Barbara Rebecca Mutonyi
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- Associate Professor
- School EIT Academic staff
- School of Economics, Innovation and Technology
Background
Barbara Rebecca Mutonyi is an Associate Professor in Innovation at Kristiania University College and teaches subjects related to innovation, entrepreneurship and creativity.
Mutonyi has published articles in the fields of innovative behavior, employees in public organizations, organizational culture and climate and leadership. Mutonyi´s published work is recognized, both in national and international journals.
In 202, Mutonyi received the ISPIM Innovation Management Dissertation Award for the work in her PhD thesis.
In 2021, Mutonyi received the Emerald Awards Literati for "Outstanding Paper" for the article entitled: Empowering Leadership, work group cohesiveness, individual learning orientation and individual innovative behavior in the public sector: Empirical evidence from Norway.
Employee details
Scientific Publications
- Mutonyi, Barbara Rebecca, Fredheim, Renate & Slåtten, Terje (2026). Curiosity as a Tool in Promoting Sustainable Development through Innovative Behaviour. I Breiby, Monica Adele, Elvekrok, Ingunn & Slåtten, Terje (red.) Services, Experiences, and Sustainability. Routledge. ISBN 9781003477839. p 53-66. doi: 10.4324/9781003477839-7
- Finstad, Anette Knutsen, Mutonyi, Barbara Rebecca & Slåtten, Terje (2025). Cultivating a Thriving Workforce in Hospitality Organisations - An Empirical Study of Its Antecedents and Consequences. Kvalita Inovácia Prosperita. ISSN 1335-1745. 29(3) p 18-38. doi: 10.12776/qip.v29i3.2268
- Slåtten, Terje, Mutonyi, Barbara Rebecca & Lien, Gudbrand (2025). Why should we strive to let them thrive? Exploring the links between homecare professionals thriving at work, employee ambidexterity, and innovative behavior. BMC Health Services Research. ISSN 1472-6963. 25(154) p 1-16. doi: 10.1186/s12913-025-12293-9
- Mutonyi, Barbara Rebecca, Fredheim, Renate & Slåtten, Terje (2025). The role of psychological safety and psychological capital in linking leadership curiosity to employee creative performance. Cogent Social Sciences. ISSN 2331-1886. 11(1) p 1-19. doi: 10.1080/23311886.2025.2458060
- Mutonyi, Barbara Rebecca, González‑Piñero, Manel, Slåtten, Terje & Lien, Gudbrand (2024). Driving innovation in health care: exploring
the impact of ambidextrous leadership
on creative performance among frontline
health professionals in Norway. BMC Health Services Research. ISSN 1472-6963. 24(1) p 1-17. doi: 10.1186/s12913-024-10641-9
- Slåtten, Terje, Mutonyi, Barbara Rebecca, Nordli, Anne Jørgensen & Lien, Gudbrand (2023). The role of ambidextrous leadership and employee ambidexterity in enhancing service quality of care and creativity - a study of health professionals. BMC Health Services Research. ISSN 1472-6963. 23(1) p 1-16. doi: 10.1186/s12913-023-10275-3
- Mutonyi, Barbara Rebecca (2022). Employee innovative behavior in public sector services. Universitetet i Innlandet. ISBN 9788283803464.
- Slåtten, Terje, Lien, Gudbrand & Mutonyi, Barbara Rebecca (2022). Precursors and outcomes of work
engagement among nursing professionals—a
cross-sectional study. BMC Health Services Research. ISSN 1472-6963. 22(21) p 1-15. doi: 10.1186/s12913-021-07405-0
- Mutonyi, Barbara Rebecca, Slåtten, Terje, Lien, Gudbrand & González‑Piñero, Manel (2022). The impact of organizational culture
and leadership climate on organizational
attractiveness and innovative behavior: a study
of Norwegian hospital employees. BMC Health Services Research. ISSN 1472-6963. 22(1) p 1-19. doi: 10.1186/s12913-022-08042-x
- Slåtten, Terje, Lien, Gudbrand & Mutonyi, Barbara Rebecca (2022). Promoting organizational vision integration
among hospital employees. BMC Health Services Research. ISSN 1472-6963. 22(26) p 1-15. doi: 10.1186/s12913-021-07430-z
- Slåtten, Terje, Mutonyi, Barbara Rebecca & Lien, Gudbrand (2021). Does organizational vision really matter?
An empirical examination of factors related
to organizational vision integration among
hospital employees. BMC Health Services Research. ISSN 1472-6963. 21 p 1-17. doi: 10.1186/s12913-021-06503-3
- Mutonyi, Barbara Rebecca (2021). Employees’ psychological capital and innovative behavior in higher education. International Journal of Quality and Service Sciences. ISSN 1756-669X. 13(2) p 198-215. doi: 10.1108/IJQSS-02-2020-0024
- Mutonyi, Barbara Rebecca, Slåtten, Terje & Lien, Gudbrand (2021). Fostering innovative behavior in health organizations: a PLS-SEM analysis of Norwegian hospital employees. BMC Health Services Research. ISSN 1472-6963. 21(1) doi: 10.1186/s12913-021-06505-1
- Mutonyi, Barbara Rebecca, Slåtten, Terje & Lien, Gudbrand (2020). Fostering Innovative Behavior in Health Organizations – a PLS-SEM Analysis of Norwegian Hospital Employees. BMC Health Services Research. ISSN 1472-6963. doi: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-45004/v1
- Slåtten, Terje, Mutonyi, Barbara Rebecca & Lien, Gudbrand (2020). The impact of individual creativity,
psychological capital, and leadership
autonomy support on hospital employees’
innovative behaviour. BMC Health Services Research. ISSN 1472-6963. 20(1096) p 1-17. doi: 10.1186/s12913-020-05954-4
- Mutonyi, Barbara Rebecca, Slåtten, Terje & Lien, Gudbrand (2020). Empowering leadership, work group cohesiveness, individual learning orientation and individual innovative behaviour in the public sector: empirical evidence from Norway. International Journal of Public Leadership. ISSN 2056-4929. 16(2) p 175-197. doi: 10.1108/IJPL-07-2019-0045
- Mutonyi, Barbara Rebecca, Slåtten, Terje & Lien, Gudbrand (2020). Organizational climate and creative performance in the public sector. European Business Review. ISSN 0955-534X. 32(4) p 615-631. doi: 10.1108/EBR-02-2019-0021
- Slåtten, Terje, Matovu, Barbara Rebecca & Connolley, Steven Patrick (2014). Four Drivers of Effective Sponsorship: A Case Study of the Birkebeiner Race in Norway. Journal of Convention & Event Tourism. ISSN 1547-0148. 15(3) p 220-235. doi: 10.1080/15470148.2014.929992
Dissemination
- Bjerke, Victora Helen Rustad, Mutonyi, Barbara Rebecca & Slåtten, Terje (2025). Thriving Through Curiosity: Building Innovative, Attractive, and Competitive Organizations.
- Mutonyi, Barbara Rebecca, Bjerke, Victora Helen Rustad & Slåtten, Terje (2025). Firm’s Sustainable Innovation and Competitive Advantage: Examining the role of Leadership Display of Curiosity, Organizational Innovation Culture, and Leadership Support for Innovation.
- Bjerke, Victora Helen Rustad, Mutonyi, Barbara Rebecca & Slåtten, Terje (2025). Linking Leader Humour to Employee Creative Performance: the mediating pathways of Psychological Safety, Humorous Work Climate, and Organizational Commitment.
- Mutonyi, Barbara Rebecca, Bjerke, Victora Helen Rustad & Slåtten, Terje (2025). The impact of service employees' ambidexterity and leadership display of curiosity on a firm's innovative culture and competitive advantage.
- Finstad, Anette Knutsen, Mutonyi, Barbara Rebecca & Slåtten, Terje (2025). Cultivating a Thriving Workforce in Hospitality Organizations - An Empirical Study of Its Antecedents and Consequences.
- Slåtten, Terje & Mutonyi, Barbara Rebecca (2024). The Effect of Leadership Display of Curiosity on Employee Creative Performance.
- Mutonyi, Barbara Rebecca & Slåtten, Terje (2024). Curiosity as a tool in promoting sustainable development through innovative behaviour.
- Mutonyi, Barbara Rebecca, Fredheim, Renate & Slåtten, Terje (2024). Leadership display of curiosity and employee creative performance.
- Mutonyi, Barbara Rebecca, González‑Piñero, Manel, Slåtten, Terje & Lien, Gudbrand (2023). AMBIDEXTROUS LEADERSHIP AMONG NORWEGIAN FRONTLINE HEALTH PROFESSIONALS.
- Slåtten, Terje & Mutonyi, Barbara Rebecca (2023). To be, or not to be curious, that is the question! – Exploring the impact on hospitality employees of having leaders who display curiosity in how they perform their leadership role.
- Finstad, Anette Knutsen, Mutonyi, Barbara Rebecca & Slåtten, Terje (2023). I really want my hospitality employees to thrive at work! But how can I make it and does it really pay off?
- Slåtten, Terje, Mutonyi, Barbara Rebecca & Lien, Gudbrand (2022). Ambidextrous leadership and health professionals job performance.
- Mutonyi, Barbara Rebecca, González‑Piñero, Manel, Slåtten, Terje & Lien, Gudbrand (2022). Affective Organizational Commitment in Norwegian Hospital Employees.
- Lappalainen, Barbara Rebecca Mantovu (2019). Organizational Culture and Creative Performance in Public Sector.
- Lappalainen, Barbara Rebecca (2019). Employees’ psychological capital and innovative behavior in higher education.
- Lappalainen, Barbara Rebecca Mantovu, Slåtten, Terje & Lien, Gudbrand (2018). Fostering Individual Innovative Behavior – a study from the public sector. FULLTEKST
- Lappalainen, Barbara Rebecca Mantovu, Slåtten, Terje & Lien, Gudbrand (2018). The role of organizational climate for employee’s creative performance – a study from the public sector.
- Slåtten, Terje, Matovu, Barbara Rebecca & Lien, Gudbrand (2016). Effects of organizational climate on innomvative behavior : a case study from public sector.
- Mutonyi, Barbara Rebecca, Fredheim, Renate & Slåtten, Terje (2026). Curiosity as a Tool in Promoting Sustainable Development through Innovative Behaviour. I Breiby, Monica Adele, Elvekrok, Ingunn & Slåtten, Terje (red.) Services, Experiences, and Sustainability. Routledge. ISBN 9781003477839. p 53-66. doi:
- 2022 - nowAssociate professorKristiania University College
- 2022Assistant professorKristiania University College
- 2017 - 2021PhD CandidateInland Norway University of Applied Sciences
