Sven Siverbo

Sven Siverbo is a Professor of Accounting Research at Karlstad University's Karlstad Business School. His research focuses on trust-based management in public organizations, verbal rewards as control mechanisms, and the impact of management controls on well-being. He leads a Forte-funded project exploring workplace autonomy and well-being in municipalities and regions. Sven teaches management control and research methodology across undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral programs. Currently supervising four doctoral students, he has published extensively on topics including trust diffusion in Scandinavia, performance measurement, and public sector governance. His work bridges organizational behavior with public policy, emphasizing practical implications for management practices.

Research interests span trust dynamics in public sector reforms, gendered effects of verbal rewards, and the evolution of control systems in decentralized organizations. Recent publications analyze trust-based management's cross-country adoption and the motivational role of praise in public workplaces. His long-term contributions include studies on process-oriented healthcare management and the consequences of performance measurement in public organizations.

Publications highlight interdisciplinary approaches, combining management theory with empirical case studies in local government and healthcare. Awards: None explicitly mentioned. Grants: Forte-funded project noted. Labs/Teams: Engaged with research groups at Karlstad Business School, including the Accounting Research Forum (Forum För Redovisning).