Browsing USN Open Archive by Author "Boe, Ole"
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Agon—Are Military Officers Educated for Modern Society?
Magnussen, Leif Inge; Boe, Ole; Torgersen, Glenn-Egil (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)The research question in this article concerns how a competitive environment affects the learner’s (officer cadet’s) personal leadership development and their relationship to their team and with future civilian foundations. ... -
Big Five Personality Profiles in the Norwegian Special Operations Forces
Skoglund, Tom Hilding; Brekke, Thor-Håvard; Steder, Frank Brundtland; Boe, Ole (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)This study is the first to report on Big Five personality traits of employees in the Norwegian military Special Operations Forces (NORSOF). Three research questions were formulated for this study, aiming to investigate (1) ... -
Does the Norwegian Police Force need a well-functioning combat mindset?
Boe, Ole; Torgersen, Glenn-Egil; Skoglund, Tom Hilding (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)This article discusses the apparent lack of a well-functioning combat mindset evident in the Norwegian Police Force during the terrorist attacks in Norway on July 22, 2011. We describe what a well-functioning combat mindset ... -
Effects of organizational support and organizational justice on police officers’ work engagement
Piotrowski, Andrzej; Rawat, Samir; Boe, Ole (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)The impact of organizational support and organizational justice on work engagement was investigated in a group of police officers. A review of the literature revealed that studies reporting differences between the influence ... -
The English-speaking, Hungarian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, and Spanish adaptations of Makarowski’s Stimulating and Instrumental Risk Questionnaire for martial arts athletes
Makarowski, Ryszard; Piotrowski, Makarowski; Predoiu, Radu; Görner, Karol; Predoiu, Alexandra; Mitrache, Georgeta; Malinauskas, Romualdas; Vicente-Salar, Néstor; Vazne, Zermena; Cherepov, Evgeny; Miklósi, Márta; Kovács, Klára; Pelin, Raluca; Nikkhah-Farkhani, Zahra; Boe, Ole; Rawat, Samir; Deshpande, Abhijit P.; Plopa, Mieczysław; Plopa, Wojciech (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Background and Study Aim: The competition is an unique event which supposes pressure, social and financial stake, in these conditions increasing the athletes’ probability of getting injured. And this probability is higher ... -
Forbilder og danning i profesjonsutdanningene: Casestudie – Krigsskolen
Magnussen, Leif Inge; Torgersen, Glenn-Egil; Boe, Ole (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)This research paper investigates the meaning of role models in higher education. As a case, the Norwegian Military Academy (NMA), which educates military officers for the Norwegian army, is used. Particularly investigated ... -
Forbilder og danning i profesjonsutdanningene: Casestudie – Krigsskolen
Magnussen, Leif Inge; Torgersen, Glenn-Egil; Boe, Ole (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)This research paper investigates the meaning of role models in higher education. As a case, the Norwegian Military Academy (NMA), which educates military officers for the Norwegian army, is used. Particularly investigated ... -
It All Comes Down to Preparation – A study of the Perceived Outcomes of Norwegian Police Tactics and Maintenance Training
Sørensen, Jarle Løwe; Torgersen, Glenn-Egil; Grove, Martin; Ellingsen, Lene-Merethe; Boe, Ole (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)This qualitative study focuses on the participant’s perception of Norwegian police tactics and maintenance training (IP4 training). The aim was to investigate to what extent there was a relationship between training ... -
Lost in Transition: The Dissemination of Digitization and the Challenges of Leading in the Military Educational Organization
Holth, Torill; Boe, Ole (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Leading change in adult educational organizations is not frequently described in the leadership literature. The education sector in the Norwegian Armed Forces (NAF) is in the middle of an educational reform that requires ... -
Machine, Machine! Stories about how border breaking experiences from a combat fatigue course relates to the development of willpower and the educational concept of bildung
Magnussen, Leif Inge; Boe, Ole (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)This paper investigates how border-breaking experiences among officer cadets can contribute to the development of character. The object of investigation is the “Combat Fatigue” course and the reported reflections and outputs ... -
Organizational climate, organizational support and citizenship behavior in the army
Piotrowski, Andrzej; Boe, Ole; Samir, Rawat; Deshpande, Abhijit P. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)The main aim of this study is to determine how citizenship behaviors may be shaped in the Armed Forces. The presented study is by far the first that thor- oughly examines connections between all aspects of organizational ... -
Pathei mathos! Mestringsopplevelser i ulike læringssituasjoner blant kadetter ved Krigsskolen
Magnussen, Leif Inge; Boe, Ole (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Artikkelen drøfter hvordan kontekst påvirker kadettenes opplevelse av læringsprosesser. To læringssituasjoner er undersøkt; kryssingen av Hardangervidda om vinteren og trening på skytebanen. Analysen tar utgangspunkt i ... -
Predicting army cadets’ performance: The role of character strengths, GPA and GMA
Bang, Henning; Nilsen, Fredrik A.; Boe, Ole; Eilertsen, Dag-Erik; Lang-Ree, Ole Christian (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)The purpose of this study was to examine how well a set of 12 character strengths (Leadership, Integrity, Open-Mindedness, Bravery, Teamwork, Persistence, Social Intelligence, Love of Learning, Fairness, Self-Regulation, ... -
The relationship between personality, self-esteem, emotional intelligence, and cultural intelligence. A military context
Piotrowski, Andrzej; Martinská, Mária; Boe, Ole; Rawat, Samir; Deshpande, Abhijit (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Background: An increasing number of migrants in almost all culturally homogeneous countries poses a significant societal challenge. The current research aims to explore the relationship of personality traits, self-esteem, ... -
Resilience and subjectively experienced stress among paramedics prior to and during the COVID-19 pandemic
Piotrowski, Andrzej; Makarowski, Ryszard; Predoiu, Radu; Predoiu, Alexandra; Boe, Ole (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Introduction: Paramedics play a vital role in the healthcare system by providing professional support in situations of direct threat to patient health and life. They experience numerous difficulties during their work, which ... -
Selecting officers based upon character strengths: Applications for leadership development
Boe, Ole (Chapter, 2019)This chapter discusses how character strengths can be a relevant tool for selection of military officers, prediction of entrance into a military academy, leadership education, and prediction of military performance. Twelve ... -
Stress levels among winter swimmers, firefighters, martial arts athletes in Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Spain
Görner, Karol; Makarowski, Ryszard; Predoiu, Radu; Piotrowski, Andrzej; Predoiu, Alexandra; Bertollo, Maurizio; Di Fronso, Selenia; Malinauskas, Romualdas; Vazne, Zermena; Croitoru, Doina; Boe, Ole; Bitang, Andrei; Barbu, Dumitru; Miklósi, Márta; Kovács, Klára; Vicente-Salar, Néstor (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Background & Study Aims: Pro-health behaviours may have the form of habits and goal-oriented activities. The first are mainly shaped by social influence and have the form of long-term patterns of automatized behaviours ... -
The Relationship between Self-Concept, Self-Efficacy, and Military Skills and Abilities
Boe, Ole; Säfvenbom, Reidar; Johansen, Rino Bandlitz; Buch, Robert (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)This study investigated the relationship between academic self-concept, academic self-efficacy and the self-reported acquirement of certain specific military skills and abilities. Our sample consisted of 141 military cadets ... -
Threat of using alcohol and psychoactive substances in uniformed formations
Piotrowski, Andrzej; Szulc, Marcin; Boe, Ole; Marineanu, Vasile; Rawat, Samir; Deshpande, Abhijit P. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)This article explores the threat of using alcohol and psychoactive substances in uni-formed formations. We first examine dysfunctional patterns of alcohol use. Secondly, we scrutinize the use of alcohol by soldiers from a ... -
Which Tools in Multimedia are best for Learning Outcomes? A Study Grounded in Cognitive Load Structures
Torgersen, Glenn-Egil; Boe, Ole (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)The main objective of this study is to investigate the importance of three compositions in multimedia for learning outcomes (LOs) in relation to individual differences in short-term memory (STM) capacity. The study is based ...