About
I am a professor of public policy and administration at Oslomet Business School. I have a PhD in political science from the University of Tromsø (2004).
My research interests relate to organizational studies in general, with public organizations as the main empirical area of investigation. My research is about understanding how public organizations relate to their environment and respond to different forms of pressure. The data comes from health care, independent state agencies and regulatory bodies, higher education, but also to some extent from the private and non-profit sectors.
The issues I am concerned with are about how reputations are managed and how organizations build themselves up as strong brands; how organizational identity and values are expressed and change over time, as well as how management concepts are diffused and translated. Theoretically speaking, I build largely on new institutional theory, especially the Scandinavian institutional school.
Field of study
Research groups
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Wæraas, Arild
; Askeland, Harald; Espedal, Gry
(2025).
If These Walls Could Talk: An Institutional Perspective on Values-Based Leadership.
The Journal of Values Based Leadership.
Vol. 18.
https://doi.org/10.22543/1948-0733.1576
Eidslott, Erika;
Wæraas, Arild
; Sirris, Stephen
(2024).
Heart over profit: unravelling the discourse on the non-profit sector’s added value.
Public Management Review.
https://doi.org/10.1080/14719037.2024.2427010
Elmholdt, Kasper Trolle; Nielsen, Jeppe Agger;
Wæraas, Arild
; Meyer, Renate
(2024).
It Takes a Village: Translating Management Ideas through an Ecology of Roles.
Journal of Management Studies.
https://doi.org/10.1111/joms.13155
Wæraas, Arild
; Sirris, Stephen; Hellevik, Øystein Bjarte
(2024).
The Added Value of Civil Society Organizations in the Provision of Welfare State Services.
VOLUNTAS - International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations.
Vol. 35.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11266-024-00639-6
Wæraas, Arild
; Sataøen, Hogne Lerøy
(2023).
Different strokes for different folks? The translation of public values into official meanings.
International Review of Administrative Sciences.
https://doi.org/10.1177/00208523231155756
Wæraas, Arild
; Nielsen, Jeppe Agger
(2023).
Translating management ideas: Imitation modes and translation outcomes.
Scandinavian Journal of Management.
Vol. 39.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scaman.2023.101262
Dahle, Dag Yngve;
Wæraas, Arild
(2023).
Ticket to rate: antecedents to turnover intention among teachers.
International Journal of Leadership in Education.
https://doi.org/10.1080/13603124.2023.2218107
Espedal, Gry; Løvaas, Beate Jelstad; Sirris, Stephen;
Wæraas, Arild
(2022).
Researching Values. Methodological Approaches for Understanding Values Work in Organizations and Leadership.
ISBN: 9783030907693.
284 p.
Palgrave Macmillan.
https://www.springerprofessional.de/en/researching
Wæraas, Arild
(2022).
Thematic analysis: Making values emerge from texts.
Espedal, Gry; Løvaas, Beate Jelstad; Sirris, Stephen; Wæraas, Arild (Ed.).
Researching Values. Methodological Approaches for Understanding Values Work in Organizations and Leadership. p. 153-170.
Palgrave Macmillan.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-90769-3_9
Rudolf, Wawrzyniec;
Wæraas, Arild
(2021).
Municipal Branding and Social Media: Comparing Poland, Norway, and Ukraine.
Zavattaro, Staci (Ed.).
Public Branding and Marketing. A Global Viewpoint. p. 79-115.
Springer Nature.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-70505-3_6
