2–2018, volume 32
www.idunn.no/beta
Beta – Scandinavian Journal of Business Research is an electronic
journal that provides an excellent outlet for research and scholarship
on management and business related themes and topics, including:
General Management, Human Resource Management, Organizational Behavior,
Leadership- and Organization Development, Accounting and Finance,
Business Ethics, Strategic Management, Marketing, Business Economics
and Public Sector Management.
The editors give priority to original articles that contain results
with theoretical and practical relevance as well as reviews, research
notes and summaries of research reports. The journal also carries reviews
of topical literature in the field.
It was first issued in 1986 and from 2006 the journal is published
e-only.
The journal publishes refereed articles and is classified as
a journal at level 1 on the Norwegian Association of Higher Education
Institutions' list of publishing channels.
Editor
Bjarne Espedal, Professor at NHH Norwegian School of Economics
Associate Editors
Anders Dysvik, Professor at BI Norwegian Business School
Erik Døving, Associate Professor at Oslo and Akershus University
College of Applied Sciences
Bjørn-Tore Flåten, Associate Professor at School og Business
and Law, University of Agder
Paul Gooderham, Professor at NHH Norwegian School of Economics
Leif Hem, Professor at NHH Norwegian School of Economics
Svein Tvedt Johansen, Associate Professor at UiT The Arctic University
of Norway
Henrik Holt Larsen, Professor at CBS (Copenhagen Business School)
Editorial advisory board
Richard Croucher, Professor at Middlesex University
Glenn Kristiansen, Associate Professor at NMBU Norwegian University
of Life Sciences
EDITORIAL ASSISTANT
Aud Aasen
The journal is published by Scandinavian University Press / Universitetsforlaget
Layout: Type-it AS, Trondheim
Type-setting: Laboremus Sandefjord AS
Front cover: Olivia Jørgensen
ISSN online: 1504-3134
DOI: 10.18261/issn.1504-3134
© Scandinavian University Press / Universitetsforlaget 2018