Vidar Schei
- Conflict Management and Negotiation
- Team Dynamics and Performance
- Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
- Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Creativity in Education and Neuroscience
- Cultural Differences and Values
- Management and Organizational Studies
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Knowledge Management and Sharing
- Gender Diversity and Inequality
- Occupational Health and Safety Research
- Misinformation and Its Impacts
- Complex Systems and Decision Making
- Emotional Intelligence and Performance
- Education, Healthcare and Sociology Research
- Family Business Performance and Succession
- International Student and Expatriate Challenges
- Software Engineering Techniques and Practices
- Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
- Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences
- Workplace Spirituality and Leadership
- Cognitive Science and Mapping
Norwegian School of Economics
2015-2024
Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu
2020
Federal Medical Centre
2020
Centrum voor Landbouw en Milieu
2020
Leiden University
2020
Universidad de Navarra
2020
The differences across cultures in the enforcement of conformity may reflect their specific histories.
Concerns about the veracity of psychological research have been growing. Many findings in science are based on studies with insufficient statistical power and nonrepresentative samples, or may otherwise be limited to specific, ungeneralizable settings populations. Crowdsourced research, a type large-scale collaboration which one more projects conducted across multiple lab sites, offers pragmatic solution these other current methodological challenges. The Psychological Science Accelerator...
Prejudiced attitudes and political nationalism vary widely around the world, but there has been little research on what predicts this variation. Here we examine ecological cultural factors underlying worldwide distribution of prejudice. We suggest that cultures grow more prejudiced when they tighten norms in response to destabilizing threats. A set seven archival analyses, surveys, experiments (∑N = 3,986,402) find nations, American states, pre-industrial societies with tighter show most...
Concerns have been growing about the veracity of psychological research. Many findings in science are based on studies with insufficient statistical power and nonrepresentative samples, or may otherwise be limited to specific, ungeneralizable settings populations. Crowdsourced research, a type large-scale collaboration which one more research projects conducted across multiple lab sites, offers pragmatic solution these other current methodological challenges. The Psychological Science...
Finding communication strategies that effectively motivate social distancing continues to be a global public health priority during the COVID-19 pandemic. This cross-country, preregistered experiment ( n = 25,718 from 89 countries) tested hypotheses concerning generalizable positive and negative outcomes of messages promoted personal agency reflective choices (i.e., an autonomy-supportive message) or were restrictive shaming controlling compared with no message at all. Results partially...
This article examines the functioning of team charters in teamwork. We argue that psychological contract literature serves as a theoretical foundation for understanding charters. examine what types contracts are established and developed during interactions between members whether these related to functioning. Through in-depth interviews objective performance measures, we find some distinct patterns can be Our results indicate teams may benefit from early explicit discussions about standards...
Purpose Integration is an active search for information about facts and interests – motivated by a willingness to find mutually satisfactory agreements usually necessary creating high quality settlements in conflicts. The purpose of this paper examine the integrative approach Design/methodology/approach Surveys, scenario studies, experiments were used explore factors relating approach. First, how integration affected various outcome qualities (Study 1 Study 2) was examined. Then Studies 3, 4...
Over the past 10 years, Oosterhof and Todorov’s valence–dominance model has emerged as most prominent account of how people evaluate faces on social dimensions. In this model, two dimensions (valence dominance) underpin judgements faces. Because primarily been developed tested in Western regions, it is unclear whether these findings apply to other regions. We addressed question by replicating methodology across 11 world 41 countries 11,570 participants. When we used original analysis...
Mindfulness has recently attracted a great deal of interest in the field management. However, even though mindfulness – broadly viewed as state active awareness been described mainly at individual level, it may also have important effects aggregated levels. In this article, we adopt team‐based conceptualization mindfulness, and develop framework that represents powerful effect team on facilitating effective decision‐making. We further discuss how mitigate process false consensus by...
Team psychological safety, as a shared perception, is persistently found to be important for team performance. However, members may not necessarily agree on the level of safety within team. What happens when have dispersed perceptions safety? Through survey-based study involving 1,149 160 management teams, we that, only positively related performance, but also that sharedness among (team climate strength) moderates this relationship. The more stronger effect Further, having at least one...
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects motivational orientations on negotiation outcomes in unstable contexts. Instability created by pitting individualists against cooperators (mixed dyads), and giving only one parties information about other party's orientation. A total 162 subjects participated simulations, where orientation were manipulated through instructions from management. cooperative dyads got better than did individualistic dyads. mixed as well when had information,...
On étudie dans cet article la façon dont motivation cognitive et le rôle de négociateur interagissent pour prédire les comportements résultats des négociations duelles. La 64 participants a été mesurée antérieurement à une simulation négociation achatvente. Les montrent que l’impact sur dépend du joué. Comme prévu, paires pourvues vendeur élevée parvenaient bien plus facilement un accord celles avait basse. Par contre, acheteurs n’avait pas retombées déroulement négociation. L’analyse...
Abstract In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Psychological Science Accelerator coordinated three large-scale psychological studies examine effects of loss-gain framing, cognitive reappraisals, and autonomy framing manipulations on behavioral intentions affective measures. The data collected (April October 2020) included specific measures for each experimental study, a general questionnaire examining health prevention behaviors experience, geographical cultural context characterization,...
Members of small groups often disagree when making decisions. Therefore, they need to negotiate reach a joint decision. Small group negotiations will be difficult because members approach the task with different motivational orientations, some being individualistic (i.e., focusing only on their own interests) and others more cooperative both interests those as whole). Examining 3-person in simulated negotiations, it was found that differences members’ orientations affected (a) how resources...
The effect of leadership behavior on work performance is highly context sensitive. We address this notion by investigating in one important but understudied organizational context—namely, professional service firms (PSFs). examine how partners’ a PSF relates to employee self-leadership, creative climate, and (N = 442). results show that consideration positively related employees’ perceived performance. Moreover, intellectual stimulation are especially drivers self-leadership climate PSF,...
Individuals and society invest ever‐increasing resources in formal educational programs. However, informal workplace learning may be an effective alternative source for enhancing competencies, but, unfortunately, our knowledge about is still limited. We extend the research on to unexplored occupational group of kindergarten employees. Our questions pertain identifying activities that lead learning, conditions promote or prevent such differences between two groups employees (preschool...
Most negotiations are ill-structured situations, and the ability to identify novel options is likely be crucial for success. This study, therefore, examined how creativity impacts negotiation processes outcomes, this effect moderated by positive arousal. The negotiators' creative personality their state of arousal were measured before they participated in a simulated negotiation, with results demonstrating that level dyads was positively related joint outcome. Negotiators high searched more...
The employee flexibility desired in changing and uncertain business environments is amplified small settings. How can leaders facilitate the needed this context? In present study, we proposed that mastery goal-oriented who are concerned with learning competence development would create a work climate promoted their firms. We tested our hypotheses multi-wave, multi-level data collected from employees 141 accounting firms Norway. Findings revealed leaders’ goal orientation (MGO) was positively...