All Outputs (2)

Solving the Labour Problem Among Professional Workers in the UK Public Sector: Organisation Change and Performance Management (2009)
Journal Article
Worrall, L., Mather, K., & Seifert, R. (2010). Solving the Labour Problem Among Professional Workers in the UK Public Sector: Organisation Change and Performance Management. Public Organization Review, 10(2), 117-137. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11115-009-0100-0

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.

The changing locus of workplace control in the English further education sector (2009)
Journal Article
Mather, K., Worrall, L., & Seifert, R. (2009). The changing locus of workplace control in the English further education sector. Employee Relations, 31(2), 139-157. https://doi.org/10.1108/01425450910925292

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.