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Mats Persson

Mats Persson

Associate Professor

Email
mats.persson@inn.no
Phone number
+47 61 28 74 36

Inland School of Business and Social Sciences
Department of Organisation, Leadership and Management
Campus Rena

Short description

Mats Persson is associate professor of organization and management. His research interests are primarily related to various types of organizational change, such as reforms and mergers.

In addition, he is interested in the place of literature reviews in scientific texts, and produce the podcast Forskningsdesign og metode (research design and methods) together with Elise Øby at Kristiania University College.

Research groups

Publications

  • Frostenson, Magnus; Persson, Mats & Skinnarland, Sol (2024). From Distance to Distance: On How a Master’s Programme in Organisation and Leadership Went Through Pandemic Change. In Puiu, Silvia & Idowu, Samuel O. (Ed.), Online education during COVID-19 and beyond: Opportunities, challenges and outlook. Springer. ISSN 978-3-031-49353-9. p. 211–226. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-49353-9_11.
  • Persson, Mats & Frostenson, Magnus (2021). Mergers, Acquisitions, and the Marriage Metaphor: Time for a (Re)Look? In Cooper, Gary L. & Finkelstein, Sydney (Ed.), Advances in Mergers and Acquisitions. Emerald Group Publishing Limited. ISSN 978-1-80071-719-0. p. 53–66. doi: 10.1108/S1479-361X20210000020005.
  • Persson, Mats & Frostenson, Magnus (2021). Support and opposition in an attempted higher education merger. Tertiary Education and Management. ISSN 1358-3883. 27, p. 59–72. doi: 10.1007/s11233-021-09065-5. Full text in Research Archive
  • Persson, Mats & Karlsson, Jan Ch (2020). The Pursuit of the Source, or The Inevitability of Death. Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies. ISSN 2245-0157. 10(4), p. 103–120. doi: 10.18291/njwls.122195. Full text in Research Archive
  • Persson, Mats & Karlsson, Jan Ch (2020). Jakten på källan, eller, Organisationsförändring och dödens oundviklighet. Arbetsmarknad & Arbetsliv. ISSN 1400-9692. Full text in Research Archive
  • Persson, Mats (2019). Markedsrettede fusjoner i høyere utdanning. In Tjora, Aksel (Eds.), Universitetskamp. Scandinavian Academic Press. ISSN 978-82-304-0247-4. p. 412–432.
  • Cheek, Julianne & Persson, Mats (2019). The Importance of Telling About Our Qualitative Inquiry: But How Do We Work Out Who to Tell What To, and Why Do We Want To Be Seen and Heard? Qualitative Inquiry. ISSN 1077-8004. p. 1–11. doi: 10.1177/1077800419857105.
  • Stensaker, Bjørn; Persson, Mats & Pinheiro, Romulo (2015). When mergers fail: a case study on the critical role of external stakeholders in merger initiatives. European Journal of Higher Education. ISSN 2156-8235. 6(1), p. 56–70. doi: 10.1080/21568235.2015.1099456.

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  • Persson, Mats (2021). Hvordan skrive en litteraturgjennomgang? En praktisk guide . Universitetsforlaget. ISBN 9788215041391. 160 p.

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Addresses

Postal Address

Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences
Postboks 400 Vestad
2418 Elverum
Norway