Abstract
Abstract: Although welcome gains have been made towards greater equity for women in the public service in recent years, many issues have yet to be tackled adequately. The paper is essentially concerned with the problems which arise because EEO programs have been couched in managerial terms, as part of the recent management reform and improvement programs within the public sector. This technocratic approach is very masculine in style and largely requires assimilation to the dominant male form of management. In concentrating on formal organisational issues. EEO programs can deflect attention from a direct engagement with the relevant value matters. Nor is the relationship between the work environment and other institutions, most importantly the family, dealt with in the managerialist approach.
Keywords
TechnocracyPublic sectorPublic serviceEquity (law)Work (physics)Public relationsManagement stylesValue (mathematics)Style (visual arts)New public managementSociologyPublic administrationPolitical scienceBusinessLawPolitics
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- Volume
- 46
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 259-272
- Citations
- 30
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Lois Bryson
(1987).
WOMEN AND MANAGEMENT IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR.
Australian Journal of Public Administration
, 46
(3)
, 259-272.
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8500.1987.tb01439.x
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- 10.1111/j.1467-8500.1987.tb01439.x