Clare Butler
Biographic Data
| ID | 3603441 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Clare Butler |
| GIVEN NAMES | Clare |
| FAMILY NAME | Butler |
| SIGNATURE | BUTLER C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Newcastle University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3273-0510 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 42 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Managing the Menopause through 'Abjection Work
This article examines how power and menopause relate at work. Based on qualitative data from 23 women administrative workers, the research finds that menopausal symptoms are sometimes 'awful', 'knackering' and 'isolating'. Yet, as 'real' or 'normal women', they described getting lost in the menopause discourse and many spoke of going through 'the change' instead; this saw them make sense of, and respond to, their symptoms in (sometimes) unconvent…
Working the 'wise' in speech and language therapy
Being appropriately professional
This article examines how professionalism impacts on the interaction and knowledge transfer of professionals within open plan workspaces and between distributed workplaces when using ICT . Knowledge is key to the system of professions and the power of professionals. At the same time, professional work requires professionals to behave in an appropriate and professional‐like manner, and this includes sharing knowledge with colleagues. Yet, the ideo…
Pills, ills and the ugly face of aesthetic labour
This article presents a vivid account of one woman's experience of taking on a second job - the role of a slimming club consultant - when her husband is made unemployed. Her story highlights how aesthetic labour, particularly when a worker's appearance becomes more prominent over time, can lead to dangerous behaviours, namely the use of weight-loss pills and illegal drugs. These behaviours resulted in sleeplessness, frequent headaches and a feeli…
Alone in the back office
Prior research suggests that it is through providing direct support to citizens that public servants gain a source of meaning in their work; and affirm their public service identities. This article explores how employees who work in a public service support function and receive little, if any, direct feedback from citizens may maintain their public service identity during their back office work. The study finds, against much previous empirical re…
Exploring identity
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the potential of incorporating visual methods in the study of identity and identity work. Design/methodology/approach – Scholars have proposed a range of approaches to the study of identity. However, studies have typically relied on interviews or surveys with little exploration of the dynamic narrating of self- in-situ inherent to identity and identity work. The paper reviews the aforementioned me…
Making interview transcripts real
This research note considers how we interact with verbatim interview transcripts. Drawing on reader-response theory, the note examines the possible effect of readers’ engagement with this often dysfluent talk-as-text. Lessons from the reader-response literature suggest that in realizing verbal transcripts we may be convincingly representing changed worlds to our audiences – specifically, our world and not their world. As a result of this potentia…
Wanted - straight talkers
The discussion of aesthetic labour has largely been confined to 'looking good'. However, aesthetic labour also includes 'sounding right', where 'excellent communication skills' is an almost mandatory component of job advertisements. Much success in the labour market is therefore predicated on employees possessing the right verbal characteristics. In this article empirical research with men who stammer is used to extend our understanding of the is…
Identity and stammering
Individuals who experience speech dysfluency are often stigmatised because their speech acts differ from the communicative norm. This article is located in and seeks to further the identity debates in exploring how individuals who are subject to the intermittent emergence of a stigmatised characteristic manage this randomised personal discrediting in their identity work. Through a series of focus groups and semi-structured interviews participants…
Managing the Menopause through 'Abjection Work
This article examines how power and menopause relate at work. Based on qualitative data from 23 women administrative workers, the research finds that menopausal symptoms are sometimes 'awful', 'knackering' and 'isolating'. Yet, as 'real' or 'normal women', they described getting lost in the menopause discourse and many spoke of going through 'the change' instead; this saw them make sense of, and respond to, their symptoms in (sometimes) unconvent…
Wanted - straight talkers
The discussion of aesthetic labour has largely been confined to 'looking good'. However, aesthetic labour also includes 'sounding right', where 'excellent communication skills' is an almost mandatory component of job advertisements. Much success in the labour market is therefore predicated on employees possessing the right verbal characteristics. In this article empirical research with men who stammer is used to extend our understanding of the is…
Making interview transcripts real
This research note considers how we interact with verbatim interview transcripts. Drawing on reader-response theory, the note examines the possible effect of readers’ engagement with this often dysfluent talk-as-text. Lessons from the reader-response literature suggest that in realizing verbal transcripts we may be convincingly representing changed worlds to our audiences – specifically, our world and not their world. As a result of this potentia…
Pills, ills and the ugly face of aesthetic labour
This article presents a vivid account of one woman's experience of taking on a second job - the role of a slimming club consultant - when her husband is made unemployed. Her story highlights how aesthetic labour, particularly when a worker's appearance becomes more prominent over time, can lead to dangerous behaviours, namely the use of weight-loss pills and illegal drugs. These behaviours resulted in sleeplessness, frequent headaches and a feeli…
Identity and stammering
Individuals who experience speech dysfluency are often stigmatised because their speech acts differ from the communicative norm. This article is located in and seeks to further the identity debates in exploring how individuals who are subject to the intermittent emergence of a stigmatised characteristic manage this randomised personal discrediting in their identity work. Through a series of focus groups and semi-structured interviews participants…
Working the 'wise' in speech and language therapy
Identity and stammering
Individuals who experience speech dysfluency are often stigmatised because their speech acts differ from the communicative norm. This article is located in and seeks to further the identity debates in exploring how individuals who are subject to the intermittent emergence of a stigmatised characteristic manage this randomised personal discrediting in their identity work. Through a series of focus groups and semi-structured interviews participants…
Exploring identity
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the potential of incorporating visual methods in the study of identity and identity work. Design/methodology/approach – Scholars have proposed a range of approaches to the study of identity. However, studies have typically relied on interviews or surveys with little exploration of the dynamic narrating of self- in-situ inherent to identity and identity work. The paper reviews the aforementioned me…
Making interview transcripts real
This research note considers how we interact with verbatim interview transcripts. Drawing on reader-response theory, the note examines the possible effect of readers’ engagement with this often dysfluent talk-as-text. Lessons from the reader-response literature suggest that in realizing verbal transcripts we may be convincingly representing changed worlds to our audiences – specifically, our world and not their world. As a result of this potentia…
Wanted - straight talkers
The discussion of aesthetic labour has largely been confined to 'looking good'. However, aesthetic labour also includes 'sounding right', where 'excellent communication skills' is an almost mandatory component of job advertisements. Much success in the labour market is therefore predicated on employees possessing the right verbal characteristics. In this article empirical research with men who stammer is used to extend our understanding of the is…
Pills, ills and the ugly face of aesthetic labour
This article presents a vivid account of one woman's experience of taking on a second job - the role of a slimming club consultant - when her husband is made unemployed. Her story highlights how aesthetic labour, particularly when a worker's appearance becomes more prominent over time, can lead to dangerous behaviours, namely the use of weight-loss pills and illegal drugs. These behaviours resulted in sleeplessness, frequent headaches and a feeli…
Alone in the back office
Prior research suggests that it is through providing direct support to citizens that public servants gain a source of meaning in their work; and affirm their public service identities. This article explores how employees who work in a public service support function and receive little, if any, direct feedback from citizens may maintain their public service identity during their back office work. The study finds, against much previous empirical re…
Being appropriately professional
This article examines how professionalism impacts on the interaction and knowledge transfer of professionals within open plan workspaces and between distributed workplaces when using ICT . Knowledge is key to the system of professions and the power of professionals. At the same time, professional work requires professionals to behave in an appropriate and professional‐like manner, and this includes sharing knowledge with colleagues. Yet, the ideo…
Working the 'wise' in speech and language therapy
Managing the Menopause through 'Abjection Work
This article examines how power and menopause relate at work. Based on qualitative data from 23 women administrative workers, the research finds that menopausal symptoms are sometimes 'awful', 'knackering' and 'isolating'. Yet, as 'real' or 'normal women', they described getting lost in the menopause discourse and many spoke of going through 'the change' instead; this saw them make sense of, and respond to, their symptoms in (sometimes) unconvent…
Psychology (8 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Aesthetics (5 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Art (4 works) · Emotional Labor in Professions (4 works) · Management and Organizational Studies (4 works) · Political science (4 works)