Browsing PhD theses (SV-IMS) by Title
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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 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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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 ... -
Varying Bits: A Computational Perspective on News Diversity and Political Parallelism
(PhD thesis UiS; 770, Doctoral thesis, 2024)News media play a pivotal role in the functioning of democracies.They facilitate information exchange between elected officials and the public, have the capacity to mobilize social groups and can provide interpretation and ... -
“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 ...