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Wage expenditures and sporting success: An analysis of Norwegian and Swedish football 2010-2013
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)This study examines the relationship between wage expenditures and sporting success in Norwegian and Swedish football. While previous studies have shown a strong correlation between wage expenditures and sporting success, ... -
Wages and Human Capital in Finance: International Evidence, 1970-2011
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)We study the allocation and compensation of human capital in the finance industry in a set of developed economies in 1970–2011. Finance relative wages generally increase—but not in all countries, and to varying degrees. ... -
Wall street analysts as investor relations officers
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)This paper examines the practice of hiring financial analysts as investor relations officers (IRO). We posit that analysts-turned-IROs (AIROs) have a competitive advantage in communicating with investors, thereby lowering ... -
WANT TO BE A BILLIONAIRE? : The effect of money priming through music lyrics on
(Master thesis, 2018)The effects of music lyrics have been widely researched and compared with different behavioural outcomes within the field of social psychology. However, the impact of music lyrics has seldom been studied within the field ... -
"Want to" Versus "Have to": Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivators as Predictors of Compliance Behavior Intention
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)“Worthless,” “money burning,” or “black holes” is how media and professionals describe compliance practices today. Practitioners are unenthusiastic ab out con-trol systems, codes of conducts, and systems for compliance ... -
Warm or cold colored product packaging? : The impact of color temperature on product preference and perceptions of warmth and competence
(Master thesis, 2018)Careful color selection is an inevitable part when it comes to packaging design. Research within the field of social psychology suggests that nonverbal cues such as colors can activate warmth and competence perceptions ... -
Was the grass trampled when the two elephants fought? Measuring societal cultures: project GLOBE vs. Hofstede
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)In quantitative-based research within the field of societal cultural studies, two of the foremost research teams, namely Hofstede (2001) and House et al. (2004), have held the limelight during the last half decade. During ... -
Was Weber Really Wrong? A Comment on Some Recent Empirical Studies on Economic Growth
(Journal article, 2021)In the last two decades, there have been two influential papers in empirical economic growth, Becker and Woessmann (2009) and Acemoglu, Johnson, and Robinson (2001), which explicitly or implicitly claim that Weber's thesis ... -
Washington D.C. - oktober 2001
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Waste Management: Supplier Selection Criteria and Weighting Factors Within Tender Evaluation Processes : A Comparative Case Study of Norwegian Municipalities
(Master thesis, 2018)The research aims at investigating the connection between supplier selection criteria and the achievement of innovative and sustainable contracts. During 2017, the Norwegian waste marked suffered from the bankruptcies ... -
Waste separation: a study among university students in the Netherlands.
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Recycling waste is important to reduce the production of greenhouse gasses. The aim of this project was to understand determinants of cafeteria waste separation behavior among university students. First, the determinants ... -
The way you make me feel” Exploring the relationship between LMX and Job Insecurity
(Master thesis, 2021)Previous research has identified different antecedents that lead to job insecurity, such as organizational climate, type of employment, locus of control (Keim et al., 2014), self-esteem and role ambiguity (Shoss, ... -
We Are Projects: Narrative Capital and Meaning Making in Projects
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Research on projects has to a limited degree taken issue with how projects are chief producers of meaning at work. We develop the concept of narrative capital as a basic mechanism for how people can engender meaning in and ... -
We eat first with our (digital) eyes: Enhancing mental simulation of eating experiences via visual-enabling technologies
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)This research examines how consumers’ intentions to purchase food change depending on the visualisation mode (3D vs. AR) and product format (served vs. packaged). In three studies, we demonstrate that mental simulation of ... -
Weakening trade union power: New forms of employment relations. The case of the Norwegian Air Shuttle
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)For the past two decades – and in particular after the 2008 crisis – atypical employment has expanded across Europe. The crisis led to increased demand for more flexible labour markets, and thus atypical employment became ... -
Wealth Creation in Mergers and Acquisitions in the United States
(Master thesis, 2018)During the last two decades, mergers and acquisitions (M&As) grew to become an attractive business strategy for companies to engage in, aiming to benefit from revenue enhancement, cost reduction, tax gains or reduced ... -
Weathering the global financial crisis : results from Australia, Canada and Norway
(Master thesis, 2012-05-11)This thesis examines how some countries have performed above average during the global financial crisis. In order to study this Australia, Canada, and Norway have been selected. We investigate whether the industry structure ... -
Weighting Schemes and Incomplete Data: A Generalized Bayesian Framework for Chance-Corrected Interrater Agreement
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Van Oest (2019) developed a framework to assess interrater agreement for nominal categories and complete data. We generalize this framework to all four situations of nominal or ordinal categories and complete or incomplete ... -
Western leadership development and Chinese managers : Exploring the need for contextualization
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)This paper explores if, and how, Chinese managers perceive Western theories of leadership and leadership development as useful in their business environment. Based on a text analysis approach analyzing term papers of ... -
What Are Norwegian Leaders Doing To Prevent Sexual Harassment In Their Organization?
(Master thesis, 2019)Experiencing sexual harassment (SH) can affect the victim in both human and organizational terms. In Norway, leaders are obligated to prevent SH from taking place at their workplace. Despite this, the prevalence of SH ...