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Social Life Cycle Assessment as a resource for Responsible Research and Innovation
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-05-21)Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) is a currently important proposal for doing science and innovation with and for society. Sustainability has for the last 30 years had a similar function in providing limits and ... -
Integrated assessment of emerging science and technologies as creating learning processes among assessment communities
(Journal article; Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-07-28)Emerging science and technologies are often characterised by complexity, uncertainty and controversy. Regulation and governance of such scientific and technological developments needs to build on knowledge and evidence ... -
Sketching with Knives: Architects & The Confidence Theory of Magic
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)‘Isn't gravity wonderful? That's the magic trick in a way'. The Malinowskian ‘confidence theory of magic’ (1935) points to how a person, through the ritual act, becomes empowered to believe he can master nature's obstacles, ... -
Hospital Mergers in Norway: Employee Health and Turnover to Three Destinations
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)This article investigates the probability of turnover to three destinations following hospital merg- ers: within the hospital sector, out of the hospital sector, and out of work. It is hypothesized that mergers increase ... -
Significance of Monitoring and Control for Employees’ Felt Trust, Motivation, and Mastery
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)The aim of the current study is to investigate the importance of monitoring and employee control for employees’ felt trust, as well as felt trust as a mediating variable between monitoring and control, intrinsic motivation ... -
Smart-Glasses: Exposing and Elucidating the Ethical Issues
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)The objective of this study is to provide an overview over the ethical issues relevant to the assessment, implementation, and use of smart-glasses. The purpose of the overview is to facilitate deliberation, decision making, ... -
Dynamic capabilities and network benefits
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)The number of publicly funded initiatives to establish or strengthen networks and clusters, in order to enhance innovation, has been increasing. The returns of such investments vary, and the aim of this study is to explore ... -
Field-configuring events and action research:A case study from Sparta
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)FCE theory was developed within neo-institutional theory, the aim of which is to understand how institutions and organisations function and change. In this paper, we match this theory with another theoretical tradition: ... -
Combined cognitive and vocational interventions after mild to moderate traumatic brain injury: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.
(Trials;18(483), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)A considerable proportion of patients with mild to moderate traumatic brain injury (TBI) experience long-lasting somatic, cognitive, and emotional symptoms that may hamper their capacity to return to work (RTW). Although ... -
Patent Ethics: The Misalignment of Views Betweenthe Patent System and the Wider Society
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Concerns have been voiced about the ethical implications of patenting practices in the field of biotechnology. Some of these have also been incorporated into regulation, such as the European Commission Directive 98/44 on ... -
Evaluating Ethical Frameworks for the Assessment of Human Cognitive Enhancement Applications
(SpringerBriefs in Ethics;2017, Book; Peer reviewed, 2017)This book offers the policy-maker or decision-maker key insights and practical information regarding the features of ethics frameworks best suited to the ethical assessment of human cognitive enhancement (HCE) applications, ... -
Responsible Help at Home: Establishing Indicators for a Product Assessment Methodology
(Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2017)Responsible research and innovation (RRI) seeks to expand the governance of innovations through including social values and beneficial impacts throughout the innovation process. This chapter ... -
New Czech & Certified Methodology „Tools of Resilience“
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)The article deals with possibilities of better governance regarding natural and anthropogenic risks and building of resilience of medium towns and cities against disasters. Such systematic approach could be applied for ... -
Military Leadership
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Profiling a Pandemic. Who were the victims of the Spanish flu?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)At the end of May 1918, the Spanish government was one of the first to admit that a new disease had emerged in their country. The newswire from Reuters reported that King Alfonso XIII, the prime minister, and ... -
The strength and vulnerability of school-age children
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)BACKGROUND Children between the ages of 5 and 14 appear to have a lower risk of dying than both younger and older individuals. OBJECTIVE We looked for possible factors influencing the mortality rates ... -
A systematic literature review of the relationship between work hours and sickness absence
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between work hours and sickness absence: is a higher number of work hours associated with better or with adverse health? A systematic literature review was performed ... -
Health trends in the wake of the financial crisis—increasing inequalities?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Aim: The financial crisis that hit Europe in 2007–2008 and the corresponding austerity policies have generated concern about increasing health inequalities, although impacts have been less salient than initially expected. ... -
Are you moving up or falling short? An inquiry of skills-based variation in self-perceived employability among Norwegian employees
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)This article investigates how educational level, job-related skills and employers’ support for competence development jointly determine Norwegian employees’ expectations of maintaining employment and career advancement. ... -
Measuring mental well-being in Norway: validation of the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (WEMWBS)
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Background: Mental well-being is an important, yet understudied, area of research, partly due to lack of appropriate population-based measures. The Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (WEMWBS) was developed to meet ...