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The Impact of Relative Poverty on Norwegian Adolescents' Subjective Health: A Causal Analysis with Propensity Score Matching
(MDPI AG, 2012)
Studies have revealed that relative poverty is associated with ill health, but the interpretations of this correlation vary. This article asks whether relative poverty among Norwegian adolescents is causally related to ...
What We Know and Don't Know About Mental Health Problems Among Immigrants in Norway
(Springer, 2012-11-03)
Mental health problems have been regarded as one of the main public health challenges of immigrants in several countries. Understanding and generating research-based knowledge on immigrant health problems is highly relevant ...
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 ...
Lean organisering i norsk arbeidsliv: slutten på medvirkning?
(Fagbokforlaget, 2012)
Den norske samarbeidsmodellen blir bejublet og utforsket for tiden, vanligvis definert som samspillet mellom velferdsstat, makroøkonomiske styringsmodeller og trepartssamarbeidet. Vi ser i denne artikkelen mer spesifikt ...
A methodological approach to the materiality of clothing: Wardrobe studies
(Taylor & Francis, 2012)
The material is not just ‘a carrier’ of different types of symbols, but an active element in the practices. Bringing this to the fore requires new research methods. This article discusses a methodological approach, we call ...
Managers’ Beliefs about Measures to Retain Senior Workforce
(Roskilde Universitet, 2012)
This paper aims to describe and explain the beliefs of public sector managers regarding measures to
promote active ageing within organizations and how these beliefs can relate to their own atti
tudes,
age, gender, ...
The Places of Memory in a Square of Monuments: Conceptions of Past, Freedom and History at Szabadság Tér
(American Hungarian Educators Association (AHEA), 2012)
In this paper I try to approach contemporary Hungarian political culture through an analysis of the history of changing monuments at Szabadság Tér in Budapest. The paper has as its point of origin a protest/irredentist ...
Standardisation in the Field of Nanotechnology: Some Issues of Legitimacy
(Springer Verlag, 2012-12)
Nanotechnology will allegedly have a revolutionary impact in a wide
range of fields, but has also created novel concerns about health, safety and the
environment (HSE). Nanotechnology regulation ...
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. ...
Mindre problematferd for de fleste, større problemer for de få? En studie av tidstrender i problematferd: 1992, 2002 og 2010
(Høgskolen i Oslo og Akershus, 2012)
I artikkelen undersøker vi tidstrender i problematferd blant norsk ungdom fra 1992 til 2010. Har norsk ungdom blitt «snillere» de siste 20 årene? Videre undersøker vi en påstand om økt omfang av sideproblemer (rus og svak ...