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Gendering and Gender in Public Service Organizations: Changing Professional Identities Under New Public Management

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  • Annette Davies
  • Robyn Thomas

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This article examines the enactment of new public management (NPM) in public service professional organizations, the nature of professional/managerial subjectivities promoted within the NPM discourse, and the implications for male and female professionals/managers. The article has two aims. First, taking a gender ing 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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  • Annette Davies & Robyn Thomas, 2002. "Gendering and Gender in Public Service Organizations: Changing Professional Identities Under New Public Management," Public Management Review, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 4(4), pages 461-484, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:pubmgr:v:4:y:2002:i:4:p:461-484
    DOI: 10.1080/14616670210163024
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    1. Björk, Lisa & Härenstam, Annika, 2016. "Differences in organizational preconditions for managers in genderized municipal services," Scandinavian Journal of Management, Elsevier, vol. 32(4), pages 209-219.
    2. Metzger, Matthew L. & Duening, Thomas N., 2021. "Exploring the use of virtues to facilitate identity construction among management students," European Management Journal, Elsevier, vol. 39(1), pages 109-117.
    3. Deirdre Crowe & James Wickham & Lidia Greco & Josephine Browne, 2005. "Individualization and Equality:Women’s careers and organizational form," The Institute for International Integration Studies Discussion Paper Series iiisdp85, IIIS.

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