorn, J., Bokern, Y., Van den Berg, J., & Ellemers, N. (2022). De Nederlandse InclusiviteitsMonitor. Inzichten uit 2019-2021. Handout

Vink, M., Jansen, W., Van der Toorn, J., & Ellemers, N. (2022). Met een andere bril: een nieuwe aanpak om organisaties te motiveren en ondersteunen in het ontwikkelen van wetenschappelijk onderbouwd diversiteitsbeleid. Funded by Instituut Gak. Report

2021

Jansen, W. S., Kröger, C., & Van der Toorn, J. (2021). The right thing to do or the smart thing to do? How communicating moral or business motives for diversity affects the employment image of Dutch public and private sector organizations. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 51, 746-759. Open access

Kolman, M., & Van der Toorn, J. (2021). Genderkloof in de wetenschap verdwijnt niet vanzelf. Parool, January 10, 2021. [Web article] Link

Meral, E.O., & Van der Toorn, J. (2021). LGBTIQ+ Employee Resource Groups: What does the science say? New Horizons Online, March 9, 2021. [Web article] Link

Moss-Racusin, C. A., Pietri, E. S., Van der Toorn, J., Ashburn-Nardo, L. (2021). Boosting the sustainable representation of women in STEM with evidence-based policy initiatives. Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 8, 50-58. Link

Senen, L., Van der Toorn, J., Jansen, W., Euser, L., Ellemers, N. (July 2021). Het moet wel werken. Een vergelijkende analyse en duiding van patronen in de data verzameld onder ondertekenaars van het Charter Diversiteit en deelnemers aan de Nederlandse InclusiviteitsMonitor. Supported by the Goldschmeding Foundation. [Report] Link

Suppes, A., Van der Toorn, J., & Begeny, C. (2021). Unhealthy closets, discriminatory dwellings. The mental health benefits and costs of being open about one's sexual minority status. Social Science & Medicine, 285. Open access

Van Bezouw, M. J., Van der Toorn, J., & Becker, J. C. (2021). Social Creativity: Reviving a social identity approach to understanding social stability. European Journal of Social Psychology, 51, 409–422. Open access

Van Bezouw, M. J., Van der Toorn, J., Honari. A., & Rijken, A. J. (2021). Antecedents and consequences of system justification among Iranian migrants in Western Europe. Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 9, 637–653. Open access.

Van der Toorn, J., & Gaitho, W. (2021). LGBTIQ+ workplace inclusion: A global issue requiring a transdisciplinary and intersectional approach. Tijdschrift voor Genderstudies, 24, 376-387. Open access

Van der Toorn, J., & Kolman, M. (2021). LHBTI’ers worden op het werk niet gelijk behandeld, al denken we van wel. Financieel Dagblad, May 16, 2021. [Web article] Link

Van der Toorn, J., Veldhuizen, M., & Kulk, S. (2021). Researching the tension between privacy and inclusion in organizations: Promises and pitfalls of a transdisciplinary approach. Tijdschrift voor Genderstudies, 24, 53-63. Open access

2020

Brandt, M. J., Kuppens, T., Spears, R., Andrighetto, L., Autin, F., Babincak, P., Badea, C., Bae, J., Batruch, A., Becker, J. C., Bocian, K., Bodroža, B., Bourguignon, D., Bukowski, M., Butera, F., Butler, S. E., Chryssochoou, X., Conway, P., Crawford, J. T., Croizet, J-C., de Lemus, S., Degner, J., Dragon, P., Durante, F., Easterbrook, M. J., Essien, I., Forgas, J. P., González, R., Graf, S., Halama, P., Han, G., Hong, R. Y., Houdek, P., Igou, E. R., Inbar, Y., Jetten, J., Jimenez Leal, W., Jiménez-Moya, G., Kumar Karunagharan, J., Kende, A., Korzh, M., Laham, S. M., Lammers, J., Lim, L., Manstead, A. S. R., Međedović, J., Melton, Z. J., Motyl, M., Ntani, S., Owuamalam, C. K., Peker, M., Platow, M. J., Prims, J., Reyna, C., Rubin, M., Saab, R., Sankaran, S., Shepherd, L., Sibley, C. G., Sobkow, A., Spruyt, B., Stroebaek, P., Sümer, N., Sweetman, J., Teixeira, C. P., Toma, C., Ujhelyi, A., van der Toorn, J., van Hiel, A., Vásquez-Echeverría, A., Vazquez, A., Vianello, M., Vranka, M., Yzerbyt, V., & Zimmerman, J. L. (2020). Subjective status and perceived legitimacy across countries. European Journal of Social Psychology, 50, 921-942. Open access

Van der Toorn, J., Pliskin, R., & Morgenroth, T. (2020). Not quite over the rainbow: The unrelenting and insidious nature of heteronormative ideology. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 34C, 160-165. Open access

Van der Toorn, J. (2020). Not quite over the rainbow: The unrelenting and insidious nature of heteronormative ideology. New Horizons, Summer 2020.

2019

Van der Toorn, J. (2019). Naar een inclusieve werkvloer: Seksuele oriëntatie en genderidentiteit op het werk. [Toward an inclusive workplace: Sexual orientation and gender identity at work.] Gedrag & Organisatie, 32, 162-180. Open access

Van der Toorn, J., Sahin, O., & Ellemers, N. (December 2019). Pilot oriënterende bedrijfsbezoeken: Een pilotonderzoek naar de effectiviteit van bedrijfsbezoeken in het MBO. Commissioned by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment, and the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science.

Ellemers, N., Van der Toorn, J., Paunov, Y., & Van Leeuwen, T. (2019). The psychology of morality: A review and analysis of empirical studies published from 1940 through 2017. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 23, 332-366. Open access

García-Sánchez, E., Van der Toorn, J., Rodríguez-Bailón, R., & Willis, G. (2019). The vicious cycle of economic inequality: Ideological moderation of the relationship between “what is” and “what ought to be” in 41 countries. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 10, 991-‌1001. Link

Moss-Racusin, C. A., Pietri, E. S., Ashburn-Nardo, L., & Van der Toorn, J. (April 2019). Policies, practices, programs, and other interventions for improving the recruitment, retention, and sustained advancement into leadership roles of women in specific science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medical (STEMM) disciplines and at different stages in career trajectories. Literature review commissioned by the US National Academies of Sciences.

Şahin, O., Van der Toorn, J., Jansen, W. S., Boezeman, E. J., & Ellemers, N. (2019). Looking beyond our similarities: How perceived (in)visible dissimilarity relates to feelings of inclusion at work. Frontiers in Psychology, 10, 575. Open access

Suppes, A., Napier, J. L., & Van der Toorn, J. (2019). The palliative effects of system justification on the health and happiness of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 45, 372-388. Link

Van Hinsberg, K., & Van der Toorn, J. (February 2019). Inclusion and engagement among LGBT+ employee network members.

2018

Ellemers, N., Şahin, O., Jansen, W. S., & Van der Toorn, J. (2018). Naar effectief diversiteitsbeleid: Het bouwen van bruggen tussen wetenschap en praktijk [Toward effective diversity management: Building bridges between science and practice]. Gedrag & Organisatie, 31, 409-428. Open access

Liekefett, L., & Van der Toorn, J. (2018). LHBTs hebben meer rolmodellen nodig op het werk. Sociale Vraagstukken, November 29 2018. [Web article] Link

Liekefett, L., & Van der Toorn, J. (2018). “Someone like me can be successful, too!” Why we need more LGBT role models in the workplace. Leiden Psychology Blog, November 19, 2018. [Blog] Link

Liekefett, L., & Van der Toorn, J. (2018). “Someone like me can be successful, too!” Why we need more LGBT role models in the workplace. New Horizons, November 2 2018. [Report] Link

Van der Toorn, J. (2018). Heteronormativiteit belemmert inclusie LHBTs op het werk. Sociale Vraagstukken, May 11 2018. [Web article] Link

Van der Toorn, J. (2018). Naar een inclusieve werkvloer: Seksuele oriëntatie en gender identiteit op het werk [Toward an inclusive workplace: Sexual orientation and gender identity at work]. Inaugural speech at Leiden University, April 6 2018. [Inaugural speech] Link

Cramwinckel, F. M., Scheepers, D. T., & Van der Toorn, J. (2018). Interventions to reduce blatant and subtle sexual orientation- and gender identity prejudice (SOGIP): Current knowledge and future directions. Social Issues and Policy Review, 12, 183-217. Link

2017

Van der Toorn, J., Jost, J. T., & Loffredo, B. (2017). Conservative ideological shift among adolescents in response to system threat. Zeitschrift für Psychologie, 225, 357-362. Link

Van der Toorn, J., Jost, J. T., Packer, D., Noorbaloochi, S., & Van Bavel, J. J. (2017). In defense of tradition: Religiosity, conservatism, and opposition to same-sex marriage in North America. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 43, 1455-1468. Link

Van der Toorn, J. (2017). Education and work. In: Ellemers, N., Derks, B., Van Nunspeet, F., Scheepers, D. T., & Van der Toorn, J. (Eds.). World of difference (pp. 39-62). Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press. Open access

Ellemers, N., Derks, B., Van Nunspeet, F., Scheepers, D. T., & Van der Toorn, J. (2017). World of difference: A moral perspective on social inequality. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press. Open access

Ellemers, N., Van der Toorn, J., & Sahin, O. (September 2017). Overbruggen negatieve beeldvorming op de stagemarkt: Een pilotonderzoek naar de effectiviteit van bedrijfsbezoeken in het MBO. Commissioned by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment, and the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science.

2016

Moss-Racusin, C. A., Van der Toorn, J., Dovidio, J. F., Brescoll, V. L., Graham, M., & Handelsman, J. (2016). A “scientific diversity” intervention to reduce gender bias in a sample of life scientists. CBE—Life Sciences Education, 15, cr29. Link

2015

Ellemers, N., & Van der Toorn, J. (2015). Groups as moral anchors. Current Opinion in Psychology, 6, 189–194. Link

Van der Toorn, J., Ellemers, N., & Doosje, B. (2015). The threat of moral transgression: The impact of group membership and moral opportunity. European Journal of Social Psychology, 45, 609–622. Link

Van der Toorn, J., Feinberg, M., Jost, J. T., Kay, A. C., Tyler, T. R., Willer, R., & Wilmuth, C. (2015). A sense of powerlessness fosters system justification: Implications for the legitimation of authority, hierarchy, and government. Political Psychology, 36, 93-110. Link

2014

Moss-Racusin, C. A., Van der Toorn, J., Dovidio, J. F., Brescoll, V. F., Graham, M. J., & Handelsman, J. (2014). Scientific diversity interventions. Science, 343, 615-616. Link

Van der Toorn, J., & Ellemers, N. (December 2014). The National Integration Dinner as a vehicle for identity respect: Consequences for organizational belonging, wellbeing, and motivation.

Van der Toorn, J., & Jost, J. T. (2014). Twenty years of system justification theory: Introduction to the special issue on “ideology and system justification processes.” Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 17, 413-419. Link

Van der Toorn, J., Jost, J. T., & Berkics, M. (2014). Job satisfaction and perceived fairness in Hungary and the USA. In Michalos, A. C. (Ed.), Encyclopedia of quality of life and well-being research (pp. 3454-3458). Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer. Link

Van der Toorn, J., Nail, P. R., Liviatan, I., Jost, J. T. (2014). My country, right or wrong: Does activating system justification motivation eliminate the liberal-conservative gap in patriotism? Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 54, 50-60. Link

Van der Toorn, J., Napier, J. L., & Dovidio, J. F. (2014). We the people: Intergroup interdependence breeds liberalism. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 5, 616-622. Link

Van der Toorn, J. (2014). How we vote. Leiden Psychology Blog, March 17 2014. [Blog] Link

2013

Dotsch, R., Papies, E. K., Pronk, T. M., Rutjens, B., Van der Toorn, J., & Ufkes, E. G. (2013). Jaarboek sociale psychologie 2013. Groningen: ASPO-pers.

Sutton, R., Cichocka, A., & Van der Toorn, J. (2013). The corrupting power of social inequality: Social psychological consequences, causes, and solutions. In A. Golec de Zavala and A. Cichocka (Eds.), Social psychology of social problems. The intergroup context (pp. 115-140). Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave. Link

Tyler, T. R., & Van der Toorn, J. (2013). Social justice. In L. Huddy, D. O. Sears, & J. S. Levy (Eds.), Oxford Handbook of Political Psychology, 2nd ed. (pp. 627-661). New York: Oxford University Press. Link

2012

Van der Toorn, J., Napier, J. L. & Dovidio, J. F. (2012). Interdependentie tussen groepen leidt tot links denken. In M. Strick, M. Baas, L. van Dillen, R. Dotsch, D. Lakens, & M. de Vries (Eds.), Jaarboek Sociale Psychologie 2012 (pp. 215-219). Groningen: ASPO-pers.

Van der Toorn, J., Bos, H., & Napier, J. L. (2012). Mannetje/vrouwtje: De invloed van homonegativiteit op evaluaties van homoseksuele koppels en partners. In N. van de Ven, M. Baas, L. van Dillen, D. Lakens, A. M. Lokhorst, & M. Strick (Eds.), Jaarboek Sociale Psychologie 2011 (pp. 219-222). Groningen: ASPO-pers.

Jost, J. T., Chaikalis-Petritsis, V., Abrams, D., Sidanius, J., Van der Toorn, J., & Bratt, C. (2012). Why men (and women) do and don’t rebel: Effects of system justification on willingness to protest. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 38, 197-208. Link

Jost, J. T., Liviatan, I., Van der Toorn, J., Ledgerwood, A., Mandisodza, A., & Nosek, B. (2012). System justification: A motivational process with implications for social conflict. In E. Kals & J. Maes (Eds.), Justice and conflicts (pp. 315-327). New York: Springer. Link

Jost, J. T., & Van der Toorn, J. (2012). System justification theory. In P. A. M. van Lange, A. W. Kruglanski, & E. T. Higgins (Eds.), Handbook of theories of social psychology (pp. 313-343). London: Sage. Link

2011

Jost, J. T., & Van der Toorn, J. (2011). System justification theory. In K. Dowding (Ed.), Encyclopedia of power (pp. 649-653). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. Link

Pacilli, M. G., Taurino, A., Jost, J. T., & Van der Toorn, J. (2011). System justification, right-wing conservatism, and internalized homophobia: Gay and lesbian attitudes toward same-sex parenting in Italy. Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, 65, 580-595. Link

Van der Toorn, J., Tyler, T. R., & Jost, J. T. (2011). More than fair: Outcome dependence, system justification, and the perceived legitimacy of authority figures. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 47, 127–138. Link

2010

Jost, J. T., Liviatan, I., Van der Toorn, J., Ledgerwood, A., Mandisodza, A., & Nosek, B. (2010). System justification: How do we know it’s motivated? In D. R. Bobocel, A. C. Kay, M. P. Zanna, & J. M. Olson (Eds.), The psychology of justice and legitimacy: The Ontario symposium, Vol. 11 (pp. 173-203). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum. Link

Van der Toorn, J., Berkics, M., & Jost, J. T. (2010). System justification, satisfaction, and perceptions of fairness and typicality at work: A cross-system comparison involving the U.S. and Hungary. Social Justice Research, 23, 189-210. Link

2009

Van der Toorn, J., & Jost, J. T. (2009). System justification theory. In D. Matsumoto (Ed.), Cambridge dictionary of psychology (p. 534). New York: Cambridge University Press. Link

2008

Klandermans, B., Van der Toorn, J., & Van Stekelenburg, J. (2008). Embeddedness and identity: How immigrants turn grievances into action. American Sociological Review, 73, 992-1012. Link

2006

Van Gils, S., Visser, V., Marguc, J., & Van der Toorn, J. (2006). How our mind makes us perceive others: Three examples of illusions in interactions. The Free Mind, 3, 21-25. [Web article] Link

2005

Van der Toorn, J. (2005). Book review—Goddess on the rise: Pilgrimage and popular religion in Vietnam. Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde (BKI), 161, 174-175. [Review] Link

Van der Toorn, J. (2005). Knowledge transfer on flexible borders. The approach of 25xEurope. BLIND!, 3rd edition. [Web article] Link