Martin Beirne
Biographic Data
| ID | 3601429 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Martin Beirne |
| GIVEN NAMES | Martin |
| FAMILY NAME | Beirne |
| SIGNATURE | BEIRNE M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Glasgow |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5159-1539 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Autonomy and resilience in cultural work
How do cultural workers deal with the tension between autonomy and control in their working lives? One answer, advanced in this journal by Mark Banks in 2010, is that cultural autonomy provides scope for self-realisation, and potentially for ways of working that challenge commercial and managerial constraints. It allows those with critical inclinations to resist unpalatable controls and initiate processes of struggle which may deliver improvement…
Running with 'wolves' or waiting for a happy release? Evaluating routes to gender equality
This article examines contemporary thinking about viable ways forward for gender equality at work. It questions both the lingering attachment to feminization in popular commentary and the renewed interest in positive discrimination within academic circles. Focusing on pay disparities in the public sector, it argues that greater attention should be given to the frontline agency of disadvantaged women and the material conditions that affect equalit…
Interpretations of management and modernisation at the UK R oyal M ail
This article develops a critical analysis of R oyal M ail modernisation, exploring interpretations and reactions among managers, workers and union representatives. By contrast with much of the published research on views and experiences of change at work, it concentrates on the interplay of employee and managerial identities, sensitivities and responses. The findings highlight tensions between and within management and labour, yet also point to s…
Idealism and the applied relevance of research on employee participation
Academic research on employee participation has lost some of the radicalism and commitment to progressive practice that was evident through much of the 20th century, becoming more detached and coldly evaluative. While idealistic concerns are still apparent in the regular condemnation of inauthentic participation, the focus of scholarly activity is largely restricted to analysis and explanation, without following through to an explicit logic of pr…
Controlling business? Agency and constraint in call centre working
Studies of call centre working have focused almost exclusively on the sophistication of technological and bureaucratic systems of labour control. The commercial context in which firms operate remains relatively under‐researched, despite exerting a significant influence on job structures and the working out of labour relations
Principles and consistent management in the arts
Running with 'wolves' or waiting for a happy release? Evaluating routes to gender equality
This article examines contemporary thinking about viable ways forward for gender equality at work. It questions both the lingering attachment to feminization in popular commentary and the renewed interest in positive discrimination within academic circles. Focusing on pay disparities in the public sector, it argues that greater attention should be given to the frontline agency of disadvantaged women and the material conditions that affect equalit…
Idealism and the applied relevance of research on employee participation
Academic research on employee participation has lost some of the radicalism and commitment to progressive practice that was evident through much of the 20th century, becoming more detached and coldly evaluative. While idealistic concerns are still apparent in the regular condemnation of inauthentic participation, the focus of scholarly activity is largely restricted to analysis and explanation, without following through to an explicit logic of pr…
Interpretations of management and modernisation at the UK R oyal M ail
This article develops a critical analysis of R oyal M ail modernisation, exploring interpretations and reactions among managers, workers and union representatives. By contrast with much of the published research on views and experiences of change at work, it concentrates on the interplay of employee and managerial identities, sensitivities and responses. The findings highlight tensions between and within management and labour, yet also point to s…
Controlling business? Agency and constraint in call centre working
Studies of call centre working have focused almost exclusively on the sophistication of technological and bureaucratic systems of labour control. The commercial context in which firms operate remains relatively under‐researched, despite exerting a significant influence on job structures and the working out of labour relations
Principles and consistent management in the arts
Controlling business? Agency and constraint in call centre working
Studies of call centre working have focused almost exclusively on the sophistication of technological and bureaucratic systems of labour control. The commercial context in which firms operate remains relatively under‐researched, despite exerting a significant influence on job structures and the working out of labour relations
Idealism and the applied relevance of research on employee participation
Academic research on employee participation has lost some of the radicalism and commitment to progressive practice that was evident through much of the 20th century, becoming more detached and coldly evaluative. While idealistic concerns are still apparent in the regular condemnation of inauthentic participation, the focus of scholarly activity is largely restricted to analysis and explanation, without following through to an explicit logic of pr…
Interpretations of management and modernisation at the UK R oyal M ail
This article develops a critical analysis of R oyal M ail modernisation, exploring interpretations and reactions among managers, workers and union representatives. By contrast with much of the published research on views and experiences of change at work, it concentrates on the interplay of employee and managerial identities, sensitivities and responses. The findings highlight tensions between and within management and labour, yet also point to s…
Running with 'wolves' or waiting for a happy release? Evaluating routes to gender equality
This article examines contemporary thinking about viable ways forward for gender equality at work. It questions both the lingering attachment to feminization in popular commentary and the renewed interest in positive discrimination within academic circles. Focusing on pay disparities in the public sector, it argues that greater attention should be given to the frontline agency of disadvantaged women and the material conditions that affect equalit…
Autonomy and resilience in cultural work
How do cultural workers deal with the tension between autonomy and control in their working lives? One answer, advanced in this journal by Mark Banks in 2010, is that cultural autonomy provides scope for self-realisation, and potentially for ways of working that challenge commercial and managerial constraints. It allows those with critical inclinations to resist unpalatable controls and initiate processes of struggle which may deliver improvement…
Political science (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Economics (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Social science (4 works) · Engineering (3 works) · Management (3 works) · Public relations (3 works) · Emotional Labor in Professions (2 works) · Employment and Welfare Studies (2 works)