Mark Westcott
Biographic Data
| ID | 692872 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mark Westcott |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mark |
| FAMILY NAME | Westcott |
| SIGNATURE | WESTCOTT M |
| AFFILIATIONS | a Work and Organisational Studies , University of Sydney , NSW , Australia |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3895-9439 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Co-operative Education
The co-operative movement from its earliest days placed an emphasis on education not only for promoting technical education but also for reinforcing co-operative ideology. Credit unions, which are financial co-operatives, played a significant role in the co-operative movements in Australia and North America. Australian credit unions established the Credit Union Foundation of Australia as a development arm of the movement to promote credit unions …
Women specialist managers in Australia – Where are we now? Where to next
Management as an occupation has become increasingly feminised in Australia over the last two decades. This article focuses specifically on specialist managers, answering the question of where we are now in terms of gender equity. It charts the increasing but uneven growth of women’s employment among specialist management occupations. Women remain concentrated into a relatively small number of management specialisations and it is argued that there…
The Labour Movement, Mutuals and Co-operatives
Mutualism and Labourism in the Experience of Westfund
This paper explores the dynamic by which “labourism” potentially undermines “mutualism” by examining the experience of Westfund under Australian Labour Party governments. The principle of self-help and the act of organising to provide mutual benefits have strong traditions in the labour movement. Westfund was a health fund established in 1953 by the Western District Branch of the Miners’ Federation in Lithgow New South Wales, largely to provide m…
Markets and managerial discretion
Studies of business have often sought to explain features of management activity, particularly labour management activity, with reference to the product market conditions faced by managers. This paper argues that a more nuanced understanding of management can be gained by examining both the product and financial market environment. These conditions influence the structuring of management and the development and application of managerial policy. T…
One of the Boys or the Common Good
This article explores the interactions between union officials and delegates of the New South Wales (NSW) branch of the Federated Engine Drivers and Firemens Associations (FEDFA) at the Shell Clyde refinery and the Tooths Sydney breweries. It contributes to the debates concerning the tension between bureaucracy and democracy within trade unions by illustrating that these elements are not mutually exclusive. The NSW FEDFA has encouraged a strong d…
One of the Boys or the Common Good
This article explores the interactions between union officials and delegates of the New South Wales (NSW) branch of the Federated Engine Drivers and Firemens Associations (FEDFA) at the Shell Clyde refinery and the Tooths Sydney breweries. It contributes to the debates concerning the tension between bureaucracy and democracy within trade unions by illustrating that these elements are not mutually exclusive. The NSW FEDFA has encouraged a strong d…
One of the Boys or the Common Good
This article explores the interactions between union officials and delegates of the New South Wales (NSW) branch of the Federated Engine Drivers and Firemens Associations (FEDFA) at the Shell Clyde refinery and the Tooths Sydney breweries. It contributes to the debates concerning the tension between bureaucracy and democracy within trade unions by illustrating that these elements are not mutually exclusive. The NSW FEDFA has encouraged a strong d…
Markets and managerial discretion
Studies of business have often sought to explain features of management activity, particularly labour management activity, with reference to the product market conditions faced by managers. This paper argues that a more nuanced understanding of management can be gained by examining both the product and financial market environment. These conditions influence the structuring of management and the development and application of managerial policy. T…
The Labour Movement, Mutuals and Co-operatives
Mutualism and Labourism in the Experience of Westfund
This paper explores the dynamic by which “labourism” potentially undermines “mutualism” by examining the experience of Westfund under Australian Labour Party governments. The principle of self-help and the act of organising to provide mutual benefits have strong traditions in the labour movement. Westfund was a health fund established in 1953 by the Western District Branch of the Miners’ Federation in Lithgow New South Wales, largely to provide m…
Women specialist managers in Australia – Where are we now? Where to next
Management as an occupation has become increasingly feminised in Australia over the last two decades. This article focuses specifically on specialist managers, answering the question of where we are now in terms of gender equity. It charts the increasing but uneven growth of women’s employment among specialist management occupations. Women remain concentrated into a relatively small number of management specialisations and it is argued that there…
Co-operative Education
The co-operative movement from its earliest days placed an emphasis on education not only for promoting technical education but also for reinforcing co-operative ideology. Credit unions, which are financial co-operatives, played a significant role in the co-operative movements in Australia and North America. Australian credit unions established the Credit Union Foundation of Australia as a development arm of the movement to promote credit unions …
Economics (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Labor Movements and Unions (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Project commissioning (3 works) · Publishing (3 works) · Finance (2 works) · Finance (2 works) · Market economy (2 works)