PhD Defence: Elisabet Skov Nielsen
In order to obtain the PhD degree, Elisabet Skov Nielsen has submitted her thesis entitled:
The leadership work of mobilizing committed future action
An ethnomethodological approach
This article-based PhD thesis explores the collaborative leadership work of mobilizing committed future action on emerging organizational issues in everyday interactions. Drawing on ethnomethodological conversation analysis and data from two Danish organizations, it reveals key interactional challenges and practices, including negotiation of ambiguous problem constructions, ownership, conflicting and co-existing accountabilities. The analyses highlight relational complexity, power dynamics, and the need for improvisation and balancing of influence attempts in mobilizing actors to commit to future action. Overall, the thesis challenges romanticized notions of leadership and offers perspectives on leadership as dynamic, situated processes, where success depends less on the application of generalized techniques and more on the ability of leadership actors to engage reflexively and adaptively in ongoing interactional work.
The thesis will be available from research.cbs.dk
Primary Supervisor:
Associate Professor Morten Knudsen
Department of Organization
Copenhagen Business School
Secondary Supervisor:
Associate Professor Magnus Larsson
Department of Business Administration
Lund University
Assessment Committee:
Associate Professor Elisabeth Naima Mikkelsen (Chair)
Department of Organization
Copenhagen Business School
Professor Johann Packendorff
Dept of Industrial Economics & Management, Division of Organization and Management
KTH Royal Institute of Technology, School of Industrial Engineering and Management
Associate Professor Birte Asmuss
Department of Management
Aarhus University
Date: 3 February
Time: 14:30 - 16:30
Online: Teams
*Please note that the microphone and camera of all spectators must be turned off.
Location: Solbjerg Plads
Room: SPs07 Coloplast
Reception: FUHU (third floor above the canteen
*The CBS PhD School will host a reception, which will take place immediately after the defence.