Browsing Doctoral Dissertations (SOL) by Title
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Gather your employees: Digital transformation in incumbent firms - Insights from the Norwegian grid sector
(Doctoral thesis, 2021-04-16) -
Generation of interpersonal skills : a study of informal learning among volunteers
(Doctoral thesis, 2000) -
Governance and asset specificity as facilitators and sources of innovation and value creation
(Doctoral thesis, 2007-08)Drawing on transaction cost theory and relational exchange theory, this dissertation examines the different performance effects of formal and relational governance mechanisms, project specific investments, and the interaction ... -
Governance of IT sourcing relationships : an empirical investigation of the influence of contract mechanisms and behavior
(Doctoral thesis, 2006)This work is an empirical investigation of IT sourcing contracts and relationships, and on a general level, it is about the relationship between formal contract governance and relational governance of business relationships. ... -
Governing Knowledge Sharing and Transfer in MNCs by Organizational Mechanisms Enabling Social Interaction
(Doctoral thesis, 2023-04)This dissertation aims to contribute to the understanding of how multinational companies (MNCs) use organizational mechanisms enabling social interaction to govern knowledge sharing and transfer within the company. The ... -
A grammar of motives for understanding individual toursit behaviour
(Doctoral thesis, 2007-03-29)The present thesis is about tourist motivation and choice of destination and activities. The idea is to examine how, and to what degree, motivation relates to travel behaviour and subsequent toursit satisfaction, as such ... -
Human capital and new firm performance: founders, employees and board members
(Doctoral thesis, 2020-04) -
The Imbalanced Consumer: The Effect off Physical Imbalance on Brand Recall and Construal Level
(Doctoral thesis, 2023-06)The role of physical imbalance in consumer behavior is an understudied topic in consumer psychology. This dissertation investigated the effect of physical imbalance on consumers. In a consumer environment, imbalance ... -
It’s About Time A Study of Norwegian managers’ handling of time at work
(Doctoral thesis, 2008-11)This thesis enhances existing insights and knowledge about how managers handle their time through exploring how Norwegian managers handle time at work. More specifically, this thesis aims at answering the following research ... -
Knowledge Workers’ Preferences for Leadership: Reimagining a Follower-Trait Perspective
(Doctoral thesis, 2020-04)This dissertation contributes to the research on the leadership of knowledge workers. The dissertation comprises four articles and joins the discussion on why there is still little agreement among scholars as to how ... -
LEADING BUSINESS MODEL INNOVATION IN ESTABLISHED FIRMS
(Doctoral thesis, 2022-10)The aim of this dissertation is to explore how established firms innovate their business models, including the organizational and managerial underpinnings of such innovations. The dissertation focuses on the following ... -
Learning to Lead: An Ethnographic Study of an Experiential Leadership Course
(Doctoral thesis, 2015-05)It is widely accepted that leaders learn from experience (Day, 2010; Klimoski & Amos, 2012; Kolb, 1984; McCall, 2004, 2010a). However, learning experiences that are too challenging or that lack a sense of safety, can ... -
Lederlegitimitet: en eksplorativ studie
(Doctoral thesis, 2004) -
Markedseksponering: konsekvenser for samarbeid i interne kunde-leverandør-relasjoner
(Doctoral thesis, 2002) -
Measuring the effects of strategic change on safety in a high reliability organization
(Doctoral thesis, 2008)This study explores how strategic organizational change affects safety as an outcome variable in a high reliability organization (HRO). High reliability organizations are defined as organizations operating in high-risk ... -
Medvirkning : mer enn medvirkning : effekter av ulike medvirkningsformer
(Doctoral thesis, 2006-07)Formålet med avhandlingen har vært å bidra til økt kunnskap om relasjonen mellom ulike former for medvirkning og utfall av endringsprosjekter. For det første ønsket jeg å teste om det er hold i antakelsen om at ulike ...