Gendered nature of managerialism: the case of the National Health Service

Karen Miller

Gendered nature of managerialism: the case of the National Health Service

Karen Miller

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Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to argue that managerialism, as applied to the public sector, contributes to a gendered organisational culture that disadvantages female career progression. The main finding is that public sector managerialism, and consequent transactional and stereotypical masculine styles of management, inhibits female career progression.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	104-113
Number of pages	10
Journal	International Journal of Public Sector Management
Volume	22
Issue number	2
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2009

Keywords

career progression
public management
gender
NHS

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