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dc.contributor.authorOlsvik, Bodil S.
dc.contributor.authorSaus, Merete
dc.date.accessioned2021-09-13T11:49:40Z
dc.date.available2021-09-13T11:49:40Z
dc.date.issued2020-07-20
dc.description.abstractThe child welfare service in Norway is in the spotlight internationally after the European Court of Human Rights (EMD) convicted Norway of human rights violations in several child welfare cases. Norwegian child welfare services are presented as having weaknesses in competence, prioritization, structure and supervision. The child welfare service in Norway has a decentralized structure, and most tasks are a municipal responsibility. The paper explores what leadership challenges the municipal child welfare leaders are facing at a time when the service is under great pressure, and how we can understand these challenges using paradox theory. The empirical data are based on qualitative interviews with child welfare leaders from different municipalities in Norway. The study shows that Norwegian child welfare leaders have to deal with increasing complexity, and experience tensions between contradictory demands. Child welfare leaders manage multiple, interrelated paradoxes, and handle tensions in different ways. Further, the study shows that paradoxical tensions challenge the professional judgement and that the child welfare leaders’ managerial discretion is reduced. Finally, we discuss the findings as well as the practical implications for managing child welfare services in Norway.en_US
dc.identifier.citationOlsvik, Saus. Coping with Paradoxes: Norwegian Child Welfare Leaders Managing Complexity. Child Care in Practice. 2020:1-18en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1819989
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/13575279.2020.1776683
dc.identifier.issn1357-5279
dc.identifier.issn1476-489X
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/22513
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherTaylor & Francisen_US
dc.relation.ispartofOlsvik, B.S. (2021). Skjønn i ledelse av kommunalt barnevern. Kompleksitet, motstridende krav og paradoksale spenninger. (Doctoral thesis). <a href=https://hdl.handle.net/10037/22514>https://hdl.handle.net/10037/22514</a>
dc.relation.journalChild Care in Practice
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2020 The Author(s)en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Social science: 200::Political science and organizational theory: 240::Public and private administration: 242en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200::Statsvitenskap og organisasjonsteori: 240::Offentlig og privat administrasjon: 242en_US
dc.titleCoping with Paradoxes: Norwegian Child Welfare Leaders Managing Complexityen_US
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typeTidsskriftartikkelen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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