Øyvind Kvalnes
Associate Professor - Department of Leadership and Organizational Behaviour at BI Norwegian Business School
Schools
- BI Norwegian Business School
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Biography
BI Norwegian Business School
The philosopher Øyvind Kvalnes is an associate professor at the Department of Leadership and Organizational Management, BI Norwegian School of Management. He is an experienced facilitator, lecturer and researcher. In 1998 he defended his PHD-thesis entitled “Living with Moral Luck”. For ten years he was the CEO of Humanistisk Akademi in Oslo, a small unit of philosophical consultants. He has written three books on practical philosophy in the workplace. His main interests outside academia is family, football and music.
Research areas
Human flourishing and fallibility, ethics, communication, personal integrity, organizational identity, self-determination and autonomy, wisdom in leadership
ACADEMIC DEGREES
- 1998 University of Oslo Ph.D.
- 1992 University of Oslo Master Cand. Philol.
WORK EXPERIENCE
- 2009 - Present BI Norwegian Business School Associate Professor
- 2000 - 2009 Humanistisk Akademi CEO
- 1994 - 1998 Norges Forskningsråd PhD Candidate
CONFERENCE PAPERS
Kvalnes, Øyvind.
What is Your Story? Exploring Fallibility at Work. The Art of Management and Organization Conference; 2016-09-01 - 2016-09-03 BI
Kvalnes, Øyvind; Brinkmann, Johannes.
Role-play in a Norwegian Business Ethics Education Setting. EBEN Annual Research Conference; 2016-09-08 - 2016-09-09 BI
Kvalnes, Øyvind; Nordal, Salvör.
Moral Neutralization in the Icelandic Financial Crisis. EBEN Annual Research Conference; 2016-09-08 - 2016-09-09 BI
Carlsen, Arne; Kvalnes, Øyvind.
Lightness of radical change: On the positive transformation of a nursing home. Academy of Management Annual Meeting; 2015-08-07 - 2015-08-11 BI
Kvalnes, Øyvind; Carlsen, Arne.
"What's a good life for you here?": Leadership as moral inquiry. International Leadership Association's 17th Annual Global Conference; 2015-10-14 - 2015-10-17 BI
Müller, Ralf; Turner, J. R.; Andersen, Erling S.; Shao, Jingting; Kvalnes, Øyvind.
Governance and ethics in temporary organizations: how corporate governance influences the temporary organization. IRNOP Conference (International Research Network for Organizing by Projects); 2015-06-22 - 2015-06-24 BI
Müller, Ralf; Turner, Rodney J.; Andersen, Erling S.; Shao, Jingting; Kvalnes, Øyvind.
Governance, trust and ethics in temporary organizations: how corporate governance influences the temporary organization. EGOS Colloquium; 2014-06-04 - 2014-06-07 BI
Kvalnes, Øyvind.
Moral Neutralization in the Icelandic Financial Crisis. Nordic Academy of Management; 2013-08-21 BI
Müller, Ralf; Turner, Rodney J.; Andersen, Erling S.; Shao, Jingting; Kvalnes, Øyvind.
Ethics, Trust and Governance in Temporary Organizations: Building trust through the governance paradigm. IRNOP XI Conference (International Research Network for Organizing by Projects); 2013-06-17 - 2013-06-19 BI
Müller, Ralf; Andersen, Erling S.; Kvalnes, Øyvind; Shao, Jingting; Shankar, Sankaran; Turner, Rodney J.; Biesenthal, Chris; Walker, Derek H.T.; Gudergan, Siegfried.
The Interrelationship between Governance, Trust and Ethics in Temporary Organizations. PMI Research & Education Conference; 2012-07-16 - 2012-07-18 BI
Kvalnes, Øyvind.
Authentic Leadership and Moral Neutralization. EBEN Annual Conference; 2012-09-19 - 2012-09-22 BI
Kvalnes, Øyvind.
Word! On Seeing and Saying in Organizations. Art of Management and Organization Conference; 2012-09-04 - 2012-09-07 BI
Kvalnes, Øyvind.
Beyond the Despairing Self: Kierkegaard and Human Fallibility at Work. International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities; 2011-06-09 - 2011-06-12 BI
Kvalnes, Øyvind.
Leadership and Honesty in Reference Situations. International Studying Leadership Conference; 2011-12-09 - 2011-12-11 BI
Kvalnes, Øyvind.
Authority gets challenged now: Instruction and Involvement in Soccer Coaching. EURAM 2010: Back to the future; 2010-05-19 - 2010-05-22 BI
Kvalnes, Øyvind.
Loophole Ethics in Accounting. EBEN 2010: Which Values for Which Organisations; 2010-09-09 - 2010-09-11 BI
BOOKS
Kvalnes, Øyvind.
Fallibility at work: Rethinking excellence and error in organizations. Palgrave Macmillan 2017 (ISBN 978-3-319-63317-6) 174 p. BI
Kvalnes, Øyvind.
Moral Reasoning at Work: Rethinking Ethics in Organizations. Palgrave Pivot 2015 (ISBN 9781137532602) 116 p. BI
Kvalnes, Øyvind.
Etikk for lærere. Universitetsforlaget 2014 (ISBN 9788215021652) 128 p. BI
Kvalnes, Øyvind.
Etikk og samfunnsansvar. Universitetsforlaget 2012 (ISBN 9788215020389) 161 p. BI
Kvalnes, Øyvind.
Habilitet. Kommuneforlaget 2012 (ISBN 9788244621380) 112 p. BI
Kvalnes, Øyvind; Brandtzæg, Petter Bae; Gillund, Lars; Krokan, Arne; Meling, Alf Tore; Wessel-Aas, Jon.
Sosiale medier i all offentlighet. Kommuneforlaget AS 2011 (ISBN 978-82-446-2090-1) 144 p. BI NTNU SINTEF
SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES
Kvalnes, Øyvind.
Living with the unknown unknown: Uncertainty in projects. Project Management Journal 2016 ;Volume 47.(3) p. 101-108 BI
Müller, Ralf; Turner, Rodney J.; Andersen, Erling S.; Shao, Jingting; Kvalnes, Øyvind.
Governance and Ethics in Temporary Organizations: The Mediating Role of Corporate Governance. Project Management Journal 2016 ;Volume 47.(6) p. 7-23 BI
Kvalnes, Øyvind.
Profesjon og interesse: Om moralsk nøytralisering blant tannleger. Den norske tannlegeforenings tidende 2015 ;Volume 125.(5) p. 426-432 BI
Kvalnes, Øyvind.
Honesty in projects. International Journal of Managing Projects in Business 2014 ;Volume 7.(4) p. 590-600 BI
Kvalnes, Øyvind.
Leadership and moral neutralisation. Leadership 2014 ;Volume 10.(4) p. 456-470 BI
Müller, Ralf; Turner, Rodney; Andersen, Erling S.; Shao, Jingting; Kvalnes, Øyvind.
Ethics, Trust, and Governance in Temporary Organziations. Project Management Journal 2014 ;Volume 45.(4) p. 39-54 BI
Alm, Kristian; Andersen, Erling S.; Kvalnes, Øyvind.
Tillit i prosjekter. Magma - Tidsskrift for økonomi og ledelse 2013 ;Volume 16.(3) p. 26-33 BI
Müller, Ralf; Andersen, Erling S.; Kvalnes, Øyvind; Shao, Jingting; Sankaran, Shankar; Turner, Rodney; Biesenthal, Christopher; Walker, Derek H.T.; Gudergan, Siegfried.
The Interrelationship of Governance,Trust, and Ethics in Temporary Organizations. Project Management Journal 2013 ;Volume 44.(4) p. 26-44 BI
Kvalnes, Øyvind.
Beyond the Despairing Self: Kierkegaard and Human Fallibility at Work. International Journal of the Humanities 2012 ;Volume 9.(4) p. 53-60 BI
Kvalnes, Øyvind.
Blurred Promises: Ethical Consequences of Fine Print Policies in Insurance. Journal of Business Ethics 2012 ;Volume 103.(1) p. 77-86 BI
Kvalnes, Øyvind; Øverenget, Einar.
Ethical Navigation in Leadership Training. Etikk i praksis 2012 ;Volume 6.(1) p. 58-71 BI
Kvalnes, Øyvind.
Feilbarlige ledere. Magma - Tidsskrift for økonomi og ledelse 2010 ;Volume 13.(6) p. 35-41 BI
Kvalnes, Øyvind; Hemmestad, Liv B.
Loophole ethics in sports. Etikk i praksis 2010 ;Volume 4.(1) p. 57-67 BI HSN NIH
POPULAR SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES
Kvalnes, Øyvind.
Nykommeren. Kapital 2013 (8) BI
Kvalnes, Øyvind.
Trenger du hjelp?. Kapital 2013 (21) BI
Kvalnes, Øyvind.
Aktive og passive feil. Praktisk økonomi og finans 2012 ;Volume 28.(2) p. 15-20 BI
Kvalnes, Øyvind.
Entreprenørens dilemma. Kapital 2012 (4) BI
Kvalnes, Øyvind.
Smøring eller smålighet?. Kapital 2012 (18) BI
Kvalnes, Øyvind; Andersen, Erling S.; Müller, Ralf.
På sporet av tillit i prosjektledelse. BI Leadership Magazine 2012 ;Volume 2011/2012. BI
Kvalnes, Øyvind; Veronica, Morino.
Pliktløp mot korrupsjon. Lov og rett: Norsk juridisk tidsskrift 2012 ;Volume 51.(6) p. 351-358 BI
Kvalnes, Øyvind.
Det feilbarlige menneske. Kapital 2011 (17) BI
Kvalnes, Øyvind; Iyer, Nigel Krishna.
Skal vi danse? Om korrupsjon og moralsk ansvar. Praktisk økonomi og finans 2011 (4) p. 35-42 BI
Øverenget, Einar; Kvalnes, Øyvind.
Det økonomiske mennesket. Praktisk økonomi og finans 2005 (4) p. 97-102
Øverenget, Einar; Kvalnes, Øyvind.
Vi ønsker å fremstå som ærlige». Verdier i et omdømmesamfunn. Praktisk økonomi og finans 2004 ;Volume 21.(1) Suppl. 69-75
MEDIA CONTRIBUTIONS
Kvalnes, Øyvind; Ulvenes, Pål; Holmboe, Morten; Munkebye, Rune.
Har me plikt til å hjelpe?. NRK P2, Ekko [Radio] 2017-10-19 PHS BI MODUM
Kvalnes, Øyvind.
Blanke ark. Dagens næringsliv 2013 BI
Kvalnes, Øyvind.
De usynlige. Dagens næringsliv 2013 BI
Kvalnes, Øyvind.
Dult eller dytt. Dagens næringsliv 2013 BI
Kvalnes, Øyvind.
Etikk og egenintesse. Dagens næringsliv 2013 BI
Kvalnes, Øyvind.
Feil lederskap. Dagens næringsliv 2013 BI
Kvalnes, Øyvind.
Helter og ledere. Dagens næringsliv 2013 BI
Kvalnes, Øyvind.
Kvalitet i arbeid. Dagens næringsliv 2013 BI
Kvalnes, Øyvind.
Lederen ved din side. Dagens næringsliv 2013 BI
Kvalnes, Øyvind.
Når terskelen senkes. Dagens næringsliv 2013 BI
Kvalnes, Øyvind.
Typisk meg. Dagens næringsliv 2013 BI
Kvalnes, Øyvind; Carlsen, Arne.
Godt jobba!. Dagens næringsliv 2013 (27. mai) BI
Kvalnes, Øyvind; Nordal, Salvor.
Hva vi kan lære av Island. BI Leadership Magazine 2013 BI
Kvalnes, Øyvind; Andersen, Erling S.; Müller, Ralf.
Tillit i prosjektledelse. BI Leadership Magazine 2011 BI
Kvalnes, Øyvind.
Bekreftelsesfellen. Dagens næringsliv 2011 BI
Kvalnes, Øyvind.
Bomullslandet Norge. Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.) 2011 BI
Kvalnes, Øyvind.
Bomullsledelse. Dagens næringsliv 2011 BI
Kvalnes, Øyvind.
Flink med hendene. Dagsavisen 2011 BI
Kvalnes, Øyvind.
Ledere lyver best. Dagens næringsliv 2011 BI
Kvalnes, Øyvind.
Når mening skapes. Dagens næringsliv 2011 BI
Kvalnes, Øyvind.
Sinte sjefer. Dagens næringsliv 2011 BI
Kvalnes, Øyvind.
Stoisk lederskap. Dagens næringsliv 2011 BI
Kvalnes, Øyvind.
Teknologiblinde ledere. Dagens næringsliv 2011 BI
Kvalnes, Øyvind.
Utfordreren. Dagens næringsliv 2011 BI
Kvalnes, Øyvind.
Vinnerskurken. Dagens næringsliv 2011 BI
Kvalnes, Øyvind.
Å lykkes i maktspill. Dagens næringsliv 2011 BI
Kvalnes, Øyvind; Iyer, Nigel Krishna.
Skal vi danse?. BI Leadership Magazine 2011 BI
CHAPTERS
Kvalnes, Øyvind.
Ethics in projects. I: Cambridge Handbook of Organizational Project Management. Cambridge University Press 2017 ISBN 978-1-107-15772-9. p. 285-294 BI
Müller, Ralf; Kvalnes, Øyvind.
Project governance and project ethics. I: Governance and Governmentality for Projects: Enablers, Practices and Consequences. Routledge 2016 ISBN 978-1138926356. p. 181-194 BI
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