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Jørn Hetland is affiliated with the University of Bergen in Norway. Their research portfolio spans several disciplines within the social sciences, with a strong focus on psychology, social sciences broadly, and business, management, and accounting. Hetland has contributed extensively to subfields such as social psychology, organizational behavior and human resource management, sociology and political science, general health professions, and clinical psychology.

The primary research topics addressed in Hetland's work include job satisfaction and organizational behavior, workplace violence and bullying, workplace health and well-being, bullying, victimization, and aggression, personality traits and psychology, occupational health and safety research, and psychological well-being and life satisfaction.

Recent publications showcase the thematic breadth of Hetland's research interests. Some of the notable papers include:

  • "Daily transformational leadership: A source of inspiration for follower performance?", 2022, European Management Journal
  • "Job crafting and playful work design: Links with performance during busy and quiet days", 2020, Journal of Vocational Behavior
  • "Daily autonomy and job performance: Does person-organization fit act as a key resource?", 2022, Journal of Vocational Behavior
  • "How do Employees Adapt to Organizational Change? The Role of Meaning-making and Work Engagement", 2020, The Spanish Journal of Psychology
  • "Daily work pressure and exposure to bullying-related negative acts: The role of daily transformational and laissez-faire leadership", 2020, European Management Journal

Hetland has collaborated frequently with a range of coauthors, with several partnerships resulting in multiple joint publications. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Olav Kjellevold Olsen (12 publications)
  • Arnold B. Bakker (11 publications)
  • Roar Espevik (10 publications)
  • Ståle Einarsen (7 publications)
  • Morten Birkeland Nielsen (4 publications)

Publication venues that commonly feature Hetland's research include Frontiers in Psychology, European Management Journal, Journal of Vocational Behavior, The Spanish Journal of Psychology, and Military Psychology. Frontiers in Psychology is the most frequent venue with multiple papers published.

The body of work attributed to Hetland contributes empirical insights into workplace dynamics, particularly focusing on leadership, employee well-being, and behavioral responses within organizational settings. The breadth and volume of output across interdisciplinary fields position this researcher as engaged with both psychological theory and applied organizational studies.

Best Publications

  • A cross-national profile of bullying and victimization among adolescents in 40 countries

    Wendy Craig;Yossi Harel-Fisch;Haya Fogel-Grinvald;Suzanne Dostaler

  • Crafting a job on a daily basis: Contextual correlates and the link to work engagement

    Paraskevas Petrou;Evangelia Demerouti;Maria C. W. Peeters;Wilmar B. Schaufeli

  • Daily transactional and transformational leadership and daily employee engagement

    Kimberley Breevaart;Arnold Bakker;Jørn Hetland;Evangelia Demerouti

  • Problematic Video Game Use: Estimated Prevalence and Associations with Mental and Physical Health

    Rune Aune Mentzoni;Geir Scott Brunborg;Helge Molde;Helga Myrseth

  • School-Related Social Support and Students' Perceived Life Satisfaction

    Anne G. Danielsen;Oddrun Samdal;Jørn Hetland;Bente Wold

  • Socioeconomic Inequality in Exposure to Bullying During Adolescence: A Comparative, Cross-Sectional, Multilevel Study in 35 Countries

    Pernille Due;Juan Merlo;Yossi Harel-Fisch;Mogens Trab Damsgaard

  • Leadership Styles as Predictors of Self-reported and Observed Workplace Bullying

    Helge Hoel;Lars Glasø;Jørn Hetland;Cary L. Cooper

  • Development of a work addiction scale

    Cecilie Schou Andreassen;Mark D Griffiths;Jørn Hetland;Ståle Pallesen

  • Daily transformational Leadership: A source of inspiration for follower performance?

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  • The relationship between ‘workaholism’, basic needs satisfaction at work and personality

    Cecilie Schou Andreassen;Jørn Hetland;Ståle Pallesen

  • Leadership and Fulfillment of the Three Basic Psychological Needs at Work.

    Hilde Hetland;Jørn Hetland;Cecilie Schou Andreassen;Ståle Pallesen

  • Is avoidant leadership a root cause of subordinate stress? Longitudinal relationships between laissez-faire leadership and role ambiguity

    Anders Skogstad;Jørn Hetland;Lars Glasø;Ståle Einarsen

  • Cross-national variation of gender differences in adolescent subjective health in Europe and North America.

    Torbjørn Torsheim;Ulrike Ravens-Sieberer;Jorn Hetland;Raili Välimaa

  • Longitudinal relationships between workplace bullying and psychological distress.

    Morten Birkeland Nielsen;Jørn Hetland;Stig Berge Matthiesen;Ståle Einarsen

  • Workplace bullying as an antecedent to job insecurity and intention to leave: a 6‐month prospective study

    Mats Glambek;Stig Berge Matthiesen;Jørn Hetland;Ståle Einarsen

  • Subjective health, symptom load and quality of life of children and adolescents in Europe.

    Ulrike Ravens-Sieberer;Torbjorn Torsheim;Jorn Hetland;Wilma Vollebergh

  • An international scoring system for self-reported health complaints in adolescents.

    Ulrike Ravens-Sieberer;Michael Erhart;Torbjorn Torsheim;Jorn Hetland

  • Do new ways of working foster work engagement

    Lieke L. Ten Brummelhuis;Arnold B. Bakker;JøRn Hetland;Liesbeth Keulemans

  • Daily transformational leadership and employee job crafting: The role of promotion focus

    Jørn Hetland;Hilde Hetland;Arnold B. Bakker;Evangelia Demerouti

  • The Measurement of state work engagement: A multilevel factor analytic study

    Kimberley Breevaart;Arnold B. Bakker;Evangelia Demerouti;Jörn Hetland

  • Gaming Addiction, Gaming Engagement, and Psychological Health Complaints Among Norwegian Adolescents

    Geir Scott Brunborg;Rune Aune Mentzoni;Ole Rogstad Melkevik;Torbjørn Torsheim

Frequent Co-Authors

Arnold B. Bakker
Arnold B. Bakker Erasmus University Rotterdam
Leif Edvard Aarø
Leif Edvard Aarø Norwegian Institute of Public Health
Ståle Pallesen
Ståle Pallesen University of Bergen
Cecilie Schou Andreassen
Cecilie Schou Andreassen University of Bergen
Ståle Einarsen
Ståle Einarsen University of Bergen
Torbjørn Torsheim
Torbjørn Torsheim University of Bergen
Bente Wold
Bente Wold University of Bergen
Evangelia Demerouti
Evangelia Demerouti Eindhoven University of Technology
Anders Skogstad
Anders Skogstad University of Bergen
Mari Hysing
Mari Hysing University of Bergen

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