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'Girls Who Do Boys Like They're Girls'? Exploring the Role of Gender in the Junior Management of Contemporary Service Work (2009)
Journal Article
(2009). 'Girls Who Do Boys Like They're Girls'? Exploring the Role of Gender in the Junior Management of Contemporary Service Work. Gender, Work and Organization, 119 -141. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0432.2009.00493.x

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.

Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Exploring Women's Experience of Participation and Progress in ManagerialCareers (2009)
Journal Article
(2009). Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Exploring Women's Experience of Participation and Progress in ManagerialCareers. Equal Opportunities International, 378 -397. https://doi.org/10.1108/02610150910964240

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.

Constructing Maritime Geographies: The Pragmatic Mobility of Senegalese Fishermen
Thesis
Hallaire, J. (2015). Constructing Maritime Geographies: The Pragmatic Mobility of Senegalese Fishermen

Senegalese fishermen have significantly expanded their mobility into the eastern Atlantic Ocean since the early 1980s. Fishermen have been crossing international maritime borders and organising long sea journeys, in part as a response to the decrease... Read More about Constructing Maritime Geographies: The Pragmatic Mobility of Senegalese Fishermen.

Union representation under restructuring and austerity: The case of Unite in the Ministry of Defence
Thesis
Hanks, A. (2016). Union representation under restructuring and austerity: The case of Unite in the Ministry of Defence

This doctoral thesis seeks to answer the question what factors influence Trade Union representation? Using a case study design, the researcher uses documentary analysis and elite, semi-structured interviews, to evaluate the knowledge and experiences... Read More about Union representation under restructuring and austerity: The case of Unite in the Ministry of Defence.