The article comprehensively reviews the theoretical and empirical work on gender and the
knowledge society and introduces the articles of the special issue. Three ways in which the …

The new media industries are popularly regarded as cool, creative and egalitarian. This
view is held by academics, policy-makers and also by new media workers themselves, who …

This popular text effectively explains and justifies the use of the sociological imagination to
understand the nature of institutions of work, occupations, organizations, management and …

Gender issues continue to be a prominent concern of academics and policy-makers, and
increasingly arise in various forms to be debated in the public sphere and popular media …

Changing 'organizational culture'is a major preoccupation in both the public and the private
sectors. Anthropology of Organizations critically examines 'the culture concept'from an …

The seventh edition of Sociology, Work and Organisation is outstandingly effective in
explaining how we can use the sociological imagination to understand the nature of …

In this book we examine the relationship between gender, careers and organisations in
Britain during the 1980s and early 1990s. On the surface this seems a period of dramatic …

The article explores gendered management in UK universities in the context of moves to
introduce new managerialism to higher education. Qualitative data are drawn from an …

First Published in 1995. The study of the middle classes actually poses a variety of
interesting challenges. Traditionally, the social scientific gaze has been directed either …

A new approach to the analysis of cultural reproduction focusing on the impact of economic
change. The book demonstrates the reinforcement of cultural stereotypes in recruitment …