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Psykologisk trivsel blant arbeidstakere: betydningen av ostrakisme og laissez-faire ledelse
(Master thesis, 2023)Hensikten med denne studien har vært å undersøke sammenhengen mellom psykologisk trivsel på arbeidsplassen og to faktorer: ostrakisme og laissez-faire ledelse. Vi ønsket å forstå hvordan disse faktorene påvirker psykologisk ... -
Psykologisk trygghet i møte med omstilling
(Master thesis, 2023)Denne studien har benyttet semistrukturerte intervjuer og det teoretiske rammeverket er basert på de fire temaene; få ting gjort, fremme læringsatferd, forbedre jobbopplevelsen og ledelse og lederskap (Edmondson & Bransby, ... -
Public art debates as boundary struggles
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)This article investigates the symbolic boundaries that are at play in controversies over public art projects and the criteria different groups of actors, (e.g. artists, art experts, bureaucrats, and local communities), use ... -
Public Employees as Elected Politicians: Assessing the Substantive Effects of Passive Representation
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)In many countries, public sector employees are eligible to hold political offices during their employment as civil servants. This often triggers conflict-of-interest concerns that elected public employees might sway policies ... -
Public expenditures, educational outcomes and grade inflation: theory and evidence from a policy intervention in the Netherlands
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)This article argues that resource expansion can fail to improve actual student performance because it might cause educators to soften grading standards (i.e., induce grade inflation). Our theoretical model shows that, ... -
Public Policy and Industry Views on Innovation in Construction
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)In several countries, governmental agencies have long expressed their concerns about the construction industry’s performance, its low productivity and inability to innovate. At the same time public funding of construction-related ... -
Public Sector Employment and Voter Turnout
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Does working in the public rather than the private sector have a causal effect on electoral participation? Extant evidence using cross-sectional survey data remains unpersuasive due to data limitations and concerns posed ... -
Public Service Motivation Theory: Differences between White Collar Criminals in the Public and Private Sectors
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Public service motivation theory suggests that individuals tend to work in the public sector based on values that are different from the values of people who work in the private sector. This article explores differences ... -
Public Support for European Fiscal Integration in Times of Crisis
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)The current economic crisis has triggered fierce debates among policy-makers and the media across and within European countries about the need for a closer European Fiscal Union. Using a novel dataset derived from the ... -
Public support for European fiscal integration in times of crisis
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)The current economic crisis has triggered fierce debates among policy-makers and the media across and within European countries about the need for a closer European Fiscal Union. Using a novel dataset derived from the ... -
Public-Private Cooperation for Climate Adaptation - Providing Insurance Loss Data to the Municipalities
(Chapter, 2020)This chapter discusses experiences from public-private cooperation for climate services providing insurance loss data (from weather related damage) on asset level for Norwegian municipalities.‘Insurance loss data’ display ... -
The public-private partnership (PPP) disaster of a new hospital ? expected political and existing business interaction patterns
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Purpose One of the most salient contemporary societal trends is the increasing amount of public–private collaborations. In spite of the increasing awareness of the need to scrutinise the promises of public–private partnership ... -
Public-private political cleavage: what happens after retirement?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Political preferences of public employees differ from those of workers in the private sector. The former are more likely to vote for left-wing parties and orient themselves ideologically towards the left. This political ... -
Publisering av bindende forhåndsuttalelser
(Master thesis, 2023)Alle skattepliktige har mulighet til å be Skatteetaten om en bindende forhåndsuttalelse om skatte- eller avgiftsmessige konsekvenser av en planlagt handling. Dette er ett tilbud skattemyndighetene gir skattepliktige som ... -
Pulling Together While Falling Apart: A Relational View on Integration in Serial Acquirers
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)n this paper, we bring to the fore the role of relationships in serial acquirers. Through an in-depth, qualitative, longitudinal study, we explore how engaging in sequential and overlapping processes of postacquisition ... -
Puppet on a String – A Qualitative Study of Middle Managers’ Motivation and Role Perception
(Master thesis, 2021)This thesis explores and investigates middle managers’ motivation and experiences in their role in the middle level through the lens of the self- determination theory. To better understand the role holders in the sandwiched ... -
Purchase intention of access-based consumption services : An empirical study on motivational drivers, and brand equity’s moderating role
(Master thesis, 2017)With the rise of the sharing economy, a number of terms have spurred to describe the services offered from firms such as Airbnb, HomeExchange and Couchsurfing. Access-based consumption describes these services, ... -
Putting Ethics on the Agenda for Real Estate Agents
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2009)This article uses sociological role theory to help understand ethical challenges faced by Norwegian real estate agents. The article begins with an introductory case, and then briefly examines the strengths and limitations of ... -
PV- Solar Synergies for Large Hydropower in Angola and Namibia - Epupa-Baynes Revisited
(Master thesis, 2017)This paper examines the financial viability for constructing and operating PV-solar in tandem with hydropower within the context of Sub Saharan Africa using the Baynes Hydropower Project on the border between Angola and ... -
Qualifying innovation in the Hall-Soskice "Varieties of capitalism" framework : beyond incremental and radical
(Master thesis, 2014-02-19)Innovation research, interested in understanding the mechanisms behind the discovery and survival of new products and services, is a young science still feeling its way in the vast academic world. It has frequently fascinated ...