Rowena Blokker

437 total citations · 1 hit paper
5 papers, 269 citations indexed

About

Rowena Blokker is a scholar working on Education, Management of Technology and Innovation and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Rowena Blokker has authored 5 papers receiving a total of 269 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Education, 3 papers in Management of Technology and Innovation and 2 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Rowena Blokker's work include Higher Education and Employability (4 papers), Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences (3 papers) and Labor market dynamics and wage inequality (2 papers). Rowena Blokker is often cited by papers focused on Higher Education and Employability (4 papers), Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences (3 papers) and Labor market dynamics and wage inequality (2 papers). Rowena Blokker collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Switzerland and Vietnam. Rowena Blokker's co-authors include Jos Akkermans, Svetlana N. Khapova, Paul Jansen, Maria Tims, Marco van Gelderen and Mo Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Vocational Behavior, Career Development International and Work Aging and Retirement.

In The Last Decade

Rowena Blokker

3 papers receiving 260 citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Building a sustainable start: The role of career competencies, career success, and career shocks in young professionals' employability

2019 189 citations Rowena Blokker, Jos Akkermans et al. Journal of Vocational Behavior profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rowena Blokker Netherlands	3	163	116	66	55	48	5	269
Martin Gubler Germany	6	168 1.0×	143 1.2×	68 1.0×	56 1.0×	39 0.8×	10	291
Nele Soens Belgium	2	221 1.4×	206 1.8×	70 1.1×	60 1.1×	53 1.1×	5	336
Nimmi P. Mohandas India	11	101 0.6×	146 1.3×	30 0.5×	42 0.8×	51 1.1×	36	295
Frances Rothwell United Kingdom	2	303 1.9×	130 1.1×	64 1.0×	61 1.1×	33 0.7×	2	359
Belgin Okay‐Somerville United Kingdom	7	180 1.1×	109 0.9×	29 0.4×	35 0.6×	22 0.5×	13	256
Dries Schreuder South Africa	11	149 0.9×	220 1.9×	64 1.0×	24 0.4×	117 2.4×	20	362
Dorien Vanhercke Belgium	5	359 2.2×	255 2.2×	63 1.0×	97 1.8×	54 1.1×	5	469
Zandy B. Leibowitz United States	10	81 0.5×	122 1.1×	54 0.8×	19 0.3×	68 1.4×	22	310
Mariana Bargsted Chile	10	57 0.3×	135 1.2×	11 0.2×	59 1.1×	65 1.4×	25	297
Johan S. Basson South Africa	9	68 0.4×	212 1.8×	18 0.3×	16 0.3×	76 1.6×	17	313

Countries citing papers authored by Rowena Blokker

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Fields of papers citing papers by Rowena Blokker

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rowena Blokker

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Rowena Blokker. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Rowena Blokker based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Rowena Blokker. Rowena Blokker is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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5 of 5 papers shown

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Blokker, Rowena, et al.. (2025). Beyond one-size-fits-all in school-to-work transition success: The role of career competency profiles. Journal of Vocational Behavior. 161. 104158–104158.

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Blokker, Rowena, et al.. (2023). Organizing School-to-Work Transition Research from a Sustainable Career Perspective: A Review and Research Agenda. Work Aging and Retirement. 9(3). 239–261. 37 indexed citations

3.

Blokker, Rowena, Jos Akkermans, Paul Jansen, & Mo Wang. (2021). Uniting 25 Years of School-to-Work Transition Research: An Integrative Review and Research Agenda. Academy of Management Proceedings. 2021(1). 14982–14982. 1 indexed citations

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Akkermans, Jos, et al.. (2019). Shocks and entrepreneurship: a study of career shocks among newly graduated entrepreneurs. Career Development International. 26(4). 562–581. 42 indexed citations

5.

Blokker, Rowena, Jos Akkermans, Maria Tims, Paul Jansen, & Svetlana N. Khapova. (2019). Building a sustainable start: The role of career competencies, career success, and career shocks in young professionals' employability. Journal of Vocational Behavior. 112. 172–184. 189 indexed citations breakdown →

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