Anne Fearfull
Biographic Data
| ID | 163353 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Anne Fearfull |
| GIVEN NAMES | Anne |
| FAMILY NAME | Fearfull |
| SIGNATURE | FEARFULL A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Dundee |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 42 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 6 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Resisting media marginalisation
Based on analysis of 23 interviews, this paper examines how social media and online content is implicated in the collective, resistant and transnational media experiences of Black women in Britain. It contributes to scholarship concerning race and the virtual marketplace by examining tensions between the countercultural, communal and commercial qualities of Black women's online experiences. Drawing upon theorising of the oppositional spectator ga…
Supporting students in higher education
The model of emotional support to students in Higher Education for over 40 years has been one of ‘person-centred therapy’. Factors now challenge the supremacy of this approach, including its delivery format in an environment of extra-curricular demands, academic timetabling, students' financial restrictions (often requiring them to take paid work alongside their studies), and the requirement for them to build an undergraduate portfolio of employa…
Work and career experiences of ethnic minority men and women
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to introduce the contexts in which this special issue developed, along with the wider context in which research such as that included is conducted. It is believed that without the persistence of researchers in this field, the situation would be even worse. Design/methodology/approach Papers were selected from those submitted following a call for papers which went out after the Inaugural Equal Opportunities Int…
Migrant employees in Germany
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the representation of migrant employees in German organizations and to demonstrate that their employment opportunities are outcomes of diversity strategies – i.e. patterns of personnel practices and the reasons that cause them or are alleged to do so. Design/methodology/approach The study is based on a typology of diversity strategies where elements of strategy and diversity research are combined wi…
Challenging ethnic and gender identities
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore how UK black professionals construct and negotiate ethnic/gender identities at work. Design/methodology/approach Separate semi‐structured focus groups for three females and four males are used. Findings Ethnicity, gender and their intersection play important roles in identity construction of black UK professionals, who frequently encounter identity‐challenging situations as they interact with explic…
Celebrating our diversity
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide insight and reflections on the experience of initiating a diversity effort from the perspective of members of a university change team. The process, challenges, and recommendations for institutions that may embark on a formal initiative towards becoming a more inclusive and equitable community are discussed. Design/methodology/approach The multicultural organizational development (MCOD) model is ope…
Exploring ethnicity in organizations
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore how ethnicity remains relevant to the workplace experience of minority ethnic graduate employees in contemporary British organizations. Design/methodology/approach Qualitative interviews were conducted with 30 British Black Caribbean graduate employees drawn from a range of public and private‐sector organizations to examine the ways in which they felt their ethnicity impacted on how they experienced…
Differing labour market positions of ethnic graduates in Flanders
Purpose Several Flemish social scientists argue for the existence of a dual Flemish labour market as a result of ethnic stratification. Flanders is the Northern, Dutch speaking region of Belgium, which inhabits around six million people. The poor educational level of ethnic minority youngsters is generally considered to be one of the main explaining factors. The purpose of this paper is to find out whether ethnic minority graduates, who have succ…
Labor markets
In principle a labor market is the primary method of allocating people to paid work, of whatever nature, within capitalist economies/societies. Within capitalism, the separation of the producer of a good or service from the means of its production has rendered a situation where labor power, that is, the capacity of a person to work, has become a commodity to be bought and sold. In theory both buyers and sellers of labor power are free to choose f…
Using interpretive sociology to explore workplace skill and knowledge
Drawing on original research, this paper considers the value of interpretive sociology for exploring clerical skill and knowledge and the role of the clerical function in organizations. It offers a critique of both the received view on clerical skill and knowledge and the epistemology generating such a view, and presents an examination of the notion of ‘common sense’. The paper draws to a close by demonstrating how an interpretive methodology can…
Clerical workers, clerical skills
This article examines job knowledge and skill in clerical work drawing on five case studies from the area of credit management. The cognitive, social and ‘tacit’ skills necessary for clerical effectiveness in this sector are identified and examined. Feminist approaches to skills analysis are used to examine how and why this type of work is under‐valued
The Introduction of Information and Office Technologies
Using four case studies, the paper considers the effect of office technologies on clerical skill. This familiar theme is widened by asking to what extent resultant employment practices, e.g., staff rationalization, demise of the `office junior' system, etc., have contributed to the appearance that less skill, experience and training are now required in clerical work; and by questioning the accuracy of that impression. The issues of reducing job o…
Resisting media marginalisation
Based on analysis of 23 interviews, this paper examines how social media and online content is implicated in the collective, resistant and transnational media experiences of Black women in Britain. It contributes to scholarship concerning race and the virtual marketplace by examining tensions between the countercultural, communal and commercial qualities of Black women's online experiences. Drawing upon theorising of the oppositional spectator ga…
Challenging ethnic and gender identities
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore how UK black professionals construct and negotiate ethnic/gender identities at work. Design/methodology/approach Separate semi‐structured focus groups for three females and four males are used. Findings Ethnicity, gender and their intersection play important roles in identity construction of black UK professionals, who frequently encounter identity‐challenging situations as they interact with explic…
Work and career experiences of ethnic minority men and women
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to introduce the contexts in which this special issue developed, along with the wider context in which research such as that included is conducted. It is believed that without the persistence of researchers in this field, the situation would be even worse. Design/methodology/approach Papers were selected from those submitted following a call for papers which went out after the Inaugural Equal Opportunities Int…
Celebrating our diversity
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide insight and reflections on the experience of initiating a diversity effort from the perspective of members of a university change team. The process, challenges, and recommendations for institutions that may embark on a formal initiative towards becoming a more inclusive and equitable community are discussed. Design/methodology/approach The multicultural organizational development (MCOD) model is ope…
The Introduction of Information and Office Technologies
Using four case studies, the paper considers the effect of office technologies on clerical skill. This familiar theme is widened by asking to what extent resultant employment practices, e.g., staff rationalization, demise of the `office junior' system, etc., have contributed to the appearance that less skill, experience and training are now required in clerical work; and by questioning the accuracy of that impression. The issues of reducing job o…
Exploring ethnicity in organizations
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore how ethnicity remains relevant to the workplace experience of minority ethnic graduate employees in contemporary British organizations. Design/methodology/approach Qualitative interviews were conducted with 30 British Black Caribbean graduate employees drawn from a range of public and private‐sector organizations to examine the ways in which they felt their ethnicity impacted on how they experienced…
Migrant employees in Germany
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the representation of migrant employees in German organizations and to demonstrate that their employment opportunities are outcomes of diversity strategies – i.e. patterns of personnel practices and the reasons that cause them or are alleged to do so. Design/methodology/approach The study is based on a typology of diversity strategies where elements of strategy and diversity research are combined wi…
Using interpretive sociology to explore workplace skill and knowledge
Drawing on original research, this paper considers the value of interpretive sociology for exploring clerical skill and knowledge and the role of the clerical function in organizations. It offers a critique of both the received view on clerical skill and knowledge and the epistemology generating such a view, and presents an examination of the notion of ‘common sense’. The paper draws to a close by demonstrating how an interpretive methodology can…
Clerical workers, clerical skills
This article examines job knowledge and skill in clerical work drawing on five case studies from the area of credit management. The cognitive, social and ‘tacit’ skills necessary for clerical effectiveness in this sector are identified and examined. Feminist approaches to skills analysis are used to examine how and why this type of work is under‐valued
The Introduction of Information and Office Technologies
Using four case studies, the paper considers the effect of office technologies on clerical skill. This familiar theme is widened by asking to what extent resultant employment practices, e.g., staff rationalization, demise of the `office junior' system, etc., have contributed to the appearance that less skill, experience and training are now required in clerical work; and by questioning the accuracy of that impression. The issues of reducing job o…
Clerical workers, clerical skills
This article examines job knowledge and skill in clerical work drawing on five case studies from the area of credit management. The cognitive, social and ‘tacit’ skills necessary for clerical effectiveness in this sector are identified and examined. Feminist approaches to skills analysis are used to examine how and why this type of work is under‐valued
Using interpretive sociology to explore workplace skill and knowledge
Drawing on original research, this paper considers the value of interpretive sociology for exploring clerical skill and knowledge and the role of the clerical function in organizations. It offers a critique of both the received view on clerical skill and knowledge and the epistemology generating such a view, and presents an examination of the notion of ‘common sense’. The paper draws to a close by demonstrating how an interpretive methodology can…
Labor markets
In principle a labor market is the primary method of allocating people to paid work, of whatever nature, within capitalist economies/societies. Within capitalism, the separation of the producer of a good or service from the means of its production has rendered a situation where labor power, that is, the capacity of a person to work, has become a commodity to be bought and sold. In theory both buyers and sellers of labor power are free to choose f…
Work and career experiences of ethnic minority men and women
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to introduce the contexts in which this special issue developed, along with the wider context in which research such as that included is conducted. It is believed that without the persistence of researchers in this field, the situation would be even worse. Design/methodology/approach Papers were selected from those submitted following a call for papers which went out after the Inaugural Equal Opportunities Int…
Migrant employees in Germany
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the representation of migrant employees in German organizations and to demonstrate that their employment opportunities are outcomes of diversity strategies – i.e. patterns of personnel practices and the reasons that cause them or are alleged to do so. Design/methodology/approach The study is based on a typology of diversity strategies where elements of strategy and diversity research are combined wi…
Challenging ethnic and gender identities
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore how UK black professionals construct and negotiate ethnic/gender identities at work. Design/methodology/approach Separate semi‐structured focus groups for three females and four males are used. Findings Ethnicity, gender and their intersection play important roles in identity construction of black UK professionals, who frequently encounter identity‐challenging situations as they interact with explic…
Celebrating our diversity
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide insight and reflections on the experience of initiating a diversity effort from the perspective of members of a university change team. The process, challenges, and recommendations for institutions that may embark on a formal initiative towards becoming a more inclusive and equitable community are discussed. Design/methodology/approach The multicultural organizational development (MCOD) model is ope…
Exploring ethnicity in organizations
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore how ethnicity remains relevant to the workplace experience of minority ethnic graduate employees in contemporary British organizations. Design/methodology/approach Qualitative interviews were conducted with 30 British Black Caribbean graduate employees drawn from a range of public and private‐sector organizations to examine the ways in which they felt their ethnicity impacted on how they experienced…
Differing labour market positions of ethnic graduates in Flanders
Purpose Several Flemish social scientists argue for the existence of a dual Flemish labour market as a result of ethnic stratification. Flanders is the Northern, Dutch speaking region of Belgium, which inhabits around six million people. The poor educational level of ethnic minority youngsters is generally considered to be one of the main explaining factors. The purpose of this paper is to find out whether ethnic minority graduates, who have succ…
Supporting students in higher education
The model of emotional support to students in Higher Education for over 40 years has been one of ‘person-centred therapy’. Factors now challenge the supremacy of this approach, including its delivery format in an environment of extra-curricular demands, academic timetabling, students' financial restrictions (often requiring them to take paid work alongside their studies), and the requirement for them to build an undergraduate portfolio of employa…
Resisting media marginalisation
Based on analysis of 23 interviews, this paper examines how social media and online content is implicated in the collective, resistant and transnational media experiences of Black women in Britain. It contributes to scholarship concerning race and the virtual marketplace by examining tensions between the countercultural, communal and commercial qualities of Black women's online experiences. Drawing upon theorising of the oppositional spectator ga…
Sociology (8 works) · Political science (7 works) · Public relations (6 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Social science (5 works) · Engineering (4 works) · Ethnic group (4 works) · Gender Diversity and Inequality (4 works) · Originality (4 works)