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Searching locally and globally: Applying Daniel Levinthal’s scholarship to international business
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Daniel A. Levinthal has made several important contributions to the fields of strategy and management. His research has been pivotal in enhancing our understanding of interactions between the internal and external contexts ... -
You care about me, but can I count on you? Applying a psychological contract perspective to investigate what makes employees willing to be internally employable
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)For this study, we adopted a psychological contract-based perspective to investigate whether the fulfillment of perceived developmental promises made to employees is positively related to their willingness to accept internal ... -
As You like It! How Performance Measurement Affects Professional Autonomy in the Norwegian Public Theater Sector
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)The aim of this article is to study the effects of performance measurement on professional autonomy in the Norwegian theater sector and how these effects have changed over two decades, from the 1990s to the 2010s. We do ... -
Subliminal fatty acid-induced gut-brain signals attenuate sensitivity to exteroceptive rewards in food but not in sex or financial domains, in healthy men
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Background: Reward sensitivity can generalize across domains, but evidence for generalization of suppressive reward-related stimulation is sparse, especially in the context of interoceptive nutrient-related stimuli. We ... -
When Public Recognition Inhibits Prosocial Behavior: The Case of Charitable Giving
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Commonly regarded as an important driver of donation behavior, public recognition also can reduce donations. With three studies, this research manipulates whether donors receive public, private, imposed, or optional forms ... -
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 ... -
Gathering Expert Opinions for Social Robots' Ethical, Legal, and Societal Concerns: Findings from Four International Workshops
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Social robots, those that exhibit personality and communicate with us using high-level dialogue and natural cues, will soon be part of our daily lives. In this paper, we gather expert opinions from different international ... -
Political Rents and Voter Information in Search Equilibrium
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Political parties commited to grab rents may run for election, and even win, if citizens are uninformed. But, how is the political equilibrium affected if citizens can mitigate this information problem through costly ... -
The Impact of U.S. Supply Shocks on the Global Oil Price
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)I examine the role of the U.S. shale oil boom in driving global oil prices. Using a structural vector autoregressive (SVAR) model that identifies separate oil supply shocks for the U.S. and OPEC, I find that U.S. supply ... -
Do Central Banks Respond Timely to Developments in the Global Economy?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Our analysis suggests; they do not! We arrive at this conclusion by showing that revisions to the published interest rate path projections from the central banks in New Zealand, Norway and Sweden can be predicted by timely ... -
Empowerment and initiative: the mediating role of obligation
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the extent to which psychological empowerment and felt obligation can explain variations in personal initiative. Design/methodology/approach Employees from a Swedish ... -
Green Innovation in Recycling, - A Preliminary Analysis of Reversed Logistics in Norway.
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018)Abstract There has been an exponential growth of new electronic products in the global consumer market. New electronic consumer products generate a growing need for new methods, processes and entrepreneurship in recycling. ... -
Swift transition and knowledge cycling: Key capabilities for successful technical and engineering consulting?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)The organization of innovation labor is undergoing major changes in technology-based and engineering-intensive industries worldwide. Those changes reflect fluctuating market demands and increasing task uncertainty, and ... -
Crossing borders and expanding modal shift measures: effects on mode choice and emissions from freight transport in the Nordics
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Considering the underachievement on modal shift and environmental objectives for freight transport, scholars and policy makers recurrently ask how more road freight can be shifted to rail and waterborne transport. The ... -
It's been a hard day's night: A diary study on hardiness and reduced sleep quality among naval sailors
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)A hardy disposition is regarded as an advantage in demanding and stressful environments and is associated with improved military performance. Recent evidence suggests that hardiness may also be related to resilience with ... -
Networked health care: Rethinking value creation in learning health care systems
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Creating better value in health care service today is very challenging. The social pressure to do so is real for every health care system and its leadership. Real benefit has been achieved in manufacturing sector work by ... -
Trust after just 45 seconds? An experimental vignette study of how leader behavior and emotional states influence immediate trust in strangers
(Others, 2020)Many critical and unexpected situations are handled by people that have never met. In the literature, development of immediate trust has been identified as a prerequisite for such temporary groups and leadership to function ... -
Don’t Pass Them By: Figuring the Sacred in Organizational Values Work
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)How and why could some stories be construed as sacred in organizations, and what functions does the sacred have in organizational values work? Research has shown how values can be made formative of a range of organizational ... -
The great game of business: Advancing knowledge on gamification in business contexts
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Gamification is a rather significant trend in recent years. It builds on the emotional and involving qualities of gaming but may not entail a full-fledged game. Gamification exists in a large number of industries; retail, ... -
Practitioner involvement and support in children’s learning during free play in two Norwegian kindergartens
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)This research focuses on how practitioners in two Norwegian kindergartens interact with children during free play. The purpose of the study is to draw attention to the way the practitioners supported children’s learning ...
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