Warriors with a heart: Why risk it? Change and continuity in the Norwegian Army's role-perception
Journal: Duo Research Archive (University of Oslo)
Year: 2018

After the Cold War, the Norwegian Armed Forces was without a job, and a gradual shift turned the Norwegian soldiers away from their initial role-perception of a citizen soldier towards a more professional warrior-role. This new role-perception has since been institutionalized and seen as the desired role-perception among employees in the Norwegian Army. This thesis seeks to answer the following research question: Is the role-perception thought to have emerged within the Norwegian Army during the