Sivert Skålvoll Urstad

• Urstad, Sivert Skålvoll (2023). Hvordan kan spørreundersøkelser gi svar på hvorfor kvinner er mer religiøse enn menn? In Hestholm, Roger Ivan & Skarpenes, Ove (Ed.), Sosiologisk analyse. Fagbokforlaget. ISSN 9788245045932. p. 235–250.
• Dahle, Dag Yngve & Urstad, Sivert Skålvoll (2023). Judge and fury: instrumentality, feedback formats and turnover intention in schools. Evidence-based HRM: a Global Forum for Empirical Scholarship. ISSN 2049-3983. doi: 10.1108/EBHRM-01-2022-0026. Show summary

  Purpose In the deregulated public sector upper secondary school field in Oslo, Norway, turnover among teachers is found to be high. The purpose is to examine whether instrumental practices like control-oriented HRM, performance appraisal and heteronomy directly or indirectly lead to turnover intention, as a crucial pre-stage to turnover. Another purpose is to examine whether this varies with feedback format. Design/methodology/approach The present study is based on a survey (N = 1,055) carried out among upper secondary school teachers in Norway. Data were analyzed with path analysis, and mediation and moderation analyses were performed. Findings The study shows that control-oriented HRM, PA dissatisfaction and heteronomy are antecedents to turnover intention for teachers receiving feedback in three different feedback formats. The effect of control-oriented HRM and PA dissatisfaction on turnover intention was generally not stronger among numerically rated than among those rated otherwise. For most feedback format groups, leader–member exchange mediated between turnover intention and PA dissatisfaction and heteronomy, respectively, but not between turnover intention and control-oriented HRM. For teachers rated with text, figures or colors, LMX moderated between control-oriented HRM and turnover intention. Research limitations/implications The paper advances that introduction of instrumental practices will be seen as breaches of the psychological contract, but this does not apply to all feedback format groups, for example those receiving numerically rating. Limitations involve self-reported measures, direction of causality issues and a relatively low sample size for some groups. Practical implications Practitioners should note that both control-oriented HRM, performance appraisal and little autonomy may cause teachers to consider leaving their jobs. Practitioners should also be aware of the importance of the relationship between employee and leader, as negative responses to instrumentality may work through the leader–employee relationship, leading to turnover intention and, possibly, turnover. Originality/value The present study is among the first to examine whether and how antecedents to turnover intention vary with feedback format. A rare interaction between HRM and LMX is uncovered. Few other studies have analyzed the relationship between instrumental practices and turnover intention in light of psychological contract theory.

• Rapisarda, Daniela Lucia; Steen-Johnsen, Tale & Urstad, Sivert Skålvoll (2021). Lived religion and nonreligion among humanitarians in South Sudan. Nordic Journal of Religion and Society. ISSN 0809-7291. 34(1), p. 17–28. doi: 10.18261/ISSN.1890-7008-2021-01-02. Full text in Research Archive
• Dahle, Dag Yngve & Urstad, Sivert Skålvoll (2021). Mind anchors and heart grips: the role of HRM and LMX in internal branding. International Journal of Human Resource Management. ISSN 0958-5192. doi: 10.1080/09585192.2021.1931407. Show summary

  Internal branding strategies, as in"selling" an organization’s brand to employees so that they will "sell" it to external stakeholders, is a common way for practitioners to get employees to actively support organizational branding efforts. Scholars investigating how organizations best can facilitate such an employee brand support have largely ignored the role of HRM and leader-member exchange (LMX). To test for this data from a survey among Norwegian hospital employees were analyzed. As hypothesized, we found positive relationships between high-commitment HRM and LMX and three manifestations of employee brand support, namely reputation strategy embeddedness, brand-congruent behaviour, and brand development participation. Organizational commitment mediated all the relationships. Examining HRM and LMX simultaneously, we found that LMX moderated the relationship between high-commitment HRM and reputation strategy embeddedness. Theoretical and practical implications and directions for future research are discussed.

• Furseth, Inger; Ahlin, Lars; Ketola, Kimmo; Leis-Peters, Annette Rose; Repstad, Pål Steinar & Sigurvinsson, Bjarni Randver [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2018). Faith and Worldview Communities and Their Leaders - Inward or Outward Looking? In Furseth, Inger (Eds.), Religious Complexity in the Public Sphere. Comparing Nordic Countries. Palgrave Macmillan. ISSN 9783319556772. p. 251–289. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-55678-9_6.
• Urstad, Sivert Skålvoll (2017). Tro og tilhørighet - Tilnærminger til religion blant sekulære unge voksne. In Høeg, Ida Marie (Eds.), Religion og ungdom. Universitetsforlaget. ISSN 9788215029375. p. 179–198.
• Urstad, Sivert Skålvoll (2017). The Religiously Unaffiliated in Norway. Nordic Journal of Religion and Society. ISSN 0809-7291. 30(1-2017), p. 61–81. doi: 10.18261/issn.1890-7008-2017-01-04.
• Furseth, Inger; Repstad, Pål Steinar; Urstad, Sivert Skålvoll & Utaker, Ole Edvin (2015). Tros- og livssynssamfunnene og deres ledere - innadvendte eller utadvendte? In Furseth, Inger (Eds.), Religionens tilbakekomst i offentligheten? Religion, politikk, medier, stat og sivilsamfunn i Norge siden 1980-tallet. Universitetsforlaget. ISSN 9788215024431. p. 139–168.
• Furseth, Inger & Urstad, Sivert Skålvoll (2013). Stedets symbolske betydning. Religiøse minoriteters minnemarkeringer. In Aagedal, Olaf; Botvar, Pål Ketil & Høeg, Ida Marie (Ed.), Den offentlige sorgen : markeringer, ritualer og religion etter 22. juli. Universitetsforlaget. ISSN 978-82-15-02081-5. p. 112–135.
• Magnussen, May-Linda; Repstad, Pål Steinar & Urstad, Sivert Skålvoll (2012). Skepsis til likestilling på Sørlandet – et resultat av religion? Tidsskrift for kjønnsforskning. ISSN 0809-6341. 34(3/4), p. 204–222.

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• Nilsen, Ann Christin Eklund & Urstad, Sivert Skålvoll (2023). Skammen på Sørlandet. sosiologen.no.
• Urstad, Sivert Skålvoll (2015). The religiously unaffiliated in Norway.
• Urstad, Sivert Skålvoll (2014). Exploring the irreligious/non-religious in Norway.
• Furseth, Inger; Repstad, Pål Steinar & Urstad, Sivert Skålvoll (2012). Building bridges or protecting islands? A study of national religious leaders in Norway.
• Repstad, Pål Steinar; Magnussen, May-Linda & Urstad, Sivert Skålvoll (2012). Likestilling og religion i Vest-Agder. Kronikk 21.11.2012. Fædrelandsvennen. ISSN 0805-3790. Show summary

  En sammenfatning av hovedresultater i en kvantitativ studie av sammenheng mellom religion og holdning til likestilling, basert på en vitenskapelig artikkel i Tidsskrift for kjønnsforskning nr 3-4, 2012.

• Urstad, Sivert Skålvoll; Repstad, Pål Steinar & Lyngstad, Torkild Hovde (2018). Ikke-religiøse i Norge. Sosiologiske analyser av individer uten religion. Universitetet i Agder. ISSN 978-82-7117-888-8.
• Stifoss-Hanssen, Hans; Angell, Olav Helge; Askeland, Harald; Schmidt, Ulla; Urstad, Sivert Skålvoll & Kinserdal, Frode (2013). Ny organisering av prestetjenesten («Prostereformen»)- evaluering. Diakonhjemmet Høgskole. ISSN 9788280481269.

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