Outputs (5)

'Girls Who Do Boys Like They're Girls'? Exploring the Role of Gender in the Junior Management of Contemporary Service Work (2009)
Journal Article

This article attempts to explain the clustering of women managers at junior managerial grades in the service sector by focusing on the structuring and organization of work in a call centre. The article is based on an ethnography of an organization an... Read More about 'Girls Who Do Boys Like They're Girls'? Exploring the Role of Gender in the Junior Management of Contemporary Service Work.

Solving the Labour Problem Among Professional Workers in the UK Public Sector: Organisation Change and Performance Management (2009)
Journal Article

This paper draws together evidence from across the UK public services to present an analysis of public sector organisational change that has been observed and experienced since the 1980s. The argument is that the pattern of persistent change, package... Read More about Solving the Labour Problem Among Professional Workers in the UK Public Sector: Organisation Change and Performance Management.

Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Exploring Women's Experience of Participation and Progress in ManagerialCareers (2009)
Journal Article

Purpose The growth of women in management has been argued to offer a route to reduce organizational and social inequality. The purpose of this paper is to explore the careers and experiences of female managers from a variety of organizations operati... Read More about Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Exploring Women's Experience of Participation and Progress in ManagerialCareers.

The changing locus of workplace control in the English further education sector (2009)
Journal Article

Purpose The purpose of the paper is to discuss how the so‐called “modernisation” agenda has triggered changes in the structure and management of the UK public sector. The concern of the paper is with how such changes have impacted on the labour proc... Read More about The changing locus of workplace control in the English further education sector.

Using Economic Analysis in Evaluating Police Service Projects: The case of an Outsourcing Project (2009)
Journal Article

A number of techniques have been developed which enable economic analysis to be incorporated into the evaluation of police service projects. In this paper, the argument for using economic analysis is presented and the techniques discussed. One partic... Read More about Using Economic Analysis in Evaluating Police Service Projects: The case of an Outsourcing Project.