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'Where is your "F"?': Psychological Testing, Communication and Identity Formation in a Multinational Corporation
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)The article is based on multi-sited fieldwork in a multinational corporation, where psychological tests were used extensively to facilitate communication and human resource development. The analysis indicates that the test ... -
The Dynamics between Tourism and Local Cultural Practices among the Hamar of Southern Ethiopia
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Diagnose som prediktor for behandlingsrespons i korttids dynamisk psykoterapi og kognitiv terapi for clutster C personlighetsforstyrrelser: En eksplorativ studie
(Master thesis, 2012)Denne studien så på hvilken effekt kognitiv terapi og korttids dynamisk psykoterapi hadde på IIP, SCL-90-R og MCMI skåre for personer med tvangspreget - eller unnvikende personlighetsforstyrrelse. Dataene er hentet fra ... -
Homo ludens - Om lek, kreativitet og improvisasjon i møte med det ukjente
(Master thesis, 2012) -
Værvinduet: En teknologisk artikulert entitet i oljeindustriens erobring av natur
(Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU, 1503-8181; 2012:368, Doctoral thesis, 2012) -
Fellesskap og frykt: Ambivalente relasjoner blant urbane flyktninger i Yaoundé, Kamerun
(Master thesis, 2012)Denne avhandlingen er basert på et feltarbeid i Yaoundé, hovedstaden i Kamerun. Som et fredfullt land i regionen, er Kamerun et viktig mottaksland for mange flyktninger, blant annet fra Den Sentralafrikanske Republikk ... -
Recreating the Banana Grower: The Role of Private Certification Systems in the Windward Islands Banana Industry
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)Private standards and certification schemes in agrifood networks tend to be described as neoliberal, suggesting that they share a common understanding of that which they seek to govern and the tools to be used. Although ... -
The Right Kind of Feedback: Working through Standardized Tools
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)This article discusses the implications of working through globally integrated computer systems in transnational firms and addresses in particular employees’ possibility to give feedback on how these systems are working. ... -
Connecting the Dots: An Ethnographic Study of Interaction and Community Building in a Transnational Company
(Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU, 1503-8181; 2013:348, Doctoral thesis, 2013) -
Nosotros somos muy rico en eso: En studie av medisinsk mangfold og mentale problemer på nordøstkysten av Nicaragua
(Master thesis, 2013)I denne masteravhandlingen ser jeg nærmere på medisinsk mangfold og mentale problemer Puerto Cabezas på nordøstkysten av Nicaragua. Fokus er på det nettverk av terapi og forklaringer Porteños benytter seg av for å skape ... -
Migrant Labor in the Workforce
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)We compared immigrant workers with native workers on several factors related to their perception of their work identity anchored in their psychosocial work environment, and the result of these factors on work stress and ... -
“Pay attention – Listen to your heart!”: Unfolding practice, changing realities and awareness of the embodied self in Ashtanga yoga
(Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU, 1503-8181; 2013:165, Doctoral thesis, 2013) -
Changeable Ears: Ernst Mach’s and Max Planck’s Studies of Accommodation in Hearing
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)This article offers an examination of the psychophysical studies of accommodation in hearing by Ernst Mach and Max Planck, natural scientists better known for their accomplishments in physics and philosophy. Early in his ... -
A Spiritual Journey to the East: Experimentation in Alternative Living Among Western Travelers in a Spiritual Community in India
(Master thesis, 2013)What makes people from the West pursue happiness and inner self-fulfillment in a spiritual community in India? What triggers people to embark on a spiritual quest, and more importantly, what do they find? This thesis is ... -
Kroppen er ikke deg. Den kan bli til hva som helst!: En fenomenologisk studie av kropp i butoh
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Kamwala Shopping World: Competition and Cooperation among Zambian and Chinese Traders in Lusaka
(Master thesis, 2013)This thesis concerns Chinese small-scale traders in Zambia, and the relations between Chinese and Zambian traders. It is based on ethnographic field research in Kamwala Market in Zambia’s capital Lusaka. The number of ... -
Work In Progress: An Ethnographic Study of Power and Work in a Norwegian Engineering Unit
(Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU, 1503-8181; 2013:84, Doctoral thesis, 2013)This thesis is about power and discipline in a software developing unit in Norway. I have conducted ethnographic fieldwork in a small subsidiary of a US Internet company, and my main concern has been: What is the nature ...