Uni Research Rokkansenteret: Recent submissions
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Performance and accountability - a theoretical discussion and an empirical assessment
(Working paper 03/2013, Working paper, 2013-04)This paper starts with a theoretical discussion on the relationship between performance and accountability in public organizations. Accountability theory, based in the work of Dubnick, Romzek, Bovens, Behn, Bouckaert, ... -
Worried sick? Worker Responses to a Financial Shock
(Working paper 07/2013, Working paper, 2013-12)Excessive sickness absence may hurt productivity and put a strain on public finances. One explanation put forward for increasing absence rates is that a tougher labour market represents a health hazard. A competing hypothesis ... -
Den kulturelle skolesekken - et utredningsnotat
(Working paper 08/2012, Working paper, 2012-10)Dette notatet er skrevet på oppdrag for Kulturutredningen 2014. Siktemålet har vært å redegjøre for tidligere og pågående forsknings- og utredningsarbeid om Den kulturelle skolesekken (DKS), og å drøfte styrker og svakheter ... -
Informasjons- og kommunikasjonsarbeidets rolle i det reformerende sykehusvesenet
(Working paper 11/2012, Working paper, 2012-12)The Norwegian hospital field is subject to a series of continuous change processes. The comprehensive reforms introduced over the two last decades coincide with a clear increase in the number of information and communication ... -
Har satsningen Bedre læringsmiljø hatt betydning for elevenes oppfatning av læringsmiljøet? Evaluering av den nasjonale satsningen Bedre læringsmiljø
(Working paper 05/2013, Working paper, 2013-09)Dette er fjerde delrapport fra prosjektet Evalueringen av satsningen Bedre læringsmiljø som er finansiert av Utdanningsdirektoratet innenfor den femårige nasjonale satsningen Bedre læringsmiljø (2009–2014). Rapporten bygger ... -
The relationship between socioeconomic status and waiting time among elderly men in Norway
(Working paper 12/2012, Working paper, 2012-12)We investigate whether socioeconomic status affects hospital waiting times for elderly men when controls for severity and supply/choice variables are included. Socioeconomic status is measured by small area level education. ... -
Joined-up-government: Reform challenges, experiences and accountability relations
(Working paper 06/2012, Working paper, 2012-09)The merger of the employment and national insurance administrations and the collaboration between this new administration and local social services is one of the largest public-sector reforms ever to take place in Norway. ... -
Forskning om velferdspolitikk og omsorgsordninger i et likestillingsperspektiv
(Working paper 07/2012, Working paper, 2012-09)I Norge er der satset betydelige offentlige ressurser på familiepolitiske ordninger som tilrettelegger for kombinasjon av lønnet arbeid og familieoppgaver for kvinner og menn. Likestilling mellom kjønn har vært tydelig til ... -
Den kulturelle skolesekken - en tekstsamling
(Working paper 02/2013, Working paper, 2013-05)Høsten 2009 fikk Uni Rokkansenteret og Høgskolen i Bergen i oppdrag av Kulturdepartementet å forske på Den kulturelle skolesekken (DKS). Forskningsprosjektet ble gjennomført i tidsrommet 2010–2013 av en forskergruppe ... -
Gaming the system and accountability relations: Negative side-effects of activity-based funding in the Norwegian hospital system
(Working paper 10/2012, Working paper, 2012-10)Performance management systems are introduced to enhance efficiency and effectiveness in public sectors across the world. We examine four «scandals» cases related to coding practice in Norwegian hospitals followed by ... -
"Slagbehandlingskjeden Bergen"
(Working paper 09/2012, Working paper, 2012-10)This report is written as the authors’ formal contribution to a larger project on a new form of treatment and rehabilitation for stroke patients in Bergen. Our contribution investigates the organizational aspects of the ... -
Lifestyle and future need for social care
(Working paper 13/2012, Working paper, 2012-12)Early-age lifestyle may be an important predictor of demand for social care later in life. Using a longitudinal dataset, in this paper we analyse the effects of previous lifestyle choices on the need for social care. ... -
What about N? A methodological study of sample-size reporting in focus group studies
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011-03-11)Background: Focus group studies are increasingly published in health related journals, but we know little about how researchers use this method, particularly how they determine the number of focus groups to conduct. The ... -
Sammen for en bedre skole? Evaluering av lokale prosjekter om hjem–skole-samarbeid. Delrapport
(Working Paper, Working paper, 2012-06)Undersøkelsen er basert på intervjuer og prosjektplaner ved seks skoler og tre skoleeiere som deltar i hjem–skole-samarbeidsprosjektet og er utført i oppstartsfasen av prosjektet. Den viser at prosjektene i ulik grad er ... -
Utredning om kompetansebehovet i helse- og sosialtjenestene samt kompetanseutfordringer i helse- og sosialfagene
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Welfare reform and «wicked issues» – from coupling to de-coupling?
(Working Paper, Working paper, 2012-04)This paper seeks to identify trans-boundary innovative coordination practices and related modes of specialization and steering instruments in welfare administration reforms. We describe how the 2005 reform of the welfare ... -
Klimatiltak på Vestlandet. En innledende kartlegging
(Working Paper, Working paper, 2012-04)The working paper summarizes data collected in a pre-project on strategies and measures for climate change adaption in the western part of Norway. The project was financed by Regionalt forskningsfond Vestlandet and had as ... -
Two variants of decentralised health care: A comparison of Norway and Sweden
(Working Paper, Working paper, 2012-05)This paper discusses the development of the Norwegian and Swedish hospital systems from a historical-comparative perspective. The development of the Swedish system has been characterised by institutional stability, while ... -
Competing principles of agency organization – the reorganization of a reform
(Working Paper, Working paper, 2011-10)This paper focuses on the following research questions: a) What are the principles of structural organization evident in the welfare administrative reform adopted by Norway in 2005? b) How was this complex mix of organizational ... -
Mot en spesialisert veilederrolle i Nav? En dokumentasjonsrapport
(Working Paper, Working paper, 2011-12)Den såkalte Nav-reformen ble vedtatt i Stortinget i 2002 og gjennomført i perioden 2006-2010. Reformen er den mest omfattende forvaltningsreformen som er gjennomført i Norge i nyere tid (Christensen & Lægreid 2010) og ...