ppempp

Department of Business Humanities and Law

  • Entrepreneurship, Ethics & Leadership Unit
Pernille Steen
Pedersen
Assistant professor
,
PhD


Room: POR/18.B-2.133
Tel:
+4538153532
, Mobile:
+45 25129491
E-mail: psp.bhl@cbs.dk
Pernille Pedersen
Presentation

The focus of my research activity is the notions of shame and work-related stress, and the problem of how shame may be decisive in some situations of sick-leave due to stress. I am particularly interested in leadership and how leaders, in cooperation with employees, can work with stress mitigation in a day-to-day practice without imposing a therapeutically task on managers. In the literature there are constant calls for 'greater' or 'stronger' leadership as a means to prevent stress, but what this actually means, how we can evaluate it, and why it is important is unclear and unambiguous. Thus, I am interested in exploring these questions.

I study stress and shame using a qualitative methodology, called “problem-analysis”, which is inspired by Michel Foucault. I have used this approach in empirical analyses of a wide range of private and public enterprises. This approach helps me to focus on real life challenges as they are a central starting point for my research. In my current project, I have developed research-based practical dialogue tools for dealing with shame and stress. Although these tools are still in development, the feedback received so far indicates that it is possible to conduct such dialogues in a workplace without transgressing the private-public boundary, by rendering possible discussions of problems without the problems being conceived as personal.

Webinar on Stress

Primary research areas
  • Exploration of the relation between leadership, stress, and shame
  • Application of research-based proposal for stress-mitigation into leadership practices
  • Development of qualitative methodology “problem analysis” for further research on stress and shame
Curriculum Vitae
Links
Link to this homepage
www.cbs.dk/en/staff/ppempp
Courses

Shame, stress and leadership, elective course at HA(psyk.)

Selected publications

Stress og skam

Pernille Steen Pedersen: Stress og skam i arbejdslivet - en guide til fælles forebyggelse, Samfundslitteratur, 239 p., 2021

Publications sorted by:
2023
Steen Vallentin; Pernille Steen Pedersen; Torben Klitmøller Hollmann / ”Arbejdsfamilien” som arbejdsfællesskab : En teoretisk og empirisk analyse af postheroisk ledelse .
In: Samfundslederskab i Skandinavien, Vol. 38, No. 1, 2023, p. 4-26
Journal article > peer review
2021
Pernille Steen Pedersen / Stress og skam i arbejdslivet : En guide til fælles forebyggelse.
Frederiksberg : Samfundslitteratur 2021, 239 p.
Book
2020
Pernille Steen Pedersen / Det fælles sprog – En oplyst anerkendelsesrejse : Anerkendelsesværktøj 1.
København : Fremfærd 2020, 54 p.
Report
Pernille Steen Pedersen / En oplyst anerkendelsesrejse – et nyt perspektiv på stress
In: Samfundslederskab i Skandinavien, Vol. 35, No. 2, 2020, p. 91-104
Journal article > peer review
Pernille Steen Pedersen / En oplyst anerkendelsesrejse – nyt perspektiv på stress : Anerkendelsesværktøj 2.
København : Fremfærd 2020, 42 p.
Report
Pernille Steen Pedersen / Ledelse, kerneopgave, arbejdsfællesskaber og stress : Forskningsrapport til Fremfærd.
Frederiksberg : Copenhagen Business School, CBS 2020, 49 p.
Report
Pernille Steen Pedersen / ”Gør det selv” dialogkort : Anerkendelsesværktøj 3.
København : Fremfærd 2020, 36 p.
Other contribution
2019
Pernille Steen Pedersen / Skam æder anerkendelser op : Præsentation af et skjult ledelsesproblem ved stress.
In: Samfundslederskab i Skandinavien, Vol. 34, No. 1, 2019, p. 26-41
Journal article > peer review
2018
Pernille Steen Pedersen; Troels Krarup / Foucault og problematiseringsanalyse : En analysemodel.
In: Kvalitative analysemetoder i sundhedsforskning. ed. /Frederik Alkier Gildberg; Lise Hounsgaard. Aarhus : Klim 2018, p. 225-243
Book chapter > peer review
2017
Pernille Steen Pedersen; Marius Gudmand-Høyer / Modsatrettede forpligtelser : Skam og stress i arbejdslivet.
In: Erhvervspsykologi, Vol. 15, No. 2, 2017, p. 4-19
Journal article
More results... (total 13 results)
Academic Interests

Selected Presentations - research conferences

  • Få et nyt perspektiv på stress og arbejds­fællesskaber, (CBS, 2020)
  • Mellem arbejdsliv og hjemmeliv: Dogmatik og sjælesorg, (University of Copenhagen Faculty of Theology, (2020) 
  • Stresskonference, (Copenhagen University, Faculty of psychology, 2018
  • Konference om Fysisk og Psykisk Arbejdsmiljø - Regler, Perspektiver og Udfordringer, (Copenhagen University, Faculty of Law, 2018)
Research Projects
Outside activities

Selected Public Presentations (2020-2021)

  • Oplæg på arbejdsmiljødage i kommuner (Egedal, Ringøbing/Skjern, Varde, København, Odder, Odense)

Faglige organisationer:

  • DM - Tillidsrepræsentanter
  • DLF
  • BUPL
  • Bioanalytikeres årskursus
  • Arbejdsmiljøkonference, Socialpædagogerne (SL)
  • Finansforbundets TR-uddannelse
  • HK
  • Rigspolitiet

Øvrige:

  • Key note speaker på Velfærdens Årsdag
  • Pressentation på Frederiksberg Talks
  • Presentation på Forskningens døgn