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Experiences of East African Students in Norway: Development of a Process Model
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Norway has large unrealized potential for recruiting students from Africa. In order to increase student mobilisation and integration, it is important to know the potential challenges students from underrepresented continents ... -
Experiences of family therapists working with parents after the forced removal of children: What can the contextual model tell us?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-12)Parents whose children have been statutorily removed by child protection services are a vulnerable, hard-to-reach, and under-focused group. Their needs are numerous and complex. The Family Counselling Services in Norway ... -
Experiences of Fathers in Norway Attending an Online Course on Therapeutic Writing After the Death of a Child
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023-12)After the unexpected death of a child, bereaved parents require prompt access to helpful support systems. Online therapeutic writing courses can make such support accessible. Because few studies have included bereaved ... -
Experiences of living abroad: A study of Ugandan, Kenyan and Tanzanian international students in Stavanger- Norway
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-IS/2020;, Master thesis, 2020-06-15)With the increasing inflow of student migrants worldwide, there is a need for continuous documentation of students’ experiences as they live in the new environments. Therefore, this study explored the experiences of seven ... -
Experiences of longing in daily life and associations to well-being among frail older adults receiving home care: a qualitative study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Purpose: All over the world, communities face the challenge of maintaining well-being among older adults. More specifically, understanding the resources required to establish and maintain well-being among community-dwelling ... -
Experiences of moral challenges in everyday nursing practice: In light of healthcare professionals’ self-understanding
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016-03)This study has two aims: firstly, to describe and interpret experiences of moral challenges in everyday nursing practice, as expressed in reflection groups, and secondly, to further interpret how healthcare professionals’ ... -
Experiences of Pakistani immigrant parents of school going children in Norway
(Master thesis, 2023)The population of immigrants is rapidly increasing in Norway specifically of the Asian countries in which Pakistan is the top country with the greatest number of immigrants living in Norway. After the beginning of 21st ... -
Experiences of work and social inclusion/exclusion among the male immigrants from the Middle East
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-NHS/2019;, Master thesis, 2019-06-17)The main purpose of this study is to discover experiences of inclusion/exclusion among the immigrants from the Middle East. The study focuses on inclusion/exclusion of the immigrants in work and social life in Stavanger, ... -
An Exploration of Norway's Construction Sector Transition Towards Nearly Zero Energy Buildings
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-IMS/2020;, Master thesis, 2020-08-31)This master thesis explores Nearly Zero Energy Buildings (nZEBs), with a special focus on Rogaland, Norway, looking at if - and how - the transition to nZEBs is unfolding. This research was inspired by the publication of ... -
Exploration vs. acquisition of oil and gas reserves: Effect on stock returns
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-02-21)This paper examines how oil and gas companies’ reserves growth affects their share price returns. In particular we examine three issues affecting the relation between reserves changes and oil and gas firm returns. First, ... -
An exploratory assessment and analysis of corporate SDG incorporation within Stavanger, Norway
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-IMS/2020;, Master thesis, 2020-06)As the world is changing, the scope and structure of business is evolving as well. One form of this evolution is through the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals which are to guide the world, including businesses ... -
An exploratory study for Hurtigrutemuseet
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-NHS/2011;, Master thesis, 2011-07)The global tourism industry has seen a rapid development for the last ten years, both eco-tourism and educational tourism has been, and still is, big parts in this. Museums has played the key role as the core of cultural ... -
Exploring Attitudes Toward “Sugar Relationships” Across 87 Countries: A Global Perspective on Exchanges of Resources for Sex and Companionship
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)The current study investigates attitudes toward one form of sex for resources: the so-called sugar relationships, which often involve exchanges of resources for sex and/or companionship. The present study examined associations ... -
Exploring collaboration within and between criminal justice and welfare systems: The perspective of front-line Liaison and Diversion workers
(PhD thesis UiS;552, Doctoral thesis, 2020-10)Background and aims. Offender rehabilitation is a key strategy wielded by criminal justice system to engender reintegration of offenders into society (Armstrong, 2012; Ministry of Justice UK, 2013). As the vast majority ... -
Exploring hospital certification processes from the certification body’s perspective - a qualitative study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Hospital certification is an external assessment mechanism to assure quality and safety systems. Auditors representing the certification body play a key role in certification processes, as they perform the assessment ... -
Exploring how gender stereotypes affect women’s opportunities in attaining leadership positions
(Master thesis, 2023)In Norway, 84.5% of Managing Director positions are held by men, while women hold only 14.5% (CORE, 2022). Gender stereotypes contribute to the hiring bias favoring male applicants for leadership roles (Brescoll, 2016; ... -
Exploring interactive elements of presentation and experience during Corona Virus pandemic in Stavanger museums
(Master thesis, 2021)Same as other sections in the tourism industry, museums and heritages sites have been experiencing troublesome times caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. The current thesis calls into exploring the interactive elements of ... -
Exploring leadership behavior in support of gender diversity as a competitive advantage: A case study on Nordic service industry
(Master thesis, 2022)This dissertation explores the leadership behavior and perspective through leadership ontologies that support gender diversity to gain competitive advantage. The present and past literature on diversity leadership is focused ...