Joep Cornelissen is Professor of Corporate Communication and Management at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University. The main focus of his research involves studies of the role of corporate and managerial communication in the context of innovation, entrepreneurship and change. In addition, he also has an interest in questions of scientific reasoning and theory development in management and organization theory.

His work has been published in the Academy of Management Review, Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Management Studies, Organization Science, and Organization Studies. He is also the author of the widely used textbook Corporate Communication: A Guide to Theory and Practice (Sage), now in its seventh edition (2023).

Joep is the Editor-in-Chief of Organization Theory and a Council member of the Society for the Advancement of Management Studies. He previously served as Associate Editor of the Academy of Management Review and as General Editor of the Journal of Management Studies (2006–2012). He is also a member of the editorial boards of the Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Journal of Management Studies, and Organization Studies. Since 2017, he has been the Academic Director of the Executive Master in Corporate Communication at RSM Executive Education.