Gendering and gender in public service organizations : changing professional identities under new public management
By: DAVIES, Annette.
Contributor(s): THOMAS, Robyn.
Material type: ArticlePublisher: UK : Taylor & Francis , dez. 2002Public Management Review 4, 4, p. 461-484Abstract: 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 consideredThis 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
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