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Gender and the public sector : professionals and managerial change /
Drawing on sociology and social policy, this intriguing volume considers various aspects of gender and professional identity. Contributors explore the inter-relationship between managerialism, professionalism and gender identity in Britain, and examine the processes and impacts of change on those wo...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Other Authors: | , , |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
2003.
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| Series: | Routledge advances in management and business studies ;
24. |
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Contents; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Contexts and networks; Managing professional work; Identity and biography; Contexts and networks; New Labour, governance and the politics of diversity; Gendered states, critical engagements; Managing transformation? Health and welfare management in South Africa; Gender, welfare regimes and the medical profession in France and Greece: Clientelism, etatism and the 'Mediterranean rim'; Managing professional work; Identifying the professional 'man'ager: Masculinity, professionalism and the search for legitimacy
- Women's positioning in a bureaucratic environment: Combining employment and motheringPlural frames of work in public sector organisations; On the front line: Women's experiences of managing the new public services; Hard nosed or pink and fluffy? An examination of how middle managers in health care use the competing metaphors of business and care to achieve desired outcomes; Ministering angels and the virtuous profession: Service and professional indemnity; Identity and biography; Gendered narratives of the management of residential care homes; Index