Marius van Dijke

Marius van Dijke is a Professor in Behavioral Ethics at the Rotterdam School of Management (RSM), Erasmus University Rotterdam, where he is affiliated with the Department of Business-Society Management. He is also a Fellow at the Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), having been affiliated since 2010. From 2015 to 2018, he served as Director of Doctoral Education at ERIM, and from 2020 to 2025, he was Head of the Department of Business-Society Management.

Dr. van Dijke's research focuses on behavioral ethics and leadership of high integrity. His work examines when power stimulates moral and immoral behavior, why people deeply value social justice, and the role of intuitive and controlled processes in moral judgment and behavior. He has made significant contributions to understanding organizational nostalgia, power dynamics, and procedural justice in organizational contexts. His research has important implications for both theory and practice, providing tools to help employees and managers function both productively and ethically.

His extensive publication record spans top journals in management and psychology, including Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Journal of Management, Journal of Applied Psychology, Leadership Quarterly, and Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. His work demonstrates consistent focus on ethical behavior in organizations, with recent publications showing increasing attention to organizational nostalgia, cognitive processes in moral judgment, and the complex relationship between power and ethical behavior.

Dr. van Dijke has supervised numerous PhD students throughout his career, including Joost Leunissen, Gijs van Houwelingen, Niek Hoogervorst, Laura M. Giurge, and Lisanne Versteegt, among others. His supervision spans topics related to ethical behavior, power dynamics, and organizational justice. He has been actively involved in doctoral education, serving as Director of Doctoral Education at ERIM from 2015 to 2018.

His academic journey began with a PhD in 2002 on 'Understanding power dynamics. Effects of social comparison on tendencies to change power and power differences' from Tilburg University. In 2014, he delivered his inaugural address titled 'Understanding immoral conduct in business settings. A behavioural ethics approach,' marking his appointment as a full professor.