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Overview

Morten Birkeland Nielsen is affiliated with the National Institute of Occupational Health in Norway. Their research primarily focuses on workplace dynamics, particularly workplace bullying and its implications on health and well-being.

The scientist has contributed extensively to the understanding of workplace bullying and related topics through a number of recent publications:

  • Workplace bullying and sleep - A systematic review and meta-analysis of the research literature (2020), Sleep Medicine Reviews
  • Witnessing workplace bullying - A systematic review and meta-analysis of individual health and well-being outcomes (2023), Aggression and Violent Behavior
  • Killing two birds with one stone: how intervening when witnessing bullying at the workplace may help both target and the acting observer (2020), International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

The frequent collaborators of Morten Birkeland Nielsen include:

  • Jan Olav Christensen
  • Johannes Gjerstad
  • Ståle Einarsen
  • Live Bakke Finne
  • Anette Harris

The main publication venues for their work are:

  • International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health
  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • Scandinavian Journal of Work Environment & Health
  • Work & Stress
  • Current Psychology

Morten Birkeland Nielsen's research spans several fields of study, including:

  • Psychology
  • Health Professions
  • Social Sciences

Within these fields, their work often addresses subfields such as:

  • General Health Professions
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Social Psychology
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

The major topics covered by Morten Birkeland Nielsen's research include:

  • Workplace Violence and Bullying
  • Workplace Health and Well-being
  • Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression
  • Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
  • Occupational Health and Safety Research
  • Healthcare professionals' stress and burnout
  • Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue

Best Publications

  • Outcomes of exposure to workplace bullying: A meta-analytic review

    Morten Birkeland Nielsen;Ståle Einarsen

  • Empirical Findings on Prevalence and Risk Groups of Bullying in the Workplace

    Dieter Zapf;Jordi Escartín;Ståle Einarsen;Helge Hoel

  • Workplace resources to improve both employee well-being and performance: A systematic review and meta-analysis

    Karina Nielsen;Morten Birkeland Nielsen;Chidieber Ogbonnaya;Marja Känsälä

  • The Prevalence of Destructive Leadership Behaviour

    Merethe Schanke Aasland;Anders Skogstad;Guy Notelaers;Morten Birkeland Nielsen

  • The impact of methodological moderators on prevalence rates of workplace bullying. A meta‐analysis

    Morten Birkeland Nielsen;Stig Berge Matthiesen;Ståle Einarsen

  • Mindfulness‐ and acceptance‐based interventions for anxiety disorders: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

    Jon Vøllestad;Morten Birkeland Nielsen;Geir Høstmark Nielsen

  • What we know, what we do not know, and what we should and could have known about workplace bullying: an overview of the literature and agenda for future research

    Morten Birkeland Nielsen;Morten Birkeland Nielsen;Ståle Valvatne Einarsen

  • Post-traumatic stress disorder as a consequence of bullying at work and at school. A literature review and meta-analysis

    Morten Birkeland Nielsen;Morten Birkeland Nielsen;Tone Tangen;Thormod Idsoe;Stig Berge Matthiesen;Stig Berge Matthiesen

  • Workplace bullying as an antecedent of mental health problems: a five-year prospective and representative study.

    Ståle Einarsen;Morten Birkeland Nielsen;Morten Birkeland Nielsen

  • Prevalence of workplace bullying in Norway: Comparisons across time and estimation methods

    Morten Birkeland Nielsen;Anders Skogstad;Stig Berge Matthiesen;Lars Glasø

  • Climate for conflict management, exposure to workplace bullying and work engagement: a moderated mediation analysis

    Ståle Einarsen;Anders Skogstad;Erlend Rørvik;Åshild Bjørke Lande

  • Emotion Regulation in Current and Remitted Depression: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

    Endre Visted;Jon Vøllestad;Morten Birkeland Nielsen;Elisabeth Schanche

  • Do targets of workplace bullying portray a general victim personality profile

    Lars Glasø;Stig Berge Matthiesen;Morten Birkeland Nielsen;Ståle Einarsen

  • Longitudinal relationships between workplace bullying and psychological distress.

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

  • Measuring Exposure to Workplace Bullying

    Morten Birkeland Nielsen;Guy Notelaers;Ståle Einarsen

  • Coping strategies: A prospective study of patterns, stability, and relationships with psychological distress

    Morten B. Nielsen;Morten B. Nielsen;Stein Knardahl

  • Sense of coherence as a protective mechanism among targets of workplace bullying.

    Morten Birkeland Nielsen;Stig Berge Matthiesen;Ståle Einarsen

  • The relationship between psychological capital, job satisfaction, and safety perceptions in the maritime industry

    Kjersti Bergheim;Morten Birkeland Nielsen;Morten Birkeland Nielsen;Kathryn Mearns;Jarle Eid

  • The Impact of Group-Based Mindfulness Training on Self-Reported Mindfulness: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

    Endre Visted;Jon Vøllestad;Morten Birkeland Nielsen;Geir Høstmark Nielsen

  • Bullying in work groups: the impact of leadership.

    Morten Birkeland Nielsen

Frequent Co-Authors

Ståle Einarsen
Ståle Einarsen University of Bergen
Stig Berge Matthiesen
Stig Berge Matthiesen BI Norwegian Business School
Jarle Eid
Jarle Eid University of Bergen
Guy Notelaers
Guy Notelaers University of Bergen
Ståle Pallesen
Ståle Pallesen University of Bergen
Anders Skogstad
Anders Skogstad University of Bergen
Karina Nielsen
Karina Nielsen University of Sheffield
Jørn Hetland
Jørn Hetland University of Bergen
Beatrice van der Heijden
Beatrice van der Heijden Radboud University
Gerry Larsson
Gerry Larsson Swedish Defence University

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