Staff profile

Anders Friis Marstand is a Professor of Leadership and Organizational Behavior at Durham University Business School. His research interests include leadership, psychological need fulfilment, and cultural fit. Anders' research has been published in leading peer-reviewed journals such as Personnel Psychology, Leadership Quarterly, Human Relations, and Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology. His work has been featured in practice-oriented outlets such as The Conversation and Forbes.

At Durham University Business School, he currently serves as Director of DBA Education and previously served as Head of Group (Leadership, OB, HRM, OS) and Co-director of the Centre for Leadership and Followership. 

He is a Chartered Psychologist, Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society, and Associate Editor at the Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology. He has taught courses on leadership, organizational behavior, and research methodology and taught at undergraduate, postgraduate, MBA, doctoral, and executive levels. 

Anders has extensive consulting experience in assisting organizations in a range of industries with building, restructuring, assessing, and developing their leadership and board teams to improve organizational performance. 

In 2026, Anders received the Award for the "Best Conference Paper with Practical Implications" from the Academy of Management (AOM) Organizational Behavior (OB) Division for the paper "Being a Leader Is All About Growing Others".

Anders earned his PhD in Management from Aston University Business School. He received his BSc and MSc in Economics and Business Administration from Copenhagen Business School, MSc in Organizational Psychology from City University of London, and Master in Psychology and Education from the University of Cambridge.

• Leadership
• Psychological Need Fulfilment
• Cultural Fit

Conference Paper

• The Effects of Leader-Follower Power (Im)Balance and Leader Narcissism on Leader Identity
  
  Marstand, A. F., & Kapoutsis, I. (2025, July 1). The Effects of Leader-Follower Power (Im)Balance and Leader Narcissism on Leader Identity [Conference abstract]. Presented at Academy of Management, Copenhagen, Denmark. https://doi.org/10.5465/AMPROC.2025.12493abstract
• Leader Behavioral Integrity and Emotions
  
  Marstand, A. F., Kapoutsis, I., & Ete, Z. (2024). Leader Behavioral Integrity and Emotions. Academy of Management Proceedings [Conference abstract], 2024(1). https://doi.org/10.5465/amproc.2024.16688abstract
• Leadership behaviors that reduce psychological distance and increase adaptive coping and performance
  
  Marstand, A. F., & Epitropaki, O. (2021). Leadership behaviors that reduce psychological distance and increase adaptive coping and performance. Academy of Management Proceedings [Conference abstract], 2021(1). https://doi.org/10.5465/ambpp.2021.10120abstract
• The Role of Leader-Member Exchange (LMX) Agreement for Employability and Objective Career Outcomes
  
  Epitropaki, O., Marstand, A. F., Bozionelos, N., Van Der Heiden, C., Scholarios, D., Marzec, I., Mylonopoulos, N., Mikkelsen, A., & Jedrzejowicz, P. (2019). The Role of Leader-Member Exchange (LMX) Agreement for Employability and Objective Career Outcomes. Academy of Management Proceedings [Conference abstract], 2019(1). https://doi.org/10.5465/ambpp.2019.17370abstract
• The Relationship Between Leader-Follower Value Congruence, Leader-Member Exchanges and Work Outcomes
  
  Marstand, A. F., & Martin, R. (2019). The Relationship Between Leader-Follower Value Congruence, Leader-Member Exchanges and Work Outcomes. Academy of Management Proceedings [Conference abstract], 2019(1). https://doi.org/10.5465/ambpp.2019.18343abstract
• Multiple identifications and citizenship behaviors at work: Cross-lagged and mediation effects
  
  Marstand, A. F., Epitropaki, O., & Martin, R. (2018). Multiple identifications and citizenship behaviors at work: Cross-lagged and mediation effects. Academy of Management Proceedings [Conference abstract], 2018(1), 10758. https://doi.org/10.5465/ambpp.2018.10758abstract
• The Fit Between the Actual and Ideal Domains of Employees’ Self- Concept and Leader-Concept
  
  Marstand, A. F., & Edwards, J. R. (2018). The Fit Between the Actual and Ideal Domains of Employees’ Self- Concept and Leader-Concept. Academy of Management Proceedings [Conference abstract], 2018(1), 13333. https://doi.org/10.5465/ambpp.2018.13333abstract
• Needs-Supplies Fit and Psychological Contract Fulfillment: Competing or Complementary Predictors
  
  Edwards, J. R., & Marstand, A. F. (2017). Needs-Supplies Fit and Psychological Contract Fulfillment: Competing or Complementary Predictors. Academy of Management Proceedings [Conference abstract], 2017(1), 15117. https://doi.org/10.5465/ambpp.2017.15117abstract
• Should I stay or should I go? Value congruence with the current and an alternative organization
  
  Marstand, A. F. (2017). Should I stay or should I go? Value congruence with the current and an alternative organization. Academy of Management Proceedings [Conference abstract], 2017(1), 14290. https://doi.org/10.5465/ambpp.2017.14290abstract

Journal Article

• An actor‐centric perspective on leader word‐action misalignment: Leader locus of control, shame, and behavioural responses
  
  Marstand, A. F., van Knippenberg, D., Kapoutsis, I., Epitropaki, O., Ete, Z., & Dawson, J. (2025). An actor‐centric perspective on leader word‐action misalignment: Leader locus of control, shame, and behavioural responses. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 98(2), Article e70030. https://doi.org/10.1111/joop.70030
• ‘Distant but close’: Leadership behaviours, psychological distance, employee coping and effectiveness in remote work contexts
  
  Marstand, A. F., Epitropaki, O., & Kapoutsis, I. (2025). ‘Distant but close’: Leadership behaviours, psychological distance, employee coping and effectiveness in remote work contexts. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 98(1), Article e12544. https://doi.org/10.1111/joop.12544
• Leader and Organizational Identification and Organizational Citizenship Behaviors: Examining Cross-Lagged Relationships and the Moderating Role of Collective Identity Orientation
  
  Marstand, A., Epitropaki, O., Van Knippenberg, D., & Martin, R. (2021). Leader and Organizational Identification and Organizational Citizenship Behaviors: Examining Cross-Lagged Relationships and the Moderating Role of Collective Identity Orientation. Human Relations, 74(10), 1716-1745. https://doi.org/10.1177/0018726720938118
• What are the career implications of ‘seeing eye to eye’? Examining the role of leader-member exchange (LMX) agreement on employability and career outcomes
  
  Epitropaki, O., Marstand, A. F., van der Heijden, B., Bozionelos, N., Mylonopoulos, N., van der Heijde, C. M., Scholarios, D., Mikkelsen, A., Marzec, I., Jędrzejowicz, P., & Group, T. I. (2021). What are the career implications of ‘seeing eye to eye’? Examining the role of leader-member exchange (LMX) agreement on employability and career outcomes. Personnel Psychology, 74(4), 799-830. https://doi.org/10.1111/peps.12432
• Beyond relationship quality: The role of leader–member exchange importance in leader–follower dyads
  
  Lee, A., Thomas, G., Martin, R., Guillaume, Y., & Marstand, A. F. (2019). Beyond relationship quality: The role of leader–member exchange importance in leader–follower dyads. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 92(4), 736-763. https://doi.org/10.1111/joop.12262
• Cross-lagged relations between perceived leader–employee value congruence and leader identification
  
  Marstand, A., Epitropaki, O., & Martin, R. (2018). Cross-lagged relations between perceived leader–employee value congruence and leader identification. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 91(2), 411-420. https://doi.org/10.1111/joop.12192
• Complementary person-supervisor fit: An investigation of supplies-values (S-V) fit, leader-member exchange (LMX) and work outcomes
  
  Marstand, A., Martin, R., & Epitropaki, O. (2016). Complementary person-supervisor fit: An investigation of supplies-values (S-V) fit, leader-member exchange (LMX) and work outcomes. Leadership Quarterly, 28(3), 418-437. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.leaqua.2016.10.008
• Supply chain management resources, capabilities and execution
  
  Kotzab, H., Teller, C., Grant, D. B., & Marstand, A. F. (2015). Supply chain management resources, capabilities and execution. Production Planning and Control, 26(7), 525-542. https://doi.org/10.1080/09537287.2014.927932
• SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT IMPLEMENTATION AND PRIORITY STRATEGIES IN DANISH ORGANIZATIONS
  
  Kotzab, H., Grant, D. B., & Marstand, A. F. (2006). SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT IMPLEMENTATION AND PRIORITY STRATEGIES IN DANISH ORGANIZATIONS. Journal of Business Logistics, 27(2), 273-300. https://doi.org/10.1002/j.2158-1592.2006.tb00226.x