Managing intellectual labour in Sweden and England
Cross Cultural Management: An International Journal
ISSN: 1352-7606
Article publication date: 1 September 2003
Abstract
Reports on findings from a research project, which has been examining the development of the New Public Management (NPM), a managerial reform movement for change in public sectors worldwide, and reports on a series of semi‐structured interviews with academics in Sweden and England as elements of NPM are introduced into the daily routines of university work. The findings suggest that, despite evidence of common elements of the NPM appearing in Higher Education in the two countries in question, as well as many similarities of experience and response among those subjected to change, there are differences ‐ with academics in England reporting longer hours and increased monitoring of their work than their Swedish counterparts. The article explores the nature of these similarities and differences.
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Citation
Barry, J., Berg, E. and Chandler, J. (2003), "Managing intellectual labour in Sweden and England", Cross Cultural Management: An International Journal, Vol. 10 No. 3, pp. 3-22. https://doi.org/10.1108/13527600310797612
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
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