“My Identity is as a Professional Leader”; The Practice of Leadership of Child Welfare Managers in Norway

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Table 1. Presentation of the selection of participants.

	Municipal child welfare managers
Gender	2 men
	18 women
Management experience	1–5 years: 10
	5–10 years: 5
	10–15 years: 2
	Over 15 years: 3
Municipality size
Small municipalities (< 5000 inhabitants)	2
Medium-sized municipalities (5000- 19,900 inhabitants)	13
Large municipalities (> 20,000 inhabitants)	5

Table 2. Overview of documents included in the document analysis.

Type of documents	Number	Year	Norwegian Naming	English Translation
National child welfare documents	1	2016–2017	Prop.73L (2016-2017) Endringer i barnevernloven (barnevernsreform) (Prop. 73 L, 2016-2017)	Amendments to the Child Welfare Act (Child Welfare Reform)
	2	2017	Operativ ledelse i barnevernet (Bufdir, 2017)	Operational management in child welfare services
	3	2017	Mer kunnskap—bedre barnevern. Kompetansestrategi for det kommunale barnevernet 2018–2024 (BLD, 2017)	More knowledge—better child welfare. Competence Strategy for Municipal Child Welfare 2018–2024
	4	2019	Utredning av kompetansehevingstiltak i barnevernet (Bufdir, 2019b)	Assessment of competence-raising measures in the child welfare service
Evaluation reports	5	2019	Følgeevaluering av kompetansestrategien for det kommunale barnevernet 2018–2024 (Bufdir, 2019a)	Participatory evaluation of the competence strategy for municipal child welfare 2018–2024
National documents about public sector management	6	2014	God ledelse i staten (KMD, 2014)	Good public management
	7	2014	Program for bedre styring og ledelse i staten 2014–2017 (KMD, 2017)	Program for Better Governance and Management in the State 2014–2017

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