• Choral conducting competences: Perceptions and priorities 

      Jansson, Dag; Døving, Erik; Elstad, Beate (Research Studies in Music Education;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Choral conducting is a complex and multi-faceted leader role. Leading music is a particular kind of leadership through the prominence of gestural communication, and it is a ubiquitous phenomenon across a variety of social ...
    • The construction of leadership practice: Making sense of leader competencies 

      Jansson, Dag; Døving, Erik; Elstad, Beate (Leadership;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-02-24)
      The notion of leadership competencies is a much-debated issue. In this article, we propose that how the leader makes sense of his or her competencies is key to leadership practice. Specifically, we look at how leaders ...
    • How Unstandardized Work Tasks Create Arenas for Leadership 

      Rønningstad, Chris (Human Services Organizations Management Leadership and Governance ;Volume 43, 2019 - Issue 2, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-04-17)
      Interviews with 41 employees and managers in the Norwegian public welfare services identify characteristics and behaviors experienced as leadership. The study identifies how management behaviors such as deciding, controlling, ...
    • Leader-member exchange relationships and follower outcomes: The mediating role of perceiving goals as invariable 

      Kuvaas, Bård; Buch, Robert (Human Resource Management;Volume 57, Issue 1, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-01)
      In the present study, we investigated whether perceiving goals as invariable mediated the link between leader-member exchange (LMX) relationships and role overload, turnover intention, and work performance. Perceiving goals ...
    • Leading for better outcomes: social work as knowledge work 

      Rønningstad, Chris (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      This article explores how leadership practices have the potential to improve decisions and outcomes in social work. Through a literature review, the article identifies social work managers’ use of adaptive, administrative ...
    • Universality and situatedness in educating choral conductors 

      Jansson, Dag; Elstad, Beate; Døving, Erik (Music Education Research;Volume 21, 2019 - Issue 4, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-06-14)
      The purpose of this study was to investigate a broad range of choral conductors’ views on competences needed in their own practice, and how education and experience have contributed to their current level of mastery. Choral ...
    • Us and Them – First-line Management and Change Resistance 

      Rønningstad, Chris (Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies;Volume 8, Number 2, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-06)
      Change agents are vital in enacting organizational change, yet we know little about the specific challenges first-line managers face in this role. This study draws on written responses from managers in Norwegian public ...