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United in the fight against a-krim : a case study of an interorganizational collaboration between Norwegian public entities

Kvistad, Maureen; Mørch, Rakel Olava
Master thesis
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2018
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Abstract
In this master’s thesis we study the interorganizational collaboration (IoC) between

Norwegian public entities in the fight against labor crime, or arbeidslivskriminalitet in

Norwegian, further referred to as a-krim. The collaboration was established in 2015 as a

result of The Government Strategy Against A-krim, and the strategy was revised and further

strengthen in 2017, as the collaboration turned out to be value-adding and successful. The

IoC mainly consist of Politiet, Skatteetaten, NAV and Arbeidstilsynet, whom all are affected

by a-krim in some way, and these are the entities we study.

Our general proposition was that characteristics of the individual entities were entrenched in

the IoC, meaning the entities also used the collaboration as a tool to realize own priorities.

We have made a model specifically designed for our study, which consists of six defined

characteristics. The characteristics are; Mandate & Authority, Goals & Performance,

Structure, Information Sharing, Resources, and A-krim Strategy & Practices. We have

examined these characteristics in our analysis, in order to answer both how and why they

affect the interorganizational collaboration. The model and characteristics are inspired and

built on interorganizational theory, as well as earlier research on the a-krim collaboration. As

we explore and describe a phenomenon, the a-krim collaboration, we have a qualitative

study. Our research strategy is a single case study with multiple analysis units, whereas we

have conducted 12 semi-structured interviews.

We verified our general proposition; the entities’ characteristics affect the collaboration.

Further, we find strategic anchorization of a-krim to be essential for the IoC’s efforts. Based

on our empirical analysis we have seven overarching findings. We find: 1) Equivocal

governance flow to be apparent, 2) Compounded complexity in the IoC, 3) Politiet holds a

superior role while in a predicament, 4) Effects and efficiency of the IoC questionable, 5)

Skatteetaten and Arbeidstilsynet as dominators and influencers, 6) The IoC’s time aspects as

misaligned to fight a-krim, and 7) A collaboration that lacks (common) communication.

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