Theorizing the micro-politics of resistance: New public management and managerial identities in the UK public services

Organization Studies

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 683-706

  Thomas, Robyn ^a,b   Davies, Annette ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Identities; Managers; New Public Management; Poststructuralism; Resistance

Indexed keywords

EID: 24944528177     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840605051821     Document Type: Review

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