PhD Defence: Jon Magnus Frostad Haakonsen

PhD Candidate Jon Magnus Frostad Haakonsen, Department of Leadership and Organizational Behaviour, will hold a public lecture and defend his doctoral dissertation for the degree of PhD in BI Norwegian Business School's PhD programme.

The Title of the Thesis:

“Responding to Emotions at Work: Leader Emotion Validation as a Relational Mechanism in Leader–Member Exchange”

The Public lecture will be on a given topic.  

Time for Public Lecture:   11:00 - 11:55 CET (door closes at 11:00 sharp)  

Time for Disputation:   13:00 CET (door closes at 13:00 sharp)  

For the disputation, the academic procession will arrive at 13:00 sharp, and the public must take their seat before this time. From this time on, the doors will be closed, and no additional guests will be allowed in/or out.  Please arrive at both the Public Lecture and the Disputation a few minutes before they start.  

ZOOM link:  

Topic: Final Defence: Jon Magnus Frostad Haakonsen 
Time: Jun 22, 2026 10:00 AM Oslo 
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Meeting ID: 680 8632 2418 
Passcode: 363514

The Final Defence Evaluation Committee: 

• First opponent  
  Associate Professor Laura M. Traavik, Kristiania University of Applied Sciences
• Second opponent  
  Professor Filip De Fruyt, Ghent University
• Chairman of the committee  
  Professor Øyvind Lund Martinsen, BI Norwegian Business School  

The Supervisors are:  

• Main Supervisor
  Professor Jan Ketil Arnulf, BI Norwegian Business School
• Co-Supervisor
  Adjunct Professor Adrian Furnham, BI Norwegian Business School / University of London

After the Final Defence, all guests and faculty are welcome to the reception at A7.