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Campaigning against workplace ‘sexual harassment’ in the UK: Law, discourse and the news press c. 1975–2005 (2023)
Journal Article
Jackson, L. A., Ayada, S., Christoffersen, A., Conley, H., Galt, F. C., Mackay, F., & O’Cinneide, C. (in press). Campaigning against workplace ‘sexual harassment’ in the UK: Law, discourse and the news press c. 1975–2005. Contemporary British History, https://doi.org/10.1080/13619462.2023.2262930

This article examines how and in what ways workplace ‘sexual harassment’ achieved social and legal recognition in the UK news press following its importation from North America in the mid-1970s. It assesses the role of feminist campaigners working wi... Read More about Campaigning against workplace ‘sexual harassment’ in the UK: Law, discourse and the news press c. 1975–2005.

Women's formal networking: The relationship between networking activities and power (2022)
Journal Article
Papafilippou, V., Durbin, S., & Conley, H. (2022). Women's formal networking: The relationship between networking activities and power. Gender, Work and Organization, 29(5), https://doi.org/10.1111/gwao.12869

This article examines the networking that takes place within formally organized internal (organization-based) and external (industry-based) women engineers' networks. Drawing upon 48 interviews with women engineers, across a number of industries and... Read More about Women's formal networking: The relationship between networking activities and power.

The Good, the Not So Good and the Ugly: Gender Equality, Equal Pay and Austerity in English Local Government (2018)
Journal Article
Conley, H., & Page, M. (2018). The Good, the Not So Good and the Ugly: Gender Equality, Equal Pay and Austerity in English Local Government. Work, Employment and Society, 32(4), 789-805. https://doi.org/10.1177/0950017018768207

© The Author(s) 2018. Drawing on theories of responsive and reflexive legislation and gender mainstreaming, this article examines the implementation of the gender equality duty and the Single Status Agreement in five English local authorities between... Read More about The Good, the Not So Good and the Ugly: Gender Equality, Equal Pay and Austerity in English Local Government.

Advancing gender equality in the construction sector through public procurement: Making effective use of responsive regulation (2018)
Journal Article
Wright, T., & Conley, H. (in press). Advancing gender equality in the construction sector through public procurement: Making effective use of responsive regulation. Economic and Industrial Democracy, https://doi.org/10.1177/0143831X17745979

© 2018, The Author(s) 2018. Labour market segregation continues to be a major barrier to gender equality, with the construction industry an example of a particularly male-dominated sector. Drawing on evidence from the Women into Construction project,... Read More about Advancing gender equality in the construction sector through public procurement: Making effective use of responsive regulation.

Revisiting Jewson and Mason: The Politics of Gender Equality in UK Local Government in a Cold Climate (2016)
Journal Article
Conley, H., & Page, M. (2017). Revisiting Jewson and Mason: The Politics of Gender Equality in UK Local Government in a Cold Climate. Gender, Work and Organization, 24(1), 7-19. https://doi.org/10.1111/gwao.12135

© 2016 John Wiley & Sons Ltd This paper revisits Jewson and Mason's seminal theoretical framework on liberal and radical approaches to equal opportunity policy and practice by applying it to our research on the implementation of the Gender Equality... Read More about Revisiting Jewson and Mason: The Politics of Gender Equality in UK Local Government in a Cold Climate.

Trade unions, equal pay and the law in the UK (2014)
Journal Article
Conley, H. (2014). Trade unions, equal pay and the law in the UK. Economic and Industrial Democracy, 35(2), 309-323. https://doi.org/10.1177/0143831X13480410

Trade unions in the UK have traditionally followed a voluntarist strategy that has preferred collective bargaining and avoided the use of the law wherever possible. The exception to this has been in relation to the pursuit of equal pay between women... Read More about Trade unions, equal pay and the law in the UK.

Using equality to challenge austerity: New actors, old problems (2012)
Journal Article
Conley, H. (2012). Using equality to challenge austerity: New actors, old problems. Work, Employment and Society, 26(2), 349-359. https://doi.org/10.1177/0950017011432906

This article critically examines the potential for 'new actors' in industrial relations to use developments in equality law to challenge government economic policy. The author draws on documentary analysis of the Fawcett Society's attempt to gain a j... Read More about Using equality to challenge austerity: New actors, old problems.

Still 'a good job for a woman'? Women teachers' experiences of modernization in England and Wales (2011)
Journal Article
Conley, H., & Jenkins, S. (2011). Still 'a good job for a woman'? Women teachers' experiences of modernization in England and Wales. Gender, Work and Organization, 18(5), 488-507. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0432.2011.00573.x

This article examines women teachers' experiences of modernization in schools in England and Wales. The article explores the impact of modernization on their work and non-work lives and why, in some cases, modernization has made it impossible for the... Read More about Still 'a good job for a woman'? Women teachers' experiences of modernization in England and Wales.

Representing fixed-term workers: The anatomy of a trade union campaign (2008)
Journal Article
Conley, H., & Stewart, P. (2008). Representing fixed-term workers: The anatomy of a trade union campaign. Employee Relations, 30(5), 515-533. https://doi.org/10.1108/01425450810888286

Purpose - Drawing on literature that examines trade union representation of "non-standard" workers, this paper aims to analyse the attempts of the Association of University Teachers (AUT) to integrate the interests of contract research staff (CRS) em... Read More about Representing fixed-term workers: The anatomy of a trade union campaign.

Living with the contradictions of modernization? Emotional management in the teaching profession (2007)
Journal Article
Jenkins, S., & Conley, H. (2007). Living with the contradictions of modernization? Emotional management in the teaching profession. Public Administration, 85(4), 979-1001. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9299.2007.00675.x

The state education system in the UK has undergone significant transformation such that New Labour's modernization policy embodies aspects of the marketized system, inspired by New Right thinking, with a concern for placing schools at the centre of t... Read More about Living with the contradictions of modernization? Emotional management in the teaching profession.

Modernisation or casualisation? Numerical flexibility in public services (2006)
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Conley, H. (2006). Modernisation or casualisation? Numerical flexibility in public services. Capital and Class, 30(2), 31-57. https://doi.org/10.1177/030981680608900102

‘Flexibility’ is a key feature of the government's modernisation agenda. The government does not define the kind of flexibility it aims to promote in its modernisation agenda; but data indicates that numerical flexibility, in the form of temporary wo... Read More about Modernisation or casualisation? Numerical flexibility in public services.

Front line or all fronts? Women's trade union activism in retail services (2005)
Journal Article
Conley, H. (2005). Front line or all fronts? Women's trade union activism in retail services. Gender, Work and Organization, 12(5), 479-496. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0432.2005.00285.x

This article draws on data from a case study of a trade union campaign to organize part-time women workers in a large supermarket chain. The data indicate that combining paid work, work in the home and increased trade union participation means that t... Read More about Front line or all fronts? Women's trade union activism in retail services.

Temporary work in the public services: Implications for equal opportunities (2003)
Journal Article
Conley, H. (2003). Temporary work in the public services: Implications for equal opportunities. Gender, Work and Organization, 10(4), 455-477. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-0432.00206

This article examines the impact of the growing number of temporary employment contracts in the public sector on equal opportunity theory, policy and practice. Quantitative and qualitative data from two case study local authorities are utilized to ex... Read More about Temporary work in the public services: Implications for equal opportunities.