• Profesjonsutdanning og kompetanse – en tabellrapport basert på StudData 

      Wernø, Ida Lyngstad; Smeby, Jens-Christian (SPS arbeidsnotat;nr. 1 – 2018, Research report, 2018)
      Denne tabellrapporten er utarbeidet på oppdrag av Kompetansebehovsutvalget.Hensikten er å gi innspill til vurderingen av en del sentrale yrkesrettede høyere utdanninger. Resultatene som presenteres er basert StudData som ...
    • Professional Autonomy versus Corporate Control 

      Nygaard, Pål (Professions and Professionalism;2(1), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)
      Professionalism and bureaucracy tend to be understood as incompatible systems of work organization, represented by the ideals of collegiality and auton-omy versus control and supervision. I present a historical case study ...
    • Professional Boundaries. The Case of Childcare Workers in Norway PhD 

      Løvgren, Mette (Skriftserien avhandling;(3), Peer reviewed; Doctoral thesis, 2014)
      This thesis explores professionalism among Norwegian daycare workers by two questions: 1) Do the attitudes of daycare workers express boundaries of professionalism? 2) Are there divisions of work among daycare workers ...
    • PROFESSIONAL OCCUPATIONS AND STATUS: A sociological study of professional occupations, status and trust 

      Svensson, Lennart G. (;nr. 5, Working paper, 2006)
      Occupation is the most important dimension behind social classes, closely connected with education and salary as well as status and prestige. The sociology of professions, since its classical period, has been related more ...
    • Professionalism among novice teachers. How they think, act, cope and perceive knowledge. 

      Caspersen, Joakim (HiOA Avhandling;, Doctoral thesis; Peer reviewed, 2013)
      Lærere er svært viktige for barns oppdragelse og sosialisering inn i samfunnet. De underviser og bedømmer våre fremtidige samfunnsborgere, og lærernes kompetanse, evner og ferdigheter har en klar effekt på barns ...
    • Professionalism in a knowledge society: The academic drift of professional education in the “new” professions 

      Smeby, Jens-Christian (;nr. 7, Working paper, 2006)
      A central argument in this paper is that a greater emphasis on knowledge and epistemological cultures is needed to understand the challenges of professionalism in modern globalized knowledge societies. A knowledge society ...
    • Professionskvalificering och handledning 

      Brusling, Christer (;nr. 1, Working paper, 2006)
      Med hjälp av några nedslag i en norsk longitudinell databas av studenter/professionsutövare i professionsutbildningar/professioner analyseras hur studenter/professionsutövare påverkas av förhållandet mellan högskola och ...
    • Programme coherence and epistemological beliefs 

      Hatlevik, Ida Katrine Riksaasen; Smeby, Jens-Christian (Nordic Psychology;67(2), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-04-23)
      The aim of this study was to investigate epistemological beliefs and programme coherence in nursing, social work and general teacher-training programmes. An abstract theoretical knowledge base is a key characteristic of ...
    • The promise of trust - An inquiry into the legal design of coercive decision-making in Norway 

      Falch-Eriksen, Asgeir (HiOA Avhandling;2012: 5, Doctoral thesis; Peer reviewed, 2012)
      The thesis investigates if the state coercively remove children from parents according to human rights, i.e. Convention on the Rights of the Child. Through an historical analysis, it becomes established that trustworthy ...
    • Promoting Diversity but Striving for Excellence: Opening the ‘Black Box’ of Academic Hiring 

      Orupabo, Julia Kristine B.; Mangset, Marte (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-07-24)
      Scholars have described how neutral routines and ‘objective’ criteria in recruitment may result in an institutional preference for certain types of candidates. This article advances the literature on recruitment by conducting ...
    • Providing free heroin to addicts participating in research - ethical concerns and the question of voluntariness 

      Henden, Edmund; Bærøe, Kristine (Psychiatric bulletin;38(4), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)
      Providing heroin to people with heroin addiction taking part in medical trials assessing the effectiveness of the drug as a treatment alternative breaches ethical research standards, some ethicists maintain. Heroin ...
    • Public deliberation and the fact of expertise: making experts accountable 

      Holst, Cathrine; Molander, Anders (Social Epistemology;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      This paper discusses the conditions for legitimate expert arrangements within a democratic order and from a deliberative systems approach. It is argued that standard objections against the political role of experts are ...
    • Public sector unions’ ideas about employee-driven development: Restricted conceptualization of representative participation in workplaces 

      Bie-Drivdal, Arnhild (Economic and Industrial Democracy;, Journal article; Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-11-28)
      This article explores unions’ ideas about representative participation in employee-driven development in the Norwegian public sector, using key documents from two unions for professionals and one general union. By means ...
    • Putting a Face to Institutions: Professionals and Generalized Trust 

      Alecu, Andreea Ioana (Professions and Professionalism;Vol 9 No 2, e3100, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-07-02)
      The central role institutions play in the development of generalized trust is well established by previous research. Yet, the role of the professionals employed in these institutions has received considerably less attention. ...
    • Realisering av arbeidstidspreferanser blant leger og sykepleiere 

      Abrahamsen, Bente (;nr. 15, Working paper, 2005)
      Profesjonslitteraturen gir et bilde av profesjonelle som sterkt motiverte og med arbeidet som sin viktigste livsinteresse (Freidson 2001). Profesjonelles innsats i helsesektoren støtter bare delvis opp om dette inntrykket, ...
    • Reason and Justice: Hobbes´s dispute with the Fool. 

      Molander, Anders (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      In Leviathan, Thomas Hobbes introduces an imaginary figure, the Fool, who disputes the third law of nature, saying: ‘that man perform their covenants made’. According to the Fool, ‘there is no such thing as justice’. Also, ...
    • Reclaiming Responsibility: The Case of Welfare-to-Work Policy 

      Eriksen, Andreas (Journal of Social Policy;Volume 48, Issue 3 - July 2019, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-10-05)
      Welfare-to-work programmes have a contested normative foundation. Critics argue that ‘citizen responsibility’ is being promoted to the sacrifice of more important social values, such as solidarity and fairness. This paper ...
    • Regional Differences in Higher Educational Choice? 

      Helland, Håvard; Heggen, Kåre (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      This paper examines geographical differences in choice of field in higher education. Formerly, educational attainment differed considerably between rural areas and urban centres. Today these differences are pretty much ...
    • Regulating inflow or outflow: a comparison of the work capability assessments in the UK and Norway 

      Gjersøe, Heidi Moen (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)
      In the era of activation policies, several OECD countries have introduced work capability assessments to measure the employability of sick and disabled people. In essence, such assessments concern how sick and disabled ...
    • Rekruttering til og avgang fra læreryrket 1975-2010 

      With, Mari Lande (Skriftserien Avhandling;2016: 5, Doctoral thesis, 2016)
      Avhandlingen undersøker endringer i rekruttering til og avgang fra læreryrket i Norge mellom 1975og2010. Studien fokuserer på allmennlærere og lærere med praktisk-pedagogisk utdanning (PPU) og universitetsutdanning ...