Dag Ingvar Jacobsen

• Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar; Blåka, Sara & Geys, Benny Frans Amelia (2026). Who benefits from cooperation (if any)? Asymmetrical distribution of costs and benefits in intermunicipal collaborations. Local Government Studies. ISSN 0300-3930. p. 1–21. doi: 10.1080/03003930.2026.2717092. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Intermunicipal collaboration is commonly viewed as a way for small municipalities to obtain economies of scale. Empirical research, however, indicates that large municipalities participate in such arrangements just as often as small ones. This is puzzling, as large municipalities probably have exhausted existing scale benefits and may even incur extra costs associated with collaboration. Using a panel dataset on collaboration on child protection services in Norway covering 13 years (2003–2019), we study whether costs and benefits associated with intermunicipal collaboration are asymmetrically distributed among municipalities of different sizes. Results indicate that smaller municipalities increase their capacity through collaboration but also experience cost increases. The largest municipalities experience no significant change in costs, but as they share existing resources with member municipalities, they also dilute their capacity to deliver services to citizens in their own jurisdiction.

• Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar (2026). Leading in a time of turmoil: Political fragmentation, political conflict, and managerial turnover. Public Management Review. ISSN 1471-9037. doi: 10.1080/14719037.2026.2681776. Full text in Research Archive
• Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar (2025). Should I stay or should I go? Political fragmentation and manager turnover–evidence from local government in Norway. Public Management Review. ISSN 1471-9037. doi: 10.1080/14719037.2025.2580419. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Few empirical studies have addressed the possible impact of political fragmentation, an international political trend, on managerial turnover. Departing from two different theoretical traditions we develop two contrasting hypotheses. One, that the probability of turnover will be higher in situations of fragmentation, the other that the probability will be lower. Using data on actual turnover among municipal chief administrative officers in Norway over an 11-year period, we conclude that the probability of managerial turnover is unrelated to political fragmentation, but that the probability of turnover increases with increasing municipality size and decreases with economic surplus and geographical centrality.

• Blåka, Sara; Magnussen, Erik; Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar; Leknes, Einar & Brandtzæg, Bent Aslak (2025). What's in It for the Big Ones? How City- and Suburban Municipalities Vary in Their Motivation to Collaborate. Urban Affairs Review. ISSN 1078-0874. 61(6), p. 1608–1638. doi: 10.1177/10780874251327098. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Research shows that small-sized municipalities, in terms of inhabitants, achieve greater operational benefits from shared service delivery than large municipalities. Still, larger municipalities often engage in a higher number of inter-municipal cooperations than smaller municipalities. This paper investigates why large and small municipalities to engage in shared service delivery with each other by analyzing interview data in six Norwegian center city municipalities and their geographical surrounding municipalities. We outline propositions based on three different types of outcomes related to cooperation between organizations: service performance, strategic benefits, and legitimacy. Results indicate that city and suburban municipalities collaborate for different reasons. While surrounding municipalities cooperate to increase operational size, center city municipalities are instead motivated by spatial needs, regional influence and act in response to pressure from institutionalized environments. These findings support the notion that interorganizational relationships should be considered a mixed-motive situation where main goals and motivation may vary between member organizations.

• George, Bert; Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar; Johanson, Jan-Erik; Johnsen, Åge & Pekkola, Elias (2024). User acceptance of strategic planning: Evidence from Northern European municipalities. Public Administration Review. ISSN 0033-3352. 85(3), p. 752–767. doi: 10.1111/puar.13874. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Strategic planning is core to public administration at all governmental levels. Evidence suggests that when conducted well strategic planning impacts several performance outcomes. Yet, public administration and strategy scholars have argued that strategic planning is not only a technical procedure. Its success is contingent upon the people involved in strategic planning. This study investigates strategic planning using user acceptance theory. It identifies whether formal and participatory strategic planning associate with ease of use and usefulness of strategic planning and, in turn, whether ease of use and usefulness associate with commitment to strategic plans. Results from PLS-SEM analysis of survey data from 327 municipalities in three Northern European countries or regions (Flanders, Finland, Norway) corroborate the perspective of strategic planning as organizational behavior where design choices shape attitudes and behaviors. These findings support calls to consider strategic planning from a 3Ps perspective, namely connecting people—process—plan, to achieve outcomes.

• Blåka, Sara & Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar (2024). Is buying cheaper than sharing? A study of the effect stand-alone contracting out versus public co-production has on cost in Norwegian local auditing services. Local Government Studies. ISSN 0300-3930. doi: 10.1080/03003930.2024.2393101. Full text in Research Archive
• Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar (2023). Political fragmentation and “The purple zone”: how party fragmentation affects political–administrative relations. Local Government Studies. ISSN 0300-3930. doi: 10.1080/03003930.2023.2264798. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  A good cooperative relationship between politics and administration is essential to good governance and efficient decision making in public organisations. This study of the cooperative relationship is based on the notion that politics and administration is intertwined, making interaction between politicians and administrators necessary. The study focuses on how political fragmentation affects cooperative relations between politics and administration. Using data from both Norwegian mayors and municipal directors (436 respondents from 303 municipalities), the effects of three different types of political fragmentation are investigated: number of political parties in council and the steering coalition, the Laakso-Taagepera index, and ideological distance between parties. The findings indicate that cooperative relationships get worse with increasing ideological distance and improves with political fragmentation in the council under the conditions of divided government (political parties in the steering coalition spanning both sides of the left–right dimensions). Implications for the study of political–administrative relations are discussed.

• Blåka, Sara & Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar (2023). Does shared service delivery affect cost? A study of the cost-capacity relation in Norwegian local child protection services. Journal of Economic Policy Reform. ISSN 1748-7870. doi: 10.1080/17487870.2023.2281645. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Intermunicipal cooperation is often seen as a means to increase capacity and reap economic benefits of scale. Prior research, however, shows that the effects of shared service delivery diverge, leaving scholars and practitioners to question whether, under what conditions and at what expense effects of cooperation manifest. Using a panel dataset on child protection services, we analyze how cooperation affects the cost-capacity relation. The results show that cooperation increases cost. This increase is only partly explained by investments in service capacity, indicating that there are significant transaction costs linked to cooperation as a mode of production.

• Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar & Trondal, Jarle (2023). Institutional geography: effects of physical distance on agency autonomy. International Review of Administrative Sciences. ISSN 0020-8523. doi: 10.1177/00208523231164072. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Establishing government agencies outside ministerial departments is frequently justified by a need to safeguard agency autonomy. In addition to ‘formal agencification’, that is, erecting formal barriers between agencies and ministries, agencies are also frequently (re)located physically distant from ministries to both signal and strengthen agency autonomy. However, we know little of the effects of physical location and distance on agency autonomy. Using two large surveys from 2006 and 2016, this study examines how geographical location and distance affect agency autonomy. Our study establishes that agency autonomy is only weakly associated with physical location and distance, and is much less important than political salience. Whereas a conventional claim is that agency autonomy may be strengthened by physically (re)locating agencies at arm's length distance from the core executive, our study suggests that physical (re)location represents an ineffective administrative policy design-tool when applied to agency autonomy.

• Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar & Fjelde, Viktoria-Anastasia Staurland (2023). Part-time work and sickness absence - an organization-level analysis. BMC Public Health. 23(1). doi: 10.1186/s12889-023-17189-z. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Background Absenteeism is consistently higher in public than in private organizations, as is the use of part-time employment. The aim of this study is to identify whether there is a relationship between part-time work and sickness absence at the organizational level. Methods The data is a six-year panel for the full population of Norwegian municipalities (N=422), linking objective register data on both part-time employment and sickness absence. Using OLS regression with fixed effects for municipality and time, we estimate the statistical effects of the municipalities’ use of part-time work on sickness absence. Results The bivariate correlation between percentage position at the municipal level and percentage sickness absence is positive and significant (Pearson’s r=.25, sig LE 0.01). When controlling for fixed effects for municipality and time, as well as municipality economy, municipality size, ratio of female employees in the municipality and characteristics of the general population, the multivariate regression coefficient is still positive but insignificant (coefficient=1.56, robust standard error=1.31). Conclusions The main findings are that the organizations’ use of part-time work is unrelated to sickness absence indicating that organizations with extensive use of part-time work do not experience higher levels of absenteeism than those having less extensive use of part-time employees.

• Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar (2022). Room for leadership? A comparison of perceived managerial job autonomy in public, private and hybrid organizations. International Public Management Journal. ISSN 1096-7494. doi: 10.1080/10967494.2022.2077491. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  The study contributes to our knowledge of leadership in public organizations on three specific areas. First, it is a unique exploration of whether managers in publicly owned organizations perceive less job autonomy than managers in privately owned and hybrid organizations. Hybrid organizations are defined in two categories: shareholder companies with both public and private owners, and public companies (organizations selling their products or services, but publicly owned). Second, the study investigates possible mechanisms - more specifically formalization and professionalization - through which organizational ownership (public, private, and hybrid) is assumed to affect managerial autonomy. Finally, the study incorporates important confounding variables – first and foremost size (number of employees), task (technology), and hierarchical level - missing from many other comparisons of public and private organizations. The main findings support the notion that perceived managerial autonomy in publicly owned organizations is lower than in both hybrid and private organization. These differences are not, however, explained by differences in formalization and professionalization.

• Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar (2021). Organisasjonsdesign - den fysiske dimensjonen. In Blindheim, Bjørn-Tore; Klemsdal, Lars & Røvik, Kjell Arne (Ed.), Design av organisasjon. Universitetsforlaget. ISSN 9788215051727. p. 70–82. Full text in Research Archive
• Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar; Baldersheim, Harald & Kühn, Nadja Sophia Bekkelund (2021). Faglig uavhengighet eller politisk lojalitet? Norske kommunedirektørers balanse mellom fag og politikk. Norsk statsvitenskapelig tidsskrift. ISSN 0801-1745. 37(4), p. 210–225. doi: 10.18261/issn.1504-2936-2021-04-04. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Den nye kommuneloven fra 2020 har som en eksplisitt intensjon å klargjøre skillet mellom politikk og administrasjon, i praksis skillet mellom øverste administrative leder – Kommunedirektør – og ordfører. Denne studien tar for seg hvordan skillet mellom politikk og administrasjon i kommunene faktisk fortoner seg for norske kommunedirektører. Den empiriske studien er en survey sendt samtlige kommunedirektører i Norge høsten 2020 (354) med en svarprosent på 58 (n=206). Spørreskjemaet besto av fire vignetter med beskrivelser av reelle valgsituasjoner, standardiserte valgalternativer, samt åpne kommentarer til vignettene. Resultatene indikerer at forholdet mellom politikk og administrasjon i enkelte saker oppleves som en relativt klar linje som i liten grad krysses, mens det i andre typer saker legges opp til en utstrakt dialog mellom politikk og administrasjon for å finne en felles løsning. Mest overraskende er det at kommunedirektørene i sine åpne kommentarer viser seg å ta betydelige hensyn til politiske signaler også i saker som kunne anses som rent administrative. Dette kan tolkes som en type «dyp politisering» der politiske hensyn er noe som kommunedirektøren legger inn i sitt beslutningsgrunnlag også i saker som etter loven klart er tillagt den administrative lederen.

• Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar (2021). Motivational Differences? Comparing Private, Public and Hybrid Organizations. Public Organization Review. ISSN 1566-7170. 21, p. 561–575. doi: 10.1007/s11115-021-00511-x. Full text in Research Archive
• Blåka, Sara; Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar & Morken, Tone (2021). Service quality and the optimum number of members in intermunicipal cooperation: The case of emergency primary care services in Norway. Public Administration. ISSN 0033-3298. 1(16). doi: 10.1111/padm.12785. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Intermunicipal cooperation (IMC) is often used as a mean to reap scale benefits. Most studies on the effects of IMC focus on cost savings, while service quality is overlooked. In this study, the focus is set on input quality in a service characterized by high asset specificity and need for redundancy: emergency primary care. We analyze how mode of governance affect performance by (1) measuring whether IMC versus single-municipal production affects input quality and (2) identifying optimum scale of operation; effect of the number of participants in the cooperation on input quality. The findings indicate that cooperation weakens the input quality of medical workforce, but that this negative effect is balanced out as the number of participants increases, indicating that cooperation needs to reach a certain size to achieve optimum scale of operation. Concerning equipment, both cooperation in general and an increasing number of participants decrease the input quality.

• Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar & Johnsen, Åge (2020). Alignment of strategy and structure in local government. Public Money & Management. ISSN 0954-0962. 40(4), p. 276–284. doi: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1715093. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Strategic positioning and structural alignment in the public sector is a neglected area of research. This paper analyses the strategic positions of prospectors, defenders and reactors and structural alignment in Norwegian municipalities. Top managers responding to a survey perceived that the municipalities did align their organizational structures to the strategic positions for prospectors and defenders, but not for reactors, as hypothesized, but these relationships were modest. The top managers often found it difficult to provide consistent responses on their organizations’ choices of strategic positions.

• Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar & Fjeldbraaten, Elin M (2019). Exploring the Links Between Part-Time Employment and Absenteeism: the Mediating Roles of Organizational Commitment and Work-Family Conflict. Public Organization Review. ISSN 1566-7170. p. 1–15. doi: 10.1007/s11115-018-00437-x. Full text in Research Archive
• Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar (2019). Mellomledelse - en spesiell form for ledelse? Magma forskning og viten. ISSN 1500-0788. 22(1), p. 46–54. Full text in Research Archive
• Zyzak, Barbara & Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar (2019). External managerial networking in meta-organizations. Evidence from regional councils in Norway. Public Management Review. ISSN 1471-9037. 22(9), p. 1347–1367. doi: 10.1080/14719037.2019.1632922. Full text in Research Archive
• Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar; Hillestad, Tore; Yttri, Birgitte & Hildrum, Jarle (2018). Alternative routes to innovation - The effects of cultural and structural fit. International Journal of Innovation Management. ISSN 1363-9196. doi: 10.1142/S1363919620500061. Full text in Research Archive
• Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar & Fjeldbraaten, Elin M (2018). Shift work and sickness absence-the mediating roles of work-home conflict and perceived health. Human Resource Management. ISSN 0090-4848. 57(5), p. 1145–1157. doi: 10.1002/hrm.21894. Full text in Research Archive
• Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar & Kiland, Charlotte (2017). Success With a Bitter Aftertaste: Success Factors in Inter-Municipal Cooperation. Scandinavian Journal of Public Administration (SPJA). ISSN 2001-7405. 21(4), p. 53–76. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Inter-municipal cooperation seems to be gaining popularity in many Western countries, making it of pressing importance to better understand what factors that may contribute to the success of such arrangements. This article focuses on three inter-municipal cooperative arrangements in the field of child welfare in Norway deemed as successful, setting out to find common features across the three. Combining document-studies and qualitative interviews, the study manages to reveal three main factors explaining success: a sense of urgency, incremental processes, and political and administrative anchoring. The study also indicates that these factors interact, and thus cannot be viewed as isolated explanations. Furthermore, the potential negative effects on allocative efficiency are highlighted. As the success of inter-municipal cooperation at least partly seems to depend on the task in focus is “moved out” of the ordinary activity and anchored at a higher political and administrative level, it is argued that this may further fragment the municipalities’ ability to prioritize between sectors and services.

• Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar (2017). Governance at the local level: A Research agenda on cross-boundary coordination. In Trondal, Jarle (Eds.), The Rise of Common Political Order. Edward Elgar Publishing. ISSN 9781786434999. p. 197–216. doi: 10.4337/9781786435002.00019. Full text in Research Archive
• Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar (2017). Democratic effects of inter-municipal cooperation: Equal effects for all? In Trondal, Jarle (Eds.), The Rise of Common Political Order. Edward Elgar Publishing. ISSN 9781786434999. p. 217–232. doi: 10.4337/9781786435002.00020. Full text in Research Archive
• Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar (2017). Publicness as an antecedent of transformational leadership: the case of Norway. International Review of Administrative Sciences. ISSN 0020-8523. 83(1), p. 23–42. doi: 10.1177/0020852315575000. Full text in Research Archive
• Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar & Skollevold, Ann Sherin (2016). Presidentialisation on the executive arena at the local level? The case of Norway 1992-2012. Zarządzanie Publiczne. ISSN 1898-3529. 35(1), p. 7–19. doi: 10.15678/ZP.2016.35.1.01. Full text in Research Archive
• Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar (2016). Adopting and Refining e-services — the Role of Organization Size. Public Organization Review. ISSN 1566-7170. 18(1), p. 111–123. doi: 10.1007/s11115-016-0364-0. Full text in Research Archive

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• Postholm, May Britt & Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar (2025). Læreren med forskerblikk: innføring i vitenskapelig metode for lærerstudenter. Cappelen Damm Akademisk. ISBN 9788202867591. 158 p. Full text in Research Archive
• Postholm, May Britt & Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar (2025). Forskningsmetode for masterstudenter i lærerutdanningen. Cappelen Damm Akademisk. ISBN 9788202847869. 296 p. Full text in Research Archive
• Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar & Vabo, Signy Irene (2024). Koordinering, samordning og samarbeid - i og mellom organisasjoner. Fagbokforlaget. ISBN 9788245048940. Full text in Research Archive
• Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar (2022). Interkommunalt samarbeid i Norge. Former, funksjoner og effekter (2. utgave). Fagbokforlaget. ISBN 9788245040081. 236 p. Full text in Research Archive
• Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar (2022). Hvordan gjennomføre undersøkelser? (4. utgave). Cappelen Damm Akademisk. ISBN 9788202727307. 447 p. Full text in Research Archive
• Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar (2019). Ledelse og den offentlige dimensjon. En sammenligning av ledere i offentlige og private organisasjoner. Fagbokforlaget. ISBN 9788245026825. 211 p. Full text in Research Archive
• Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar & Thorsvik, Jan (2019). Hvordan organisasjoner fungerer (5. utgave). Fagbokforlaget. ISBN 9788245025248. 563 p. Full text in Research Archive
• Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar (2018). Organisasjonsendring og endringsledelse (3. utgave). Fagbokforlaget. ISBN 9788245024920. 288 p. Full text in Research Archive
• Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar & Postholm, May Britt (2018). Forskningsmetode for masterstudenter i lærerutdanning. Cappelen Damm Akademisk. ISBN 9788202575861. 300 p. Full text in Research Archive
• Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar (2016). Engangsorganisasjonen. Fagbokforlaget. ISBN 9788245021011. 180 p. Full text in Research Archive
• Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar (2015). Hvordan gjennomføre undersøkelser? Innføring i samfunnsvitenskapelig metode. Cappelen Damm Akademisk. ISBN 9788202481889. 432 p. Full text in Research Archive

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• George, Bert; Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar; Johanson, Jan-Erik; Johnsen, Åge & Pekkola, Elias (2021). User acceptance of strategic planning: evidence from Northern European municipalities. Full text in Research Archive
• George, Bert; Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar; Johanson, Jan-Erik; Johnsen, Åge & Pekkola, Elias (2019). Making Strategic Planning Work: A Cross-Country Analysis in Flemish, Norwegian and Finnish Municipalities. Full text in Research Archive
• Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar (2016). Ikke helt uvanlig. [Journal]. Agderposten. Full text in Research Archive
• Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar (2016). Forstår ikke hemmeligholdet. [Journal]. Fædrelandsvennen. Full text in Research Archive
• Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar (2016). Ikke typisk for bare Frp. [TV]. NRK. Full text in Research Archive
• Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar (2016). Politikere mangler rolleforståelse. [Journal]. Kommunal rapport. Full text in Research Archive
• Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar (2016). Beskyldes for å blande sammen rollene. [Journal]. Fædrelandsvennen. Full text in Research Archive
• Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar (2016). Hva skjedde med USA? Full text in Research Archive
• Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar (2016). Slutten kan være begynnelsen. [Journal]. Fædrelandsvennen. Full text in Research Archive
• Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar (2016). Yngste er mest imot. [Journal]. Agderposten. Full text in Research Archive
• Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar (2016). Her er ekspertrådene. [Journal]. Sandnesposten. Full text in Research Archive
• Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar (2016). Lite klokt av rådmannen. [Journal]. Fædrelandsvennen. Full text in Research Archive
• Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar (2016). Folkets røst? Full text in Research Archive
• Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar (2016). Kommunesammenslåing for dummies. [Radio]. KRS247. Full text in Research Archive
• Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar (2016). Manglende kunnskap i kommunedebatten? Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.). ISSN 0804-3116. Full text in Research Archive
• Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar (2016). Benekter personlig lobbyisme. [Journal]. Fædrelandsvennen. Full text in Research Archive
• Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar (2016). Kritisk til ansettelse av ny organisasjonssjef. [Journal]. Fædrelandsvennen. Full text in Research Archive
• Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar (2016). Nesten halve landbruksmakta bor i Oslo. [Journal]. Nationen. Full text in Research Archive
• Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar (2016). Forvirrende å kalle det avis. [Journal]. Fædrelandsvennen. Full text in Research Archive
• Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar (2016). Kaotisk på overtid. [Journal]. nationen. Full text in Research Archive
• Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar (2016). Ekspert mener Skisland burde vært mer åpen. [Journal]. Fædrelandsvennen. Full text in Research Archive
• Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar (2016). Lite klokt av råådmannen. [Journal]. Fædrelandsvennen. Full text in Research Archive
• Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar (2016). Ikke undervurder startfasen. [Journal]. Ukeavisen ledelse. Full text in Research Archive
• Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar (2016). Duket for omkamp om sammenslåing. [Journal]. Nationen. Full text in Research Archive
• Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar (2016). kommunar klare for omkamp. [Journal]. Hallingdølen. Full text in Research Archive
• Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar (2016). Revisjonen frikjenner rådmannen. [Journal]. Fædrelandsvennen. Full text in Research Archive
• Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar (2016). Vurderer nye runder - kommunereformen. [Journal]. Aura avis. Full text in Research Archive
• Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar (2016). Halloooo? Er det noen sørlendinger her? [Journal]. Fædrelandsvennen. Full text in Research Archive
• Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar (2016). Ikkje endringar i ei eventuell storkommune. [Radio]. NRK. Full text in Research Archive
• Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar (2016). De ber om trøbbel. [Journal]. Fædrelandsvennen. Full text in Research Archive
• Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar (2016). Storkommune og bydelskommune. Full text in Research Archive
• Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar (2015). Ikke skremt av Høyres fall. [Journal]. Fædrelandsvennen. Full text in Research Archive
• Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar (2015). Har ikke hørt noe lignende. [Journal]. Fædrelandsvennen. Full text in Research Archive
• Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar (2015). Frivillighetens pris. p. 36–36. Full text in Research Archive
• Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar (2015). Fikk forbønn for tøff politisk uke. [Journal]. Agderposten. Full text in Research Archive
• Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar (2015). AP størst, men forstatt borgerlig flertall. [Internet]. NRK. Full text in Research Archive
• Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar (2015). Søker fritak på grunn av samvittighet. [Journal]. Arendals Tidende. Full text in Research Archive
• Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar (2015). Kraftig tilbake, men fortsatt størst. Valgresultatet i Lillesand. [Internet]. NRK. Full text in Research Archive
• Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar (2015). Professor: Uvanlig å ikke forlenge engasjement for sittende fylkesmann. [Journal]. Fædrelandsvennen. Full text in Research Archive
• Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar (2015). AP har gjort et brakvalg på Sørlandet. [Radio]. NRK. Full text in Research Archive
• Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar (2015). To års muntlig dialog - ikke ett referat i arkivet. [Journal]. Fædrelandsvennen. Full text in Research Archive
• Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar (2015). Storfavorittene vraket som fylkesmann. [Journal]. Agderposten. Full text in Research Archive
• Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar (2015). Kandidater på valgliste mot sin vilje. [Journal]. Lyngdals avis. Full text in Research Archive
• Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar (2015). AP seierherre i Mandal. [Radio]. NRK. Full text in Research Archive
• Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar (2015). Den store overraskelsen. [Journal]. Agderposten. Full text in Research Archive
• Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar (2015). Dette ble tight - valgresultatet i Kristiansand og Arendal. [Radio]. NRK. Full text in Research Archive
• Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar (2015). Debatten blir mer opplyst. [Journal]. Fædrelandsvennen. Full text in Research Archive
• Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar (2015). AP-politikere gir ros til den blå-blå regjeringen. [Journal]. Fædrelandsvennen. Full text in Research Archive
• Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar (2015). Kun halvparten stemte. [Journal]. Agderposten. Full text in Research Archive
• Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar (2015). 44,8 % til sittende ordfører. [TV]. NRK. Full text in Research Archive
• Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar (2015). Man bør avspeile befolkningen. [Journal]. Agderposten. Full text in Research Archive
• Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar (2015). Det verste fra to verdener. Full text in Research Archive
• Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar (2015). Djupedal og Harberg klare favoritter. [Radio]. NRK. Full text in Research Archive
• Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar (2015). AP vil gå fram og Høyre tilbake. [Journal]. Fædrelandsvennen. Full text in Research Archive
• Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar (2015). POlitisk utfordrende. [Journal]. Lindesnes. Full text in Research Archive
• Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar (2015). Anarkiske beslutningsmodeller. Innledning til "A garbage can model of organizational choice". In Karlsen, Jan Erik (Eds.), Veivisere i norsk organisasjonsforskning. Fagbokforlaget. ISSN 9788245018714. p. 103–107. Full text in Research Archive
• Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar (2015). Vanskelig med ett tog når partipolitiske saker frontes. [Journal]. Agderposten. Full text in Research Archive
• Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar (2015). Kontekstuell organisasjonsatferd. Innledning til Rules and the institutionalization of action. In Karlsen, Jan Erik (Eds.), Veivisere i norsk organisasjonsforskning. Fagbokforlaget. ISSN 9788245018714. p. 370-373–370-373. Full text in Research Archive
• Blåka, Sara; Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar & Geys, Benny (2022). Cooperation is no Panacea : Inter-municipal Cooperation, Service Delivery, and the Optimum Scale of Operation. A Study of how Cooperation Affects Performance in Local Service Delivery. Universitetet i Agder. ISSN 9788284270777. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Inter-municipal cooperation (IMC) is one of the most widely-used organizational alternatives in local governments’ attempts to adapt to ever-increasing demands for high quality and cost-efficient services. Although IMC is widespread, studies of its effects are largely lacking. The existing studies show contradicting results, causing more and more scholars to ask what determines whether or not cooperation is successful. This study contributes to filling this gap by asking, when and how shared service delivery is beneficial. The study’s empirical work is constituted of four separate articles. Each article uses one specific service as an empirical case for analyzing the effects cooperation on one or two distinct dimensions of performance. Together, these studies provide an empirical ground for comparing and discussing how the effects of cooperation may depend on cooperation size and tasks characteristics.

• Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar; Baldersheim, Harald; Hye, Linda; Kühn, Nadja Sophia Bekkelund; Duy, Iris Nguyen & Elgueta, Nichole Makarena Silva [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2021). Styrket lederskap i kommunal sektor - gjeldende rett, roller og rolleforståelse mellom folkevalgte og kommunedirektør. Universitetet i Agder. Full text in Research Archive
• Johnsen, Åge; Desmidt, Sebastian; George, Bert; Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar & Johanson, Jan-Erik (2017). Using Strategic Planning in Local Government. EGPA Policy Paper No. 3. European Group of Public Adminstration (EGPA). Full text in Research Archive
• Miland, Ingvild Sebu & Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar (2016). Hvorfor sa Høgskolen i Vestfold ja, når Universitetet i Agder sa nei? En casestudie av fusjonsutredningene ved UiA og HiVe. Universitetet i Agder. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Fusjoner i høyere utdanning har vært tema i den offentlige debatten om strukturer i høyere utdanning i en lengere periode. Fusjon blir brukt som et styrings- og reformverktøy. Likevel er det uenighet innenfor utdanningsinstitusjonene om dette er den beste løsningen. Denne masteroppgaven er en komparativ casestudie som utforsker to utredningsprosesser for fusjon eller samarbeid. Casene har tatt utgangspunkt i utredningene mellom Universitetet i Agder og Høgskolen i Telemark, samt mellom Høgskolen i Vestfold og Høgskolen i Buskerud. Målet med oppgaven har vært å finne årsaken til at UiA og HiVe valgte ulike løsninger. Problemstillingen er: Hvorfor sa Høgskolen i Vestfold ja, når Universitetet i Agder sa nei? Institusjonene befinner seg i tilnærmet lik kontekst, og med tilnærmet lik prosess. Likevel opplever man at UiA sa nei til fusjon, mens HiVe sa ja. For å analysere prosessene har det vært brukt en kvalitativ komparativ casestudie. Metoden som har vært brukt er dokumentanalyse, hvor ulike dokumenter slik som møteinnkallinger og referater, utredninger og høringssvar, samt aviser har vært benyttet. Som teoretisk rammeverk har jeg brukt en konseptuell modell for organisasjonsendring. Det teoretiske rammeverket har vært brukt til å analysere prosessene ved UiA og HiVe. Den konseptuelle modellen ser på endring som en helhet. Modellen støtter seg på teori innenfor organisasjonsendring. Det er i tillegg supplert med teori om høyere utdanningsinstitusjoner, og generell teori om fusjoner. Funnene viser at det er motstand som er den største forskjellen mellom UiA og HiVe. Oppslutning til eller motstand mot endring kommer fra troen på drivkreftene, og først og fremst endringsvisjonen. Endringsvisjonen sier noe om hvordan den fremtidige organisasjonen skal bli, og når de ansatte ikke tror på visjonen oppstår også motstand. Kontekst, innhold i og omfang av endringen og endringsprosessen er underordnet drivkreftenes påvirkning på hvordan de ansatte reagerer på foreslåtte endringer. Faglige argumenter som blir brukt av motstandere eller tilhengere til endringer kan være med på å svekke eller styrke troen på drivkreftene, men det er altså bildet av fremtiden som er den viktigste årsaken til oppslutning eller motstand.

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