4 - Academic Publications / Vitenskapelige publikasjoner
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The Norwegian vocational college: heterogenous aggregate of intermediate educations, or a parallel pillar to higher academic education?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)For long the Norwegian vocational college was placed in the periphery of general system formation policies in education and remained a residual in technical education, based on praxis values and local support from industry. ... -
Internal consistency and structural validity of the Norwegian translation of the Ten-Item Personality Inventory (N-TIPI)
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Background: The Ten-Item Personality Inventory (TIPI) is a validated brief instrument measuring the five-factor model (FFM) personality dimensions, developed for instances where more comprehensive FFM instruments are ... -
The evolving economic employment of ICT education: The case of Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Digitisation breaks down traditional industry and sector boundaries and fuels new work structures and networks. By using linked employer–employee data for Norway (years 2013–2017), we address two research questions: whether ... -
The relationship between firm productivity, wage level and employees’ age: A sectoral perspective
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)We examine how a firm’s productivity level, wage level and productivity–wage gap are related to the age composition of its employees. Panel data of Norwegian firms in the following three sectors are used: the manufacturing ... -
The effect of central government grants on local educational policy
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)The use of intergovernmental grants in educational policies may give rise to a conflict between gains attributable to local flexibility and the central government’s intention to narrow gaps in school spending and resource ... -
Training agencies as intermediary organisations in apprentice training in Norway and Switzerland: general purpose or niche production tools?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)In recent years Norway and Switzerland have introduced local training agencies (TAs), local intermediary organisations consisting of firms involved in apprentice training. In both countries, the starting point for the ... -
Long-run effects of local government mergers on educational attainment and income
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Local government mergers are an important policy issue in many countries, yet empirical evidence of the effects of merging and of local government size on the production and quality of local public services is scarce. We ... -
Mergers and missions: Investigating consequences for system diversity
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)In recent decades, many higher education systems around the world have been exposed to institutional mergers. While the rationale for mergers has often been related to issues of improved quality, effectiveness and/or ... -
Those who leave and those who stay: Features of internationally mobile vs. domestic students
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)In this paper, we investigated how internationally mobile students from Norway diverge from students in Norway regarding social background, grades obtained at upper secondary school, and motivation to study. Data from two ... -
Norske studenters vurdering av utdanning i utlandet
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Mange norske studenter tar utdanningen i utlandet. Fra utdanningspolitisk hold er kvalitetshensyn det fremste argumentet for å tilrettelegge for internasjonal studentmobilitet. I denne artikkelen undersøker vi hvordan ... -
Mellom omsorg og kontroll – et velferdsprofesjonsperspektiv på oppfølging av ungdom utenfor opplæring og arbeid
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Ungdom som står utenfor opplæring og arbeid, skaper stor velferdspolitisk bekymring i alle de nordiske landene. Artikkelen tematiserer den velferdstjenesten som har ansvar for oppsøking, oppfølging og aktivering av ungdom ... -
Motivation for full degree mobility: analysing sociodemographic factors, mobility capital and field of study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)In this paper we have investigated students’ motivations for undertaking a full degree abroad. It examines how motivations can be categorised, and if this varies according to gender, social origin, field of study and ... -
Social class, union strategies, and preference in wage outcomes in Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)This article explores a potential socialization effect of unions on member preferences in wage outcomes and bargaining structures. This challenges notions of union wage policies simply reflecting the material self-interest ... -
Skills for the future – forecasting firm competitiveness using machine learning methods and employer-employee register data
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)This article investigates whether skills data can be used to forecast firm competitiveness. It makes use of an employer-employee register dataset consisting of detailed information about the educational background of all ... -
Oppgaver som medierende betingelser for læring og danning – erfaringer fra et bachelorstudium i pedagogikk
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)I dag er det nærmest en selvfølge å be studenter om å gjøre obligatoriske oppgaver underveis i et studieløp. Likevel er det forsket lite på hvordan studentene erfarer å arbeide med denne typen oppgaver. Denne artikkelen ... -
Open access at the national level: A comprehensive analysis of publications by Finnish researchers
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Open access (OA) has mostly been studied by relying on publication data from selective international databases, notably Web of Science (WoS) and Scopus. The aim of our study is to show that it is possible to achieve a ... -
Problems and considerations in the design of bibliometric indicators for national performance-based research funding systems
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)This article presents an overview of ten specific problems and considerations that are typically involved in designs of bibliometric indicators for national performance-based research funding systems (PRFS). While any such ... -
The new research assessment reform in China and its implementation
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)A radical reform of research assessment was recently launched in China. It seeks to replace a focus on Web of Science-based indicators with a balanced combination of qualitative and quantitative research evaluation, and ... -
Toward internationalization: a bibliometric analysis of the social sciences in Mainland China from 1979 to 2018
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)The past 40 years have witnessed profound changes in the international competitiveness of Mainland China’s scientific research. Based on publication data from Chinese researchers in the Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) ... -
Online or offline – Does it matter?: A study of in-service teachers' perceptions of learning outcomes in Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Policymakers and scholars are scaling up online professional development programmes for teachers. We studied how in-service teachers in Norway perceived their learning outcomes for professional development programmes ...
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