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The occupational context of activation work: the relative role of educational and workplace qualification and socialisation
(OsloMet - StorbyuniversitetetOsloMet - Oslo Metropolitan University, 2020)Activation policies, understood as mandatory activation of clients outside the labour market, have affected citizens’ lives and altered the frontline work in welfare offices dramatically. In effect, there are new ... -
Tid, rom og kirurgers autonomi – En etnografisk studie av sykehuskirurgers arbeidsorganisering, arbeidspraksis og profesjonelle autonomi
(OsloMet - Storbyuniversitetet, 2020)Tema for denne avhandlingen er sykehuskirurgers arbeidsorganisering, arbeidspraksiser og individuelle profesjonelle autonomi. Et sentralt spørsmål som stilles er på hvilke måter påvirker den temporale og stedlige ... -
Natural nurses, skilful sailors. Gender non-traditional choices of education in Norway
(OsloMet - StorbyuniversitetetOsloMet - Oslo Metropolitan University, 2020)Norway is ranked as one of the most gender-equal countries in the world. Yet, Norway has, like most countries, a gender divided labour market. How does this division of work affect young men and women’s interest in and ... -
The meaning of professionalism in activation work: frontline managers’ perspectives
(Taylor & Francis, 2020-06-27)The issue of professionalism in activation work is at the forefront of scholarly discussions. Due to the importance ascribed to the organisational setting of professional work, it is crucial to investigate if professionalism ... -
Research approaches to networked employment services: A systematic review
(Wiley, 2020-04-01)Research on networked services aimed at the (re)employment of groups marginalised from the labour market has gained momentum in different scholarly traditions (e.g., public administration, healthcare and social policy), ... -
International student mobility and the transition from higher education to work in Norway
(Springer, 2020-06-27)The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether international student mobility (ISM) has an impact on the transition from higher education to work. Two measures of labour market outcomes are investigated: unemployment ... -
Educational Decision-Making: The Significance of Class and Context
(OsloMet - Oslo Metropolitan University, 2019)This thesis investigates whether and how classed educational decisions occur in different contexts. Using international comparative survey and Norwegian register data, I examine the decision-making processes at different ... -
Aktivitetspliktens innside og utside – Unge mottakere av sosialhjelp og deres erfaringer med aktivitetsplikt
(Universitetsforlaget, 2020-06-23)Fra januar 2017 er alle norske sosialhjelpsmottakere under 30 år forpliktet til å delta i arbeidsrelatert aktivitet – det vil si at de har aktivitetsplikt. Resiprositet er en politisk begrunnelse for aktivitetsplikten, som ... -
Female attrition from the police profession
(Emerald, 2020-04-02)Purpose: Do female police recruits drop out of police education and/or leave the profession more often than men, and has this changed over time? Can gender differences be explained by the background characteristics and ... -
Return to work after first incidence of long-term sickness absence: A 10-year prospective follow-up study identifying labour-market trajectories using sequence analysis
(SAGE Publications, 2019-04-11)Aims: The study aim was to identify prototypical labour-market trajectories following a first incidence of long-term sickness absence (LTSA), and to assess whether baseline socio-demographic characteristics are associated ... -
Value-Free yet Policy-Relevant? The Normative Views of Climate Scientists and Their Bearing on Philosophy
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press, 2020-02-10)This article contributes to the philosophical debate on values in science by exploring how scientists themselves understand the proper role of moral, political, and social values in expert practice. I present findings from ... -
Associations between workplace learning patterns, social support and perceived competency
(Taylor & Francis (Routledge), 2019-06-01)Despite substantial research in the field of workplace learning and training over the past three decades, these concepts are heavily under-researched in relation to the public sector. By means of survey data, this study ... -
Responsible Assessments: Frameworks for a Value-Based Governance of Assistive Technologies
(OsloMet - Oslo Metropolitan University, 2020)This thesis investigates Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) and its possible application for assessing assistive technologies. Such assessments aim to produce ethically acceptable solutions as well as enhanced ... -
Social class background and gender-(a)typical choices of fields of study in higher education
(Wiley, 2019-02-22)By employing a Bourdieu‐inspired class scheme that differentiates between classes’ volume and composition of capital, and by analysing Norwegian administrative register data for birth cohorts between 1987 and 1992, this ... -
Attracting International Students to Semi-peripheral Countries: A Comparative Study of Norway, Poland and Portugal
(Palgrave Macmillan (part of Springer Nature), 2019-02-26)The paper investigates the approaches employed for attracting international full-degree students in three countries on the periphery of Europe/the European Economic Area: Norway, Poland and Portugal. These countries, ... -
Measures of accountability and delegated discretion in activation work: lessons from the Norwegian Labour and Welfare Service
(Taylor & Francis (Routledge), 2018-01-23)Activation work – the complex task of motivating, compelling and assisting marginalized citizens into labour market participation – pinpoints critical issues of discretion and accountability in the welfare state. Investigating ... -
From Class Politics to Classed Politics
(SAGE Publications, 2019-02)Questions of political conflict have always been central to class analysis; changing political fault lines were a key argument in the debates about the ‘death of class’. The ensuing ‘cultural turn’ in class analysis has ... -
Kall eller lønnskamp? En casestudie av Utdanningsforbundets holdning til lukning av læreryrket
(Universitetsforlaget (Scandinavian University Press), 2019-11-02)Spørsmålet om profesjoner er drevet av egeninteresse eller av hensynet til samfunn og klienters beste, er en grunnleggende kontrovers i profesjonsteori og arbeidslivssosiologi. Artikkelen går inn i dette emnet med utgangspunkt ... -
Frontline implementation of welfare conditionality in Norway: A maternalistic practice
(Wiley, 2019-11-19)Welfare conditionality is both ambitious and ambiguous for the frontline workers who put policy into practice. Since January 2017, the Norwegian frontline service should require social assistance benefit recipients under ... -
Arbeidsgivers ansvar for likestilling i arbeidslivet - en kvalitativ studie av hvordan ledere forholder seg til likestillingshensyn når de tilrettelegger for ansattes bruk av omsorgsrettigheter
(Universitetsforlaget, 2019)Artikkelen utforsker hvordan ledere i politiet og advokatbransjen tilrettelegger for ansattes bruk av omsorgsrettigheter. Formålet er å undersøke hvordan ledere forholder seg til hensynet til likestilling ved ansattes bruk ...
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