Magnus Hansson
Position: Senior Lecturer School/office: Örebro University School of BusinessEmail: magnus.hansson@oru.se
Phone: +46 19 303971
Room: N3029

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Publications
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Conference papers |
Doctoral theses, comprehensive summaries |
Licentiate theses, comprehensive summaries |
Manuscripts |
Articles in journals
- Söderlund, C. & Hansson, M. (2021). A visual and rhetorical perspective on management control systems. International Journal of Lean Six Sigma, 12 (3), 536-552.
- Arzuaga, S. , Gandolfi, F. , Hansson, M. & Johnston, T. (2021). Downsizing and Affective Organisational Commitment: A Contextual Proximity Perspective. Empirical Economics Letters, 20 (9).
- Eriksson-Zetterquist, U. , Hansson, M. & Nilsson, F. (2021). On the use and usefulness of theories and perspectives: A reply to Brunsson. Scandinavian Journal of Management, 37 (4).
- Hansson, M. , Gottfridsson, H. & Raanaes, S. (2019). The Boss and Daddy's Little Girl: On the Costruction of Gender in Swedish Business Media. Gender in Management, 34 (1), 59-76.
- Hansson, M. (2017). Organizational Closedown and the Process of Deconstruction and Creativity. Culture and Organization, 23 (3), 238-256.
- Gandolfi, F. & Hansson, M. (2015). A Global Perspective on the Non-financial Consequences of Downsizing. Review of International Comparative Management, 16 (2), 185-204.
- Bell, E. , Tienari, J. & Hansson, M. (2014). Introduction: Organizational death. Culture and Organization, 20 (1), 1-6.
- Hansson, M. , Bell, E. & Tienari, J. (2012). Call for papers: Special issue on Organizational Death, Memory and Loss. Culture and Organization, 18 (3), 275-277.
- Hansson, M. & Hansson, J. (2012). Identité professionnelle individuelle et processus de fermeture d’usine: disbanding and reconnecting the individual work identity under the process of plant closure. Revue francaise de gestion, 220 (1), 117-131.
- Wigblad, R. , Hansson, M. , Townsend, K. & Lewer, J. (2012). Shifting frontiers of control during closedown processes. Personnel review, 41 (2), 160-179.
- Hasanen, L. , Hellgren, J. & Hansson, M. (2011). Goal setting and plant closure: when bad things turn good. Economic and Industrial Democracy, 32 (1), 135-156.
- Gandolfi, F. & Hansson, M. (2010). Reduction-in-force (RIF): new developments and a brief historical analysis of a business strategy. Journal of Management and Organization, 16 (5), 727-743.
- Wigblad, R. , Lewer, J. & Hansson, M. (2007). A holistic approach to the productivity paradox. Human Systems Management, 26 (2), 85-97.
- Hansson, M. & Wigblad, R. (2006). Pyrrhic victories: anticipating the closedown effect . International Journal of Human Resource Management, 17 (5), 938-958.
- Hansson, M. & Wigblad, R. (2006). Recontextualizing the Hawthorne effect. Scandinavian Journal of Management, 22 (2), 120-137.
Articles, reviews/surveys
- Gandolfi, F. & Hansson, M. (2011). Causes and consequences of downsizing: Towards an integrative framework. Journal of Management and Organization, 17 (4), 498-521.
Chapters in books
- Eriksson-Zetterquist, U. , Hansson, M. & Nilsson, F. (2020). Theories and perspectives. In: Eriksson-Zetterquist, U., Hansson, M. and Nilsson, F., Theories and Perspectives in Business Administration. Lund: Studentlitteratur AB.
- Eriksson-Zetterquist, U. , Hansson, M. & Nilsson, F. (2020). Theories and perspectives – analysis and conclusions. In: Eriksson-Zetterquist, U., Hansson, M. and Nilsson, F., Theories and Perspectives in Business Administration. Lund: Studentlitteratur AB.
- Hansson, M. (2017). Sweden - At the end of the road: the process of plant closure. In: Liza Castro Christiansen, Bård Kuvaas, Michal Biron, Elaine Farndale, Global human resource management casebook (pp. 112-124). New York: Routledge.
- Hansson, M. (2017). Sweden - At the End of the Road: The Process of Plant Closure: Teaching Notes. In: Castro Chrisiansen, L.; Kuvaas, B.; Biron, M.; Farndale, E., Global Human Resource Management Casebook. New York: Taylor & Francis.
- Hansson, M. (2012). At the end of the road: the process of a plant closure. In: James C. Hayton, Michal Biron, Lisa Castro - Christiansen, Bård Kuvaas, Global human resource management casebook (pp. 112-124). New York: Taylor & Francis Group.
- Hansson, M. (2012). Developing patterns of explanations: methodological considerations when analyzing qualitative data. In: Peter Dahlin, Peter Ekman, Management and information technology: challenges for the modern organization (pp. 191-205). New York: Routledge.
- Gandolfi, F. , Renz, L. M. , Hansson, M. & Davenport, J. B. (2012). Post-downsizing implications and consequences: a global perspective. In: Cary L. Cooper, Alankrita Pandey, James Campbell Quick, Downsizing: is less still more? (pp. 356-388). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Collections (editor)
- Eriksson-Zetterquist, U. (ed.) , Hansson, M. (ed.) & Nilsson, F. (ed.) (2020). Theories and Perspectives in Business Administration (1ed.).. Studentlitteratur AB.
Conference papers
- Hansson, M. , Olsson, A. , Leijon, M. , Tieva, Å. & Malvebo, E. (2022). A framework for developing learning environments and teachers’ didactic spatial competence. Paper presented at Nätverk och Utveckling (NU2022), Stockholm, Sweden, June 15-17, 2022.
- Hansson, M. (2022). Developing New Learning Environments: Enabling the development of spatial competencies. Paper presented at Network of International Business and Economics Schools (NIBES).
- Olsson, A. & Hansson, M. (2022). Flexibla och hybrida rum – arbetet med utvecklingen av nya lärmiljöer. Paper presented at Framtidens lärarutbildning - erfarenheter och visioner, Örebro universitet, Örebro, 15-16 mars, 2022.
- Hansson, M. (2022). How teachers can become more innovative in entrepreneurship education. Paper presented at MIRAI 2.0, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan, November 15-18, 2022.
- Hansson, M. & Olsson, A. (2022). Learning lab – en högskolepedagogisk testmiljö för framtidens lärmiljöer. Paper presented at Framtidens lärarutbildning - erfarenheter och visioner, Örebro universitet, Örebro, 15-16 mars, 2022.
- Eriksson-Zetterquist, U. , Hansson, M. & Nilsson, F. (2022). On the use and usefulness of theories and perspectives: Developing theories through theorizing. Paper presented at 26th Nordic Academy of Management Conference (NFF 2022), Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden, August 24-26, 2022.
- Hansson, M. , Olsson, A. & Leijon, M. (2022). Room and activity diagrams as enablers for didactical spatial competence. Paper presented at Nordic educational research association (NERA 2022), Reykjavik, Iceland, June 1-3, 2022.
- Hansson, M. , Gottfridsson, H. & Raanaes, S. (2016). The Boss and Daddy’s Little Girl: A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Construction of Gender in Business Media. In: European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS) Conference Proceedings. Paper presented at 32nd EGOS Colloquium 2016, Organizing in the Shadow of Power, Naples, Italy, July 7-9, 2016.
- Hansson, M. (2015). Theory and Method in Downsizing Research. In: Centre for Global HRM, At Gothenburg. Paper presented at Centrum för Global HRM.
- Hansson, M. (2014). Organizational death and sensemaking: How workers make sense of enhanced efforts. Paper presented at European Group for Organizational Studies.
- Hansson, M. , Wigblad, R. & Rydell, A. (2014). Plant closures, temporary workers and a management controlled setting: Further evidence on the Closedown effect. Paper presented at Nordic Work Life Conference 2014. (pp. 1-10).
- Hansson, M. (2014). Sensemaking and Organizational Death. Paper presented at Nordic Academy of Management.
- Hansson, M. , Arman, R. & Walter, L. (2013). Call for Papers: Threat and Possibilities in the wakening of corporate restructuring, downsizing and plant closures: A Nordic perspective. Paper presented at Nordic Work Life Conference.
- Hansson, M. (2013). Organizational Death and Sensemaking: How Workers Explain Enhanced Efforts During the Process of Plant Closure. Paper presented at 22nd Nordic Academy of Management, University of Iceland, Reykjavík, 21-23 August, 2013.
- Hansson, M. , Arman, R. & Walter, L. (2013). Practicing, Restructuring, Downsizing and Organizational Death: Call for papers at Nordic Academy of Management. Paper presented at 22nd Nordic Academy of Management, University of Iceland, Reykjavík, 21-23 August, 2013.
- Hansson, M. (2013). Why Kübler-Ross is Insufficient for Analyzes of Organizational Death. Paper presented at 22nd Nordic Academy of Management Conference (NFF).
- Hansson, M. , Wigblad, R. & Rydell, A. (2012). Plant closures, temporary workers and a management controlled setting: Further evidence on the Closedown effect. Paper presented at 30th International Labour Process Conference.
- Häsänen, L. , Hansson, M. & Hellgren, J. (2011). Contrasting between high-performers’ andlow-performers’ justice perceptions of effort and turnover cognitions: Can you rely on high-performers’ during plant closures?. Paper presented at 15th Conference of the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology Maastricht, May 25 - May 28, 2011.
- Hansson, M. & Wigblad, R. (2011). Practicing Restructuring, Downsizing and Organizational Death.. Paper presented at Nordic Academy of Management (NFF).
- Hansson, M. & Hansson, J. (2010). Sense of the self: on the change in workers identity in closedown contexts. Paper presented at European Academy of Management (EURAM), 19th-22th may, 2010, Rome, Italy.
- Häsänen, L. , Hansson, M. & Hellgren, J. (2009). Goal Setting during a Closedown Process: A longitudinal study. Paper presented at European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology (EAWOP).
- Hansson, M. & Wigblad, R. (2008). Job insecurity and certainty of job loss: a comparative analysis of downsizing and closedown literatures. Paper presented at European Academy of Work and Organizational Psychology (EAWOP).
- Hansson, M. (2008). When the lights go out. Paper presented at Academy of Management Annual meeting Anaheim, CA, USA, 2008.
- Wigblad, R. , Hansson, M. , Townsend, K. & Lewer, J. (2008). When the productivity game is over: the countdown in closedowns. Paper presented at International Labor Process Conference, Aberdeen, Scotland.
- Hansson, M. (2007). Closedowns, equity theory and work performance: further evidence on the closedown effect. Paper presented at European Academy of Management, EURAM conference, Paris.
- Littler, C. & Hansson, M. (2007). Closures and downsizing: integrating overlapping literatures. Paper presented at Academy of Management Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
- Hansson, M. & Wigblad, R. (2006). Pyrrhic Victories: Anticipating the Closedown Effect. In: European Academy of Management (EURAM). Paper presented at European Academy of Management (EURAM).
- Hansson, M. & Littler, C. (2005). Are Closedown Plants High Performance Work Places?: Untangling a Theoretical Paradox. Paper presented at British Academy of Management (BAM) Conference, Oxford, September 2005.
- Hansson, M. (2004). Research on Closedowns. In: European Academy of Management (EURAM). Paper presented at European Academy of Management (EURAM).
- Hansson, M. & Wigblad, R. (2003). Recontextualizing the Hawthorne Effect. Paper presented at Nordic Academy of Management (NFF).
Doctoral theses, comprehensive summaries
- Hansson, M. (2008). On closedowns: towards a pattern of explanations to the closedown effect. (Doctoral dissertation). (Comprehensive summary) Örebro: Örebro university.
Licentiate theses, comprehensive summaries
- Hansson, M. (2005). From dusk till dawn: three essays on organizational closedowns. Lic. (Comprehensive summary) Västra Frölunda: Intelleca DocuSys.
Manuscripts
- Hansson, M. When the lights go out.