Irena Grugulis
Biographic Data
| ID | 246308 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Irena Grugulis |
| GIVEN NAMES | Irena |
| FAMILY NAME | Grugulis |
| SIGNATURE | GRUGULIS I |
| AFFILIATIONS | Durham University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7101-4299 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 122 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Unlearning and consent in the UK Fire and Rescue Service
Why does so much literature on unlearning ignore the people who do the unlearning? What would we understand differently if we focused on those people? Much of the existing literature argues that unlearning can only be achieved, and new knowledge acquired, if old knowledge is discarded: the clean slate approach. This might be a reasonable way of organising stock in a warehouse, where room needs to be created for new deliveries, but it is not an ac…
Rethinking Situated Learning
Legitimate peripheral participation is the bedrock of situated learning. It involves the novice or newcomer acquiring skills through work in a community of practice (CoP). It is generally assumed that CoP learning involves novices moving in a centripetal manner from periphery to core, gaining skills and knowledge from established workers before becoming full members of the community. This article draws on qualitative research in Northern Fire, on…
Clear, rigorous and relevant
This article was published in the journal, Work, Employment and Society [Sage Publications / © The Authors]. The definitive version is available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0950017014526448
Reflections on work and employment into the 21st century
In this introductory article, the editors of Work, Employment and Society reflect on the journal's body of published work and present the main contributions of the 25-year anniversary issue. As a journal of record WES is now well established and offers extensive conceptual insights into, and empirical analysis of, contemporary trends and experiences of work, employment and unemployment. Yet academic scholarship should also aspire to comment, crit…
Social Capital and Networks in Film and TV
Social capital has been hailed as a means of virtuous, effective and enjoyable productivity through which firms can flourish. But it also confines advantage to network members and discriminates against non-members. This paper, drawing on detailed qualitative research into work in the UK film and TV industry, reveals the advantages and the disadvantages of social capital. Social capital aided recruitment, policed quality standards and ensured beha…
Writing articles for Work, Employment and Society
Writing articles for Work, Employment and Society : different voices, same language Foreward
Retail Work
The more things change… towards 25 years of Work, Employment and Society
The missing middle
Learning at, and through, work is a key part of the skills literature. However, the idea and ideal of the 'community of practice' assumes that workplaces are coherent communities where the skilful are available for novices to consult and observe. This is not always the case. This research note, drawing on three months of detailed ethnographic research in a TV production company, explores the way communities of practice function in a labour market…
I Don’t Know Where You Learn Them
Whose skill is it anyway
The skills that employers require are changing, with soft skills replacing technical ones. This article draws on two detailed case studies of outsourced public sector work, where these changes were particularly marked. Here, the new skills polarized the workforces. Highly skilled IT professionals were advantaged as soft skills gave them an additional dimension to their work, while benefit caseworkers with intermediate skills were disadvantaged si…
New technology and changing organisational forms
Changes in organisational forms are central to the way new technologies impact on the future of work and employment. Drawing on case–study evidence of a call centre and its client relations and a multinational IT firm and its partnership with a government department, this paper explores the implications for skill and managerial control
Nothing Serious? Candidates' Use of Humour in Management Training
This article explores the use made of humour in three different private sector organizations. It draws on observations of managers working towards a management qualification and, from the jokes they exchange, it argues that studying humour may offer insights into sentiments not easily articulated in 'serious' conversation. Humour's ambiguity enables contentious statements to be made without fear of recrimination. Equally, constructing jokes by ju…
Cultural Control and the 'Culture Manager
This article explores the use of 'company culture' as a means of management control. It reports on research conducted in a consultancy that aimed to secure loyalty from its employees through a conscious policy of organised 'play' at company socials. Employees were given a certain amount of freedom over their working lives in exchange for accepting company regulation of their social time. Here it is argued that this normative control differs from …
Whose skill is it anyway
The skills that employers require are changing, with soft skills replacing technical ones. This article draws on two detailed case studies of outsourced public sector work, where these changes were particularly marked. Here, the new skills polarized the workforces. Highly skilled IT professionals were advantaged as soft skills gave them an additional dimension to their work, while benefit caseworkers with intermediate skills were disadvantaged si…
Cultural Control and the 'Culture Manager
This article explores the use of 'company culture' as a means of management control. It reports on research conducted in a consultancy that aimed to secure loyalty from its employees through a conscious policy of organised 'play' at company socials. Employees were given a certain amount of freedom over their working lives in exchange for accepting company regulation of their social time. Here it is argued that this normative control differs from …
The missing middle
Learning at, and through, work is a key part of the skills literature. However, the idea and ideal of the 'community of practice' assumes that workplaces are coherent communities where the skilful are available for novices to consult and observe. This is not always the case. This research note, drawing on three months of detailed ethnographic research in a TV production company, explores the way communities of practice function in a labour market…
Nothing Serious? Candidates' Use of Humour in Management Training
This article explores the use made of humour in three different private sector organizations. It draws on observations of managers working towards a management qualification and, from the jokes they exchange, it argues that studying humour may offer insights into sentiments not easily articulated in 'serious' conversation. Humour's ambiguity enables contentious statements to be made without fear of recrimination. Equally, constructing jokes by ju…
New technology and changing organisational forms
Changes in organisational forms are central to the way new technologies impact on the future of work and employment. Drawing on case–study evidence of a call centre and its client relations and a multinational IT firm and its partnership with a government department, this paper explores the implications for skill and managerial control
Clear, rigorous and relevant
This article was published in the journal, Work, Employment and Society [Sage Publications / © The Authors]. The definitive version is available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0950017014526448
Reflections on work and employment into the 21st century
In this introductory article, the editors of Work, Employment and Society reflect on the journal's body of published work and present the main contributions of the 25-year anniversary issue. As a journal of record WES is now well established and offers extensive conceptual insights into, and empirical analysis of, contemporary trends and experiences of work, employment and unemployment. Yet academic scholarship should also aspire to comment, crit…
Rethinking Situated Learning
Legitimate peripheral participation is the bedrock of situated learning. It involves the novice or newcomer acquiring skills through work in a community of practice (CoP). It is generally assumed that CoP learning involves novices moving in a centripetal manner from periphery to core, gaining skills and knowledge from established workers before becoming full members of the community. This article draws on qualitative research in Northern Fire, on…
Writing articles for Work, Employment and Society
Writing articles for Work, Employment and Society : different voices, same language Foreward
Unlearning and consent in the UK Fire and Rescue Service
Why does so much literature on unlearning ignore the people who do the unlearning? What would we understand differently if we focused on those people? Much of the existing literature argues that unlearning can only be achieved, and new knowledge acquired, if old knowledge is discarded: the clean slate approach. This might be a reasonable way of organising stock in a warehouse, where room needs to be created for new deliveries, but it is not an ac…
Cultural Control and the 'Culture Manager
This article explores the use of 'company culture' as a means of management control. It reports on research conducted in a consultancy that aimed to secure loyalty from its employees through a conscious policy of organised 'play' at company socials. Employees were given a certain amount of freedom over their working lives in exchange for accepting company regulation of their social time. Here it is argued that this normative control differs from …
New technology and changing organisational forms
Changes in organisational forms are central to the way new technologies impact on the future of work and employment. Drawing on case–study evidence of a call centre and its client relations and a multinational IT firm and its partnership with a government department, this paper explores the implications for skill and managerial control
Nothing Serious? Candidates' Use of Humour in Management Training
This article explores the use made of humour in three different private sector organizations. It draws on observations of managers working towards a management qualification and, from the jokes they exchange, it argues that studying humour may offer insights into sentiments not easily articulated in 'serious' conversation. Humour's ambiguity enables contentious statements to be made without fear of recrimination. Equally, constructing jokes by ju…
I Don’t Know Where You Learn Them
Whose skill is it anyway
The skills that employers require are changing, with soft skills replacing technical ones. This article draws on two detailed case studies of outsourced public sector work, where these changes were particularly marked. Here, the new skills polarized the workforces. Highly skilled IT professionals were advantaged as soft skills gave them an additional dimension to their work, while benefit caseworkers with intermediate skills were disadvantaged si…
Retail Work
The more things change… towards 25 years of Work, Employment and Society
The missing middle
Learning at, and through, work is a key part of the skills literature. However, the idea and ideal of the 'community of practice' assumes that workplaces are coherent communities where the skilful are available for novices to consult and observe. This is not always the case. This research note, drawing on three months of detailed ethnographic research in a TV production company, explores the way communities of practice function in a labour market…
Social Capital and Networks in Film and TV
Social capital has been hailed as a means of virtuous, effective and enjoyable productivity through which firms can flourish. But it also confines advantage to network members and discriminates against non-members. This paper, drawing on detailed qualitative research into work in the UK film and TV industry, reveals the advantages and the disadvantages of social capital. Social capital aided recruitment, policed quality standards and ensured beha…
Writing articles for Work, Employment and Society
Writing articles for Work, Employment and Society : different voices, same language Foreward
Reflections on work and employment into the 21st century
In this introductory article, the editors of Work, Employment and Society reflect on the journal's body of published work and present the main contributions of the 25-year anniversary issue. As a journal of record WES is now well established and offers extensive conceptual insights into, and empirical analysis of, contemporary trends and experiences of work, employment and unemployment. Yet academic scholarship should also aspire to comment, crit…
Clear, rigorous and relevant
This article was published in the journal, Work, Employment and Society [Sage Publications / © The Authors]. The definitive version is available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0950017014526448
Rethinking Situated Learning
Legitimate peripheral participation is the bedrock of situated learning. It involves the novice or newcomer acquiring skills through work in a community of practice (CoP). It is generally assumed that CoP learning involves novices moving in a centripetal manner from periphery to core, gaining skills and knowledge from established workers before becoming full members of the community. This article draws on qualitative research in Northern Fire, on…
Unlearning and consent in the UK Fire and Rescue Service
Why does so much literature on unlearning ignore the people who do the unlearning? What would we understand differently if we focused on those people? Much of the existing literature argues that unlearning can only be achieved, and new knowledge acquired, if old knowledge is discarded: the clean slate approach. This might be a reasonable way of organising stock in a warehouse, where room needs to be created for new deliveries, but it is not an ac…
Political science (10 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Engineering (8 works) · Computer Science (7 works) · Economics (6 works) · Public relations (6 works) · Work (physics (6 works) · Business (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Labor Movements and Unions (4 works)