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The demand for education in Norway: An empirical analysis of education expenditures
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-HH/2015;, Master thesis, 2015-06-15)The complex development of a country’s economic situation with various components affecting it in many different ways may lead to important changes as a result of a shift in one or more important factors. Allocation of ... -
The Demand Side of Dark Tourism – Characteristics of Dark Tourists
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-NHS/2016;, Master thesis, 2016-06)Dark tourism, or thanatourism, is a type of tourism concerning using ‘death space’ for tourism purposes. The general goal of dark tourism research is to identify, describe and analyze tourism journeys to death space. There ... -
The democratisation of meal delivery service in France
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-NHS/2017;, Master thesis, 2017-06-15)The purpose of this study was to explore the meal delivery service in French market and the customer’s opinion in the future meal delivery business. In addition, I first did the research basically on the evolution of ... -
The effect of service employees’ perception of role clarity and psychological empowerment on organizational commitment, job satisfaction and staying intention
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-NHS/2011;, Master thesis, 2011)Background and purpose – This study examines the service-employees perception of role clarity and psychological empowerment in three different industries. Furthermore the study explores how these perceptions influence the ... -
The effect of task meaning and peer effects on labor supply and cheating
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-HH/2015;, Master thesis, 2015-06)This thesis intends to provide the experimental evidence of the role of task meaning and peer effects on labor supply and cheating in a laboratory setting. Despite quite substantial body of research conducted on the concept ... -
The effects of birth month on academic performance
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-HH/2015;, Master thesis, 2015-06-15)In this master thesis we are examining how birth months affect the exam grades for chosen students at the University of Stavanger (UiS). There is a lot of previous literature on birth month effects, and the phenomenon on ... -
The effects of performance appraisal in the Norwegian municipal health services: a case study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)Introduction: Previous research in performance appraisal (PA) indicates that variation exists in learning and job motivation from performance appraisal between occupational groups. This research evaluates the potential ... -
The effects of post-privatization government divestments on the financial and operating performance of state owned enterprises in Scandinavia.
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-HH/2015;, Master thesis, 2015-06-11)This study empirically investigates the effects of ongoing privatization on 12 large Scandinavian firms. Using an array of different performance indicators we look at how government ownership affects factors related to ... -
The effects of unemployment rates on employment of senior workers
(Master thesis, 2016-06)The unemployment rate that faces individuals in different industries can affect workers differently. In this paper we analyze how vulnerable the senior employees are to changes in the unemployment rate. By analyzing registry ... -
The effects of weather and storage shocks on natural gas price in the UK
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-HH/2015;, Master thesis, 2015-06)In this thesis we investigate the relationship between temperature deviations, storage level, and the price of natural gas in the United Kingdom. By applying these models we expect to obtain a better understanding of the ... -
The epistemological standpoint and motherhood in Norwegian society
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-IS/2015;, Master thesis, 2015-06-01)The overall theme of this master’s dissertation is the social constructivism of the concept of ‘good enough motherhood’ and what it takes to be a ‘good enough mother’ within Norwegian society. My aim was to explore social ... -
The etemic model of Gypsy Roma Traveller community vulnerability: is it time to rethink our understanding of vulnerability?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016-08)Aims and objectives To present a new etemic model of vulnerability. Background Despite vulnerability being identified as a core consequence of health and health experiences, there has been little research exploring the ... -
The Ethics of Laying Hen Genetics
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-11)Despite societal concerns about the welfare of commercial laying hens, little attention has been paid to the welfare implications of the choices made by the genetics companies involved with their breeding. These choices ... -
The experiences of elderly care home (ECH)/( Bridhashram) life from residents` perspective: a qualitative study at Kathmandu, Nepal
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-IH/2014;, Master thesis, 2014-12-10)Numerous researches have been conducted on concerns of elderly people. However, no recent studies have addressed residents’ experiences of their lives in elderly care homes (ECH/BRIDDHASHRAM) in Kathmandu, as longevity and ... -
The future prospect on biohydrogen production and utilisation in Rogaland
(Master thesis, 2022)The current use of fossil energy is causing rapid changes to our environment. The transition into a carbon neutral society is heavily dependent on the development of new low-emission renewable energy technologies. Hydrogen ... -
The gastronomy city of Bergen, Norway in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic.
(Bachelor thesis, 2021)These findings suggest that managers and other stakeholders, such as government need to consider strategies that work in general and specific to different conditions or nature of the business in question. There is a need ... -
The GBA variant E326K is associated with Parkinson's disease and explains a genome-wide association signal
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-09)Objective Coding variants in the GBA gene have been identified as the numerically most important genetic risk factors for Parkinson's disease (PD). In addition, genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified ... -
The global competition for wild fish resources between livestock and aquaculture
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010-03)Aquaculture satisfies a growing global demand for fish but also consumes an increasing share of the world’s wild fish resources. This has led to a concern that increased aquaculture production poses a threat to the sustainability ... -
The Hallyu influences on travel motivation to Korea of Vietnamese Millennials and Generation Z: A case study on Korean dramas and movies
(Master thesis, 2022)Growth of affordable tourism and expansion of Korean pop-culture, also known as Korean wave or Hallyu, are seen as factors that especially impact consumer habits of Millennials and Generation Z. This dissertation analyses ... -
The Horror Within: An Analysis of Psychological Horror Films’ Representation of Trauma Through Focalisation
(Bachelor thesis, 2022)The purpose of this study was to explore the way the unique characteristics of psychological horror films could apply the concept of focalisation to represent the experience of trauma. To achieve this a comparative analysis ...