• Crisis Management in Norwegian Nursing Homes During the Covid-19 Pandemic: Pragmatism and Performativity 

      Krane, Martin Sollund; Arntzen, Cathrine; Tingvold, Laila; Moholt, Jill-Marit (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-09-22)
      Background: The outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic in early 2020 imposed a severe crisis on nursing homes in Norway. Despite criticism in evaluations pointing to inadequate preparedness, nursing homes managed to keep infection and mortality rates low. Enhanced knowledge of crisis management in the aftermath of a crisis is important for preparedness and future crisis management and can contribute to ...
    • Kampen om demokratibegrepet i globaliseringsdebatten - en diskursanalyse 

      Krane, Martin Sollund (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2007-06)
      Temaet i denne oppgaven er debatten omkring globalisering og demokrati. I oppgaven argumenteres det for at debattene rundt globaliseringens konsekvenser for demokrati og demokratisering i en forstand kan betraktes som uttrykk for diskursiv kamp. Det argumenteres for en avgrensning av to motstridende diskurser innen feltet – globalismen og antiglobalismen. De to diskursene knyttes til et institusjonelt ...
    • Omdømme og demokrati 

      Krane, Martin Sollund (Chronicle; Kronikk, 2015-11-10)
    • Omdømmehåndtering og lokaldemokrati. Uintenderte implikasjoner av strategiske tilnærminger til identitet og kommunikasjon for kommunene som lokaldemokratiske arenaer 

      Krane, Martin Sollund (Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2018-08-20)
      Avhandlingen belyser hvordan strategisk omdømmehåndtering kan medføre uintenderte implikasjoner for kommunene som arenaer for lokaldemokrati. I avhandlingen fokuseres det på to kjerneelementer i omdømmelitteraturen, nemlig identitet og kommunikasjon. Det ses nærmere på hvordan litteraturens anbefalinger om strategisk identitetsbygging og kommunikasjon kan komme i konflikt med grunnleggende forutsetninger ...
    • Policy Transfer of Branding and Reputation Management: Motivations, Challenges, and Opportunities for a Small Rural Municipality 

      Lockert, Åshild Skjegstad; Bjørnå, Hilde; Krane, Martin Sollund (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-11-23)
      This paper seeks to convey a broader understanding of policy transfers between different sectors, focusing on transfers from the for-profit sector to local government. Specifically, we study the reasoning in a transfer process of branding and reputation management policy. Our case is a rural Norwegian municipality struggling to combat depopulation. This study is longitudinal. We discover that some ...
    • The provision of healthcare services to older LGBT adults in the Nordic countries: a scoping review 

      Dybdahl Jakobsen, Monika; Bromseth, Janne C. Haugnes; Anna, Siverskog; Krane, Martin Sollund (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-08-21)
      Objectives - Our objectives were to examine what is known about the provision of healthcare services to older LGBT adults in the Nordic countries, identify knowledge gaps, map implications of this research for the education of healthcare professionals and delivery of healthcare, and identify key future research priorities to advance policy and practice for older LGBT adults in this region.<p> <p>Design ...
    • "There is a Lot of Community Spirit Going On". Middle Managers' Stories of Innovation in Home Care Services 

      Sørly, Rita; Krane, Martin Sollund; Bye, Geir; Ellingsen, May-Britt (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-05-17)
      <p><i>Background - </i>There is a need for qualitative studies on imposed innovation in home care services in welfare societies. The municipalities are key actors in the field of innovation in the public sector. As innovations often are interpreted to be in conflict with values in health care, we need knowledge on how policy changes and imposed innovations are understood and handled by middle managers ...