• Coach-athlete sexual relationships: Coaches' opinions 

      Fasting, Kari; Sand, Trond Svela; Sisjord, Mari Kristin (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      The focus of this article is the opinions and attitudes towards coach–athlete sexual relationships presented through the voices of female (n = 24) and male (n = 12) elite-level coaches in Norway. The results are based on ...
    • Coaching behavior : any consequences for the prevalence of sexual harassment? 

      Sand, Trond Svela; Fasting, Kari; Chroni, Stilani; Knorre, Nada (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)
      Coaches can easily dominate athletes and this unbalanced power distribution may be strengthened by authoritarian behavior; i.e. negative feedback, directive communication, coach-led decision making, taskcentered role ...
    • Combining coaching with family life: A study of female and male elite level coaches in Norway 

      Sisjord, Mari Kristin; Fasting, Kari; Sand, Trond Svela (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      The challenges of combining work and family life has been considered a women’s issue, also reflected in research. In recent years, scholars have argued that the work-family interface may also concern male coaches. Therefore, ...
    • Gendered pathways to elite coaching reflecting the accumulation of capitals 

      Sisjord, Mari Kristin; Fasting, Kari; Sand, Trond Svela (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      While earlier research on coaches’ careers and the development of coaching expertise appears ‘gender blind’, the focus of this article on the underrepresentation of women in elite-level coaching is how various forms of ...
    • Inkludering av ungdom med minoritetsbakgrunn i NIF-organisert idrett 

      Sisjord, Mari Kristin; Fasting, Kari; Sand, Trond Svela (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)
      Norges Idrettsforbund og Olympiske og Paralympiske Komité (NIF) har en uttalt målsetting om en åpen og inkluderende idrett. Hvordan kommer dette til uttrykk i den praktiske virksomheten? Denne artikkelen, som bygger på ...
    • Non-Commissioned Officers and Attitudes towards Military Women in the Norwegian Air Force : “It’s always nice when there are girls around” 

      Sand, Trond Svela; Fasting, Kari (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016-02)
      The main objective of the study presented in this article was to investigate men and masculinities, with a particular focus on the meaning of masculinities for recruitment and retention of female personnel. Fieldwork and ...
    • Norwegian elite-level coaches: who are they? 

      Fasting, Kari; Sisjord, Mari Kristin; Sand, Trond Svela (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-04-18)
      Previous studies have shown that there is an underrepresentation of female coaches and a lack of opportunities for women to coach males, particularly at the elite-level. Very few studies, however, have focused on elite-level ...
    • One of the few: the experiences of female elite-level coaches in Norwegian football 

      Fasting, Kari; Sand, Trond Svela; Nordstrand, Hilde Rørvik (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      The aim of this article is to explore the experiences of female elite-level Norwegian coaches in football. More precisely, we wanted to find out the meaning of gender for these coaches’ football experiences. The results ...
    • Risk-taking and sensation seeking in military contexts: A literature review 

      Breivik, Gunnar; Sand, Trond Svela; Sookermany, Anders McDonald (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      The article is based on a literature review of studies covering risk-taking and sensation seeking within military contexts over a time span of 3 decades from 1983 to 2015. Literature was gathered through a four-stage search ...
    • Risk-taking attitudes and behaviors in the Norwegian population: the influence of personality and background factors 

      Breivik, Gunnar; Sand, Trond Svela; Sookermany, Anders McDonald (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      The article presents the results of an investigation where the main purpose was to see how willingness to take risks is distributed in the general adult population relative to socio-demographic background and personality. ...
    • Sensation seeking and risk-taking in the Norwegian population 

      Breivik, Gunnar; Sand, Trond Svela; Sookermany, Anders McDonald (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      The article is based on a comprehensive study of the relation between sensation seeking and various forms of risk-taking in a representative sample of the adult Norwegian population, aged 15 years and above (N = 1000). The ...