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Occupational Closure and Wages in Norway
(Sage, 2016)Recent literature has pointed to occupational closure in order to explain wage inequality between occupations. The basic argument of occupational closure is that average occupational wages are higher in closed occupations ... -
Old-Age Exclusion: Active Ageing, Ageism and Agency
(Cogitatio Press, 2019-07-29)This editorial serves a double purpose. It introduces the articles and commentary comprising this thematic issue on old-ageexclusion, and simultaneously aims to make a concise contribution to the discussion on the relation ... -
Oljefondet - i solidaritet med fremtidige generasjoner
(Universitetsforlaget, 2018-12-06)Norske myndigheter beskriver Oljefondet som sparing til fremtidige generasjoner. Dette er problematisk. Uttrykket er en variant av et begrep om ‘solidaritet med fremtidige generasjoner’. I Norge blir dette brukt til å ... -
Omsorgsarbeid i et hverdagslivsperspektiv
(Universitetsforlaget (Scandinavian University Press), 2018-11-21)Omsorgsarbeid blir ofte beskrevet som et relasjonelt arbeid – et arbeid som berører forholdet mellom den som gir og den som mottar omsorg. Når relasjoner (dyader) blir det primære analytiske fokus, kan det lett føre til ... -
On the Diversity of India’s Democracies
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On the willingness to and consequences of reporting research misconduct: The role of power relations
(Springer Verlag, 2020-02-15)While attention to research integrity has been growing over the past decades, the processes of signalling and denouncing cases of research misconduct remain largely unstudied. In this article, we develop a ... -
One giant leap for capitalistkind: Private enterprise in outer space
(Palgrave Macmillan, 2019-01-10)Outer space is becoming a space for capitalism. We are entering a new era of the commercialization of space, geared towards generating profits from satellite launches, space tourism, asteroid mining, and related ventures. ... -
One Order Fits All? Birth Order and Education in Immigrant Families
(Oxford University Press (OUP), 2019-07-01)Birth order causes social inequality between siblings. In Western countries, earlier-born perform better than later-born. In non-Western countries, however, earlier-born generally perform worse than later-born. We use ... -
Openness in Scandinavian Classrooms: Student Perceptions of Teaching Practices and High Achievers of Civic Knowledge
(Scientific Research Publishing, 2016-04-29)In this paper, we explore how teaching practices in classrooms influence students’ civic knowledge achievement in three Scandinavian countries: Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Using data from the 2009 International ... -
Opportunities and risks among migrant workers in the hotel industry in Oslo
(De Gruyter Open, 2016-07-23)This article examines working conditions, careers and aspirations among immigrants working in the hotel industry in the Greater Oslo region. Using theories of labour market segregation and segmentation, and drawing ... -
Opting out of youth sports: how can we understand the social processes involved?
(Taylor & Francis, 2019-09-02)Sports researchers often examine the subject of youth quitting sports through quantitative surveys using fixed-choice questionnaires. In this paper, we analyze 1,248 descriptions offered by youth in the survey Young in ... -
Organic‐and Animal Welfare‐labelled Eggs: Competing for the Same Consumers?
(Wiley, 2016-03-22)To understand the market for sustainable foods, it is important to allow for heterogeneous preferences. However, most studies of consumer preferences for sustainable foods only investigate average consumer preferences. ... -
Organisational responses to alleged scientific misconduct: Sensemaking, sensegiving and sensehiding
(Oxford University Press, 2018-12-04)While a substantive literature has emerged on the prevalence, causes, and consequences of scientific misconduct, little is known about the organisational perspective in cases of (alleged) misconduct. We address this knowledge ... -
Organisere for organiseringens skyld. Kultursamverkansmodellen og organisasjonsreformenes rolle i nordisk kulturpolitikk.
(Universitetsforlaget (Scandinavian University Press), 2017)I denne artikkelen diskuterer vi rollen organisasjonsreformer har i den nordiske kulturpolitikken på bakgrunn av en case studie av Kultursamverkansmodellen, som ble implementert i Sverige i 2011. Gjennom flere tiår har ... -
Organising Ethics: The Case of the Norwegian Army
(Akademika, 2012)This article shows how institutionalism, a theory in organisational social science, provides a model for diagnosing organisational challenges that influence the ethical practices and integration in the Norwegian Army. ... -
Organizational change and the risk of sickness absence: a longitudinal multilevel analysis of organizational unit-level change in hospitals
(BMC, 2019-11-14)Background: Organizational change is often associated with reduced employee health and increased sickness absence. However, most studies in the field accentuate major organizational change and often do not distinguish ... -
Organizing capacities and union priorities in the hotel sector in Oslo, Dublin, and Toronto
(Roskilde Universitet, 2014)In this article, we draw international comparisons between industrial relations regimes in the hotel sector and compare relevant trade union experiences in the selected metropolitan areas of Oslo, Dublin, and Toronto. ... -
Parental Child-Rearing Conflicts Through Adolescence: Trajectories and Associations With Child Characteristics and Externalizing Patterns
(Wiley, 2017-06)Research on longitudinal interparental conflict patterns and offspring development is scarce. The population-based TOPP study (N = 459) was used to investigate 1) child-rearing conflict trajectories through four time ... -
Parental chronic pain and internalizing symptoms in offspring: the role of adolescents’ social competence – the HUNT study
(Dove Medical Press, 2018-11-21)Background: A growing body of research suggests that the children of parents with chronic pain are at risk for internalizing symptoms. The mechanisms of such associations have not been as thoroughly examined. The aim of ... -
Parenthood and happiness: a review of folk theories versus empirical evidence
(Springer, 2012-08)This paper reviews and compares folk theories and empirical evidence about the influence of parenthood on happiness and life satisfaction. The review of attitudes toward parenthood and childlessness reveals that people ...
