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Tourist Safety and Natural Sustainability at Preikestolen : An Exploratory Study of Stakeholders Perceptions
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-NHS/2017;, Master thesis, 2017-06-15)This thesis seeks to explore the tourist safety measures and the natural sustainability of Preikestolen from the perception of the stakeholders. Stakeholders considered in this study are organisations with ownership or ... -
Tourists and Communities in Rural Festival Encounters: A mutually beneficial relationship?
(PhD thesis UiS;, Doctoral thesis, 2019-02)In this thesis, I have aimed to make visible how small-scale festivals in rural areas, despite minimal direct economic impact, are important for the development of tourism as well as the benefit of local communities. ... -
Toward ‘Cultures of Engagement’? An exploratory comparison of engagement patterns on Facebook news posts
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Information production, dissemination, and consumption are contingent upon cultural and financial dimensions. This study attempts to find cultures of engagement that reflect how audiences engage with news posts made by ... -
Towards a convergent institutional perspective on corporate social responsibility (CSR)
(PhD thesis UiS;97, Doctoral thesis, 2010-05-28)The research reported in this thesis has been directed by three interconnected questions: 1) How can institutional theory contribute to our understanding of the contingent nature of CSR and manifestations of CSR within ... -
Towards a Solution to the "Perennially Intriguing Problem" of the Sources of Jonathan Edwards's Idealism
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)This paper argues that Jonathan Edwards developed idealism from the instruction he received and conveyed in logic, ethics, physics and metaphysics. His view of the direct perception of mind with its ... -
Towards Corporate Sustainability? An inquiry into the motivating factors and possibilities for creating increased focus on corporate sustainability in Norway
(Master thesis, 2022)Generating sustainable development is still today a great global challenge, even though the climate change issues are pressing. Business corporations are significant contributors to creating sustainability progress, ... -
Towards lean procurement: Challenges and opportunities
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-IMKS/2015;, Master thesis, 2015-06-03)Despite a large number of books and publications about how an ideal procurement department should be structured, few of these put much emphasis on the psychological side of such a change process. In this thesis, a drilling ... -
Towards Responsible Media Recommendation
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-11)Reading or viewing recommendations are a common feature on modern media sites. What is shown to consumers as recommendations is nowadays often automatically determined by AI algorithms, typically with the goal of helping ... -
Tracing the historical development of a service model for interagency collaboration : Contradictions as barriers and potential drivers for change
(Chapter, 2021)In England and Wales, Liaison and Diversion (L&D) services work to facilitate integrated rehabilitative interventions orchestrated between Criminal Justice and Welfare systems to improve health and social care outcomes. A ... -
”Tradisjonell omsorg vs. moderne effektivitetskrav i sykehjem: En kvalitativ studie i hvordan pleiepersonalet opplever ivaretakelsen av kvalitet i tjenesten”
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-IMKS/2011;, Master thesis, 2011)Avhandlingen tar sikte på å fange opp hva ansatte i sykehjemsavdelinger i Stavanger kommune mener at finansieringssystemet aktivitetsbaserte inntekter (ABI) har gjort med kvaliteten på de tjenester som gis pasientene. ... -
Trafikksikkerhet. Hva kan forklare reduksjonen i antall dødsulykker i trafikken blant ungdom, og hva kan gjøres for å oppnå en ytterligere reduksjon?
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-IMKS/2013;, Master thesis, 2014-01)Teamet for denne oppgaven er trafikksikkerhet. Antall personer som blir drept i trafikken i Norge i dag er på et svært lavt nivå, sett i forhold til antall innbyggere og antall kjøretøy på veien/antall kjørte km pr enhet. ... -
Trajectories of brain volumes in young children are associated with maternal education
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023-03)Brain growth in early childhood is reflected in the evolution of proportional cerebrospinal fluid volumes (pCSF), grey matter (pGM), and white matter (pWM). We study brain development as reflected in the relative fractions ... -
Trajectories of geocachers through tourism, serious leisure and social worlds theory.
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-NHS/2016;, Master thesis, 2016-06)Geocaching is a leisure game that appeared in the summer of 2000 and it is mainly based on searching and placing geocaches (small boxes) with the help of GPS signal. The aim of this study is to investigate and to review ... -
Transforming a Norwegian Landscape into an Iconic Tourist Attraction: The Trolltunga Experience
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-NHS/2016;, Master thesis, 2016-06-14)Trolltunga; one of Norway’s iconic tourist attractions, has experienced an exponential increase in visitation from only a few, to thousands of visitors. Famous for its viewpoint cliff, reaching the cliff, however, is coupled ... -
Transitional care of the elderly from a resilience perspective
(PhD thesis UiS;, Doctoral thesis, 2015-06-29)Major initiatives have been undertaken to understand and improve care transitions, since they increase the likelihood of errors and make patients more vulnerable. The elderly are particularly vulnerable during care transitions ... -
Transittliv i barnevernets regi : Analyser av ungdoms identitetsarbeid i skiftende sosiale kontekster
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Translating a script into visuals: Director's role.
(Bachelor thesis, 2022)A study at director's role and how director's interpret the script into visuals. Given analytical examples for two movies mainly focusing on dailoug heavy scripts and movies. -
Translatørkompetanse i en planleggingsprosess: En kvalitativ studie om hvordan et internt endringsteam benytter sin translatørkompetanse før implementering av organisasjonsoppskriften SAFe
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-IMS/2020;, Master thesis, 2021-01)Utgangspunktet for denne studien var å studere forberedelsene og planleggingsarbeidet til et team før de skulle ta i bruk et større skalerbart rammeverk i forretningsenheten hvor de er ansatt. Problemstillingen som jeg ... -
Translatørkompetanse: En sammenligning av eksterne og interne managementkonsulenters forutsetninger for å lykkes med implementering av organisasjonsideer og praksiser.
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-IMKS/2016;, Master thesis, 2016-06-15)Denne masteravhandlingen er et studie som sammenligner eksterne og interne managementkonsulenter. Formålet med studiet er å undersøke de ulike forutsetningene eksterne og interne managementkonsulenter har for å lykkes med ... -
Transmission of child removal stories Among Norwegian Somalis: An interactionist analysis of ethnic minority parents’ fears of child welfare services
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023-05)Ethnic minority parents who are fearful of child welfare services (CWS) is an acknowledged social problem, but the existing academic understanding is limited. Interpretations in previous research have tended to highlight ...