DAVIES, Annette <br/><br/>
Gendering and gender in public service organizations :  changing professional identities under new public management 

 - UK :  Taylor & Francis ,  dez. 2002 
<br/><br/> This article examines the enactment of new public management (NPM) in public service professional organizations, the nature of prefessional/managerial subjectivities promoted within the NPM discourse, and the implications for male and female professionals/managers. The article has two aims. First, taking a gendering organization perspective, it explores the gendered meanings of NPM and the promotion of new professional/managerial subjectivities. Second, focusing on gender in organizations , the article then considers the implications of the enactment of NPM for male and female professionals/managers. The article illustrates the complex, manifold and fluid nature of both the meanings ascribed to NPM and individual responses. It is argued that a gender lens offers a more nuanced and sophisticated understanding of NPM enactment and the implications of this for public service professionals/managers are considered