Browsing Faculty of Social Sciences by Document Types "Doctoral thesis"
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Kunnskapsdeling på NAV-kontor
(PhD thesis UiS;528, Doctoral thesis, 2020-08)Bakgrunnen for denne studien er interesse for hvordan kunnskap blir delt mellom medarbeidere innenfor arbeids- og velferdstjenesten. I denne avhandlingen undersøker jeg hvilke prosesser og strukturer som utgjør vilkår for ... -
The making of immigrant clients: An ethnographic study of categorisation work in the Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration (NAV)
(PhD thesis UiS;, Doctoral thesis, 2021-12)In this study, I contribute to our understanding of the welfare services provided to immigrants. How street-level bureaucrats make sense of and categorise immigrant clients determines the services provided to them. This ... -
«Man fikk en del pussige konstellasjoner»: Organiseringen av kommunereformens gjennomføring og dens betydning for lokale utfall
(PhD thesis UiS;565, Doctoral thesis, 2021-01)Før store nasjonale reformer iverksettes, foretas det i ulik grad vurderinger og inngående analyser rettet mot organiseringen av gjennomføringen. Dette arbeidet utføres vanligvis av nasjonal politisk og administrativ ledelse ... -
Managing the tension between trust and security: A qualitative study of Norwegian social workers’ experience with preventing radicalisation and violent extremism
(PhD thesis UiS;, Doctoral thesis, 2021-09)In Norway, social workers play a formalised part in the national strategy to prevent radicalisation and violent extremism. This part is played out by engaging with other services and organisations, such as the schools, ... -
Mindful Coping
(PhD thesis UiS;174, Doctoral thesis, 2012-10-19)The main objective of this thesis was to investigate the relation between mindfulness and coping. Building on a definition of mindfulness as a way of being in the present moment, appraisal theory was linked to coping ... -
Motivation for self-management among adults with type 2 diabetes
(PhD thesis UiS;131, Doctoral thesis, 2011-01)Background: The demands of daily diabetes self-management behaviours have been described as challenging and many individuals fail to adhere to this regimes. There is, therefore, a growing recognition of the need to focus ... -
Mulighetsrom i aktiveringsprosesser med unge: En studie av samtaler mellom Nav-veiledere og unge voksne i marginale arbeidsmarkedsposisjoner
(PhD thesis UiS;, Doctoral thesis, 2022-10)Denne avhandlingen presenterer en kvalitativ casestudie av veileder-bruker-samtaler i Norsk arbeids- og velferdsadministrasjon (Nav), med unge voksne, som av ulike årsaker befinner seg i marginale arbeidsmarkedsposisjoner. ... -
Multi-professional simulation training on postpartum hemorrhage in Tanzania and Norway
(PhD thesis UiS;343, Doctoral thesis, 2017-05-15)There is a continuous drama going on worldwide, where women are fighting for their lives on the battlefield of childbirth. Every day, 830 mothers are dying during pregnancy and childbirth, or 300 000 mothers annually (WHO, ... -
Municipal risk management : implications of the use of different risk tools
(PhD thesis UiS;35, Doctoral thesis, 2007-05-22)The municipalities are part of an overall emergency and risk management system in Norway. The municipalities have a sole responsibility for daily social welfare and safety at the local level. The Supervisory Authorities‟ ... -
A Narrative Study of the Best Interest of Young Women in Out-of-Home Care: Towards a More Sustainable Social Work Practice
(PhD thesis UiS; 776, Doctoral thesis, 2024)At the time of this research, Norwegian Child Welfare had recently undergone reform, and a new Child Welfare Act came into force on 1 January and 1 July 20231. The need to update the 30-year-old law was inspired by Norwegian ... -
Navigering mellom ambivalent anerkjennelse, betydningsfulle relasjoner og hverdagsforpliktelser : En studie av unge, enslige flyktningers psykososiale helse og deltakelse fra et erfaringsnært og kritisk perspektiv
(PhD thesis UiS;, Doctoral thesis, 2023)Psykiske helseproblemer, sårbarhet og risikofaktorer er sentrale stikkord i forskning knyttet til barn og unge med fluktbakgrunn. Det vi vet mindre om, er disse ungdommenes egne perspektiver på hva som har betydning for ... -
Negotiated participation : Social media logics and the orientation, conversation, and resistance of participation
(PhD thesis UiS;, Doctoral thesis, 2024)Over the last twenty years, social media have grown into prominent information and communication platforms. Scholars have provided great insight into these platforms’ role to people’s participation. Theories about the ... -
Parent-child feeding interactions: The Influence of Child Cognitions and Parental Feeding Behaviors on Child Healthy Eating
(PhD thesis UiS;158, Doctoral thesis, 2012-04-26)With the increasing prevalence of child and adolescent overweight and obesity in mind, the main objective of this thesis is to contribute to the understanding of preadolescent children’s eating behavior in the context ... -
Passing as human : Posthuman worldings at stake in contemporary science fiction
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Patient participation in transitional care of older patients
(PhD thesis UiS;310, Doctoral thesis, 2016-10-27)Background: Older patients often have several health challenges, with multiple medications, which leads to a need of treatment and care from diverse healthcare services. These patients are often in need of transitions from ... -
Perspektiver på omsorgsovertakelser : En kvalitativ studie av foreldre og barnevernsarbeideres erfaringer med omsorgsovertakelsesprosesser med tilknyttede problemområder
(PhD thesis UiS;, Doctoral thesis, 2022-09)Omsorgsovertakelser er et inngripende tiltak med store konsekvenser for familielivet. Avhandlingen tilslutter seg det samfunnsvitenskapelige forskningsfeltet og utforsker hvordan omsorgsovertakelsesprosessen kan erfares ... -
Possible Effects of Performance Appraisal in Municipal Health Service
(PhD thesis UiS;179, Doctoral thesis, 2012-11-29)Performance appraisals have generally been conducted to increase the professional learning and development of employees, but are also a tool for management and dissemination of goals, wage agreements and influencing employee ... -
Praksisveiledning i sosionomutdanningen: En kvalitativ studie av sosionomstudenters og praksisveilederes erfaringer og opplevelser med praksisveiledning
(PhD thesis UiS;, Doctoral thesis, 2024)Veiledning i praksisperioder er en viktig del av praksisplassers ansvar for den daglige oppfølgingen av studenter. Praksisveiledningen er med på å avgjøre om utdanningen holder høy faglig kvalitet og relevans (Forskrift ... -
Rational beliefs - inconsistent practices: Civil military Coordination in North-Afghanistan
(PhD thesis UiS;230, Doctoral thesis, 2014-09-10)What was the idea? Coordination is a vital element of crisis management (Turner, 1978; Minear et al., 1992; Schneider, 1995; Rasmussen, 1997; Strand, 2003; Boin et al., 2005; Kruke and Olsen, 2005; Keen, 2008). The ... -
Safe work practices in interdisciplinary surgical teamwork : model development and validation
(PhD thesis UiS;200, Doctoral thesis, 2013-06-27)This thesis identifies needs in health research literature on quality and safety to explore the nature of teamwork and develop models that can be applied to, and integrate findings from, such explorations. This triggers ...