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"100 percent Norwegian": en studie av moderne norskamerikansk etnisk identitet
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1-til-1: Et case-studie av fenomenet kundeklubb
(Master thesis, 2013)I denne masteroppgaven har jeg gjennomført en kvalitativ studie av fenomenet kundeklubb. Studien tar for seg kundeklubber på kjøpesentre, og ser nærmere på hvordan kundeklubber fungerer som kommunikasjonskanal. Gjennom ... -
A balancing act? Work-life balance, health and well-being in European welfare states
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Background: Recent analyses have shown that adverse psychosocial working conditions, such as job strain and effort–reward imbalance, vary by country and welfare state regimes. Another work-related factor with potential ... -
A-BALANSE Metodeutvikling for evaluering av arealplanleggings- og utviklingsprosessen for havbrukslokaliteter i norske kystkommuner
(Research report, 2015)Metodeutvikling for vurdering av frimerkeplanlegging for havbruk i norske kystkommuner. Formålet med rapporten er å utvikle og teste en metodikk for kartlegging og evaluering av areal planer for sjøområdene i norske kommuner ... -
Absolute and relative accelerometer thresholds for determining the association between physical activity and metabolic syndrome in the older adults: The Generation-100 study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Background When assessing population adherence to physical activity (PA) recommendation using accelerometers, absolute intensity threshold definition is applied despite having limited validity in those with low cardiorespiratory ... -
Accounting for the money-made parenthood of transnational surrogacy
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)In the last decade, transnational surrogacy has attracted world-wide attention for making babies and pregnancies exchangeable with money. Involuntarily childless couples and individuals travel abroad and pay to have the ... -
Achievement goal profiles, and perceptions of motivational climate and physical ability in male Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioners
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Background and Study Aim: Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ) is a martial art with high rates of attrition. At present, little is known about the achievement goals of martial arts practitioners, particularly in BJJ. Thus, our aim ... -
Achievement goal profiles, and perceptions of motivational climate and physical ability in male Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioners
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Background and Study Aim: Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ) is a martial art with high rates of attrition. At present, little is known about the achievement goals of martial arts practitioners, particularly in BJJ. Thus, our aim ... -
A Climate for Change? Norwegian Farmers’ Attitudes to Climate Change and Climate Policy
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Climate change is one of the major challenges of our time, and particularly so for agriculture. Agriculture is a significant contributor to climate change and, according to projections from the Intergovernmental Panel on ... -
Acute physiological and perceptual responses to Brazilian jiu-jitsu sparring: the role of maximal oxygen uptake
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Sparring is a training form in combat sports designed to simulate fighting. This study sought to assess physiological and perceptual responses to Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ) sparring and their relationship with maximal oxygen ... -
Administrating disability: The case of "assistance need" registration in Norwegian health and care governance
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2009)The use of quantitative measurement is a widespread method in public management to govern at distance. However, this governance may cause conflict, due to the statistics themselves. In Norway, measuring disability for ... -
Affordanser i ungdoms bruk av Snapchat - En kvalitativ intervju-undersøkelse av ungdoms refleksjoner rundt egen Snapchat-bruk
(Master thesis, 2018)The theme for the project is young people on Snapchat, and how they experience and reflect on the use of this application. The research design is qualitative, and consists of eight interviews with school students at the ... -
"African Solutions to African Problems" - En analyse av regional fredsbevaring i Vest-Afrika
(Master thesis, 2018)I økende grad har regionale fredsbevarende styrker blitt relevante alternativer til internasjonale fredsbevarende styrker. Dette studiet har vurdert The Economic Community of West African States’ kapasitet som fredsbevarende ... -
Ageing in Norwegian rural and urban communities
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)This paper, based on data from two recent national surveys of the residents of municipalities in Norway, compares rural and urban elderly people’s degree of satisfaction with locally available services and their reported ... -
Aksjoner, makt og media - En kvalitativ casestudie av tre aksjoner som ønsker å hindre utbygging i sitt nærområde
(Master thesis, 2018)Denne oppgaven er en kvalitativ studie av tre caser som handler om aksjonisme, og hvordan aksjonistene har arbeidet med å hindre utbygging i sitt nærområde. Oppgavens hensikt er å kartlegge i hvor stor grad aksjonistene ... -
All Part of the Job? The contribution of the Psychosocial and Physical Work Environment to Health Inequalities in Europe and the European Health Divide
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)This study is the first to examine the contribution of both psychosocial and physical risk factors to occupational inequalities in self-assessed health in Europe. Data from 27 countries were obtained from the 2010 European ... -
"Alt blir jo målt!" - En kvalitativ studie av opplevelsen rundt bruken av målinger i en liten lokal sparebank
(Master thesis, 2018)Temaet for denne masteravhandlingen er målinger i en liten, lokal sparebank. Formålet med oppgaven er å undersøke hvordan bruken av målinger oppleves både fra de ansattes og ledelsens perspektiv. Studien tar sikte på å ... -
Alternative forestillinger om demokratiseringen av arbeidslivet: En kvantitativ analyse av forholdet mellom jobbautonomi og arbeidsledelse i det nordiske og europeiske arbeidslivet
(Master thesis, 2011)The democratization of working life is a much debated topic in contemporary sociological research. The focus in this thesis is explicitly on the relationship between work autonomy and hierarchy, in both the Nordic and ...