In the last three decades, medical doctors have increasingly been exposed to management
control measures. This phenomenon has been reflected in a number of studies in various …

The proliferation of reforms in public administration based on the principles and instruments
of the “New Public Management”(NPM) have triggered protest from and collective action by …

Managing Professionals deals with the tensions between managers and professionals
within organizations, such as hospitals, universities, banks and judicial organizations. Often …

Management pressures in fields like education force managers to control professionals. This
generates friction. Professionals will not easily comply with control objectives; they feel …

Despite the increasingly widespread emphasis on the need for transparency in health‐care
and elsewhere, there is limited evidence regarding the consequences of disclosing medical …

In September 2005, the Association of Chief Police Officers of England, Wales and Northern
Ireland (ACPO) 1 launched a national training and development programme which is …

Purpose–This article is drawn from doctoral research exploring the identity struggles faced
by professionals who take on management and leadership roles. The research focused on …

Aims To investigate nurse managers' accounts of organizational change. Background While
the importance of the ward manager role in delivering quality care is recognized, less is …

There once was a time when professionals had complete autonomy over their role, while
resources were abundant. There were no constraints on the freedom to act, other than the …

Drawing on the transcripts of 47 semi-structured interviews with HR practitioners in local
government in the English Midlands, this thesis explores what Beech (2008) calls the‗ route …