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Contracts and Competition? A Reflection on the Nature and Effects of Recent Legislation on Modes of Control in Schools

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  • Broadbent, Jane
  • Laughlin, Richard

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This paper examines the extent to which recent legislative changes in schools have introduced 'the market' as a mode of control. The legislative reforms of the Education Reform Act (1988) can be seen as part of an ongoing attempt to change the public sector in the United Kingdom and internationally. In order to examine the changes, the authors build a heuristic framework to develop 'ideal type' models of markets, hierarchies, and clans, thus developing the ideas of W. Ouchi (1979). They argue that that the Education Reform Act and the subsequent and related legislation form an initiative which, while justified by an appeal to market-based control, has a strong centralizing tendency, seeking to restrict the autonomy of professionals. Copyright 1997 by Oxford University Press.

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  • Broadbent, Jane & Laughlin, Richard, 1997. "Contracts and Competition? A Reflection on the Nature and Effects of Recent Legislation on Modes of Control in Schools," Cambridge Journal of Economics, Cambridge Political Economy Society, vol. 21(2), pages 277-290, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:cambje:v:21:y:1997:i:2:p:277-90
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    1. Maria Rosaria Carillo, 2000. "The Effect of Professionalisation and the Demand for Social Status on the Adoption of New Technologies," Rivista italiana degli economisti, Società editrice il Mulino, issue 3, pages 473-502.
    2. Suzanne J. Konzelmann & Frank Wilkinson & Roy Mankelow, 2007. "Work Intensification and Employment Insecurity in Professional Work," Working Papers wp345, Centre for Business Research, University of Cambridge.
    3. Devesh Baid & S. V. D. Nageswara Rao, 2017. "Management Controls of Teachers—Scale Development and Validation," Global Business Review, International Management Institute, vol. 18(3), pages 719-733, June.

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