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Mette Sandoff

SENIOR LECTURER

School of Public
Administration
Telephone
+46 31-786 44 91
+46 706-46 48 99
Mail
mette.sandoff@gu.se
Visiting address
Universitetsplatsen 1
41124 Göteborg
Room number
Vasaparken
Postal address
Box 100
40530 Göteborg

About Mette Sandoff

Mette Sandoff is an Associate Professor in Business
Administration. Since 2012 Sandoff has the position as the Deputy Vice-Chancellor at the University of Gothenburg, strategically responsible for education and Head of the University's Board of Education. Former managerial positions are among others Vice-Dean at the School of Business, Economics and Law, Head of the Department of Business Administration and Board member of Universeum Science Parc. The spring 2017 she attended an Administrative Fellowship at Kutztown University of Pennsylvania; shadowing the President’s and the Provost’s managerial work and shared experiences. During March 2018 to March 2019 Sandoff was, on behalf of The Higher Education Authority, the Head of The Quality Assurance Committee evaluating Malmö University. 2019-2020 she is assigned by The Association of Swedish Higher Education Institutions as a Committee Member for Pedagogical Development. Sandoff has extensive and varied teacher and research experience and is conducting research within the fields of leadership and human resource management, especially in the service and health sectors. She is now conducting research on experience-based pedagogical learning among teaching staff.  

Research areas

  • Management
  • Human Resource Management
  • Organizational theory

Teaching areas

  • Human Resource Management
  • Management
  • Organizational Theory

Selected publications

När professionella normer mäter kundorientering - en studie av grundskolelärares arbetssituation
Sandoff, Mette, Norén, Lars
Nordiske Organisasjons-Studier, 3:2002, 2002

Managing processes of inpatient care and treatment. Swedish healthcare process managers’ descriptions
Nilsson, Kerstin, Sandoff, Mette
Journal of Health Organization and Management, 29:7, s. 1029-1046, 2015

How staff experience teamwork challenges in a new organizational structure
Sandoff, Mette, Nilsson, Kerstin
Team Performance Management, 22:7/8, s. 415-427, 2016

Leading Processes of Patient Care and Treatment in Hierarchical Healthcare Organizations in Sweden – Process Managers’ Experiences
Nilsson, Kerstin, Sandoff, Mette
Leadership in Health Services, 28:2, s. 135-148, 2015

Seasonal employees' intention to return and do more than expected
Alverén, Ellen, Andersson, Tommy, Eriksson, Karin, Sandoff, Mette, Wikhamn, Wajda
Service Industries Journal, 32:12, s. 1957-1972, 2012

Coping with Discipline - Discipline and dilemmas among teachers and warders
Sandoff, Mette, Widell, Gill
International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, 28:11/12, s. 548-471, 2008

How Municipal Development Leaders Experienced Their Professional Role and Responsibility
Sandoff, Mette, Nilsson, Kerstin
Management and Organizational Studies, 3:4, s. 1-10, 2016

How humanism can contribute to the development and uniqueness of service management
Sandoff, Mette
Journal of Human Values, 18:1, s. 7-17, 2012