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    • Trusting others: The polarization effect of need for closure 

      Acar-Burkay, Sinem; Fennis, Bob; Warlop, Luk (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)
      Because trust-related issues inherently involve uncertainty, we expected individuals’ social-cognitive motivation to manage uncertainty—which is captured by their need for closure—to influence their level of trust in ...
    • Currency Invoicing in Norwegian Salmon Export 

      Straume, Hans-Martin (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)
      The purpose of this paper is to examine the choice of currency for Norwegian salmon exporters. The choice of invoicing currency will affect prices in different markets as well as risk, factors that are increasingly important ...
    • An Extended Method to Measure Overall Consumer Satisfactionwith Packaging 

      Pousette, Sandra; Löfgren, Martin; Nilsson, Birgitta; Gustafsson, Anders (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)
      There are several reasons why people find it troublesome to use and handle consumer packages. A test method for evaluating the ease of opening of such packages was presented in the “Technical Specification” (TS) [1]. The ...
    • Does information sharing reduce the role of collateral as a screening device? 

      Stacescu, Bogdan; Karapetyan, Artashes (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)
      Information sharing and collateral are both devices that help banks reduce the cost of adverse selection. We examine whether they are likely to be used as substitutes (information sharing reduces the need for collateral) ...
    • Rethinking climate communications and the “psychological climate paradox” 

      Stoknes, Per Espen (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)
      Climate science has provided ever more reliable data and models over the last 20–30 years, thereby indicating increasingly severe impacts in the coming decades and centuries. Nonetheless, public concern for climate change ...
    • Constraint-Shattering Practices and Creative Action in Organizations 

      Lombardo, Sebastiano; Kvålshaugen, Ragnhild (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)
      This study contributes insights on how actors cope with constraints in ill-structured problem-solving situations, and what implications this coping has for creative action. To date, most research on constraint handling ...
    • A social net? Internet and social media use during unemployment 

      Feuls, Miriam; Fieseler, Christian; Suphan, Anne (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)
      Many people who are unemployed tend to experience forms of psychological and social losses, including a weakened time structure, diminished social contacts, an absence of collective purpose, falling status, and inactivity. ...
    • 'Large' versus 'Small' Players: A Closer Look at the Dynamics of Speculative Attacks 

      Bjønnes, Geir Høidal; Holden, Steinar; Rime, Dagfinn; Solheim, Haakon O. Aa (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)
      What is the role of “large players” (e.g., hedge funds) in speculative attacks? Recent work suggests that large players move early to induce smaller agents to attack. However, many observers argue that large players move ...
    • Vision (im)possible? The effects of in-store signage on customers’ visual attention 

      Otterbring, Tobias; Wästlund, Erik; Gustafsson, Anders; Shams, Poja (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)
      We used two eye-tracking field experiments to investigate the extent to which in-store signage is used during navigation and decision making, and how the viewing of signage influences customers’ visual attention and choice ...
    • The effect of customer information during new product development on profits from goods and services 

      Witell, Lars; Gustafsson, Anders; Johnson, Michael D. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)
      Purpose – This study aims to investigate how customer information obtained at different phases of a new product development (NPD) process influences profits from new offerings. Design/methodology/approach – ...
    • Political competition, party polarization, and government performance 

      Sørensen, Rune Jørgen (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)
      Lack of party competition may impair government efficiency. If the voters are ideologically predisposed to cast their vote in favor of one political party, they may reelect an underperforming incumbent. Party polarization ...
    • The Offshore Renminbi Exchange Rate: Microstructure and Links to the Onshore Market 

      Cheung, Yin-Wong; Rime, Dagfinn (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)
      The offshore renminbi (CNH) exchange rate is the exchange rate of the Chinese currency transacted outside China. We study the CNH exchange rate dynamics and its links with onshore exchange rates. Using a specialized ...
    • Turning customer satisfaction measurements into action 

      Lervik-Olsen, Line; Witell, Lars; Gustafsson, Anders (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)
      Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the literature on customer orientation by developing and empirically testing a model that attempts to explain the elements that constitute customer orientation and ...
    • Institutional dynamics in international organizations: Lessons from the recruitment procedures of the European External Action Service 

      Murdoch, Zuzana; Geys, Benny (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)
      This article examines how organisational designs develop by proposing a novel theoretical framework that views organisational change as resulting from a dialectic process between interpretive agents. The key claim is that ...
    • Transnational Practices in Communities of Tasks and Communities of Learning 

      Hydle, Katja Maria; Kvålshaugen, Ragnhild; Breunig, Karl Joachim (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)
      This article explores situated practices in communities that provide transnational services. Communities of practice generally focus on reinforcing local ties. Our study identifies two distinctive but interdependent ...
    • With a little help of my peers. The supportive role of online contacts for the unemployed 

      Fieseler, Christian; Meckel, Miriam; Müller, Severina (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)
      Unemployment is an unfortunate reality, whose overcoming often depends on social support, among other factors. Online social media, such as social network sites and communities, may offer an additional source of such ...
    • Honesty in projects 

      Kvalnes, Øyvind (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)
      Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore how the concept of honesty can shed light on misreporting issues in projects. Research on honesty can be useful for practitioners and researchers in project management, ...
    • Knowing your boundaries: Integration opportunities in international professional service firms 

      Breunig, Karl Joachim; Kvålshaugen, Ragnhild; Hydle, Katja Maria (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)
      This study presents three different business models (continuous, repetitious, and unique) identified in international professional service firms that pursue a transnational strategy. These business models have varying ...
    • Are Female Legislators Different? Exploring Sex Differences in German MPs’ Outside Interests 

      Geys, Benny; Mause, Karsten (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)
      This article examines whether sex matters with respect to a type of legislator behaviour that has thus far been neglected in the literature analysing the distinctive nature of female and male legislators: parliamentarians' ...
    • Stability and Change in Managerial Elites: The Institution of Management Education in Norway from 1936 to 2009 

      Kvålshaugen, Ragnhild; Amdam, Rolv Petter (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)
      Market transformations and organisational changes lead to new needs for managerial competence, and such changes are proposed to influence the institution of management education over time. However, in an examination of the ...