AFI Notat
Recent Submissions
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Reducing sickness absence: a work environment intervention in Norwegian hospitals
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Background High rates of sickness absence is a challenge within the healthcare sector, highlighting the need for effective interventions. Despite this, limited research has been conducted on the impact of such interventions ... -
Implementing the Place-Train Approach in Train-Place Services: Organizational Culture and Supported Employment
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Supported employment (SE) is increasingly implemented in employment services worldwide. The disruptive character of SE, involving a shift from ‘train-place’ to ‘place-train’ models of vocational rehabilitation, has led to ... -
Work inclusion of marginalised groups in a troubled city district – How can active labour market policies improve?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Active labour market policies (ALMP) have faced challenges in integrating marginalised groups into the workforce. This study explores perceptions among managers and frontline workers on enhancing work inclusion for ... -
Changing Intention to Participate in Adult Education and Training in Norway: Compositional and Motivational Factors
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Western governments propose adult education and training (AET) as a prerequisite for all employees to solve current challenges related to globalization, climate change, automation and the ageing workforce. This study ... -
Women's health at work: a qualitative study on women's health issues in relation to work participation. Experiences and perspectives from female teachers and managers in Norwegian high schools
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Background Public health and working life are closely related. Even though Norway is one of the world’s most equality-oriented countries, working life is still divided by gender. Women have a lower rate of participation ... -
The framing of educational digitalization: A scoping review of empirical studies
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)The aim of this scoping review is to systematically inves- tigate the framing of European empirical research on digi- talization for teaching and learning in the classroom within primary and secondary school (K-12/K-13). ... -
They must live somewhere! The geographical dimension of residualized social rented housing in urban Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)The residualization of public rented housing is a prevalent phenomenon throughout Eu- rope, and strongly present in the small and strongly means-tested social housing sector in Norway. In this article, we discuss the ... -
Structural topic modeling as a mixed methods research design: a study on employer size and labor market outcomes for vulnerable groups
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Obtaining and maintaining steady employment can be challenging for people from vul- nerable groups. Previous research has focused on the relationship between employer size and employment outcomes for these groups, but ... -
National Policies Supporting Gender Equality in Academic Careers: Are the “Global Leaders” Doing What It Takes?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)National policies used to advance gender equality in academic careers in higher education in Sweden, Norway, and Finland, are examined based on publicly available documents from 1990 to 2023. Drawing on theoretical ... -
Learning systems and learning paths in sustainability transitions
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Scholars have stressed the need to better understand the role of learning in sustainability transitions. Even though progress has been made, there is a call for more research, both in the form of large-scale empirical ... -
Does trust-based management reform enhance employee-driven innovation? Evidence from a Scandinavian capital
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Over the last two decades, public sector trust-based management reform (TBMR) has been on the agenda in Scandinavia. This article analyzes the relationship between such reform and employee-driven innovation (EDI) in schools ... -
Which companies hire NEET? Organisational characteristics of hiring NEET in a Norwegian full-population registry study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Which types of organisations hire NEET? We use longitudinal national registry data from Norway to investigate four types of organisational characteristics: (a) staff proportion with low pay and low education, (b) staff ... -
Comparing digital to traditional follow-up in the Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration: A youth perspective on trust and satisfaction
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Public employment services are increasingly becoming digital. Previous literature has highlighted potential and intersectional risks associated with digitalizing these services. To address this, the current study explores ... -
Hvordan måle tidspunkt for avgang fra yrkeslivet i Norge? Om ulike definisjoner, metoder og resultater
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Det er av stor interesse å kunne måle presist hvordan den typiske avgangsalderen utvikler seg på samfunnsnivå og hvordan den eventuelt varierer mellom grupper på individnivå. I denne artikkelen redegjør vi for ulike ... -
Career choices after completion of vocational training: the case of licensed practical nurses
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)The initial career choice that young people make can become subject to change as individuals gain professional and personal experience. We study career choices made after vocational training and investigate the propensity ... -
Arbeidsavklaringspenger: Protokoll for en oppsummering av kunnskapen på området
(AFI-notat;2023:07, Working paper, 2023-11-30)Notatet er en kunnskapsoppsummering (scoping review) over forskning om arbeidsavklaringspenger i Norge. Den gir en detaljert oversikt over hvordan kunnskapsoppsummeringen skal gjennomføres, herunder med hensyn til formål, ... -
Attitudes and behaviors of university students during the COVID-19 pandemic in a predominantly Indigenous population in Mexico: a survey study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Background The COVID-19 pandemic has become one of the most devastating worldwide crises. The pandemic has heavily affected the most vulnerable groups, including Indigenous communities. Our study aimed to evaluate the atti- ... -
“It is Very Difficult for us to Separate Ourselves from this System”: Views of European Researchers, Research Managers, Administrators and Governance Advisors on Structural and Institutional Influences on Research Integrity
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Research integrity is fundamental to the validity and reliability of scientific findings, and for ethical conduct of research. As part of PRINTEGER (Promoting Integrity as an Integral Dimension of Excellence in Research), ... -
Predicting stable employment trajectories among young people with disabilities
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Research aiming to explain disabled people’s inequalities in the labour market has primarily focused on transitional factors between school and work, wage gaps, or socioeconomic background characteristics as expla- nations ... -
Political bias in evidence for policymaking and the knowledge work of civil servants: the case of the ongoing digitalization of the Norwegian school
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)This article engages in evidence-based policymaking by addressing (a) how civil servants endeavor to link evidence and policy and (b) examining how political bias influences this knowledge work in the ongoing digitalization ...
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