Forskergrupper
Forskning
- Arbeids- og organisasjonspsykologi
- Psykisk helse
- Mobbing i arbeidslivet, destruktiv ledelse og varsling
- Sikkerhet og sikkerhetsklima
- Kontorarbeid med fokus på kontordesign
- Forskningsmetode og design
- Meta-analyser og systematiske litteraturgjennomganger
- Personlighet
Undervisning
Kvantiativ metode og forskningsdesign
Mobbing og destruktivitet i arbeidslivet
Publikasjoner
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. (ekstern lenke)
- Michael Rosander; Morten Birkeland Nielsen (2026). Making Sense of Bullying. Brooding and subsequent sleep problems in seemingly safe work environments. (ekstern lenke)
- 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. (ekstern lenke)
- 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. (ekstern lenke)
- 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. (ekstern lenke)
- 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. (ekstern lenke)
- 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. (ekstern lenke)
- Michael Rosander; Morten Birkeland Nielsen (2026). Workplace Bullying in the Open: the Risks Associated with Working in an Open Office. (ekstern lenke)
- 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. (ekstern lenke)
- 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. (ekstern lenke)
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Prosjekter
- Effekter av kontorkonsepter for ansattes helse og arbeidsevne
- Arbeidsmiljøets betydning for sykefraværet til ansatte i hjemmetjenesten
- Organizational Prevention and Management Strategies for Workplace Aggression Among Child Protection Workers: The Oslo Workplace Aggression Survey (OWAS).
- Workplace bullying: From mechanisms and moderators to problem treatment
- The new workplace II: Work factors that determine absence and exit from working life. A prospective, full-panel longitudinal study
- Psychosocial work factors, persistent back pain and sickness absenteeism - the role of mental distress and epigenetic change
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".