Øyvind Kvalnes
Professor
Department of Leadership and Organizational Behaviour
Professor
Department of Leadership and Organizational Behaviour
Anthology Øyvind Kvalnes (2023)
This book explores how members of an organization or group speak to and with each other. An expansion of the author’s previous research on fallibility in organizations, the concept of communication climate is related to those of voice climate and psychological safety, both of which focus on the risk of speaking up and raising concerns at work. In this book the author addresses the scope for criticism, dissent and disagreement, but also for praise and encouragement. He places friendly friction at the core of what characterizes a healthy communication climate. Beginning with a clear explanation of how and why communication climate is important in organizations, the author introduces the concept of critical quality moments, i.e. situations where a verbal intervention can crucially change the course of events for the better. The book then goes on to describe seven elements that characterize well-functioning communication climates before exploring the concept of communication ethics, and the balance between freedom of speech on the one hand, and speech responsibility on the other. Concluding with suggestions for further research, this book addresses issues that are at the core of establishing collaboration and excellence at work, making it highly relevant to executive students at business schools, researchers in organizational behavior and decision-makers in organizations. This is an open access book.
Article Arne Carlsen, Øyvind Kvalnes (2023)
Research has provided limited knowledge of how people in organizations experience growth of agency during circumstances that seem hopeless and stuck, and how such growth emerges. Drawing from the study of the turnaround processes at a nursing home and the Pragmatism of Dewey and Mead, we contribute with a theory of how agency is produced in social inquiry. We suggest that the puzzling accounts of lightness in the experiences of people at this nursing home help explain how a field of social inquiry may be charged with creative and agentic force. We show how agency emerged through a series of action sequences related to inviting people into inquiry through the opening of a troublesome situation, the resulting voicing of needs and ideas for improvement, as well as the subsequent experimenting and surfacing of tales of meaningful progress from such actions. Furthermore, our empirical observations suggest that the emergence of collective desire to meet the needs of the Generalized Other is a central, yet understated, part of agency produced through social inquiry. Lightness of agency may be accentuated, paradoxically, by the weight of a more generalized situation – in this case that of institutionalized care for elderly – that the local inquiry exemplifies and in which it resonates.
Chapter Ellen Beate Hansen Sandseter, Øyvind Kvalnes (2022)
Article Øyvind Kvalnes (2021)
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Anthology Øyvind Kvalnes (2019)
Article Øyvind Kvalnes, Fanny Duckert (2018)
Article Øyvind Kvalnes, Salvor Nordal (2018)
In this paper, we explore the 2008 financial crisis in Iceland through the lens of Donaldson’s concept of normalization of questionable behavior. We study the report published by the Special Investigation Commission, an investigation initiated by the Icelandic Parliament near the end of 2008. The report provides a detailed and systematic account of the processes leading up to the crisis. Our aim is to determine the extent to which the behaviors of professionals in the Icelandic Financial sector can be explained as a gradual fading of moral concerns to the point that they perceived the sale of high-risk Products to unassuming customers for their own short-term benefit to be morally unproblematic. In doing so, we consider both character and circumstance explanations of moral misbehavior. We expand on Donaldson’s initial description of normalization of questionable behavior by applying the concept of moral neutralization, which is defined by criminologists Sykes and Matza as the process of convincing oneself that an option that initially conflicted with one’s own moral beliefs is actually morally acceptable. We find indications that individuals in the Icelandic financial sector did engage in moral neutralization in their attempts to frame their own actions in an acceptable light. In our study, we identify one way of neutralizing away moral dissonance not captured in the original theoretical framework. Icelandic bankers justified their behavior by claiming that they did not break any relevant rules or regulations when they engaged in what were later labeled questionable activities. Our name for this kind of justification is claim of having breached no rule.
Review article Øyvind Kvalnes (2017)
Chapter Øyvind Kvalnes (2017)
Anthology Øyvind Kvalnes (2017)
This book addresses how organizations can deal with human fallibility in order to create space for excellence at work. Some mistakes in work settings put lives at risk, while others create openings for innovative breakthroughs. In order to deal constructively with fallibility, an organization needs a communication climate where it is normal to voice opinions, admit mistakes, and ask for help in critical situations. The book builds on interviews with practitioners in healthcare, aviation, IT, public governance, and industry. It connects narratives from these fields with theories from organizational psychology and philosophy, as well as from positive organizational scholarship. In the final chapter, an overall ethics of fallibility at work is outlined. Fallibility at Work contributes to research in multiple academic disciplines, but also reaches out to practitioners who are interested in the connections between error and excellence in organizations.
Chapter Ralf Müller, Øyvind Kvalnes (2016)
Article Øyvind Kvalnes (2016)
Article Ralf Müller, Rodney J. Turner, Erling S. Andersen, Jingting Shao, Øyvind Kvalnes (2016)
The impact of multilevel level governance on the frequency of ethical issues in temporary organizations (TOs) is investigated. A structural equation model, based on a global survey, showed that behavior control, as a governance mechanism at the temporary organization (TO) level, reduces the frequency of ethical issues. This relationship is partly mediated through corporate governance, which controls ethical issues by following good governance principles. Using institutional and agency theory, we identify a substitution effect, where micro level (TO) governance substitutes for ‘holes’ in the macro level (corporate) governance. Situational contingencies for the synchronization of governance efforts across macro and micro levels are discussed.
Anthology Øyvind Kvalnes (2015)
Moral dilemmas are a pervasive feature of working life. Moral Reasoning at Work offers a fresh perspective on how to live with them. How do we cope with situations where no matter what we decide to do, something will be wrong? How do we live with the moral dissonance between what we are tempted to do and what is in line with our moral convictions? What can organizations do to establish a foundation for responsible decision-making and conduct? This book combines research streams from ethics and moral psychology using extensive experience of sessions of moral reasoning with leaders and employees in organizations. It argues that there is a need to go beyond compliance and traditional approaches to ethics in order to prepare decision-makers for moral dilemmas. Organizations can do that by encouraging people to become actively and regularly involved in moral reasoning at work.
Article Øyvind Kvalnes (2015)
Article Ralf Müller, Rodney Turner, Erling S. Andersen, Jingting Shao, Øyvind Kvalnes (2014)
Article Øyvind Kvalnes (2014)
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore how the concept of honesty can shed light on misreporting issues in projects. Research on honesty can be useful for practitioners and researchers in project management, in order to understand and counter the withholding and distortion of relevant information from projects. In moral psychology, dishonesty is often explained as a result of moral neutralization. The paper provides an account of how neutralization can lead to dishonesty in projects. Design/methodology/approach – The current study is based on a literature review of research on misreporting and dishonesty in projects, and of relevant generic studies of honesty. Findings – The author concludes that the phenomenon of moral neutralization can explain dishonesty and misreporting in projects. Honesty can be encouraged by identifying attempts at moral neutralization, and rendering them unacceptable. At the core of this position is the view that the level of honesty amongst project members is most adequately understood and explained from a circumstance rather than a character approach. Research limitations/implications – The paper is based on a literature review, and needs to be supported by further empirical studies within project management. Practical implications – The suggested primacy of a circumstance approach to honesty implies that project practitioners should be aware of the phenomenon of moral neutralization. Even people of good moral character can become involved in neutralization, in order to render misreporting acceptable. The central practical challenge can thus be to recognize tendencies of neutralization in one’s own and other people’s moral reasoning. Originality/value – The main contribution of this paper is to introduce the concept of honesty in general, and the concept of moral neutralization in particular, to project management research and practice. The paper also suggests concrete ways to redirect attention from character to circumstances, based on more general research findings in social and moral psychology. Keywords Project management, Character, Virtue ethics, Honesty, Moral psychology Paper type Research paper
Article Øyvind Kvalnes (2014)
Article Øyvind Kvalnes, Salvor Nordal (2013)
Article Ralf Müller, Erling S. Andersen, Øyvind Kvalnes, Jingting Shao, Shankar Sankaran, Rodney Turner, Christopher Biesenthal, Derek H.T. Walker, Siegfried Gudergan (2013)
This study investigates the variety of ethical decisions of project managers and their impact from corporate governance and project governance structures. The roles of personal trust and system trust as a mechanism to steer ethical decision making in different governance settings is explored. Nine qualitative case studies in Europe, Asia, and Australia show that ethical decision making is contingent on trust, which in turn is contingent on the fulfillment of personal expectations within a given governance structure. The findings show the prerequisites for ethical decision making and the consequences of lack of trust. Further managerial and theoretical implications are discussed.
Article Kristian Alm, Erling S. Andersen, Øyvind Kvalnes (2013)
Article Øyvind Kvalnes, Einar Øverenget (2012)
Business leaders frequently face dilemmas, circumstances where whatever course of action they choose, something of important value will be offended. How can an organisation prepare its decision makers for such situations? This article presents a pedagogical approach to dilemma training for business leaders and managers. It has evolved through ten years of experience with human resource development, where ethics has been an integral part of programs designed to help individuals to become excellent in their professional roles. The core element in our approach is The Navigation Wheel, a figure used to keep track of relevant decision factors. Feedback from participants indicates that dilemma training has helped them to recognise the ethical dimension of leadership. They respond that the tools and concepts are highly relevant in relation to the challenges that occur in the working environment they return to after leadership training
Article Øyvind Kvalnes (2012)
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Abstract The insurance industry’s practice of producing comprehensive insurance policies can have unforeseen and negative ethical consequences. Insurance policies express promises from the insurer to the insured, to the effect that the insurer should be trusted to appropriately assist the insured in case of accident. The relation is seriously undermined when the content of the promise is blurred, containing clauses and condition which are ambiguous or hidden in fine print. This paper contains an investigation of (1) the sources of the fine print policy practice, (2) its immediate effects on the degree to which the policies are understandable to the insured, (3) the ethical consequences that can follow from blurring the true content of the insurer’s promise to the insured and (4) the measures insurers can take in order to develop a more constructive ethical relationship with its customers.
Article Øyvind Kvalnes, Nigel Krishna Iyer (2011)
Article Øyvind Kvalnes, Erling S. Andersen, Ralf Müller (2011)
Article Øyvind Kvalnes, Liv B Hemmestad (2010)
Ethical challenges in sports occur when the practitioners are caught between the will to win and the overall task of staying within the realm of acceptable values and virtues. One way to prepare for these challenges is to formulate comprehensive and specific rules of acceptable conduct. In this paper we will draw attention to one serious problem with such a rule-based approach. It may inadvertently encourage what we will call loophole ethics, an attitude where every action that is not explicitly defined as wrong, will be seen as a viable option. Detailed codes of conduct leave little room for personal judgement, and instead promote a loophole mentality. We argue that loophole ethics can be avoided by operating with only a limited set of general principles, thus leaving more space for personal judgement and wisdom.
Article Øyvind Kvalnes (2010)
Media Ide Katrine Birkeland, Milos Novovic, Øyvind Kvalnes (2022)
Listen to Juridiske og etiske perspektiver rundt digitalisering i skolen from Digitalisering og ledelse i skolen. Førsteamanuensis Milos Novovic og professor Øyvind Kvalnes gir tips om hvordan skoleledere kan navigere i de juridiske og etiske problemstillingene som dukker opp når skolen blir mer digital.
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Participation in media Øyvind Kvalnes, Bård Fyhn (2024)
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Participation in media Øyvind Kvalnes, Tale Skjølsvik (2023)
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Participation in media Øyvind Kvalnes, Anders Dysvik (2023)
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Participation in media Øyvind Kvalnes, Arne Carlsen (2023)
Participation in media Øyvind Kvalnes, Susann Gjerde (2023)
Participation in media Øyvind Kvalnes, Anne Karin Sæther (2023)
Feature article Øyvind Kvalnes (2023)
Feature article Øyvind Kvalnes, Fanny Duckert (2023)
Participation in media Øyvind Kvalnes, Tom Remlov (2023)
Participation in media Øyvind Kvalnes, Knut Olav Åmås (2023)
Participation in media Øyvind Kvalnes, Elisabeth Andvik (2023)
Participation in media Øyvind Kvalnes, Marianne Nordhov (2023)
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Participation in media Øyvind Kvalnes, Birgitte Lange (2022)
Participation in media Øyvind Kvalnes, Paul Anders Moxnes (2022)
Participation in media Øyvind Kvalnes, Gry Osnes (2022)
Participation in media Øyvind Kvalnes, Marit Breivik (2022)
Participation in media Øyvind Kvalnes, Kjetil Eikeset (2022)
Participation in media Øyvind Kvalnes, Mia Lundgreen, Ida Langdalen Kristiansen (2022)
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Participation in media Øyvind Kvalnes, Erik Mamelund (2021)
Participation in media Øyvind Kvalnes, Ylva Lindberg (2021)
Participation in media Øyvind Kvalnes, Dorthe Hagen (2021)
Participation in media Helge Skirbekk, Øyvind Kvalnes (2021)
Participation in media Øyvind Kvalnes, Anne Grethe Solberg (2021)
Participation in media Øyvind Kvalnes, Tord Fagerheim Mortensen (2021)
Participation in media Øyvind Kvalnes, Thomas Kvalnes (2021)
Participation in media Øyvind Kvalnes, Ida Susanna Fattah (2021)
Participation in media Øyvind Kvalnes, Donatella De Paoli (2021)
Participation in media Øyvind Kvalnes, Nigel Krishna Iyer (2021)
Participation in media Øyvind Kvalnes, Mette Kaaby (2021)
Participation in media Øyvind Kvalnes, Marie Storjord (2021)
Participation in media Øyvind Kvalnes, Jarle Gimmestad (2021)
Interview Dag Einar Thorsen, Øyvind Kvalnes, Tonje Grimstad, Camilla Helen Heiervang (2021)
Participation in media Øyvind Kvalnes, Ide Katrine Birkeland (2021)
Participation in media Øyvind Kvalnes, Christina G. L. Nerstad (2021)
Participation in media Øyvind Kvalnes, Fanny Duckert (2021)
Participation in media Øyvind Kvalnes, Frode Haltli (2021)
Participation in media Øyvind Kvalnes, Christoffer Omberg (2021)
Feature article Øyvind Kvalnes, Fanny Duckert (2021)
Feature article Øyvind Kvalnes (2019)
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Participation in media Øyvind Kvalnes, Pål Ulvenes, Morten Holmboe, Rune Munkebye (2017)
Har me plikt til å hjelpe? Hamnar du i ein situasjon der du kan redde ein annan person frå å ei ulykke eller anna naud, er det ikkje alltid opplagt kva som er best å gjere.
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Book chapter Arne Carlsen, Øyvind Kvalnes (2025)
Article Øyvind Kvalnes (2024)
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Article Øyvind Kvalnes (2023)
Textbook Øyvind Kvalnes, Ellen Beate Hansen Sandseter (2023)
Risky play is important for children’s mental and physical development. This chapter introduces the topic of risky play and the connection to ethical theory. It presents the authors’ motivation for combining their research interests to provide a knowledge-based account of the signifcance of risky play and why it poses an ethical challenge to adults who have the power to infuence children’s scope for activity and play. The chapter outlines the structure of the book, where Chaps. 2–4 explore the concept of risky play, while Chaps. 5–7 provide an ethical perspective on the topic.
Lecture Elisabeth Andvik, Øyvind Kvalnes (2023)
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Article Øyvind Kvalnes, Ellen Beate Hansen Sandseter (2022)
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Article Ellen Beate Hansen Sandseter, Øyvind Kvalnes (2022)
For ar barn skal kunne utvikle seg til modige og selvstendige individer, må de få teste ut sine egne grenser i risikofylt lek. Overdreven bekymring for sikkerhetsbrudd og skader kan sette en stopper for dette.
Article Øyvind Kvalnes, Ellen Beate Hansen Sandseter (2022)
Voksne vil overvåke stadig mer av barns lek. Barn blir ofre for voksnes angst for alt som kan være fysisk eller mentalt skadelig. Barna går glipp av mestringsopplevelser som er nødvendig for at de skal utvikle seg til trygge voksne.
Textbook Ellen Beate Hansen Sandseter, Øyvind Kvalnes (2021)
Book Øyvind Kvalnes, Fanny Duckert (2021)
Textbook Øyvind Kvalnes (2020)
Article Øyvind Kvalnes (2019)
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Commentary Øyvind Kvalnes (2018)
Conference lecture Arne Carlsen, Anders Dysvik, Miha Škerlavaj, Øyvind Kvalnes (2018)
Conference lecture Øyvind Kvalnes, Arne Carlsen, Miha Škerlavaj, Erlend Hanstveit (2018)
Article Øyvind Kvalnes (2017)
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Conference lecture Øyvind Kvalnes, Salvör Nordal (2016)
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Conference lecture Øyvind Kvalnes, Johannes Brinkmann (2016)
Conference lecture Arne Carlsen, Øyvind Kvalnes (2015)
Conference lecture Ralf Müller, J. R. Turner, Erling S. Andersen, Jingting Shao, Øyvind Kvalnes (2015)
Conference lecture Øyvind Kvalnes, Arne Carlsen (2015)
Textbook Øyvind Kvalnes (2014)
Conference lecture Ralf Müller, Rodney J. Turner, Erling S. Andersen, Jingting Shao, Øyvind Kvalnes (2014)
Article Øyvind Kvalnes (2013)
Article Øyvind Kvalnes (2013)
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Conference lecture Ralf Müller, Rodney J. Turner, Erling S. Andersen, Jingting Shao, Øyvind Kvalnes (2013)
Article Øyvind Kvalnes (2012)
Article Øyvind Kvalnes, Morino Veronica (2012)
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Article Øyvind Kvalnes, Erling S. Andersen, Ralf Müller (2012)
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Conference lecture Ralf Müller, Erling S. Andersen, Øyvind Kvalnes, Jingting Shao, Sankaran Shankar, Rodney J. Turner, Chris Biesenthal, Derek H.T. Walker, Siegfried Gudergan (2012)
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Article Øyvind Kvalnes, Nigel Krishna Iyer (2011)
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Book Øyvind Kvalnes, Petter Bae Brandtzæg, Lars Gillund, Arne Krokan, Alf Tore Meling, Jon Wessel-Aas (2011)
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Article Einar Øverenget, Øyvind Kvalnes (2005)
Fortellingen om det økonomiske mennesket har dominert undervisningen ved ledelses- og forretningsskoler verden over de siste tiårene. Den fremstiller mennesket som dypest sett egoistisk, en overlevelsesmaskin. Dette er et menneskesyn som skaper mistenksomhet i organisasjoner, og gir grobunn for nye moralske overtramp i næringslivet
Article Einar Øverenget, Øyvind Kvalnes (2004)
Å være eller å fremstå, det er spørsmålet i dag. Vi lever i et omdømmesamfunn hvor ordet «fremstå» har erstattet ordet «være», og hvor frykten for å være blir mer og mer utbredt. Individer og virksomheter understreker til stadighet at de ønsker å fremstå som det ene og det andre, og det skjer oftest som en bekreftelse på at de tar verdier, moral og fellesskap på alvor. Om en bedrift fremhever at den ønsker å fremstå som seriøs og etterrettelig, så røper imidlertid ordvalget noe annet. Det er mulig det er en uskyldig talemåte, en populær fremstillingsform. Men kanskje gjemmer det seg noe langt mindre uskyldig i et slikt omdømmespråk: Det har ikke så mye å si hvem du er, bare du fremstår som noe bestemt.
| Year | Academic Department | Degree |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | University of Oslo | Ph.D. |
| 1992 | University of Oslo | Master Cand. Philol. |
| Year | Employer | Job Title |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 - Present | BI Norwegian Business School | Professor |
| 2009 - 2021 | BI Norwegian Business School | Associate Professor |
| 2000 - 2009 | Humanistisk Akademi | CEO |
| 1994 - 1998 | Norges Forskningsråd | PhD Candidate |
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Integrity means having the courage to stand up for what you believe in, even when things get tough.
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Leaders are responsible for creating a sense of belonging among their employees.
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Leaders need to prove that they tolerate criticism and do not go into a deadlock when they face objections.
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Social media provide opportunities for organizations and employees to publish their opinions, without an editor. But tempo, trolling, and tricky role confusions leave social media officers with digital dilemmas. How should they deal with them?
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Humans are relational beings. This is something we have to pay attention to when designing organisations and cities.
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Sharing stories about personal achievements at work strengthens motivation, pride and mastery experience.
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It is wise to talk with your superior, even if it may seem futile and risky, urges Øyvind Kvalnes.
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Anyone who wants to avoid unethical behaviour in their own organisation, can take a lesson from the run-up to the financial crisis in Iceland.
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Our love for Apple makes moral discomfort disappear, says Øyvind Kvalnes.
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Managers need to adapt to the fact that everything that happens in their organization will bear scrutiny, writes Øyvind Kvalnes.