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Martin Grill

Senior Lecturer

Department of Psychology
Telephone
+46 31-786 16 63
+46 766-18 16 63
Mail
martin.grill@gu.se
Visiting address
Haraldsgatan 1
41314 Göteborg
Postal address
Box 500
40530 Göteborg

About Martin Grill

Martin Grill, PhD, associate professor in psychology, and licensed psychologist, leads research projects focused on developing and evaluating methods for how Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and operant learning theory can be used in leadership training. Randomized controlled trials in naturalistic settings form the core of these projects but they also include longitudinal analyses of how managerial leadership predicts the leadership of their subordinate supervisors and the motivation, productivity, behaviors, and safety of their employees. The research projects Martin leads are funded by FORTE, AFA Försäkring, and MSB, with data coming from the construction industry, local government organizations, and critical societal organizations. Martin teaches CBT, leadership, and quantitative research method, and supervises PhD students in work and organizational psychology.

Selected publications:

Grill et al. (2024) Managerial Behavioral Training for Functional Leadership: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Grill et al. (2023) Individualized Behavior-Based Safety-Leadership Training: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Grill (2023) Influence of destructive leadership behaviors on the meaning of work and work productivity

Grill et al. (2018) The leadership practices of construction site managers and their influence on occupational safety: An observational study of transformational and passive/avoidant leadership

Grill et al. (2017) Safety leadership at construction sites: The importance of rule oriented and participative leadership

For more information on Martin's research, see the respective project websites:

Safety leadership: A collaborative project for safety leadership and safety culture in the construction industry

Functional leadership: Developing functional leadership behaviours among managers in local government organizations

Training for Improved Information Security Culture (TIISC)

Martin is also a member of the research group Psychology of Organization and Work (POW) and participates as a researcher in other research projects including, Building Health: An intervention study for improved working environments in smaller companies in entrepreneurial chains in large construction projects and Employee-driven organizational change in healthcare assisted by focusteams.