Jorgen Sandberg

Dr Jorgen SANDBERG

Contact

Positions Held

Associate Professor in Organisation & Communication

Academic Qualifications

Memberships

• Academy of Management
• European Group for Organization Studies

Major Research Grants

Field of Current Research

Publications

Books

• Sandberg, J., & Targama, A. (2007). Managing understanding in organizations. London: Sage.
• Sjöstrand, S-E, Sandberg, J & Tyrstrup, M (Eds) (2001). Invisible Management: The social construction of leadership. London: Thomson.
• Sjöstrand, S-E, Sandberg, J & Tyrstrup, M (Eds) (1999) Osynlig företagslednig. Lund: Studentlitteratur.
• Sandberg, J & Targama, A (1998). Ledning och forstaelse. Ett kompetensperspektiv pa organisationer. Lund: Studentlitteratur.
• Sandberg, J (1994). Human competence at work: An interpretative approach. Göteborg: Bas.
• Sandberg, J (1986). Toward the crisis: The Salén bankruptcy (in Swedish). Stockholm: Arbetslivscentrum.

Book Chapters

• Sandberg J., & Dall'Alba, G. (2006) Re-framing competence development at work. In R. Gerber, G. Castleton and H. Pillay (Eds). Improving workplace learning: Emerging international perspectives. New York: Nova Science Publisher.
• Sandberg, J., & Targama, A. (2006) Leading participation: New leadership demands. In M Broms and M Doos (Eds.) Occupational safety and health & Development. Stockholm: Institute for Working Life.
• Sandberg, J (2001) Understanding the basis for competence development. In C. Velde (Ed) International perspectives on competence in the workplace. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Press.
• Sandberg, J (2001). The constructions of social constructionism. In S-E Sjöstrand, J. Sandberg, & M. Tyrstrup, M (Eds) Invisible Management: The social construction of leadership. London: Thomson.
• Sandberg, J (2001) Educational rhetoric or leadership practice? In S-E Sjöstrand, J. Sandberg, & M. Tyrstrup, M (Eds) Invisible Management: The social construction of leadership. London: Thomson.
• Sandberg, J (2000) Competence - The basis for a smart workforce. In Gerber, R and Levett, A. (Eds) Training for a smart workforce. London: Routledge.
• Sandberg, J (1999) Konstruktion av social konstruktionism constructionism). In Sjöstrand, S-E, Sandberg, J & Tyrstrup, M (Eds) (1999) Osynlig företagsledning) Lund: Studentlitteratur.
• Sandberg, J (1999) Utbildningsretorik eller ledarskapspraktik? In Sjöstrand, S-E, Sandberg, J & Tyrstrup, M (Eds) (1999) Osynlig företagsledning. Lund: Studentlitteratur.
• Sandberg, J (1996). Are phenomenographic results reliable? In Dall'Alba, G. & Hasselgren, B, (Eds) Reflections on phenomenography - Toward a methodology?Gothenburg: Acta Universitatis Gothoburgnesis.

Refereed Articles

• Johnston, A., & Sandberg, J. (in press). Managing service work: A contradictory affair between production and consumption. Journal of Consumer Culture.
• Dall'Alba, G., & Sandberg. J. (2006). Unveiling professional development: A critical review of stage models. Review of Educational Research. (Tier 1 journal in education)
• Sandberg, J. (2005). How do we justify knowledge produced by interpretive approaches? Organizational Research Methods.
• Sharon, S., & Sandberg, J. (2002) Service quality and the consumers' experience: Towards and interpretive approach. Marketing Theory.
• Sandberg, J (2001). Understanding competence at work. Harvard Business Review. 3: 24 - 28.
• Sandberg, J (2000) Understanding human competence at work. An interpretative approach, Academy of Management Journal, 43: 1, 9-26.
• Sandberg, J. & Targama, A. (2000) Understanding understanding - The key to tomorrow's leadership (in Swedish), PM Kompetens, 5: 1, 32-35.
• Sandberg, J. & Targama, A. (1999). Management as creating understanding (in Swedish) Pedagogiska Magasinet. 15: 4, 24-32.
• Sandberg, J (1997). Are phenomenographic results reliable? Higher Education Research and Development, 16: 2, 203-11
• Sandberg, J. (1997). Teachers' views on SSE's management education (in Swedish) EFI-report, SSE, Sweden.
• Dall'Alba, G., & Sandberg, J. (1997). Developing competence for professional practice. Report no 62, Karolinska Institute, MIP, Sweden.
• Sandberg, J. (1996). Learning in an insurance company. Investigating a sales team (in Swedish). L-programmet,5:2-21
• Dall'Alba, G. & Sandberg, J (1996). Educating for competence in professional practice. Instructional Science, 24: 411 - 437.
• Sandberg, J. (1995). The hermeneutic circle as the basis for competence development. EFI-Research Report, SSE.
• Sandberg, J. (1995). Statistics, its scientific basis, fundamental principles and possibilities within social sciences (in Swedish) EFI Research Report. SSE.
• Sandberg, J (1995). Are phenomenographic results reliable? Nordic Journal of Education, 3: 156 - 64.
• Dall'Alba, G. & Sandberg, J. (1993). A competency-based approach to education and training: Will it improve competence? Higher Education Research & Development. 1: 3-5.
• Dall'Alba, G. & Sandberg, J. (1992). What's in competence for institutions? Australian Campus Reveiew Weekly, August 13-19.
• Sandberg, J. (1991). Competence as intentional achievement. Occasional Paper, 14: 1-16 ERADU, RMIT.
• Sandberg, J. (1987). Developing and maintaining competence: Organisational development from a competence perspective (in Swedish) FE-report no 274, GSE, Sweden.

Conference Papers & Working Papers

• Sandberg, J., & Alvesson, A. (2008) Routes to research questions. Beyond gap-spotting. Lund Institute of Economic Research Working Paper Series.
• Alvesson, A., & Sandberg, J. (2008). Generating research questions through problematization. Lund Institute of Economic Research Working Paper Series.
• Bolander, P., & Sandberg, J. (2007). Understanding the theory-practice gap in selection: A discourse analytic approach. Paper presented at the Third Organization Studies Workshop on "Organization studies as applied science: The generation and use of academic knowledge about organizations", Greece.
• O'Leary, J., & Sandberg, J. (2007). "Making managing diversity visible: Applying a practice-based perspective". Paper presented at Paper at the 6th Critical Management Studies, 2007, Manchester, UK.
• Lamb, P., Sandberg, J., & Liesch, P. (2006). Firm internationalization: A competence perspective. Paper presented at the Australian and New Zealand International Business Academy Conference: Wellington, N.Z.
• Bengtsson, J., Sandberg, J., & Dall'Alba, G. (2006). Life-world phenomenology: Returning to practice anew. Paper presented at the Second Organization Studies Workshop on "Re-turn to Practice: Understanding organization as It Happens".
• Sandberg, J., & Pinnington, A. (2006). Professional competence as ways of being: An existential ontological perspective. Paper presented at the Second Organization Studies Workshop on "Re-turn to Practice: Understanding organization as It Happens".
• Trevor-Roberts, E., Sandberg, J., & Parker, P. (2006). Avoid, ignore or accept? Developing genres of career uncertainty. Paper presented at the European Academy of Management Annual Conference (EURAM.).
• O'Leary, J., & Sandberg, J. (2006). Competence in managing diversity: Developing a typology of the field. Paper presented at the Academy of Management Annual meeting.
• Lamb, P., Sandberg, J., & Liesch, P. (2005). Phenomenography: Understanding internationalisation from a practitioners point of view. Paper presented at the Academy of Management.
• Trevor-Roberts, E., Pinnington, A., & Sandberg, J. (2005). Understanding Narrative: A Metatheoretical Review of the Narrative Field. Paper accepted for 21 EGOS conference, Berlin, Germany.
• Johnston, A., & Sandberg, J. (2005). 'Looking Good, Feeling Better': Consumption, Control and the Aesthetics of Exclusivity in the Service Encounter. Paper at the 4th Critical Management Studies, Cambridge, UK.
• Lamb, P., Sandberg, J., & Liesch, P. (2004). Small firm internationalization: An interpretive approach. Paper presented at the Academy of International Business Conference, Stockholm, Sweden.
• Hoch, J., Schembri, S., & Sandberg, J. (2003). Service recovery competence: Towards an interpretive approach. Paper presented at the Academy of Marketing Conference Aston Business School.
• Schembri, S., & Sandberg, J. (2003). Recognizing consumer understanding of service quality. Paper at The 8th International Conference on Marketing and Development , Bangkok, Thailand.
• Schembri, S., & Sandberg, J. (2003). Understanding service quality through experience: Unveiling the customers' perspective. Paper presented at the international conference on Critical Management Studies, England
• Dall'Alba, G., & Sandberg, J.(2002). Professional skill development in uncertain times. Annual conference of the Australian Association for Research in Education. Brisbane.
• Schembri, S., & Sandberg, J. (2002). Unveiling consumer understanding of service quality. Paper at the 2nd International Services Marketing Conference, Australia
• Schembri, S., & Sandberg, J. (2002). Recognizing consumer understanding of service quality. Paper presented at the International Marketing and Development, Vietnam.
• Sandberg, J. (2002). The ontology of competence: A Heideggerian framework. Paper presented at 'Developing philosophy of management - Crossing frontiers', Second international conference on Reason in Practice, Oxford, UK.
• Barinaga, E., & Sandberg, J. (2001) The construction of knowledge in multicultural groups. Paper presented at the second international conference on Critical Management Studies, Manchester, England.
• Barinaga, E., & Sandberg, J. (2001) Understanding interaction in multicultural groups using a performative view of language. Paper presented at EGOS. France.
• McAuley, P., & Sandberg, J. (2001) Human Oriented Organisations in the Workplace. Paper presented at the second international conference on Critical Management Studies, Manchester, England.
• Pinnington, A., & Sandberg, J. (2001) Knowledge workers and their work: A relational theory of competence. Paper presented at the Third conference on knowledge-intensive firms, Oxford, England.
• Schembri, S., & Sandberg, J. (2001) Understanding Service Quality: From Attributes to Experience. Paper presented at the second international conference on Critical Management Studies, Manchester, England.
• Schembri, S., & Sandberg, J. (2001) What is professional service quality - to the lay consumer? Paper presented at EGOS. France
• Schembri, S. and J. Sandberg, (2001). "Researching and Understanding the Service Quality Experience". AMA Servsig. Paper presented at the American Marketing Association) in Sydney,
• May 26-28.
• Sandberg, J. (1997). The nature of collective competence and its development. Paper presented at the 14th Nordic Business Conference on Business Studies, Bodo, Norway.
• Sandberg, J. (1995). Why some perform better than others: A new foundation of human competence at work. Paper presented at a Workshop on Teaching Comparative European Human Resource Management and Industrial Relations, Brussels, Belgium.
• Sandberg, J. (1995). How do we justify knowledge produced by interpretative approaches? Paper presented at the 13th Nordic Business Conference on Business Studies, Copenhagen, Denmark.
• Dall'Alba, D., & Sandberg, J. (1995). Teaching for competence. Paper presented at the 6th European Conference for Research on Learning and Instruction, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
• Sandberg, J. (1991). Competence as intentional achievement. Presented at the International Human Science Research Conference, Gothenburg.
• Sandberg, J. (1989). Competence analysis as a strategic tool. Paper presented at the meeting of the European Foundation for Management Development on Knowledge as a Corporate Asset: An International Perspective, Barcelona, Spain.
• Sandberg, J. (1989). Competence analysis as a strategic tool. Presented at the conference, Knowledge as a Critical Resource, Umeå, Sweden.
• Sandberg, J. (1988). Towards an enlarged view of competence (in Swedish). Paper presented at the conference on Competence and Learning at Work, Stockholm, Sweden.

Journal Articles

• Sandberg, J., & Pinnington, A. (in press). Professional competence as ways of being: An existential ontological perspective. Journal of Management Studies.
• Johnston, A., & Sandberg, J. (2008). Managing service work: A contradictory affair between production and consumption. Journal of Consumer Culture.
• Dall'Alba, G., & Sandberg. J. (2006). Unveiling professional development: A critical review of stage models. Review of Educational Research. (Tier 1 journal in education)
• Sandberg, J. (2005). How do we justify knowledge produced by interpretive approaches? Organizational Research Methods.
• Sharon, S., & Sandberg, J. (2002) Service quality and the consumers' experience: Towards and interpretive approach. Marketing Theory.
• Sandberg, J (2001). Understanding competence at work. Harvard Business Review. 3: 24-28.
• Sandberg, J (2000) Understanding human competence at work. An interpretative approach, Academy of Management Journal, 43: 1, 9-26.
• Sandberg, J. & Targama, A. (2000) Understanding understanding - The key to tomorrow's leadership (in Swedish), PM Kompetens, 5: 1, 32-35.
• Sandberg, J. & Targama, A. (1999). Management as creating understanding (in Swedish) Pedagogiska Magasinet. 15: 4, 24-32.
• Sandberg, J (1997). Are phenomenographic results reliable? Higher Education Research and Development, 16: 2, 203 -11
• Sandberg, J. (1997). Teachers' views on SSE's management education (in Swedish) EFI-report, SSE, Sweden.
• Dall'Alba, G., & Sandberg, J. (1997). Developing competence for professional practice. Report no 62, Karolinska Institute, MIP, Sweden.
• Sandberg, J. (1996). Learning in an insurance company. Investigating a sales team (in Swedish). L-programmet, 5:2-21
• Dall'Alba, G. & Sandberg, J (1996). Educating for competence in professional practice. Instructional Science, 24: 411-437.
• Sandberg, J. (1995). The hermeneutic circle as the basis for competence development. EFI-Research Report, SSE.
• Sandberg, J. (1995). Statistics, its scientific basis, fundamental principles and possibilities within social sciences (in Swedish) EFI Research Report. SSE.
• Sandberg, J (1995). Are phenomenographic results reliable? Nordic Journal of Education, 3: 156-64.
• Dall'Alba, G. & Sandberg, J. (1993). A competency-based approach to education and training: Will it improve competence? Higher Education Research & Development. 1: 3-5.
• Dall'Alba, G. & Sandberg, J. (1992). What's in competence for institutions? Australian Campus Reveiew Weekly, August 13-19.
• Sandberg, J. (1991). Competence as intentional achievement. Occasional Paper, 14: 1-16 ERADU, RMIT.
• Sandberg, J. (1987). Developing and maintaining competence: Organisational development from a competence perspective (in Swedish) FE-report no 274, GSE, Sweden.

Invited Academic Talks Nationally And Internationally

• QUT Business School, (2005)
• University of Queensland, TEDI (2004)
• Said Business School, Oxford University, UK (2003)
• School of Education, University of Lund, Sweden (2003)
• School of Business, University of Lund, Sweden (2003)
• Sydney University of Technology (2003)
• University of Vaxsjo, Sweden (2002)
• School of Education, University of Queensland (2001)
• Executive team Foreningssparbanken (2000)
• Uppsala municipal leadership programme (2000)
• The Swedish Institute for School managers (2000)
• Ericsson (1999)
• Swedish National Labour Market Administration (1999)
• Arrigo Consultant (1999)
• Norrköping municipal leadership programme (1999)
• Swedish National Police Board (1998)
• Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) (1998)
• Swedish Church Employer Association (1998)
• Swedish Defence Force Academy (1997)
• Educational Programme Improvement Group, RMIT (1997)
• Faculty of Information Technology, QUT (1997)
• Centre for Professional Studies, QUT (1997)
• Swedish Defence Force Academy (1996)
• Gävle University of Technology, Sweden (1996)
• Department of Business Management, Monash University (1995)
• University of New England (1995)
• Centre for Psychotherapy, Stockholm, Sweden (1995)
• Swedish Defence Force Academy (1995)
• Department of Education, Gothenburg University, Sweden (1995)
• Department of Education, University of Lund, Sweden (1995)
• Karolinska Institute, Sweden (1994)
• The Norwegian Institute of Adult Education (1992)
• University of Lund, Sweden (1992)
• Educational Research and Development Unit, RMIT (1992)
• School of Social, Business and Environmental Education, QUT (1992)
• University of Sydney (1992)
• University of New South Wales (1992)
• Educational Research and Development Unit, RMIT (1990)
• Department of Education, University of Gothenburg, Sweden (1989)
• Department of Sociology, University of Gothenburg, Sweden (1989)
• Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden (1988)

Distinctions

• 1988-1993 PhD Fellowship, Faculty of Social Sciences at Gothenburg University
• 1986-1987 PhD Fellowship, Volvo Research Foundation

Research Interests

• Knowledge In Organisations

Academic Cluster

Management