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Marius van Dijke is professor of behavioral ethics at Rotterdam School of Management (RSM), Erasmus University. His research is concerned with behavioral ethics and leadership of high integrity. Examples of issues he examines in his research include when power stimulates moral and immoral behavior, why people so deeply value social justice, and what the role is of intuitive and controlled processes in moral judgment and behavior. These issues have important implications both for theory and practice, supplying tools that stimulate employees and managers to function both productively and ethically. He has published widely on these topics in Management and Psychology journals, for instance in Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Journal of Management, Journal of Applied Psychology, Leadership Quarterly, and Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. Marius served as Director of Doctoral Education of the Erasmus Research Institute  of Management from 2015 until 2018 and as Head of the Department of Business-Society Management from 2020 until 2025. 

Publications

Academic (87)
Professional (10)
  • Dijke, M. (2021). Justice enactment: why some managers treat employees fairly while others don’t. RSM Discovery - Management Knowledge, 39. http://hdl.handle.net/1765/133347

  • Dijke, M. (2021). The world after COVID-19: how we can do business better. RSM Discovery - Management Knowledge, 39. http://hdl.handle.net/1765/133348

  • Dijke, M. (2020). Employee motivation in times of organisational hardship. RSM Discovery - Management Knowledge, 38, 22-24.

  • Dijke, M. (2018). The influence of power on prosocial behaviour. RSM Discovery - Management Knowledge, 33(1), 5-7. http://hdl.handle.net/1765/105615

  • De Cremer, D., Houwelingen, G., Cornelis, I., Hoogervorst, N., Brebels, LGG., van Dijke, M., & Van Hiel, A. (2014). Are leaders fair? On the need to understand fairness management in organizations. European Business Review, July-Augus, 6-8.

  • van Dijke, M., Giessner, S., van Tulder, R., & Gilbert, R. (2014). What value ethical leadership? RSM Discovery - Management Knowledge, 18(2), 8-11. http://hdl.handle.net/1765/77104

  • van Dijke, M. (2013). A broader perspective: Harmonizing leadership activities. RSM Insight, 13(1), 16-17. http://hdl.handle.net/1765/40122

  • Van Ruysseveldt, J. V. R., & van Dijke, M. (2012). Wanneer bevordert en wanneer hindert werkdruk het werkplek leren? Gedrag en Organisatie, 25, 28-44. http://hdl.handle.net/1765/38042

  • De Cremer, D., Leunissen, JM., Reinders Folmer, C., & van Dijke, M. (2012). Sorry limited. Business Strategy Review, 23(3), 76-77. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8616.2012.00882.x

  • Zamani, K., & van Dijke, M. (2007). Virtueel Laboratorium: Onderzoeken op afstand. De Psycholoog, 42, 379-380.

Academic (1)
  • Syroit, J., Derous, E., Hommes, M., Lodewijckx, H., van Dijke, M., & Poelmans, P. (2002). Interventies in groepen: conflicthantering en mediation. Open Universiteit Nederland.

Professional (1)
  • van Dijke, M., Syroit, J., & Van Ruysseveldt, J. (2009). Strategisch selecteren. Noordhoff Uitgevers.

Academic (6)
Professional (4)
  • van Dijke, M., Syroit, J., & Van Ruysseveldt, J. (2009). Trends in selectie. In M. van Dijke, J. Syroit, & J. Van Ruysseveldt (Eds.), Strategisch Selecteren (pp. 263-276). Noordhoff Uitgevers.

  • Könings, K., & van Dijke, M. (2009). Predictoren en criteria. In M. van Dijke, J. Syroit, & J. Van Ruysseveldt (Eds.), Strategisch Selecteren (pp. 59-78). Noordhoff Uitgevers.

  • Proost, K., & van Dijke, M. (2009). Werving van personeel. In M. H. van Dijke, J. Syroit, & J. Van Ruysseveldt (Eds.), Strategisch Selecteren Noordhoff Uitgevers.

  • van Dijke, M., & Proost, K. (2009). Voorselectie. In M. van Dijke, J. Syroit, & J. Van Ruysseveldt (Eds.), Strategisch selecteren (pp. 149-160). Noordhoff Uitgevers.

Popular (1)
Academic (1)
  • DE SCHUTTER, L., Zheng, M. X., van Dijke, M., & Wu, W. (2023). Time Will Tell or Will it? Power Inequality Hinders Trust Meta-Accuracy Development Over Time. Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings, 2023(1). https://doi.org/10.5465/AMPROC.2023.279bp

External (1)
  • van Dijke, M. (2002). Understanding power dynamics. Effects of social comparison on tendencies to change power and power differences. [Doctoral Thesis, Tilburg University]. UvT.

Popular (1)
  • van Dijke, M. (2014). Understanding immoral conduct in business settings. A behavioural ethics approach. Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM). ERIM inaugurele reeks http://hdl.handle.net/1765/77239

Professional (1)
  • Houwelingen, G., Hoogervorst, N., & van Dijke, M. (2015). Reflectie en actie. Een onderzoek naar moreel leeroverleg binnen Dienst Justitiële Instellingen (DJI). [Reflection and action. A study on moral learning consultation within DJI]. Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek- en Documentatiecentrum (WODC).

Professional (3)
  • Desmet, P., Hoogervorst, N., & van Dijke, M. (2015). Profits Vs Principles: Market Competition and Moral Transgression.. Web publication/site, Ideas for Leaders. https://doi.org/10.13007/380

  • Hoogervorst, N., De Cremer, D., & van Dijke, M. (2014). How Employees Win ‘Voice’ and Influence Decisions. Web publication/site, Ideas for Leaders.

  • Stouten, J., van Dijke, M., Mayer, D., De Cremer, D., & Euwema, M. (2014). Can a Leader Be Too Ethical?. Web publication/site, Ideas for Leaders.

Activities

  • Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent Univ.
    Start date approval: 07 Nov 2022
    End date approval: 06 Nov 2025
    Place: NOTTINGHAM
    Description: N/A

Courses

Open Science & Scientific Integrity

  • Study year: 2024/2025, 2023/2024, 2022/2023, 2021/2022, 2020/2021
  • Code: BERMSKL022
  • Level: PhD

Philosophy of Science

  • Study year: 2024/2025, 2023/2024, 2022/2023, 2021/2022, 2020/2021
  • Code: BK1207
  • Level: Bachelor 1

Sustainability Ethics & Sustainable Behaviour

  • Study year: 2024/2025, 2023/2024, 2018/2019, 2017/2018, 2016/2017, 2015/2016
  • Code: BM03GBS
  • Level: ERIM, Exchange, IM/CEMS, Master

Premaster Project

  • Study year: 2024/2025
  • Code: BPN1108

Past courses

Leiderschap, Management en Bestuur

  • Study year: 2021/2022, 2020/2021, 2019/2020, 2018/2019, 2017/2018
  • Code: BMA2109
  • ECTS: 5

LMB1, Leiderschap, management & bestuur

  • Study year: 2021/2022, 2020/2021, 2019/2020, 2018/2019
  • Code: BMA3078
  • ECTS: 6

LMB2, Majorgebonden methodologie Seminar

  • Study year: 2021/2022, 2020/2021, 2019/2020, 2018/2019
  • Code: BMA3079
  • ECTS: 2

Leadership, Sustainability & Governance

  • Study year: 2020/2021, 2019/2020, 2018/2019, 2017/2018
  • Code: BAB29
  • Level: Bachelor 2, Bachelor 2, Pre-master

Leadership, sustainability & governance

  • Study year: 2020/2021, 2019/2020, 2018/2019, 2017/2018
  • Code: BKB3029
  • Level: Bachelor 2, Pre-master

Philosophy of Science

  • Study year: 2019/2020
  • Code: BK1107
  • Level: Bachelor 1

Scientific Integrity

  • Study year: 2019/2020, 2018/2019, 2017/2018, 2016/2017, 2015/2016
  • Code: BERMSKL009
  • ECTS: 1 Level: Master

Publishing Strategy

  • Study year: 2018/2019, 2017/2018, 2016/2017
  • Code: BERMSKL010
  • ECTS: 1 Level: Master

Leadership, Sustainability & Governance

  • Study year: 2017/2018, 2016/2017, 2015/2016
  • Code: BAB27
  • ECTS: 5 Level: Bachelor 2, Bachelor 2, Pre-master

Leadership, sustainability & governance

  • Study year: 2017/2018, 2016/2017, 2015/2016
  • Code: BKB2029
  • ECTS: 5 Level: Bachelor 2, Pre-master

Thesis Proposal Writing

  • Study year: 2017/2018, 2016/2017, 2015/2016
  • Code: BERMTP001
  • ECTS: 5 Level: Master

Featured in the media

  • Work Engagement and Burnout In Anticipation of Physically Returning To Work

    Prof. Marius van Dijk quoted in report about EUR research that finds joy trumps stress in returning to work, but self-doubt can reverse it. Positive anticipation grows closer to return, but self-affirmation can stall that…

  • The impact of leader depletion on leader perforamnce: the mediating role of leaders' trust beliefs and employees' citizenship behaviors

    The ripple effect of leader depletion

  • Hoe wordt extra inzet van de medewerker beïnvloed door macht?

    The Journal of Applied Psychology published an article by Marius van Dijke, Endowed Professor in Behavioral Ethics at RSM, about the influence of power on 'pro-social behaviour', or the extent to which employees do more than what…

  • Nieuw executive-programma leert ethisch leiderschap in business

    RSM's new Executive Programme, 'Ethical Leadership in Business', has been designed to help organisations willing to advance the ethical DNA of their leaders and build and maintain a profoundly ethical culture. RSM Professor Marius…

  • New executive programme teaches ethical leadership in business

    RSM's new executive programme, 'Ethical Leadership in Business' was created to help organisations willing to advance the ethical DNA of their leaders and build and maintain a profoundly ethical culture. This is especially…

  • Klopt dit wel: leidt slecht slapen tot rotgedrag op het werk?

    Steal from the boss, bully peers, arrive too late to the job - all can be caused by sleep deprivation, according to the Rotterdam Professor Marius van Dijke. A new study conducted by Laura Giurge shows that even one bad night…

  • How Leaders Can Gain Trust When They Say Sorry

    Business leaders at all levels are nowadays expected to engage, to understand, to motivate. And not to act as if they were running a Victorian factory or a penal colony.

  • Doodsbang voor de baas

    One in nine workers in the Netherlands have a leadership that behaves unseemly, which according to Marius van Dijke, occurs when somebody exhibits unethical behaviour. The best remedy is to counteract. "It is often better to show…

  • U komt niet weg met alleen maar 'sorry'

    Research conducted by a team of scientists, including Marius van Dijk, found that victims find it difficult to forgive culprits if these have more power than them, as they do not believe in the good intentions surrounding the…

  • Een simpel 'sorry' is niet voldoende

    Research conducted by a team of scientists, including Marius van Dijk, found that victims find it difficult to forgive culprits if these have more power than them, as they do not believe in the good intentions surrounding the…

  • Een manager moet meer doen dan ‘sorry’ zeggen

    Research conducted by a team of scientists, including Marius van Dijk, found that victims find it difficult to forgive culprits if these have more power than them, as they do not believe in the good intentions surrounding the…

  • Sorry is lastig als de baas het zegt

    Research conducted by a team of scientists, including Marius van Dijk, found that victims find it difficult to forgive culprits if these have more power than them, as they do not believe in the good intentions surrounding the…

  • Sorry, maar je komt niet altijd weg met een sorry

    Research conducted by a team of scientists, including Marius van Dijk, found that victims find it difficult to forgive culprits if these have more power than them, as they do not believe in the good intentions surrounding the…

  • BNR Nieuwsradio

    During this radio fragment the research conducted by a team of scientists, including Marius van Dijk and Laura Giurge was discussed. It found that victims find it difficult to forgive culprits if these have more power than them,…

  • Hoge functie? Dan is ‘sorry’ lastig

    Research conducted by a team of scientists, including Marius van Dijk, found that victims find it difficult to forgive culprits if these have more power than them, as they do not believe in the good intentions surrounding the…

  • Wel of geen sorry zeggen op je werk?

    During this radio fragment the research conducted by a team of scientists, including Marius van Dijk and Laura Giurge was discussed. It found that victims find it difficult to forgive culprits if these have more power than them,…

  • Je baas zegt ‘sorry’. En dan?

    Research conducted by a team of scientists, including Marius van Dijk and Laura Giurge, found that victims find it difficult to forgive culprits if these have more power than them, as they do not believe in the good intentions…

  • Belasting betalen in Ethiopië: een kwestie van vertrouwen

    Lemessa Gobena and Marius van Dijke have researched the tax climate in Ethiopia. In an interview with Lemessa Gobena, the way governments use their power appears important for tax payments, but also that the citizens' trust in…

  • Denk mee met je werkgever, ook bij gewetensbezwaren

    Employees are confronted with dilemmas on a daily basis, yet little research has been done on the matter, according to Marius van Dijke. However, some researchers have studied the matter from the perspective and focusing on…

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