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Kommunal autonomi og statlig styring av folkehelsearbeidet : Hvilke kommunale og statlige faktorer anser folkehelsekoordinatorer som viktige for gjen…
2020
Master's thesis in Public health science (ME516) Background: In 2012, the Public Health Act was introduced, with one of the foremost objectives of equalizing social inequalities in health. For this work to be efficient, it must be systematic. The systematic public health work starts with a thorough preparation of municipal challenges in the so-called "overview document". Through previous parliamentary reports, it is recommended that a public health coordinator should lead such a municipal public health work and at the same time establish a cross-sectoral approach to public health work. However, research has shown that this work is insufficient, which is linked to the coordinators' working a…
Festivals in Norway’s Southern Hemisphere : In depth, qualitative research into the southern festival market and a selection of its festivals : A loo…
2017
Master's thesis Music Management MU501 - University of Agder 2017
Perceptions in the Music Industry : How the Music Industry Perceives Itself in Regards to Fairness in the Distribution of Revenue in Music Streaming
2017
Master's thesis Music Management MU501 - University of Agder 2017 For as long as I have known of the existence of the music industry, I have heard two sides of its fairness towards artists. This was the case when I was a child and teenager, during the cassette- and CD-age, as well as my adult life, in the age of digital music and music streaming. I was curious not just to whether or not it was a fair business, but what the different perceptions of the industry was, especially today in the streaming age. My father once told me: "If there are two sides to a story, neither are true." The goal of this thesis is to find how the music industry perceives their current situation. I found it interes…
The relevance of traditional Collective Management Organisations in the digital age : Current challenges and future possibilities
2017
Master's thesis Music Management MU501 - University of Agder 2017 The relevance of the traditional collective management organizations has come to question in the digital age. Since the beginning of the internet the CMOs have faced an enormous change in their operations and critics have put them in the spotlight, for being unable to provide efficient services for their members. This called for the EU to regulate them by competition. This study seeks to profile the main challenges they are facing as well as the possibilities to stay relevant in a dynamic and competitive music industry. To do so, relevant theory and interviews with first class leading professionals from within the CMO system …
In which ways has the digitalization changed the A&R profession : A&R in today’s digital industry : A valuable resource
2017
Master's thesis Music Management MU501 - University of Agder 2017 Behind every artist there is a handful of people that work day and night to make sure the artists career keeps going steady forward. In this machine consisting of record labels and managements, there is one profession that works in-between these to make sure everyone is happy. This paper aims to get a deeper understanding of the a&r profession and the importance this person actually has in the music industry. The background for this thesis lies in that a&r is a topic that not so many know too much about, and neither speaks of. In this paper, I will go deeper in to the world of the a&r and their working methods. The foundation…
From stress to resistance: Challenging the capitalist underpinnings of mental unhealth in work and organizations
2022
The worldwide spread of work-related mental unhealth suggests that this is amajor problem affecting organizations and employees on a global scale. In thispaper, we therefore provide a thematic review of the literatures that address thisissue in management and organization studies (MOS) and related fields. Whilethese literatures examine how employee mental health is affected by organiza-tional and occupational structures and managed by organizations and employ-ees, they have paid relatively little attention to the capitalist labour relationswhich underpin the unhealthy conditions of contemporary working life. Theyhave paid even less attention to how these conditions may be resisted. To helpf…
The Robustness of National Agency Governance in Integrated Administrative Systems: Evidence from a large-scale study
2020
This article examines government agencies facing choice architectures that are multiple, overlapping, ambiguous, and sometimes incompatible—in short: turbulent. It makes two contributions: First, two conceptual images of agency governance are outlined that derive distinct predictions on how agencies are likely to maneuver when embedded in integrated multilevel administrative orders. Secondly, benefitting from a large‐N dataset on agency officials (N = 1,963) from 47 government agencies, the study suggests that government agencies are primarily biased towards a pragmatist compound dynamic. Additionally, the analysis probes the robustness of these conceptual images by entering moderator varia…
Associations between travel and tourism competitiveness and culture
2020
Abstract In recent years, countries have been competing with each other to attract tourists due to of the unprecedented growth in new tourism destinations. Consequently, these countries have been taking several initiatives to improve the competitiveness of their destinations in comparison to those of other countries. However, it is becoming increasingly difficult for destinations to become the most popular and preferred choice among tourists. Previous literature has highlighted the need for examining the association between the culture of a particular destination and their competitiveness with respect to tourism. Little is known, however, about these associations at the present time. This s…
Can Digit Ratio and Gender Identity Predict Preferences for Consumption Options With a Distinct Gender Image?
2022
This study investigated whether individuals’ preferences for masculine (vs. feminine) consumption options could be predicted by a biological sex cue (the 2D:4D digit ratio; a biomarker linked to prenatal testosterone exposure), and a psychological gender cue (self-perceived gender identity). Chinese participants (N= 216) indicated their preferences for a series of binary options that differed in their perceived gender image (e.g., romantic comedy vs. action thriller; pop music vs. hard rock), with one of the options evaluated as relatively more feminine and the other viewed as comparably more masculine. Participants also self-reported their gender identity and the length of their index and …
Should microfinance institutions hire staff from the same socioeconomic status as their clients?
2017
Master's thesis Business Administration BE501 - University of Agder 2017 Firms require staff to perform their operations. As such, the staff are considered an important resource in the achievement of any firm’s objectives. This is particularly the case with firms whose activities require staff to establish relationships with their clients. Such firms face even greater pressure in ensuring that objectives are achieved owing to behavioural differences of individual staff across social dimensions such as gender, ethnicity, socioeconomic status and age. Following this, some human resource studies advocate for the matching of staff with potential clients to produce positive performance outcomes.…