Research groups
Research
- Risks and safety in the offshore industry
- Workplace bullying and destructive leadership in organisations
- Organisational whistleblowing
- Research methodology and design
Publications
2026
- Morten Birkeland Nielsen; Sana Parveen; Live Bakke Finne et al. (2026). Same Strain? Comparing job demands, control, well-being and mental distress in child welfare with the general workforce. (external link)
- Michael Rosander; Morten Birkeland Nielsen (2026). Making Sense of Bullying. Brooding and subsequent sleep problems in seemingly safe work environments. (external link)
- Tianwei Xu; Morten Birkeland Nielsen; Alice J Clark et al. (2026). Onset of workplace bullying and violence and changes in health-related behaviors: a multi-cohort study. (external link)
- Filip Borgen Andersen; Ståle Pallesen; Ingvild Thorsen Egaas et al. (2026). Protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis on the associations between short rest periods between shifts and health, function, and behavioral outcomes. (external link)
- Sarah-Geneviève Trépanier; Guy Louis Alice Notelaers; Morten Birkeland Nielsen et al. (2026). Investigating Workplace Bullying Using a Person-Centered Approach: Capturing Targets’ Exposure and Sense of Defenselessness Through Latent Profile Analysis. (external link)
- Erlend Sunde; Ingebjørg Louise Rockwell Djupedal; Øystein Vedaa et al. (2026). Effects of Reducing the Number of Quick Returns (< 11 h off Between Shifts) on Turnover Intention and Job Satisfaction: a Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial Among Healthcare Workers. (external link)
- Sana Parveen; Live Bakke Finne; Silje Endresen Reme et al. (2026). Client-Perpetrated Violence and Intent to Leave Among Child Welfare Workers: A Three-Wave Cross-Lagged Prospective Study of Causal Directions and the Role of Work-Related Worrying. (external link)
- Michael Rosander; Morten Birkeland Nielsen (2026). Workplace Bullying in the Open: the Risks Associated with Working in an Open Office. (external link)
- Morten Birkeland Nielsen; Michael Rosander; Sarah-Geneviève Trépanier et al. (2026). The paradoxical effect of social support on the relationship between exposure to bullying behaviors and perceived power imbalance. (external link)
- Michael Rosander; Morten Birkeland Nielsen (2026). Being nice, outgoing, curious, organized, and calm-protective or eroded by workplace bullying? Reciprocal effects of personality and bullying, and mechanisms to explain the associations. (external link)
See a complete overview of publications in NVA.
Bjørkelo, B., Einarsen, S., Nielsen, M. B., & Matthiesen, S. B. (2010). Silence is golden? Screening the demographic characteristics and experiences of self-reported whistleblowers in Norway. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology (Early online).
Einarsen, S., Glasø, L., & Nielsen, M. B. (2008). Mobbing i arbeidslivet: En litteraturoversikt. Tidsskrift for Norsk Psykologforening, 45(3), 308-317.
Einarsen, S., Hoel, H., & Nielsen, M. B. (2005). Mobbing i arbeidslivet: Et vanskelig begrep på et utbredt fenomen. Magma, 8, 34-44.
Glasø, L., Matthiesen, S. B., Nielsen, M. B., & Einarsen, S. (2007). Do targets of bullying portray a general victim personality profile? Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 48, 313-319.
Glasø, L., Nielsen, M. B., & Einarsen, S. (2007). Mobbing og trakassering i arbeidslivet: Forekomst, årsaker og konsekvenser. Søkelys på arbeidslivet, 24(1), 83-93.
Glasø, L., Nielsen, M. B., & Einarsen, S. (2009). Interpersonal problems among targets and perpetrators of workplace bullyinq. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 39(6), 1316-1333.
Glasø, L., Nielsen, M. B., Einarsen, S., Haugland, K., & Matthiesen, S. B. (2009). Grunnleggende antagelser og symptomer på posttraumatisk stresslidelse blant mobbeofre. Tidsskrift for Norsk Psykologforening, 46, 153-160.
Nielsen, G. H., Vøllestad, J., Schanche, E., & Nielsen, M. B. (2009). Får jeg det til? En kartlegging av studentterapauters bekymringer. Tidsskrift for Norsk Psykologforening, 46(3), 240-245.
Nielsen, M. B., Bjørkelo, B., Notelaers, G., & Einarsen, S. (2010). Sexual harassment: Prevalence, outcomes and gender differences assessed by three different estimation methods. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment and Trauma, 19(3), 252-274.
Nielsen, M. B., & Einarsen, S. (2007). Kartlegging av mobbing i arbeidslivet: Negative Acts Questionnaire. Tidsskrift for Norsk Psykologforening, 44, 151-153.
Nielsen, M. B., & Einarsen, S. (2008). Sampling in research on interpersonal aggression. Aggressive Behavior, 34(3), 265-272.
Nielsen, M. B., Matthiesen, S. B., & Einarsen, S. (2005). Ledelse og personkonflikter: Symptomer på posttraumatisk stress blant ofre for mobbing fra ledere. Nordisk Psykologi, 57(4), 391-415.
Nielsen, M. B., Matthiesen, S. B., & Einarsen, S. (2008). Sense of coherence as a protective mechanism among targets of workplace bullying. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 13(2), 128-136.
Nielsen, M. B., Matthiesen, S. B., & Einarsen, S. (2010). The impact of methodological moderators on prevalence rates of workplace bullying. A meta-analysis. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology 83. 955-979.
Nielsen, M. B., Skogstad, A., Matthiesen, S. B., Glasø, L., Aasland, M. S., Notelaers, G., et al. (2009). Prevalence of workplace bullying in Norway: Comparisons across time and estimation methods. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology,18(1), 81-101.
Nielsen, M. B., Aasland, M. S., Matthiesen, S. B., Skogstad, A. & Einarsen, S. (2004). Destruktiv ledelse. Magma, 7, 80-90.
Aasland, M. S., Skogstad, A., Notelaers, G., Nielsen, M. B., & Einarsen, S. (2009). The prevalence of destructive leadership behaviour: A representative prevalence study. British Journal of Management. 21(2), 438-452.
Projects
- Safety climate in the Norwegian offshore industry
- Negative Acts Questionnaire - Cross cultural comparions
Biografi
Morten Birkeland Nielsen har en PhD i psykologi fra Universitetet i Bergen (2009) og en Cand.polit grad i psykologi fra NTNU (2003).
Nielsen har hovedstilling som Ledende seniorforsker ved Statens Arbeidsmiljøinstitutt, men har vært ansatt ved Institutt for samfunnspsykologi ved UiB siden 2003. Han har vært Associate Editor for Work & Stress siden 2013.
Nielsen er "Highly Commended Award winner of the 2009 Emerald/EFMD Outstanding Doctoral Research Awards in the Leadership and Organization Development category".