Browsing Publikasjoner fra CRIStin by Author "Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar"
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Alignment of strategy and structure in local government
Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar; Johnsen, Åge (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)This article analyses the strategic positions of prospectors, defenders and reactors and structural alignment in Norwegian municipalities. The top-management respondents perceived that the municipalities did align their ... -
Cooperation is no Panacea : Inter-municipal Cooperation, Service Delivery, and the Optimum Scale of Operation. A Study of how Cooperation Affects Performance in Local Service Delivery
Blåka, Sara (Doctoral dissertations at University of Agder; no. 367, Doctoral thesis, 2022)Inter-municipal cooperation (IMC) is one of the most widely-used organizational alternatives in local governments’ attempts to adapt to ever-increasing demands for high quality and cost-efficient services. Although IMC is ... -
Does shared service delivery affect cost? A study of the cost-capacity relation in Norwegian local child protection services
Blåka, Sara; Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Intermunicipal cooperation is often seen as a means to increase capacity and reap economic benefits of scale. Prior research, however, shows that the effects of shared service delivery diverge, leaving scholars and ... -
Faglig uavhengighet eller politisk lojalitet? Norske kommunedirektørers balanse mellom fag og politikk.
Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar; Baldersheim, Harald; Kühn, Nadja Sophia Bekkelund (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021) -
Institutional geography: effects of physical distance on agency autonomy
Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar; Trondal, Jarle (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Establishing government agencies outside ministerial departments is frequently justified by a need to safeguard agency autonomy. In addition to ‘formal agencification’, that is, erecting formal barriers between agencies ... -
Motivational Differences? Comparing Private, Public and Hybrid Organizations
Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021) -
Part-time work and sickness absence - an organization-level analysis
Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar; Fjelde, Viktoria-Anastasia Staurland (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Background Absenteeism is consistently higher in public than in private organizations, as is the use of part-time employment. The aim of this study is to identify whether there is a relationship between part-time work ... -
Political fragmentation and “The purple zone”: how party fragmentation affects political–administrative relations
Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)A good cooperative relationship between politics and administration is essential to good governance and efficient decision making in public organisations. This study of the cooperative relationship is based on the notion ... -
Room for leadership? A comparison of perceived managerial job autonomy in public, private and hybrid organizations
Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)The study contributes to our knowledge of leadership in public organizations on three specific areas. First, it is a unique exploration of whether managers in publicly owned organizations perceive less job autonomy than ... -
Service quality and the optimum number of members in intermunicipal cooperation: The case of emergency primary care services in Norway
Blåka, Sara; Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar; Morken, Tone (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)