About
Vilde Bernstrøm has a master in work and organizational psychology and a PhD on organizational change, leadership and sickness absence. Topics of interest include sickness absence, work-health, and inclusion and exclusion from the labor market - as well as other organizational topics such as work hours, the work environment, leadership and organizational change.
Field of study
Leadership and organizational theory Work environment Sickness Absence Working time Organizational change Arbeidshelse Work participation
Research groups
Research projects
Ongoing research projects
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Reflex: Revising work time flexibility policies to promote work inclusion
In the REFLEX project, we investigate the relationship between work-time flexibility and work inclusion.
Completed research projects
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COMPRESSED − A longitudinal study of compressed work schedules within the health, care and welfare services
With increasing need for more workforce in the healthcare-sector, the offers of the future is reliant on how we precure sufficient staff and maintain the health of the workers.
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Crossbow: Crossing and Managing Boundaries between Work and Non-Work – Co-creating Healthy Teleworking
In this project we aim to map, explore and understand the opportunities and challenges of telework, and to contribute to enhanced organizational preparedness for healthy, sustainable and productive teleworking.
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Flex-IT: A mixed-method study of cross-domain information technology use in everyday life
The emergence of new technology has increasingly blurred the boundaries between work and family domains, and the consequences for the health and productivity of the labor force remains unknown. These contradictory perspectives make it important to understand to what extent, when and for who cross-domain IT use is healthy and/or unhealthy.
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NEET: Preventing sick leave and marginalization in young adults
Despite the increasing costs of early school leaving and failures to integrate into the adult workforce, it is still unknown what the determinants to unhealthy school-to-work transitions are.
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Ingelsrud, Mari Holm
;
Bernstrøm, Vilde Hoff
;
Nilsen, Wendy
(2026).
Remote Work and the Psychosocial Work Environment: The Role of Contact.
Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies.
Vol. 16.
https://doi.org/10.18291/njwls.157873
Bernstrøm, Vilde Hoff
;
Ingelsrud, Mari Holm
;
Nilsen, Wendy
(2025).
The consequences of after-hours work: a fixed-effect study of burnout, pain, detachment and work–home conflict among Norwegian workers.
Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health.
Vol. 51.
https://doi.org/10.5271/sjweh.4198
Bernstrøm, Vilde Hoff
;
Alves, Daniele Evelin
; Houkes, Inge;
Lillebråten, Andreas
;
Nilsen, Wendy
(2025).
The consequences of a compressed workweek: a systematic literature review.
International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health.
Vol. 98.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00420-025-02153-8
Grønstad, Anniken;
Bernstrøm, Vilde Hoff
(2025).
Why downsizing may increase sickness absence: longitudinal fixed effects analyses of the importance of the work environment.
BMC Health Services Research.
Vol. 25.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-025-12454-w
Nordberg, Tanja Haraldsdottir
;
Drange, Ida
;
Bernstrøm, Vilde Hoff
;
Nilsen, Wendy
(2024).
Interdisciplinarity and communication across research employing different methods under the loupe: A bibliometric examination of the literature on boundary-crossing ICT use.
The Information Society.
Vol. 40.
https://doi.org/10.1080/01972243.2024.2355945
Nilsen, Wendy
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Nordberg, Tanja Haraldsdottir
;
Drange, Ida
; Junker, Nina Mareen;
Aksnes, Siri Yde
; Cooklin, Amanda; Cho, Eunae;
Habib, Laurence
; Hokke, Stacey; Olson-Buchanan, Julie B.;
Bernstrøm, Vilde Hoff
(2024).
Boundary-crossing ICT use – A scoping review of the current literature and a road map for future research.
Computers in Human Behavior Reports.
Vol. 15.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chbr.2024.100444
Lillebråten, Andreas
;
Bernstrøm, Vilde Hoff
;
Tøge, Anne Grete
(2024).
Reducing sickness absence: a work environment intervention in Norwegian hospitals.
BMC Health Services Research.
Vol. 24.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-024-11373-6
Alves, Daniele Evelin
; Ballo, Jannike Gottschalk;
Nilsen, Wendy
;
Lundberg, Camilla Stub
;
Lillebråten, Andreas
;
Bernstrøm, Vilde Hoff
(2023).
Which companies hire NEET? Organisational characteristics of hiring NEET in a Norwegian full-population registry study.
Journal of Youth Studies.
https://doi.org/10.1080/13676261.2023.2290112
Ose, Solveig Osborg; Lohmann-Lafrenz, Signe;
Bernstrøm, Vilde Hoff
; Berthelsen, Hanne; Marchand, Gunn Hege
(2023).
The Norwegian version of the Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire (COPSOQ III): Initial validation study using a national sample of registered nurses.
PLOS ONE.
Vol. 18.
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0289739
Ballo, Jannike Gottschalk;
Heglum, Mari Amdahl
;
Nilsen, Wendy
;
Bernstrøm, Vilde Hoff
(2022).
Can adolescent work experience protect vulnerable youth? A population wide longitudinal study of young adults not in education, employment or training (NEET).
Journal of Education and Work.
Vol. 35.
https://doi.org/10.1080/13639080.2022.2099534
