Browsing UiS Brage by Author "Knudsen, Knud"
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Beliefs about learning : Social background, gender, and classroom environment
Svensen, Elin (PhD thesis UiS;, Doctoral thesis, 2023)Background: Increasing students’ learning and their completion of high school has been a policy challenge for many years. This thesis investigates how the psychological mechanism of growth mindset is related to educational ... -
Can large-scale cultural events lead to cultural scepticism? Tracing unintended consequences of Stavanger2008 European Capital of Culture
Knudsen, Knud (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010)Large scale cultural events often have idealistic aims of affecting participants and spectators in a positive manner, by widening public’s cultural understandings and horizons. The ‘Open Port’ motto chosen for the ... -
European grandparents' solicitude: Why older men can be relatively good grandfathers
Knudsen, Knud (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012-09)The mechanisms linking grandparental gender and involvement with grandchildren are probably more complex than previously understood. Grandmothers are likely to benefit from their central role as kin-keepers in their ... -
On the way. Men's and women's managerial careers in Norway
Colbjørnsen, Tom; Knudsen, Knud (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)This article analyzes how men’s and women’s careers are influenced by path dependence, different career determinants, and generation gaps. The analysis is based on panel data from AFF’s leadership surveys, and follows a ... -
Striking a different balance: work-family conflict for female and male managers in a Scandinavian context
Knudsen, Knud (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2009)Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore how male and female managers may regulate their workload differently in response to conflicting job‐home pressures. The main hypothesis is that female managers seek to ... -
Towards an understanding of learning within the Norwegian fire and rescue services – focusing on tunnel fire safety
Bjørnsen, Mihaela Gabriela; Dettweiler, Ulrich; Njå, Ove; Knudsen, Knud (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Purpose The purpose of this paper is to study how learning within the fire and rescue services may be conceptualized, with special attention paid to tunnel fire safety. Previous studies have developed a model to understand ... -
Uforanderlige? : alternative forklaringer på lederes vedvarende rollekonflikter
Knudsen, Knud (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-03)Ledere står gjerne i vanskelig krysspress. I artikkelen studerer jeg de tre typiske konfliktlinjene jobb–jobb, jobb–hjem og jobb–jeg. Dette gjøres først med grunnlag i sosiologiens forståelse av rollekonflikter, med vekt ...