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Smerteuttrykk, ADHD eller begge deler?
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Smitteeffekten blant unge på sosiale medier
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Smittevernstaten
(Bachelor thesis, 2023)I denne oppgaven tar jeg for meg problemstillingen «I hvilken grad var konsekvensene av pandemien mer skadelig enn selve viruset for unge og studenter?». For å finne ut mer rundt dette temaet tar jeg i bruk forskningsartikler ... -
Snevert om plastgjenvinning
(Journal article, 2010-04)Økonomer går seg av og til vill i et mønster der markedssvikt søkes løst i en optimalisering av politiske virkemidler som forholdes til et kvantifiserbart mål. Et godt eksempel er artikkelen til Annegrete Bruvoll og Sana ... -
Social Encounters and the Worlds Beyond: Putting Situationalism to Work for Qualitative Interviews
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-03)In Goffman's terms, qualitative interviews are social encounters with their own realities. Hence, the ‘situational critique’ holds that interviews cannot produce knowledge about the world beyond these encounters, and that ... -
Social equality vs. individual freedom: a pilot study on individual differences in adults’ preferences
(Bachelor thesis, 2023)Motives for social equality and individual freedom are at the heart of group living. However, when equality and freedom are pitted one against the other, would people show a preference for social equality, or would they ... -
Social implications of energy infrastructure digitalisation and decarbonisation
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Digitalisation provides opportunities to decarbonise energy and, simultaneously, address social exclusion and inequality—but it is unclear whether and how these opportunities are realised. Three case studies investigate ... -
Social interactions and sickness absence: Family, colleague and neighborhood effects
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-HH/2013;, Master thesis, 2013)Social interactions play an important role in economic decision making. In this thesis I examine the effects of social influence on sickness absence. While I study social interaction effects among i) family members, ii) ... -
Social Media as a Destination Marketing Tool for a Sustainable Heritage Festival in Nigeria: A Moderated Mediation Study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-05)This study explored how social media is used as a destination marketing tool for the sustainability of heritage festival quality in Nigeria, drawing on the theory of planned behavior. The festival, which is an exploration ... -
Social media in the hospitality industry: An empirical study how hotel managers deal with user-generated content
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-NHS/2013;, Master thesis, 2013-06-17)Social media has gained in importance in the last years. With the revolution of the World Wide Web from simple tool to complex platform, user-generated content and online customer reviews have had a great impact on both ... -
Social Media Natives' Invisible Online Spaces: Proposing the Concept of Digital Gemeinschaft 2.0
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-07)This study proposes the concept of “digital Gemeinschaft 2.0,” through examining Rich Ling’s employment of Ferdinand Tönnies’ Gesellschaft (market society) and Gemeinschaft (fellowship), when conceptualizing the “digital ... -
Social media users’ online subjective well-being and fatigue: A network heterogeneity perspective
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-07)Scholars have drawn increasing attention to the implications of the dark side of social media for users’ online subjective well-being (OSWB). We develop a research framework based on the limited-capacity model to examine ... -
Social media wellbeing: Perceived wellbeing amidst social media use in Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023-02)Social media use is a topical issue and raises several concerns including online comparison and social media fatigue, which have implications on the perceived wellbeing of users. Thus, this study explores how university ... -
Social stratification and sustainable lifestyles: lifestyle choices based on education and gender
(Bachelor thesis, 2021)In this thesis, I examine the following question: to what extent does education and gender influence lifestyle choices, within a sustainable perspective? I tried to answer the research question by using a qualitative ... -
Social Ties and Purpose of Work in the Principal-Agent Relationship
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-HH/2017;, Master thesis, 2017-06)This paper investigates the effect of strengthening social ties and purpose of work on motivation in the principal-agent relationship. We hypothesise that by building social ties to employees and give them purpose of work, ... -
Social work and families in child welfare in Malawi: social workers considerations when placing a child outside the home
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)This article discusses professional discretion in relation to placing a child outside the family, as understood by Malawian social workers. The article is a product of an exploratory study covering different aspects of ... -
Social work bachelor students' knowledge awareness during Field practice: Students perspektives
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Social work has increasingly become a research-based discipline, while at the same time acknowledging the importance of knowledge gained through practical experience and user knowledge. Awareness of various forms of knowledge ... -
Social Work Practitioners’ Ethical Reflections after Resolved Child Protection (custody) Cases of Immigrant Children, and the Effects of Reflections on Child Protection Practice
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-IS/2019;, Master thesis, 2019-05-29)Professional obligation for child protection by social workers remains a complex phenomenon infused with stringent adherance to various roles and responsibilities, regulations, values, and laws, such that their observance ... -
Social work with children and human rights
(Chapter, 2023)This chapter explores human rights in social work with children, based on cases from several countries in the world. Human rights and social justice differ across countries and cultures. This is complicated further in ... -
social workers experiances working with unacompanied minors
(Master thesis, 2020)AIM OF THE STUDY In this thesis I will analyze the existing knowledge regarding the unaccompanied minor asylum seekers and the way social workers approach them. I will look at different conventions and treaties that Norway ...