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Public sector unions’ ideas about employee-driven development: Restricted conceptualization of representative participation in workplaces
(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
(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
(;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.
(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
(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?
(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
(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, studiesituasjon og kompetanse : Ei undersøking av rekruttering og kvalifisering til sosialt arbeid
(HiO-rapport;nr. 8, Research report, 2007)I mai 2006 vart det inngått ein avtale mellom Fellesorganisasjonen for barnevernspedagoger, sosionomer og vernepleiere – FO – og Høgskolen i Oslo, Senter for profesjonsstudier om gjennomføring av prosjektet ... -
Relasjonsorientert praksis og stabile læringsfellesskap : kontekstuelle og relasjonelle forhold i klasserom på skoler med lite atferdsproblemer
(Paideia;1 (2), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011-11)Denne artikkelen presenterer og diskuterer kontekstuelle forhold i klasserom med henholdsvis store og små kjennetegn på atferdsproblemer. Ut fra en stor undersøkelse ble tre skoler med lite atferdsproblemer og tre skoler ... -
The relationship among learning outcome measures used in higher education
(Quality in Higher Education;Volume 24 - Issue 2, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-07-09)Although grades are still considered important signifiers of graduates’ quality, greater attention has been paid to other measures of learning outcomes in higher education. This shift in attention is attributed to an ... -
Report to Eurydice : Teachers’ autonomy - Norway
(SPS arbeidsnotat;nr. 6, Working paper, 2007)The purpose of this paper is to describe the formal restrictions, and possibilities, in teachers’ autonomy in Norway. The paper is the groundwork for a European comparison made by the Slovenian Presidency of the ... -
Research approaches to networked employment services: A systematic review
(Social Policy & Administration;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 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), ... -
The Research Literacy of Professionals: Reconciling Evidence-Based Practice and Practical Wisdom
(Professions and Professionalism;Volume 12, No 3 (2022), e4852, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-12-05)There is widespread agreement that the art/science dichotomy is obsolete; professional practice must accommodate both experience-based judgment and evidence-based tools. However, there is little agreement on what this ... -
Research-based teacher education in Norway – a longitudinal perspective
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Research has been highlighted as a key dimension in the development of teacher education quality. However, there are different understandings of how research is and should be linked to teacher educators’ competence. We ... -
Resisting or facilitating change? How street-level managers’ situational work contributes to the implementation of public reforms
(Journal of public administration research and theory;Volume 32, Issue 4, October 2022, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-01-27)Managers of street-level organizations play an important role in the successful implementation of public reforms. A prevailing view within the public administration literature is that this work involves the adaptation ... -
Responding to Crises—Worries About Expertization
(Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2020-12-22)The chapter discusses challenges arising from the growing role of experts and expert knowledge in policymaking. It identifies a series of distinguishable epistemic and democratic worries about “expertization.” Examples are ... -
Rettigheter, behov og plikter i aktivitetspolitikken Forståelser av aktivitetsplikt for unge sosialhjelpsmottakere
(Kritisk juss;Årgang 48, nr. 1, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-05-05)Hvordan relasjonen mellom rettigheter og plikter erfares av ulike klientgrupper i velferdsstaten, er i liten grad studert. I lys av Frasers begrep om behovspolitikk, og hennes diskusjon om forholdet mellom behov og ... -
Rettssikkerhet gjennom begrunnelse: Nav og den offentlige bruken av fornuft
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Hvilke krav stiller god forvaltningsskikk til forvaltningen? I kjølvannet av trygdeskandalen har det blitt reist spørs- mål om rettssikkerhetens vilkår i norsk forvaltning. Et gjennomgangstema er at Nav må bli bedre til ... -
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
(Scandinavian Journal of Public Health;Vol 48, Issue 2, 2020, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 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 ... -
Risky professions? Risk of disability in professions in Norway.
(Professions and Professionalism;3(1), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)Modern professions provide important and essential services like engineering, financial services, and welfare state services. Sustaining a sufficient supply of these services requires professionals to remain in the workforce ...