Jessica van Wingerden is a passionate board member, scientist, author and motivational speaker. Van Wingerden does research into inspiring and sustaining motivation within organizations. Her integrated approach to organizational issues is informed by her background in sociology, business administration, work and organizational psychology and the field of organizational change.

Studies on the crossover between people and organizations focus on employee self-development, organizational development, meaningful work, work engagement and performance.
She has also published various articles and books on management and management research.

Jessica is Research Fellow at Erasmus University Rotterdam
Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Department of Organisational Psychology.