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Face-to-face meeting or video conference? Factors influencing organisational choice of communication media

Padalinskaya, Yuliya (Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-NHS/2014;, Master thesis, 2014-06-16)

Nowadays the advance in technology allows most business meetings to be held virtually. However, the importance of personal contact still matters and regarded as the most effective way of doing business. Based on qualitative ...

Factors affecting hospitality industry's economic performance

Zalewska, Anna (Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-NHS/2010;, Master thesis, 2010)

Tourism yield is currently one of the most contemporary fields of tourism research. This paper is a contribution to the ongoing Tourism Yield Norway project conducted at the Norwegian School of Hotel Management. Data has ...

Factors associated with ongoing criminal engagement while in opioid maintenance treatment

Stavseth, Marianne Riksheim; Røislien, Jo; Bukten, Anne; Clausen, Thomas (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-03)

Introduction: This study examines factors associated with criminal engagement among patients in opioid maintenance treatment (OMT). Methods: Questionnaire data recorded annually among 5 654 patients in the Norwegian OMT ...

Factors facilitating recovery in first-episode psychosis : A multi-method approach

Bjørnestad, Jone Ravndal (PhD thesis UiS;;367, Doctoral thesis, 2017-12)

Background: Predictors of recovery are crucial to the successful tailoring of treatment in first episode psychosis. There is a lack of service-user investigations with regard to factors driving recovery and experiences ...

Factors influencing hotel employees’ organizational commitment

Vacziova, Anna (Master thesis, 2016-06)

The aim of this cross-sectional research was to examine work-related factors’ impact on the level of hotel employees’ affective organizational commitment in hotels in Scandinavia. Another aim was to test a possible mediating ...

Factors influencing successful employment of foreign nationals with immigrant background into managerial positions within the hospitality industry in Norway. Analysis of experiences and challenges encountered

Flotskaya, Tatiana (Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-NHS/2011;, Master thesis, 2011)

This research paper focuses on employment experiences and challenges immigrants encounter coming to Norway. A mixed method design is applied to collect both quantitative and qualitative data. Participants of the study ...

Factors influencing the relatives decision regarding organ donation in interaction with the intensive care nurses - a meta-synthesis

Haugland, Charlotte; Eidsvik, Margareth (Master thesis, 2016-05-09)

Background. Studies and statistics worldwide have shown that the demand for organs is greater than the supply. Evaluates how the intensive care nurses’ interaction with relatives can affect the statistics on organ donation. ...

Faglig sneverhet

Laudal, Thomas (Journal article, 2010-06)

Jeg har fått anledning til å gi et kort svar til innlegget fra Bruvoll og Hasane i forrige av Samfunnsøkonomen. Jeg begrenser meg til to tema: "Misforståelsen" om motsetningen mellom politikk og marked, og virkninger av ...

Faktorer for servicekvalitet i Facility Management : tjenester

Salte, Frode (Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-IØL/2010;, Master thesis, 2010)

Facility Management (FM) området har vært under stor utvikling de siste årene. Fra å være et område som hadde fokus på service og aktiviteter innenfor eiendom- og kontorstøtte, eller eiendomsforvaltning, har det vært en ...

Faktorer som kan føre til organisatorisk læring innenfor sikkerhetsarbeidet for operatørselskaper på norsk sokkel

Leon, Camilla; Lind, Silje Helen (Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-HH/2013;, Master thesis, 2013)

Problemstilling Det er gjort mange ulike studier omkring både læring generelt og organisatorisk læring innenfor oljeindustrien, men det mangler studier rundt et veldig viktig aspekt: hvilke faktorer som kan føre til ...

Faktorer som påvirker konsumhyppighet av lakseprodukter og sildeprodukter i Russland

Bogdanas, Vytis (Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-IØL/2009, Master thesis, 2009)

En bedre forståelse av faktorer som påvirker konsumfrekvensen av sild og saltet/røkt laks blant befolkningen i St. Petersburg og Moskva i Russland vil kunne gi norske eksportører en konkurransefordel i markedet. Ved å ...

Falls in Parkinson's disease

Hiorth, Ylva Hivand (PhD thesis UiS;325, Doctoral thesis, 2016-12-20)

Background Parkinson's disease (PD) is a slowly progressive neurodegenerative disorder affecting 1% of the population over 60 years. Although motor abnormalities are the core feature of the disease, PD is today considered ...

Falske nyheter står ved dørstokken

Mossestad, Sebastian (Bachelor thesis, 2021)

I denne oppgaven har jeg forsket på hvordan betalingsløsningen påvirker pressens samfunnsansvar i vår tid med sosiale medier og internett, hvor hvem som helst kan formidle de nyhetene de ønsker til samfunnet. For å finne ...

The Familiarly Grotesque: the Afterlife of Colonial Fantasy

Mendes, Jan-Therese (Journal article, 2021-08)

FamilieART i et systemisk-konstruktivistisk perspektiv; hvilke mekanismer kan sies å ha betydning for familiers fremming av prososial atferd?

Finne, Johannes Nilsson (Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-IS/2011;, Master thesis, 2011)

Til tross for at store deler av barns sosialisering foregår i skolen og andre typer institusjoner, er familiens posisjon fortsatt meget sentral med tanke på å forme barnet og bistå barnet i akkumuleringen av blant annet ...

The FAO and transmission of global aquaculture soft law instruments – A case study on Australian and Norwegian aquaculture perspectives and the role of the FAO

Roderick, Joelle (Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-IMS/2020;, Master thesis, 2020-06)

The FAO as an international global policy actor for aquaculture management and governance sets out to provide nations with recommendations to help manage aquaculture operations across the globe in a sustainable manner. In ...