Maria Falk Mikkelsen

Senior Researcher, Ph.D. in Political Science

  • Daycare, School and Education
  • Management and Implementation

Key Expertise:

  • Public school,
  • Professionals,
  • Gender equality,
  • Organization,
  • Democracy,
  • Education,
  • Performance information use,
  • Equity performance,
  • Political trust
Maria Falk Mikkelsens research interest include social equity, performance information use, performance measures, implementation research and quantitative methods.

Maria Falk Mikkelsen currently leads the research project STEREO,which explores how schooling influences the development of gender stereotypes.

Selected publications

Scientific article
MAR 2021
  • Management and implementation

Thau, M., Mikkelsen, M. F., Larsen, M. H., & Pedersen, M. J. (2021). Question order bias revisited: A split-ballot experiment on satisfaction with public services among experienced and professional users. Public Administration, 99(1), 189-204. https://doi.org/10.1111/padm.12688

Scientific article
16. JUL 2015

Mikkelsen, M. F., Bøtcher Jacobsen, C., & Bøgh Andersen, L. (2015). Managing Employee Motivation. Exploring the Connections between Managers’ Enforcement Actions, Employee Perceptions, and Employee Intrinsic Motivation. International Public Management Journal, 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1080/10967494.2015.1043166

Scientific article
19. JAN 2017
  • Daycare, school and education

Mikkelsen, M. F. (2017). Do Managers Face a Performance Trade-off? Correlations Between Production and Process Performance. International Public Management Journal, 1-29. https://doi.org/10.1080/10967494.2016.1276495

PhD thesis
15. JAN 2016

Mikkelsen, M. F. (2016). Effect of Managers on Public Service Performance. Aarhus Universitet. Politicas ph.d.-serie

Report
17. JAN 2020
  • Management and implementation
  • Children, Adolescents and Families
  • Daycare, school and education

Jensen, V. M., Bjørnholt, B., Mikkelsen, M. F., Nielsen, C. P., & Ladekjær, E. (2020). Den længere og mere varierede skoledag: En analyse af reformens elementer. VIVE - Det Nationale Forsknings- og Analysecenter for Velfærd. VIVE Rapport

Report
11. AUG 2010
  • The Social Sector

Christensen, G., Mikkelsen, M. F., Buchholt Pedersen, K., & Amilon, A. (2010). Boligsociale indsatser og huslejestøtte: Kortlægning og programevaluering af Landsbyggefondens 2006-10-pulje. SFI - Det Nationale Forskningscenter for Velfærd. SFI-Rapport No. 10:15

Scientific article
OKT 2022
  • Labour Market
  • Management and implementation
  • The Social Sector
  • Children, Adolescents and Families
  • Daycare, school and education

Winter, S., Mikkelsen, M. F., & Skov, P. R. (2022). Individual Agency in Street-Level Bureaucrats’ Implementation of Policy Reforms: The Role of Their Policy Evaluation and Self-Efficacy. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 32(4), 781–794. https://doi.org/10.1093/jopart/muac003

Conference contribution
12. JUN 2022

Winter, S. C., Mikkelsen, M. F., Skov, P. R., & Calmar Andersen, S. (2022). Impacts of Leader Communication on Street-Level Bureaucrats’ Implementation of Policy Reforms. Paper presented at Street-Level Bureaucracy Conference, København, Denmark.

Scientific article
2022

Bjørnholt, B., Boye, S., & Mikkelsen, M. F. (2022). Balancing Managerialism and Autonomy: A Panel Study of the Link between Managerial Autonomy, Performance Goals, and Organizational Performance. Public Performance and Management Review, 1258-1286. https://doi.org/10.1080/15309576.2022.2048399

Scientific article
2022
  • Daycare, school and education

Mikkelsen, M. F., Petersen, N. B. G., & Bjørnholt, B. (2022). Broadcasting good news and learning from bad news: Experimental evidence on public managers' performance information use. Public Administration, 100(3), 759-777. https://doi.org/10.1111/padm.12762

Scientific article
APR 2023
  • Management and implementation
  • Economy and Governance
  • Children, Adolescents and Families
  • Daycare, school and education

Mikkelsen, M. F., Pedersen, M. J., & Petersen, N. B. G. (2023). To Act or Not to Act? How Client Progression Affects Purposeful Performance Information Use at the Frontlines. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 33(2), 296-312. https://doi.org/10.1093/jopart/muac020

Scientific article
27. SEP 2021
  • Management and implementation

Mikkelsen, M. F. (2021). Making sense of performance information on effectiveness, costs, and equality during the COVID-19 pandemic. The importance of reference points for citizens’ performance information use. Journal of Behavioral Public Administration, 4/2. https://journal-bpa.org/index.php/jbpa/article/view/205

Selected research projects

Project
1. SEP 2019 — 15. JUN 2024
  • Management and implementation
  • Economy and Governance
  • Daycare, school and education

Public service performance and political trust

Project
1. MAJ 2023 — 31. DEC 2026
  • Daycare, school and education

Gender stereotype beliefs in public education

Project
1. JUN 2024 — 30. JUN 2025
  • Children, Adolescents and Families
  • Daycare, school and education
  • Management and implementation

Borgertilfredshed

Project
15. JUN 2024 — 31. DEC 2026
  • Management and implementation
  • The Social Sector

Evaluering af indbrudsforebyggende

Project
1. MAR 2026 — 31. DEC 2027
  • Management and implementation

Magtudredning - Demokratisk effektivitet

Areas

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