Vidar Schei is a professor in organizational behavior at the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH). He holds a Master of Science degree from NHH and received his dr.oecon from the Department of Strategy and Management at NHH in 1999.
Vidar Schei’s professional motivation is to help people cooperate effectively. His main interests are in social decision making, including topics such as team and cooperation processes, negotiation and conflict management, and creativity and culture.
Schei’s work has appeared in a number of journals, including Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, Journal of Managerial Psychology, Applied Psychology, and Science.
He has received several awards for his research and teaching. Schei is part of the FOCUS (Future-Oriented Corporate Solutions)-program and the CORE (Cooporation Research)-group at NHH.
| Author(s) | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|
| Selart, Marcus; Schei, Vidar; Lines, Rune; Nesse, Synnøve | Can Mindfulness be Helpful in Team Decision-Making? A Framework for Understanding How to Mitigate False Consensus | European Management Review Volume 17 (2) (12 pages); 2020 |
| Basker, Inger Nordli; Sverdrup, Therese; Schei, Vidar; Sandvik, Alexander Madsen | Embracing the duality of consideration and initiating structure: CEO leadership behaviors and small firm performance | Leadership & Organization Development Journal Volume 41 (3); page 449 - 462; 2020 |
| Schei, Vidar; Sverdrup, Therese E.; Andvik, Elisabeth | “Let’s get out of here!”: Cognitive motivation and maximizing help teams solving an escape room. | Frontiers in Physiology Volume 11; page 1 - 7; 2020 |
| Acar-Burkay, Sinem; Schei, Vidar; Warlop, Luk | The Best of Both Worlds? Negotiations Between Cooperators and Individualists Provide High Economic and Relational Outcomes | Group Decision and Negotiation Volume 29 (3); page 491 - 522; 2020 |
For the first time, researchers have studied how strong the social norms are in different countries. An international study shows that Norwegians make very strict requirements of personal conduct and that they sanction unwanted behaviour. 'A surprising result,' says Associate Professor Vidar Schei at NHH.
