'Professional partner' or 'management's bitch'?: a discourse analytic study of the identity construction of HR practioners in English local government

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'Professional partner' or 'management's bitch'?: a discourse analytic study of the identity construction of HR practioners in English local government

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 to meaning construction of the self’ of HR practitioners as they navigate discourses of HRM and public sector reform...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Kinsey, Sue
Format:	Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	Local government England personnel departments employees identity
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/12490/

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