PD Dr. Michael Josef Burtscher

Work at ZHAW

Position

• Co-lead Center for Organizational Behavior
• Lecturer in Statistics, Psychological Assessment und Teamwork

Focus

Teamwork, Leadership, Occupational stress, Psychological Assessment

Teaching

Lecturer Statistics, Psychological Assessment and Teamwork

Experience

• Senior Lecturer
  University of Zurich
  06 / 2016 - 01 / 2020
• Visiting Researcher
  University of Pittsburgh
  03 / 2015 - 05 / 2016
• Post-Doc
  University of Zurich
  09 / 2010 - 02 / 2015
• Junior Researcher
  ETH Zurich
  05 / 2007 - 08 / 2010

Education and Continuing education

Education

• Habilitation / Psychologie
  University of Zurich
  01 / 2011 - 11 / 2019
• PhD / Work- and Organizational Psychology
  ETH Zurich
  05 / 2007 - 06 / 2010
• Master of Science / Psychology
  Unversity of Trier
  11 / 2000 - 12 / 2006

Continuing Education

CAS Higher Education
University of Zurich
11 / 2018

Network

ORCID digital identifier

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-6686-3859

Projects

• A multi-modal online-assessment for co-leadership / Project leader / laufend
• Validation of Dynamic Job Matching: Enhancing Labor Market Efficiency through Semantic Search Algorithms / Project leader / laufend
• Short online personality screening / Project leader / abgeschlossen

Publications

• Calasso, Lara; Künzli, Hansjörg; Burtscher, Michael Josef,

  2025.

  Coaching in action : investigating actual coaching behaviour over time.

  Coaching: An International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/17521882.2025.2457690

• Burtscher, Michael J.; Koch, Amelie; Weigl, Matthias,

  2024.

  Intraoperative teamwork and occupational stress during robot-assisted surgery: An observational study.

  Applied Ergonomics.

  121(104368).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apergo.2024.104368

• Calasso, Lara; Künzli, Hansjörg; Burtscher, Michael Josef,

  2024.

  What are executive coaches actually doing and when are they doing it? A systematic review of coaching behavior.

  Consulting Psychology Journal.

  76(3), pp. 238-258.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1037/cpb0000267

• Lemke, Rahel; Burtscher, Michael Josef; Seelandt, Julia C.; Grande, Bastian; Kolbe, Michaela,

  2021.

  Associations of form and function of speaking up in anaesthesia : a prospective observational study.

  British Journal of Anaesthesia.

  127(6), pp. 971-980.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bja.2021.08.014

• Rothen, Nicolas; Burtscher, Michael Josef; Gobet, Fernand; Mantzouranis, Gregory; Mayor, Julien; Pirrone, Angelo; Raeder, Sabine; Ramon, Meike; Rossier, Jérôme,

  2021.

  The beginning of a new era.

  Swiss Psychology Open.

  1(1), pp. 1-3.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.5334/spo.27

• Klaic, Anamarija; Burtscher, Michael Josef; Jonas, Klaus,

  2020.

  Fostering team innovation and learning by means of team‐centric transformational leadership : the role of teamwork quality.

  Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology.

  93(4), pp. 942-966.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/joop.12316

• Burtscher, Michael J.; Nussbeck, Fridtjof W.; Sevdalis, Nick; Gisin, Stefan; Manser, Tanja,

  2020.

  Coordination and communication in healthcare action teams.

  Swiss Journal of Psychology.

  79(3-4), pp. 123-135.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1024/1421-0185/a000239

• Krenz, Hanna L.; Burtscher, Michael J.,

  2020.

  Investigating voice in action teams : a critical review.

  Cognition, Technology & Work.

  23(3), pp. 605-624.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10111-020-00646-9

• Krenz, Hanna; Burtscher, Michael Josef; Grande, Bastian; Kolbe, Michaela,

  2020.

  Nurses’ voice : the role of hierarchy and leadership.

  Leadership in Health Services.

  33(1), pp. 12-26.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1108/LHS-07-2019-0048

• Hauser-Ulrich, Sandra; Lienhard, Natascha; Burtscher, Michael Josef; Gantenbein, Andreas; Kowatsch, Tobias; Künzli, Hansjörg,

  2020.

  Text-based healthcare chatbot coaching to reduce stress of people suffering from chronic pain and migraine[poster].

  In:

  2. Digital Health Lab Day, online, 1. October 2020.

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-22237

• Ulrich, Sandra; Burtscher, Michael Josef,

  2024.

  Chatbot-Coaching zur Ressourcenförderung bei Lehrpersonen.

  In:

  Brown Bag Seminar, PH Luzern, Schweiz, 28. März 2024.

• Burtscher, Michael Josef; Koch, Amelie; Weigl, Matthias,

  2023.

  Job stressors and resources in robot-assisted surgery : the role of intraoperative teamwork.

  In:

  17th International Meeting on Behavioural Science Applied to Surgery and Acute Care (BSAS), Olten, Switzerland, 1-2 December 2023.

• Burtscher, Michael Josef; Koch, Amelie; Weigl, Matthias,

  2023.

  Teamarbeit in der Chirurgie : Einfluss auf Arbeitsbelastung und Stresserleben.

  In:

  13. Fachgruppentagung der Fachgruppe Arbeits-, Organisations- und Wirtschaftspsychologie, Kassel, Deutschland, 12.-15. September 2023.

• Burtscher, Michael Josef; Schmutz, Jan B.; Weigl, Matthias,

  2023.

  Teamarbeit und Arbeitsbelastung : neue Erkenntnisse aus dem Bereich der Gesundheitsversorgung.

  In:

  13. Fachgruppentagung der Fachgruppe Arbeits-, Organisations- und Wirtschaftspsychologie, Kassel, Deutschland, 12.-15. September 2023.

• Burtscher, Michael Josef; Hüffmeier, Joachim,

  2022.

  The effects of individualizing incentives on collaboration and task choice in scientific teams.

  In:

  17th Conference of the Swiss Psychological Society, Zurich, Switzerland, 4-6 September 2022.

• Burtscher, Michael Josef; Junker, Nathalie; Derungs, Adrian,

  2022.

  Digitalisierung im HR bei KMUs : eine aktuelle Bestandsaufnahme.

  In:

  7. Zürcher Diagnostik-Kongress, Zürich, Schweiz, 29.-30. Juni 2022.

• Burtscher, Michael Josef,

  2022.

  Investigating team processes : conceptual and methodological perspectives.

  In:

  Invited presentation at the Department of Organisation, Strategy, and Entrepreneurship at Maastricht University, Maastricht, 16 February 2022.

• Burtscher, Michael Josef; Ryffel, Chiara; Jordi Ritz, Eva-Maria,

  2021.

  Digital feedback : the use of eye-tracking and digital data in the context of team training.

  In:

  15th International Meeting on Behavioural Science Applied to Surgery and Acute Care Settings (BSAS), Webinar, 8. Oktober 2021.

Publications before appointment at the ZHAW

Overview of peer-reviewed publications

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