Browsing PhD theses (SV-IMS) by Title
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«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 ... -
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 ... -
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‟ ... -
Passing as human : Posthuman worldings at stake in contemporary science fiction
(PhD thesis UiS;244, Doctoral thesis, 2015-02-27) -
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 ... -
Safety climate and safety culture in health care and the petroleum industry : psychometric quality, longitudinal change, and structural models
(PhD thesis UiS, Doctoral thesis, 2009-09-28)This thesis presents four empirical studies of safety climate and one study of a safety culture programme. Four aims were defined to guide the conducted work: 1) assess safety climate in health care and petroleum and ... -
Safety culture and safety management within the Norwegian-controlled shipping industry ; State of art, interrelationships, and influencing factors
(PhD thesis UiS;137, Doctoral thesis, 2011-10-21)This research focuses attention on safety challenges within the Norwegian shipping industry. A status picture of the shipboard safety culture and the interrelationships with safety management and organizational factors ... -
Societal Safety, Trust and the Investigation of Modern Mass Graves
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Terrorists and Targets: - A Relationship Founded on Bad Intentions, Limited Capacities and Risk Willingness
(PhD thesis UiS;, Doctoral thesis, 2019)This thesis elaborates on the complex relationship between terrorists and the targets they attack. There are at least three main reasons for the complexity: each case, with the people involved therein, is unique; moreover, ... -
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 ... -
“You´re supposed to interfere…” : Conducting leadership through meaning-making in new product development
(Doctoral thesis, 2014-08-14)The theses explore how leadership is conducted through meaning-making in New Product Development-work. Leadership through meaning-making is here understood as the acts of enabling one-self and others to act competently and ...