Marit Christensen
Position: PhD Candidate / Assistant Professor
Adress: Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences and Technology,
Norwegian University of Science and Technology,
Dragvoll, Edvard Bulls veg 1,
NO-7491 Trondheim
E-mail: marit.christensen@svt.ntnu.no
Research area: Work and organisational psychology, positive psychology
Publications:
Christensen, M. (In press). Always look on the bright side of life? A study of optimism, positive affect, job characteristics and long term health. In M. Salanova & A. Rodrígue-Sánchez (Eds.), Positive occupational health psychology: New avenue for future research. Colección e-Psique. Publicaciones Universitat Jaume I Castellón.
Christensen, M., Lindström, K., Vivoll Straume, L., Hofslett Kopperud, K., Borg, V., Clausen, T., Hakanen, J., Aronsson, G., & Gustafsson, K. (2008). Positive factors at work - the first report of the Nordic project. TemaNord 2008:501.
Christensen, M. (2007). How does external changes in a community and internal reorganization influence employees? A study based on the local health and labour administration services. The International Journal of Risk Assessment and Management, 7, (2), 180-188.
Publications at scientific conferences:
Christensen, M. (2009). Job satisfaction and perceived risks in municipality services related to reorganization and downsizing. The SRA-E conference in Karlstad Sweden, 29th of june-1st of July, 2009.
Christensen, M. (2009). Work engagement and job performance: the roles of demands and job- related/personal resources. Oral presentation at The 14th EAWOP-conference in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, 13th-16th of May, 2009.
Christensen, M. (2008). Always look on the bright side of life? A study of Positive health at work. Oral presentation in a symposium "Towards positive psychology at work" at the 4th European Conference on Positive Psychology, July 1-4, 2008, Rijeka, Croatia.
Christensen, M. (2008). Towards healthy work and healthy employees – examining both sides of the health continuum. Poster presentation at The second international seminar on positive occupational health, Benicasim, Spain 24-26, april, 2008.
Christensen, M. (2007). Always look on the bright side of life? A study of job characteristics, optimism, positive and negative affect in relation to health. Oral presentation at the 9th conference in Social and Community psychology 8th and 9th of November, 2007 in Trondheim.
Christensen, M. (2007). Is positive health more than the absence of illness? A study of job characteristics, optimism, positive and negative emotions. Oral presentation at the XIIIth European congress of work and organizational psychology in Stockholm 9th – 12th of May 2007.
Christensen, M. (2007). Always look on the bright side of life?A study of optimism, positive emotions, job design and long term health. Oral presentation at the 1st Applied Positive Psychology Conference 18-20th April 2007 at University of Warwick, England.
Christensen, M. (2006). Positiv psykologi i arbeidslivet. Invited speaker at the conference of “Helsefremmende arbeid” the 7th and 8th of November at Lillestrøm.
Christensen, M. (2006). Is positive health more than the absence of illness? A study of job characteristics, optimism, positive and negative emotions. 8th Conference on Social and Community Psychology the 9th and 10th of November 2006 in Trondheim. Oral presentation at the
Christensen, M. (2006). Organisational Communication during Change - Validation of a Measure. Oral presentation at RiskCom2006 Conference 31st August – 2nd September, 2006, Göteborg, Sweden.
Christensen, M. (2005). Effects of downsizing in a cornerstone industry and reorganisation in local labor and health related services. A study of positive psychosocial factors and a ob satisfaction. Oral presentation at a seminar on Positive factors at work in Copenhagen, 18th-19th of April, 2005.
Christensen, M. (2004). Organisational communication. Validation of a measure. Oral presentation of thedoctoral work at the 6th Conference on Social and Community Psychology in Trondheim,5th-6th of November, 2004.
Christensen, M. (2004). Effects of downsizing in local municipality services. Relationships between workload, characteristics of the municipality and internal reorganisation. Oral presentation at the 5th European Conference for community psychology at Freie Universitet, Berlin, Germany, 16th -19th of September, 2004.
Christensen, M. (2004). Arbeid og helse under endrede rammebetingelser. Oral presentation of the doctorial work at a seminar about job insecurity with Magnus Sverke and Johnny Hellgren from the University of Stockholm in Trondheim 14th of June, 2004.
Christensen, M (2003). Work and health in a changing community – a presentation of the project. Poster presentation of the doctoral work at the 5th Conference on Social and Community Psychology in Trondheim, November, 20th – 21th, 2003.
Christensen, M. Work and Health in a Changing Community. Oral presentation at the XI th European Congress on Work and Organizational Psychology in Lisbon, Portugal, 14th -17th of May 2003.
Christensen, M. (2002). Work and Health in a Changing world. Oral presentation of the doctoral work at the 4th Conference on Social and Community Psychology in Trondheim, November, 21th - 22th, 2002.
Christensen, M. (1999). Work Satisfaction – A Study of Determinants, Correlations and Outcomes. Presentation of a poster at the 1st conference on social and community psychology in Trondheim, November, 11th -12th , 1999.