Social housing managers and the performance ethos: Towards a 'professional project of the self'

Work, Employment and Society

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 395-412

  Casey, Rionach ^a   Allen, Chris ^a  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boundaries; Emotional labour and accountability; Individualization; Knowledge; Power; Professionalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 3242789409     PISSN: 09500170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/09500172004042775     Document Type: Article

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