Shiona Chilla
Biographic Data
| ID | 297134 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Shiona Chilla |
| GIVEN NAMES | Shiona |
| FAMILY NAME | Chilla |
| SIGNATURE | CHILLA S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of St Andrews |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1184-0553 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Modes of Incorporation: The Inclusion of Migrant Academics in the UK
This article examines the internationalisation of professions in a qualitative study of migrant academics, drawing on social closure theory to understand how professions respond to the growing numbers of migrants. While studies of closure in professions tend to focus on forms of exclusion based on ascribed characteristics, this article is concerned with how professions include migrants in their ranks. Analysis of interviews with 62 foreign-born a…
Role-meanings as a critical factor in understanding doctor managers' identity work and different role identities
Learning to labour: An evaluation of internships and employability in the ICT sector
The employability of graduates is often reduced to lists of de‐contextualised skills that graduates may or may not have and which may or may not translate to prized graduate positions. Recently, internships have become the way in which graduates acquire and demonstrate work‐readiness to potential employers. This article examines a particular type of internship in the ICT sector, namely placements incorporated in degree education. The findings sug…
The state of affairs: Critical performativity and the online dating industry
In this article we pursue a dialogue between Callon’s (1998) ‘performativity thesis’ and Critical Management Studies (CMS). We make use of the performativity thesis to elaborate on the construction of a market and the generation of calculative and rational economic agency in a specific empirical setting: the markets for relationships offered by dating services. We find evidence for ‘effective’ performativity, where technical processes and outcome…
Young People and Work
Peer reviewed
Role-meanings as a critical factor in understanding doctor managers' identity work and different role identities
Learning to labour: An evaluation of internships and employability in the ICT sector
The employability of graduates is often reduced to lists of de‐contextualised skills that graduates may or may not have and which may or may not translate to prized graduate positions. Recently, internships have become the way in which graduates acquire and demonstrate work‐readiness to potential employers. This article examines a particular type of internship in the ICT sector, namely placements incorporated in degree education. The findings sug…
Modes of Incorporation: The Inclusion of Migrant Academics in the UK
This article examines the internationalisation of professions in a qualitative study of migrant academics, drawing on social closure theory to understand how professions respond to the growing numbers of migrants. While studies of closure in professions tend to focus on forms of exclusion based on ascribed characteristics, this article is concerned with how professions include migrants in their ranks. Analysis of interviews with 62 foreign-born a…
Young People and Work
Peer reviewed
The state of affairs: Critical performativity and the online dating industry
In this article we pursue a dialogue between Callon’s (1998) ‘performativity thesis’ and Critical Management Studies (CMS). We make use of the performativity thesis to elaborate on the construction of a market and the generation of calculative and rational economic agency in a specific empirical setting: the markets for relationships offered by dating services. We find evidence for ‘effective’ performativity, where technical processes and outcome…
Learning to labour: An evaluation of internships and employability in the ICT sector
The employability of graduates is often reduced to lists of de‐contextualised skills that graduates may or may not have and which may or may not translate to prized graduate positions. Recently, internships have become the way in which graduates acquire and demonstrate work‐readiness to potential employers. This article examines a particular type of internship in the ICT sector, namely placements incorporated in degree education. The findings sug…
Role-meanings as a critical factor in understanding doctor managers' identity work and different role identities
Modes of Incorporation: The Inclusion of Migrant Academics in the UK
This article examines the internationalisation of professions in a qualitative study of migrant academics, drawing on social closure theory to understand how professions respond to the growing numbers of migrants. While studies of closure in professions tend to focus on forms of exclusion based on ascribed characteristics, this article is concerned with how professions include migrants in their ranks. Analysis of interviews with 62 foreign-born a…
Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Social science (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Engineering (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Law (2 works)