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Curriculum Vitae -- Saraï Sapulete
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Name: Saraï Sapulete
Work Address (visiting): Kriekenpitplein 21-22
3584 EC Utrecht
Work Address (mail): P.O. Box 80125
3508 TC Utrecht
Telephone: 030-2537082
E-mail: s.sapulete@uu.nl
Date and place of birth: 07-09-1985, Groningen
Nationality: Dutch
Experience
2011 - present Visiting research student at London School of Economics.
Conducting research into the field of employee participation at
the Employee Relations and Organisational Behaviour Group of
the Management Department. Supervised by professor D.
Marsden
2008 – present PhD candidate Utrecht School of Economics, Utrecht
University: “The impact of works councils on the performance
of organizations”.
Degree expected: 2012.
2009 – 2011 Volunteer at ISKB: Teaching Dutch to immigrant women in the
Netherlands, in the VOP (Vrouwen Ontmoetings Project -
Women Meeting Project).
2007 – 2008 Student assistant, rewriting the manual of StOCNET, an open
software system for the advanced statistical analysis of social
networks, University of Groningen
2005 – 2007 Head waitress (hoofd bediening) in Mexican restaurant „Cantina
Mexicana‟, Groningen
2003 – 2006 Typist at Accare Groningen (academic centre for child- and
youth psychiatry)
1999 – 2005 Horeca experience for several organizations
Teaching
2010-2011 One bachelor thesis in economics and governance
(onderzoekskeuzevak Utrecht School of Economics)

2010-2011 Two tutorial groups “Institutional economics": weekly tutorials,
supervising thirteen project papers (Institutional Economics,
Utrecht School of Economics)
2009-2010: Two tutorial groups "Institutional economics": weekly tutorials,
supervising twelve project papers (Institutional Economics,
Utrecht School of Economics)
2008-2009: Supervision of one bachelor thesis in economics, three bachelor
theses in economics and social sciences (onderzoekskeuzevak
Utrecht School of Economics)
Publications
Sapulete, S., Van Witteloostuijn, A., Van den Berg, A., & Grift, Y. (2011). The impact of
works councils on productivity in times of reorganization, in Mc.Carthy, K.J.M., Fiolet,
M., & Dolfsma, W. (eds.), The Nature of the New Firm: Beyond the Boundaries of
Organizations and Institutions. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
Sapulete, S. (2011). De netwerk-or. Strategisch gebruik van het informele interne netwerk, in
J. Heijink (ed.) Het interne netwerk van de OR, Alphen aan de Rijn: Kluwer.
Lazega, E., Sapulete, S., & Mounier, L. (2011). Structural stability regardless of membership
turnover? The added value of blockmodelling in the analysis
of network evolution, Quality & Quantity, 45(1), 129-144.
Sapulete, S., Van Witteloostuijn, A., & Kaufmann, W. (2009). An experimental study into the
influence of works council advice on managerial decision-making. TKI Discussion
Paper 09-29. Utrecht University School of Economics.
Academic activities
Sapulete, S., Van Witteloostuijn, Van den Berg, A., & Grift, Y. (2011). Works council
effects on labor turnover in times in reorganizations. Birmingham: British
Academy of Management Conference (BAM) 2011, 13-15 September 2011.
Sapulete, S. (2011). The influence of individual works council members in organizations.
Rotterdam: PREBEM PhD conference, 8 September 2011.
Sapulete, S., Van Witteloostuijn, Van den Berg, A., & Grift, Y. (2011). Works council
effects on labor turnover in times in reorganizations. Utrecht: USE internal
seminar, 5 September 2011.
Sapulete S. (2011). The effect of network position on works council members‟ influence in
organizations. Brussels: Belgian Network Research Event, 12 January 2011.
Sapulete, S. (2010). Works councils and their influence in organizations. Groningen:
University of Groningen, Sociology Internal colloquium, 4 November 2010.
Sapulete, S. (2010). The effect of network position on works council members‟ influence in
organizations. Amsterdam: Workshop Social Network Analysis, Theory and Practice,
25-28 October 2010.

Sapulete, S. (2010). Ondernemingsraden en hun invloed in organisatie. Utrecht:
Onderzoeksnetwerk GBIO ((Het scholingsfonds voor medezeggenschap), 20
september 2010.
Sapulete S., Van Witteloostuijn, A., Van den Berg, A., & Grift, Y. (2010). The effect of
works councils on productivity in times of reorganization. Paris: Conference of the
International Association for the Economics of Participation (IAFEP) 2010, 8-10 July
2010.
Sapulete S., Van Witteloostuijn, A., Van den Berg, A., & Grift, Y. (2010). The effect of
works councils on productivity in times of reorganization. Utrecht: NAKE Day 2010,
23 April 2010.
Sapulete, S., Van Witteloostuijn, A., Van den Berg, A., & Grift, Y. (2010). Blurring
boundaries: The role of works councils on performance in times of reorganization.
Breukelen: PREBEM PhD conference, 19 March 2010.
Sapulete, S., Van Witteloostuijn, A., & Kaufmann, W. (2009). An experimental study into the
influence of works council advice on managerial decision-making. Groningen: IEBM
lunchtime seminar series.
Sapulete, S., & Van Witteloostuijn, A. (2009). Reorganizing through institutions: The role of
works councils in reorganization and organizational performance. Tampere: The 30th
Conference of the International Working Party on Labour Market Segmentation, 3-5
September 2009.
Sapulete, S., & Kaufmann, W. (2009). An experimental study of the influence of works
councils on managerial decision-making. Singapore: Singapore Economic Review
Conference, 6-8 August 2009.
Sapulete, S., & Kaufmann, W. (2009). An experimental study of the influence of works
councils on managerial decision-making. Utrecht: USE internal seminar, 29 June
2009.
Education
2008 – present Courses in PhD project “The impact of works councils on the
performance of organizations”.
Utrecht School of Economics:
- Econometric Methods (September – November 2008)
University of Antwerp, University of Groningen & Utrecht
University:
- Organization and Strategy Research and Research
Methodology (September 2008 – February 2009)
NAKE
- Behavioral Economics (January 2009 – April 2009)
Utrecht School of Governance (USBO)
- Organization and Leadership for PhD students (May – June
2010)
2006 – 2008 Research Master Human Behavior in Social Contexts
(Sociology), University of Groningen, supervisor dr. C.E.G.
Steglich.

Degree obtained August 2008.
Relevant courses:
- Theory Construction and Model Building
- Organizations
- Organizations: Research Practicum
- Networks and Social Capital
- Networks and Social Capital: Research Practicum
- Publishing in English
Thesis
“Strategic communication: Improving performance by seeking
advice through communication strategies”
2007 Traineeship Université Paris Dauphine, prof. E. Lazega.
Social network analysis on the advice networks of the judges in
the Commercial Court of Paris
2006 Minor Journalism (20 ECTS)
University of Groningen, Faculty of Arts
2003 – 2006 BA Sociology
University of Groningen. Degree obtained July 2006
1997 – 2003 Secondary School (VWO) graduated in profile „Culture &
Society‟, Augustinuscollege Groningen
Secondary Activities
2010 – present Chair of PhD council REBO faculty of Utrecht University: The
PhD council of the REBO faculty discusses topics of interest for
PhD candidates of the three departments of the REBO faculty
(Recht, Economie, Bestuur en Organisatie/Law, Economics and
Governance). Next to her chair position, Saraï represents the
PhD candidates of the Utrecht School of Economics. Member
since 2008.
2008 – 2010 Member of Board of Studies (BoS) REBO faculty:
Representative for the PhD candidates of the REBO faculty. The
Board of Studies consists of the heads of the three departments
of the REBO faculty (Recht, Economie, Bestuur en
Organisatie/Law, Economics and Governance). The BoS
discusses topics concerning the research of the faculty and
educational topics concerning the Research Master and PhDprogram.
2006 Tripcie, committee organizing a yearly excursion for sociology
students to an Eastern-European country. In 2006, the excursion
was to Budapest (University of Groningen, department of
sociology).

2004 – 2006 Editor of Sociological Anthropological Periodical (Sociologisch
Antropologisch Periodiek) (University of Groningen,
department of sociology).
Training
2008 SIENA workshop, University of Groningen
2007 POLNET International Summer School on the Analysis of
Political and Managerial Networks, University of Tilburg
2006 Training in English writing skills, level 02, Language Centre,
University of Groningen
Languages
Dutch: native language
English: fluent
German and French: reasonable
Skills
Knowledge of: - Microsoft office, LaTeX
- Statistical software (Stata, SPSS)
- Software for social network analysis (StOCNET, UCINET,
Pajek, PNet)
- Software for programming experiments (z-Tree)