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Mi­chael Ped­er­sen

Associate Professor

Subjects
Decentralisation Leadership Public management Stress Well-being Identity

Primary research areas

The four day work­week
What is a four day work­week? How is it im­ple­men­ted? And what are the im­plic­a­tions for every­day work-tasks? These are some of the ques­tions I have fo­cused on in my re­search on the four day work­week
Man­age­ment of self-man­age­ment
What does it mean to self-man­age? How does self-man­age­ment var­ies with work-tasks and no­tions of free­dom? What does it take to man­age self-man­age­ment? And how can vari­ous forms of form­al­iz­a­tion and or­gan­iz­a­tion­al design pro­mote or cre­ate bar­ri­ers for self-man­age­ment? These are some of the ques­tions in my re­search on man­age­ment of self-man­age­men
Habits
What is a habit and how does habits mat­ters in change man­age­ment? This a top­ic I have re­searched in vari­ous ways.

‘What if work-life wasn’t what we’ve al­ways as­sumed it to be?’

My research explores how work-life can be reimagined beyond the mainstream.  I study how organizations experiment with new ways of working whether through a different time structure such as the four-day work week, or by granting employees greater self-management and decision-making authority. I examine what these forms of experimentation mean for everyday life: for the habits people develop in such organizations, for management and leadership practices, and for the responsibilities and commitments of employees. My research helps reimagine how organizations can thrive by placing people at the heart of everyday practice