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Ansattprofil

Eric Breit

Professor - Institutt for ledelse og organisasjon

Biografi

I am Professor at the Department of Leadership and Organizational Behavior at BI Norwegian Business School. I have a a PhD in management and organization from Hanken School of Economics, Finland, and I previously worked as a Research Professor at the Work Research Institute (Arbeidsforskningsinstiuttet) at OsloMet.

Interests
My research interests revolve around two themes. First, organizational and institutional change in welfare service organizations, including implementation of reforms, inter-organizational collaboration, professionalization and professional work, digitalization, and service innovation. Second, organizational, workplace and leadership dimensions of 'employer engagement', i.e. the active involvement of employers in the labour market inclusion for vulnerable groups.

Teaching
In 2022 I will be responsible for the course in leadership of change and development at the executive program in Educational Leadership. I also hold various lectures on topics related to public management. In addition, I am Adjunct Professor at University of Oslo, Department of Education, where I teach at the masters program in knowledge management and workplace learning.

Ongoing research projects
  • Sustained employment of ‘hard-to-place’ citizens in small and medium sized enterprises: A mixed-method study in Norway and the Netherlands. In collaboration with OsloMet and Utrecht University. Funded by Research Council Norway (2020-2023).
  • ‘Organizing for outcome’ (O4O): Links between service integration and transitions to employment for citizens with complex service needs. In collaboration with OsloMet, Stockholm University, Aarhus University and UC Berkeley. Funded by Research Council Norway (2020-2024).

Publikasjoner

Aksnes, Siri Yde & Breit, Eric (2024)

Arbeidsinkludering fra et arbeidsgiverperspektiv – en kvalitativ studie av samarbeidsrelasjoner mellom støtteapparat og arbeidsgivere

Søkelys på arbeidslivet Doi: 10.18261/spa.41.3.1

Andreassen, Tone Alm; Breit, Eric & Saltkjel, Therese (2024)

Providing individualized services under complex conditions: A configurational analysis of street-level organizations

Public Administration, s. 1- 26. Doi: 10.1111/padm.13035

Individualized services are provided under complex conditions, as a variety of factors can affect the ability of a street-level organization to adapt its services to individual needs and circumstances. Especially challenging are tensions between the means of control and standardization following new public management (NPM) and post-NPM ideas of holistic and coordinated services. Through a fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis of Norwegian sector-spanning street-level organizations, we show three different configurations that can promote individualized services. These consist of variations of structural circumstances (size, service variety); organizational responses (goal coherence, cross working); and manager capacity (professional background, managerial orientation). Service individualization is not an outcome of the interaction between street-level workers and clients alone, but an outcome of street-level organizations and their managers' use of measures and competencies across service sectors, and of their capacity to develop a shared perception of goals and an organization that handles institutional complexity.

Berkel, Rik van & Breit, Eric Martin Alexander (2024)

Organizational Practices for the Inclusion of People with Disabilities. A Scoping Review

Journal of occupational rehabilitation Doi: 10.1007/s10926-024-10228-5 - Fulltekst i vitenarkiv

Andreassen, Tone Alm & Breit, Eric (2024)

Professional responses to exogenous change: the social work profession and the jurisdictional domain opened up by the Norwegian welfare-to-work reform

Nordic Social Work Research, 14(2), s. 1- 24. Doi: 10.1080/2156857X.2024.2310110

This paper examines the social work profession’s responses to the organizational reform of the Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration, which opened a new jurisdictional domain of employment services to groups marginalized in the labour market. This domain was not colonized by any established professions, and social workers were the only occupation in the reformed organization with the character and identity of a profession. With existing research as the main source, the paper shows that despite having influenced the reform policy, during reform implementation, agents of the profession refrained from expanding the jurisdiction of social workers and instead protected and maintained its established jurisdiction based on municipal social services. Potential explanations behind the response are discussed: the pressure from the organizational context, combined with the profession’s ingrained distrust of ‘the system’; the ‘dirtiness’ of welfare-to-work tasks, around which some scepticism existed; and the profession’s strong value base and lack of capacity to articulate its knowledge base and, subsequently, theorize its knowledge and skills as resources that were key to meeting the reform’s welfare-to-work goals. All three explanations have some explanatory power but must still be considered tentative and in need of more research.

Rønningstad, Chris; Andreassen, Tone Alm, Breit, Eric & Minas, Renate (2023)

Reform Pathways for Integrating Employment Assistance to Marginalised Groups

Baehler, Karen J. (red.). The Oxford Handbook of governance and public management for social policy

Kennedy, Mari-Rose; Deans, Zuzana, Ampollini, Ilaria, Breit, Eric Martin Alexander, Bucchi, Massimiano, Seppel, Külliki, Vie, Knut Jørgen & Ter Meulen, Ruud (2023)

“It is Very Difficult for us to Separate Ourselves from this System”: Views of European Researchers, Research Managers, Administrators and Governance Advisors on Structural and Institutional Influences on Research Integrity

Journal of Academic Ethics, 21, s. 471- 495. Doi: 10.1007/s10805-022-09469-x - Fulltekst i vitenarkiv

Research integrity is fundamental to the validity and reliability of scientific findings, and for ethical conduct of research. As part of PRINTEGER (Promoting Integrity as an Integral Dimension of Excellence in Research), this study explores the views of researchers, research managers, administrators, and governance advisors in Estonia, Italy, Norway and UK, focusing specifically on their understanding of institutional and organisational influences on research integrity. A total of 16 focus groups were conducted. Thematic analysis of the data revealed that competition is pervasive and appeared in most themes relating to integrity. The structural frameworks for research such as funding, evaluation and publication were thought to both protect and, more commonly, undermine integrity. In addition, institutional systems, including workload and research governance, shaped participants’ day-to-day work environment, also affecting research integrity. Participants also provided ideas for promoting research integrity, including training, and creating conditions that would be supportive of research integrity. These findings support a shift away from individual blame and towards the need for structural and institutional changes, including organisations in the wider research environment, for example funding bodies and publishing companies.

Aksnes, Siri Yde & Breit, Eric Martin Alexander (2022)

Integrerte tjenester med sosiale entreprenører? Erfaringer fra samarbeid mellom sosiale entreprenører og Nav

Saltkjel, Therese; Rønningstad, Chris Andre & Sønderskov, Mette (red.). Samhandling og inkludering i arbeidslivet

Andreassen, Tone Alm; Breit, Eric & Saltkjel, Therese (2022)

Inkludering, antidiskriminering eller aktivering: Hvordan politikk for økt arbeidslivsdeltakelse studeres fra ulike forskningstradisjoner

Saltkjel, Therese; Rønningstad, Chris Andre & Sønderskov, Mette (red.). Samhandling og inkludering i arbeidslivet

Breit, Eric Martin Alexander; Andreassen, Tone Alm & Fossestøl, Knut (2022)

Development of hybrid professionalism: street-level managers’ work and the enabling conditions of public reform

Public Management Review Doi: 10.1080/14719037.2022.2095004 - Fulltekst i vitenarkiv

This paper examines the role of street-level managers in the development of hybrid professionalism. Based on a longitudinal analysis of an organizational reform, we highlight the work of street-level managers in promoting a hybrid ‘social work-like’ professionalism to reconcile social work professionalism with managerial bureaucracy. We highlight four managerial activities – organizational design, discursive reconstruction, R&D project mobilization and legitimization in reform documents – and connect these to enabling and constraining conditions in the reform. Overall, we found that the development of hybrid professionalism is contingent on enabling reform conditions providing material and discursive resources that proactive managers can employ to transform professionalism.

Klemsdal, Lars; Andreassen, Tone Alm & Breit, Eric Martin Alexander (2022)

Resisting or Facilitating Change? How Street-Level Managers’ SituationalWork Contributes to the Implementation of Public Reforms

Journal of public administration research and theory, 32(4), s. 736- 749. Doi: 10.1093/jopart/muac004 - Fulltekst i vitenarkiv

Managers of street-level organizations play an important role in the successful implementation of public reforms. A prevailing view within the public administration literature is that this work involves the adaptation between reforms and local contexts, where divergence is viewed as a form of resistance to change. The paper challenges this prevalent reform-centric view by introducing a situation-centric perspective and coining the concept of situational work as a significant form of managerial work during implementation. Situational work encompasses managerial actions that ensure functional and well-ordered service delivery in local street-level organizations by accomodating everyday situational contingencies, including reform objectives, but also the interests and expectations of workers, clients, and local service partners. The concept of situational work, then, broadens the recognized scope of managerial activities that contribute to successful reform implementation, reconceptualizing divergence from reform design as constructive rather than as resistance to change. The paper draws on an extensive multi-wave study of a major organizational reform in Norway, based on observations of meetings as well as qualitative interviews of managers, union representatives, frontline workers and collaborating partners in six welfare service offices at three points in time (altogether 23 observation sessions and 173 interviews).

Bakkeli, Vidar & Breit, Eric Martin Alexander (2021)

From “what works” to “making it work”: A practice perspective on evidence-based standardization in frontline service organizations

Social Policy & Administration Doi: 10.1111/spol.12757

Breit, Eric Martin Alexander & Andreassen, Tone Alm (2021)

Organisatoriske blikk på samarbeid i velferdstjenester

Tidsskrift for velferdsforskning, s. 7- 20. Doi: 10.18261/issn.2464-3076-2021-01-02 - Fulltekst i vitenarkiv

Røhnebæk, Maria & Breit, Eric Martin Alexander (2021)

‘Damned if you do and damned if you don’t’: a framework for examining double binds in public service organizations

Public Management Review, s. 1- 23. Doi: 10.1080/14719037.2021.1882542 - Fulltekst i vitenarkiv

Breit, Eric Martin Alexander; Egeland, Cathrine, Løberg, Ida Bring & Røhnebæk, Maria (2020)

Digital coping: How frontline workers cope with digital service encounters

Social Policy & Administration, s. 1- 15. Doi: 10.1111/spol.12664

Andreassen, Tone Alm; Breit, Eric & Saltkjel, Therese (2020)

Research approaches to networked employment services: A systematic review

Social Policy & Administration Doi: 10.1111/spol.12597

Horbach, Serge; Breit, Eric, Halffman, Willem & Mamelund, Svenn-Erik (2020)

On the willingness to and consequences of reporting research misconduct: The role of power relations

Science and Engineering Ethics, 26 Doi: 10.1007/s11948-020-00202-8

Breit, Eric; Egeland, Cathrine & Løberg, Ida Bring (2019)

Cyborg bureaucracy: Frontline work in digitalized labor and welfare services

Pedersen, John S. & Wilkinson, Adrian (red.). Big Data: Promise, Application and Pitfalls

Breit, Eric; Fossestøl, Knut & Pedersen, Eirin (2019)

Kunnskapsbasert praksis innenfor en samstyringsmodell En analyse av satsingen «Praksis- og kunnskapsutvikling i Nav-kontor»

Tidsskrift for velferdsforskning, 22(3), s. 184- 197. Doi: 10.18261/issn.2464-3076-2019-03-01

Breit, Eric (2019)

Digitalisering

Bay, Ann-Helén; Hatland, Aksel, Hellevik, Tale & Terum, Lars Inge (red.). Trygd i aktiveringens tid

Horbach, Serge; Breit, Eric & Mamelund, Svenn-Erik (2019)

Organisational responses to alleged scientific misconduct: Sensemaking, sensegiving and sensehiding

Science and Public Policy, 46(3), s. 415- 429. Doi: 10.1093/scipol/scy068

While a substantive literature has emerged on the prevalence, causes, and consequences of scientific misconduct, little is known about the organisational perspective in cases of (alleged) misconduct. We address this knowledge gap by employing a comparative case study approach to describe and assess the handling of four cases of alleged misconduct by their university, respectively in the Netherlands and Norway. We propose a theoretical model that explains how organisational responses to misconduct emerge and evolve as iterations of the processes of sensemaking, sensegiving, and sensehiding. In addition, we link these iterations to a set of background premises that nurture the organisational responses and to the responses’ outcomes and consequences. We conclude that several aspects of the organisational responses hinder effective learning processes within organisations and their members. Our analysis provides fruitful heuristics for organisations to reflect on, or plan their response strategies to allow for optimal learning.

Breit, Eric; Fossestøl, Knut & Pedersen, Eirin (2018)

A knowledge hierarchy in labour and welfare services? Evidence-based and practice-based knowledge in frontline service innovation

International Social Security Review, 71(4), s. 13- 32. Doi: 10.1111/issr.12187

Breit, Eric; Fossestøl, Knut & Andreassen, Tone Alm (2018)

From pure to hybrid professionalism in post-NPM activation reform: The institutional work of frontline managers

Journal of Professions and Organization, 5(1), s. 28- 44. Doi: 10.1093/jpo/jox013

Breit, Eric; Andreassen, Tone Alm & Salomon, Robert H (2016)

Modification of public policies by street-level organisations: An institutional work perspective

Journal of Social Policy, 45(4), s. 709- 728. Doi: 10.1017/S0047279416000246

Fossestøl, Knut; Breit, Eric & Borg, Elin (2016)

Hvorfor lykkes ikke NAV-kontorene med å jobbe mer arbeidsrettet?

Søkelys på arbeidslivet, 33(1/2), s. 5- 23. Doi: 10.18261/issn.1504-7989-2016-01-02-01

Breit, Eric; Lennerfors, Thomas Taro & Olaison, Lena (2015)

Critiquing corruption: A turn to theory (special issue editorial)

Ephemera : Theory and Politics in Organization, 15(2), s. 319- 336.

Fossestøl, Knut; Breit, Eric, Andreassen, Tone Alm & Klemsdal, Lars (2015)

Managing institutional complexity in public sector reform: Hybridization in front-line service organizations

Public Administration, 93(2), s. 290- 306. Doi: 10.1111/padm.12144 - Fulltekst i vitenarkiv

Melkumov, Dmitri; Breit, Eric & Khoreva, Violetta (2015)

Directors’ social identifications and board tasks: Evidence from Finland

Corporate governance. An International Review, 23(1), s. 42- 59. Doi: 10.1111/corg.12088

Breit, Eric (2014)

Mediatiseringen av korrupsjon

Eriksen, Birthe (red.). Å bekjempe et samfunnsonde. Om korrupsjon, varsling, granskning og organisasjonskultur

Breit, Eric & Rolfsen, Monica (2014)

Bruk av konsulenter i utviklingen av lean

Rolfsen, Monica (red.). Lean blir norsk : Lean i den norske samarbeidsmodellen

Breit, Eric & Rolfsen, Monica (2014)

Implementering av lean

Rolfsen, Monica (red.). Lean blir norsk : Lean i den norske samarbeidsmodellen

Andreassen, Tone Alm; Breit, Eric & Legard, Sveinung (2014)

The making of 'professional amateurs': Professionalizing the voluntary work of service user representatives

Acta Sociologica, 57(4), s. 325- 340. Doi: 10.1177/0001699314552736

Breit, Eric & Salomon, Robert H (2014)

Making the technological transition - Citizens' encounters with digital pension services

Social Policy & Administration Doi: 10.1111/spol.12093

Breit, Eric (2014)

Remedy through paradox? Constructions of internal legitimacy in a publicly discredited organization

Management Communication Quarterly, 28(4), s. 585- 608. Doi: 10.1177/0893318914548896

Breit, Eric & Vaara, Eero (2014)

Corruption and the media: Infotainment, moralization, dramatization, and conversationalization

Pallas, Josef; Jonsson, Stefan & Strannegård, Lars (red.). Organizations and the media: Organizing in a mediatized world

Breit, Eric (2014)

Discursive practices of remedial organizational identity work: A study of the Norwegian Work and Welfare Administration

Scandinavian Journal of Management, 30(2), s. 231- 241. Doi: 10.1016/j.scaman.2013.08.003

Breit, Eric (2011)

Discursive contests of corruption: The case of the Norwegian alcohol monopoly

Culture and Organization, 17(1), s. 47- 64.

Breit, Eric (2009)

On the (re)construction of corruption in the media: A critical discursive approach

Journal of Business Ethics, 92, s. 619- 635.

Andreassen, Tone Alm; Breit, Eric Martin Alexander & Saltkjel, Therese (2020)

Arbeidsinkludering krever samarbeid

KAI-Kronikken, Kompetansesenter for arbeidsinkludering (KAI) [Internett]

Fugelsnes, Elin; Breit, Eric & Mamelund, Svenn-Erik (2019)

Studie om uredelighetsanklager - Institusjoner skylder på råtne epler

Forskningsetikk [Fagblad]

Breit, Eric (2018)

Høyt publiseringspress gir mer juks

Forskerforum [Internett]

Breit, Eric (2018)

De avslørte at forskeren hadde diktet opp eksperimentet. Da startet kampen for å bli trodd.

Forskerforum [Fagblad]

Breit, Eric (2014)

Folk forstår ikke pensjonssystemet

Norges forskningsråd [Internett]

Aksnes, Siri Yde; Bråthen, Magne & Breit, Eric Martin Alexander (1)

Inkluderende arbeidsplasser krever kreative løsninger

LO-aktuelt : organ for Landsorganisasjonen i Norge [Kronikk]

Aksnes, Siri Yde & Breit, Eric Martin Alexander (1)

De «med hull i cv-en» ble de mest engasjerte og lojale ansatte

Dagens næringsliv [Kronikk]

Løberg, Ida Bring; Breit, Eric, Egeland, Cathrine & Røhnebæk, Maria (1)

Mestringsstrategier i den digitale veiledningen i NAV

KAI-kronikken [Kronikk]

Breit, Eric & Bråthen, Magne (2023)

What distinguishes inclusive and non-inclusive companies: Experiences from a survey in Norway

[Academic lecture]. NEON-konferansen.

Andreassen, Tone Alm; Saltkjel, Therese, Thøgersen, Marthine, Rønningstad, Chris Andre & Breit, Eric (2023)

Governance networks in active inclusion of vulnerable NEETs: Links between contextual conditions and proactive approaches

[Academic lecture]. Workshop with INTEGRATE experts.

Aksnes, Siri Yde & Breit, Eric Martin Alexander (2022)

Ableist workplaces revisited: Exploring positive relational practices in inclusive workplaces

[Academic lecture]. NEON-konferansen.

Andreassen, Tone Alm & Breit, Eric Martin Alexander (2022)

To refrain from a professional project

[Academic lecture]. Street-Level Bureaucracy Conference 2022.

Breit, Eric Martin Alexander; Rønningstad, Chris & Andreassen, Tone Alm (2022)

Street-level managers’ boundary work to promote collaboration and co-creation: Insights from the Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration

[Academic lecture]. EGOS.

Aksnes, Siri Yde & Breit, Eric Martin Alexander (2022)

Ableist workplaces revisited: Exploring positive relational work in inclusive workplaces

[Academic lecture]. Street-level bureaucracy conference.

Saltkjel, Therese; Andreassen, Tone Alm & Breit, Eric (2021)

Enabling labour market participation for groups with complex needs: Configurations of street-level service integration supporting personalisation

[Academic lecture]. INTEGRATE Expert Panel Meeting (digital meeting).

Haenraets, Rosan; Aksnes, Siri Yde, van Berkel, Rik & Breit, Eric Martin Alexander (2021)

Engaging Employers in Promoting the Labour market Participation of People with Disabilities; A Comparative Analysis of Demand-side Activation Policies in Norway and the Netherlands

[Academic lecture]. ESPAnet 18th annual Online Conference.

Saltkjel, Therese; Andreassen, Tone Alm & Breit, Eric Martin Alexander (2021)

Enabling labour market participation for groups with complex needs: Configurations of street-level service integration supporting personalisation

[Academic lecture]. ESPAnet 18th annual Online Conference.

Fossestøl, Knut; Borg, Elin & Breit, Eric (2020)

Nav i en ny tid? En evaluering av hvordan retningsvalgene i Stortingsmelding 33 implementeres på Nav-kontorene

[Report]. Arbeidsforskningsinstituttet, OsloMet - storbyuniversitetet.

Aksnes, Siri Yde; Breit, Eric Martin Alexander, Eimhjellen, Ivar & Reichborn-Kjennerud, Kristin (2020)

Nye muligheter for sosialt entreprenørskap? Samarbeid om arbeidsinkludering mellom Nav og sosiale entreprenører

[Report]. OsloMet -- Storbyuniversitetet, Arbeidsforskningsinstituttet.

Andreassen, Tone Alm; Breit, Eric Martin Alexander & Saltkjel, Therese (2020)

Collaborative advantages in handling wicked problems? Assessing outcomes of interorganizational collaboration in employment of disadvantaged groups

[Academic lecture]. 36th EGOS Colloquium.

Breit, Eric Martin Alexander; Fossestøl, Knut & Pedersen, Eirin (2019)

Kunnskapsbasert praksis innenfor en samstyringsmodell: En analyse av satsingen «Praksis- og kunnskapsutvikling i NAV-kontor»

[Article in business/trade/industry journal]. Tidsskrift for velferdsforskning Doi: 10.18261/issn.2464-3076-2019-03-01

Pedersen, Eirin; Egeland, Cathrine & Breit, Eric (2019)

Between Production and Innovation – The Role of Front-line Professionals in Local Innovation in NAV

[Academic lecture]. Street-Level Bureaucracy Research Conference.

Andreassen, Tone Alm; Breit, Eric & Saltkjel, Therese (2019)

Meta-narratives in research on service integration for workforce inclusion: A systematic review

[Academic lecture]. Street-Level Bureaucracy Research Conference, The interplay between policy reforms, governance and street-level practices and the implications for the assistance-seeking citizens.

Breit, Eric; Bakkeli, Vidar, Løberg, Ida Bring, Egeland, Cathrine & Pedersen, Eirin (2019)

Front line innovations - a narrative approach

[Academic lecture]. PUBSIC - Innovations in public services and public policy 2019.

Breit, Eric; Løberg, Ida Bring & Egeland, Cathrine (2018)

Front line work and digitalization in the Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration (NAV)

[Academic lecture]. NEON - konferansen 2018.

Breit, Eric & Forsberg, Ellen-Marie (2018)

Tools for research leaders and managers: addressing and stimulating integrity in research organisations. Deliverable V.2. PRINTEGER.

[Report]. Arbeidsforskningsinstituttet, OsloMet.

Røhnebæk, Maria & Breit, Eric (2018)

The Double Binds of Innovation in Public Services

[Academic lecture]. NEON 2018.

Kennedy, Mari-Rose; Ampollini, Ilaria, Breit, Eric, Bucchi, Massimiano, Deans, Zuzana, Ter Meulen, Ruud, Seppel, Külliki & Vie, Knut Jørgen (2018)

Investigating the workfloor: experiences of research integrity and misconduct through focus groups

[Report]. PRINTEGER - Promoting Integrity as an Integral Dimension of Excellence in Research.

Bakkeli, Vidar & Breit, Eric (2018)

Towards a new professionalism in activation services? Employment specialists and the enactment of evidence-based practice

[Academic lecture]. European Group for Organization Studies (EGOS) conference.

Mamelund, Svenn-Erik; Breit, Eric & Forsberg, Ellen-Marie (2018)

A multinational survey on research misconduct and integrity: A workfloor perspective

[Report]. PRINTEGER - Promoting Integrity as an Integral Dimension of Excellence in Research.

Bakkeli, Vidar & Breit, Eric (2018)

Towards a new professionalism in activation services? Employment specialists and the enactment of evidence-based practice

[Academic lecture]. Nordic Work Life Conference 2018.

Mamelund, Svenn-Erik; Breit, Eric & Forsberg, Ellen-Marie (2018)

Organizational influences on research misconduct: Insights from a multinational survey

[Academic lecture]. The 9th Nordic Work Life Conference 2018.

Breit, Eric & Pedersen, Eirin (2017)

Epistemic struggles in collaborations between research and public administration

[Academic lecture]. Public service innovation (PUBSIC) conference.

Breit, Eric & Pedersen, Eirin (2017)

Collaborative innovation at the street level: An institutional complexity perspective

[Academic lecture]. 2nd Conference on Street-level Research in the Employment and Social Policy Area.

Breit, Eric & Pedersen, Eirin (2017)

Collaborative Innovation – Managing Local Network-based Innovation in Public Service Development

[Academic lecture]. ESPAnet conference.

Breit, Eric; Fossestøl, Knut, Pedersen, Eirin & Thorbjørnsrud, Trude (2017)

Samarbeidsdrevet innovasjon i NAV: Sluttrapport fra evalueringen av "Praksis- og kunnskapsutvikling i NAV-kontor"

[Report]. Arbeidsforskningsinstituttet, Høgskolen i Oslo og Akershus.

Breit, Eric & Forsberg, Ellen-Marie (2016)

Scientific misconduct and integrity: An organizational perspective

[Report]. PRINTEGER - Promoting Integrity as an Integral Dimension of Excellence in Research.

Fossestøl, Knut; Breit, Eric & Borg, Elin (2016)

Betingelser for sosialt arbeid. En case- og surveyanalyse fra fem storbyer og syv storbykontorer

[Report]. Arbeidsforskningsinstituttet.

Breit, Eric; Lien, Inez, Thorbjørnsrud, Trude & Pedersen, Eirin (2016)

Evaluering av "Praksis- og kunnskapsutvikling i NAF-kontor". Delrapport 1 - en deskriptiv gjennomgang av prosjektene.

[Report]. Arbeidsforskningsinstituttet.

Falkum, Eivind & Breit, Eric (2015)

Felles læring i lokal handling. Samarbeid om delmål 2 i avtalen om inkluderende arbeidsliv.

[Report]. Arbeidsforskningsinstituttet, Høgskolen i Oslo og Akershus.

Breit, Eric; Klemsdal, Lars, Andreassen, Tone Alm & Fossestøl, Knut (2015)

Strategic leeway under institutional complexity: The case of an ad hoc response to conflicting institutional demands during administrative reform

[Academic lecture]. European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS) annual conference.

Breit, Eric & Salomon, Robert H (2015)

Kunnskap og informasjon om pensjon - Nye informasjonsrelasjoner mellom borgere og forvaltning i det nye alderspensjonssystemet

[Report]. Arbeidsforskningsinstituttet, HiOA.

Ett av hovedformålene i det nye alderspensjonssystemet er at det skal være enkelt og forståelig for borgerne. Denne rapporten er basert på en undersøkelse av i hvilken grad informasjonen fra det offentlige har gitt borgerne et akseptabelt informasjonsgrunnlag knyttet til valg og uttak av alderspensjon. Undersøkelsen er blitt gjennomført som en del av Norges Forskningsråds evaluering av pensjons-reformen, og er basert på kvantitative data fra det årlige YS Arbeidslivsbarometeret, intervjuer med ledelsen og førstelinjen i offentlige pensjonstilbydere (primært NAV og SPK) og brukertester av offentlige pensjonsportaler. Rapporten peker på en betydelig forskjell i pensjonskunnskap i befolkningen knyttet til ikke bare alder men også til inntekt. Til tross for en sosial profil i det nye pensjonssystemet vil kompleksiteten i regelverket medføre skjevheter, der de mest ressurssterke har større mulighet til å foreta dispo-sisjoner tilpasset systemet en de minst ressurssterke. Som en del av effektiviseringen av pensjonsforvaltningen har mye av informasjonen blitt kanalisert gjennom digitale selvbetjeningsløsninger. I dagens system skal mye av informasjonsutvekslingen skje via nettportaler og via epost eller telefonisk kontakt, og i mindre grad ansikt til ansikt for ek-sempel på lokale NAV-kontor. Til tross for økt tilgjengeliggjøring av informasjon har disse løsninge-ne innebåret en overføring av ansvar og risiko til borgerne knyttet til deres IKT-kompetanse samt deres evne til å kvalitets- og relevanssikre informasjonen. Rapporten bidrar til økt kunnskap om organisatoriske og digitale utfordringer knyttet til iverkset-tinger av regelverksendringer, og hvilke effekter dette kan ha for borgernes rettssikkerhet. Basert på undersøkelsen er en spissing av informasjonstiltak inn mot ulike grupper av årskull og grupper med ulike (forventede) inntektsnivå en viktig oppgave for forvaltningen.

Bay, Ann-Helén; Breit, Eric, Fossestøl, Knut, Grødem, Anne Skevik & Terum, Lars Inge (2015)

Nav som lærende organisasjon

[Report]. Institutt for samfunnsforskning.

Rapporten diskuterer hvordan Nav kan styrkes som en lærende organisasjon. Til grunn for diskusjonen ligger erkjennelsen av at Nav er en stor organisasjon med et svært komplekst oppdrag, noe som gir særlige læringsutfordringer – og læringsmuligheter. Navs utfordringer og muligheter som lærende organisasjon diskuteres med utgangspunkt i innsikt fra Nav-evalueringen, fra forskningen om profesjoner og profesjonsutøvelse, og fra den generelle forskningen om velferdsstaten og velferdstjenestene. Forslagene som presenteres framhever karriereplaner for medarbeiderne, styrking av ledelsen på lokalkontorene, utviklingsarbeid på fylkesnivå, og styrking av direktoratets rolle som fagdirektorat. Rapporten er basert på et notat som ble utarbeidet for en ekspertgruppe som leverte i april 2015.

Klemsdal, Lars; Andreassen, Tone Alm, Breit, Eric & Fossestøl, Knut (2014)

Organizational reforms as designed space for participation in local development processes

[Academic lecture]. NEON konferansen.

Breit, Eric; Alm Andreassen, Tone, Fossestøl, Knut & Klemsdal, Lars (2014)

Strategic leeway under institutional complexity: The case of an ad hoc response

[Academic lecture]. NEON-konferansen.

Breit, Eric; Rowe, Lars & Skedsmo, Pål (2014)

Evaluering av støtteordningen BarentsKult

[Report]. Fridjof Nansens Institutt.

Fossestøl, Knut; Breit, Eric & Borg, Elin (2014)

NAV-reformen 2014. En oppfølgingsstudie av lokalkontorenes organisering etter innholdsreformen

[Report]. Arbeidsforskningsinstituttet.

Fossestøl, Knut & Breit, Eric (2014)

Ministudie av samordning og deling av flom-og skreddata for tre samarbeidene etater

[Report]. Norges vassdrags‐ og energidirektorat i et samarbeid med Statens vegvesen og Jernbaneverket.

Falkum, Eivind; Breit, Eric & Hagen, Aina Landsverk (2013)

Standardiseringens begrensninger

[Academic lecture]. NEON-dagene.

Fossestøl, Knut; Breit, Eric & Heen, Hanne (2013)

Evaluering av organiseeringen i museene i kjølvannet av museumsreformen

[Report]. Fagbokforlaget.

Heen, Hanne & Breit, Eric (2013)

Lønn og ytelser i utenriksdepartementet

[Report]. Utenriksdepartementet.

Breit, Eric & Lennerfors, Thomas (2013)

Subtheme: Unmasking corruption: Critical perspectives on corruption and anti-corruption

[Academic lecture]. Europen Group for Organization Studies (EGOS) annual colloquium.

Fossestøl, Knut; Alm Andreassen, Tone, Breit, Eric & Klemsdal, Lars (2013)

Organizational responses to hybrid institutional environments: The case of the Norwegian Labour and Welfare reform

[Academic lecture]. Europen Group for Organization Studies (EGOS) annual colloquium.

Breit, Eric; Alm Andreassen, Tone & Fossestøl, Knut (2012)

Recovering from public disgrace: A critical analysis of legitimation work in the Norwegian Labor and Welfare Administration

[Academic lecture]. Fourth International Symposium on Process Organization Studies.

Breit, Eric; Alm Andreassen, Tone, Fossestøl, Knut & Klemsdal, Lars (2012)

Revisiting the organizational implications of public sector reform

[Academic lecture]. EGOS-konferanse.

Breit, Eric (2011)

Organizational identity work as antenarrative practice: A study of the Norwegian Work and Welfare Service

[Academic lecture]. NEON konferanse.

Brinkmann, Johannes; Doyle, Aaron & Breit, Eric (2010)

Insurance Advertising: Scary, Funny, Trust-Building or Ethical?

[Article in business/trade/industry journal]. Nordisk försäkringstidskrift/Nordisk Forsikringstidskrift (NFT)

Akademisk grad
År Akademisk institusjon Grad
2011 Hanken School of Economics PhD
2005 BI Norwegian Business School MSc in Strategic Management
Arbeidserfaring
År Arbeidsgiver Tittel
2021 - Present University of Oslo, Department of Education Adjunct Professor
2020 - 2021 Østfold University College, Department of Health and Welfare Adjunct Professor
2016 - 2021 OsloMet -- Oslo Metropolitan University, Work Research Institute Research Professor
2014 - 2016 OsloMet -- Oslo Metropolitan University, Work Research Institute Senior Researcher
2011 - 2014 Work Research Institute Senior Researcher
2010 - 2011 Lund University, School of Economics and Management Project researcher