Carl Erik Grenness

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Carl-Erik Grenness (born 18 November 1939) is a Norwegian professor of psychology.

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Grenness has spent most of his career as a Professor at the University of Oslo, and has been active in many aspects of psychology, including philosophical psychology, behavioural analysis, organisational psychology and organisational studies. He was also a scientist at the Forsvarets institutt for ledelse, and has worked as head psychologist at Forsvaret.

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  1. "haugenbok.no about the book Kommunikasjon i organisasjoner". Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2009-10-30.
  2. universitetsforlaget.no: om Grenness on the book Hva er Psykologi Archived July 24, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  3. gyldendal.no about the book Introduksjon til samfunnsfag [ permanent dead link ]