All Outputs (37)

Economic crisis, austerity and gender equality: The UK case (2012)
Journal Article
Conley, H. (2012). Economic crisis, austerity and gender equality: The UK case

This article examines how global economic crises impact on gender equality and what role equality legislation has in reducing disproportionate impact. An understanding of these issues can only be reached by analysing the relationship between the poli... Read More about Economic crisis, austerity and gender equality: The UK case.

Addressing discrimination in the workplace on multiple grounds: The experience of trade union equality representatives (2011)
Journal Article
Wright, T., Conley, H., & Moore, S. (2011). Addressing discrimination in the workplace on multiple grounds: The experience of trade union equality representatives. Industrial Law Journal, 40(4), 460-465. https://doi.org/10.1093/indlaw/dwr025

Editorial: Gender equality and modernization of public sector employment (2011)
Journal Article
Conley, H., Kerfoot, D., & Thornley, C. (2011). Editorial: Gender equality and modernization of public sector employment. Gender, Work and Organization, 18(5), 439-442. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0432.2011.00575.x

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.

Gower Handbook of Discrimination at Work (2011)
Book
Wright, T., & Conley, H. (2011). Gower Handbook of Discrimination at Work. Gower

Flexibility and equality: Friend or foe? (2010)
Book Chapter
Conley, H. (2010). Flexibility and equality: Friend or foe?. In G. Healy, G. Kirton, & M. Noon (Eds.), Equality, Inequalities and Diversity: Contemporary Challenges and Strategies (137-150). Palgrave Macmillan

The Gender Equality Duty in local government: The prospects for integration (2010)
Journal Article
Conley, H., & Page, M. (2010). The Gender Equality Duty in local government: The prospects for integration. Industrial Law Journal, 39(3), 321-325. https://doi.org/10.1093/indlaw/dwq017

Gender, labour process theory and intersectionality: Une Liaison Dangereuse? (2010)
Book Chapter
Durbin, S., & Conley, H. (2010). Gender, labour process theory and intersectionality: Une Liaison Dangereuse?. In P. Thompson, & C. Smith (Eds.), Working Life: Renewing Labour Process Analysis. Palgrave Macmillan

The nightmare of temporary work: A comment on Fevre (2008)
Journal Article
Conley, H. (2008). The nightmare of temporary work: A comment on Fevre. Work, Employment and Society, 22(4), 731-736. https://doi.org/10.1177/0950017008096744

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)
Journal Article
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.

What about the workers? Bringing the experience of job insecurity into the flexibility debate (2004)
Book Chapter
Conley, H. (2004). What about the workers? Bringing the experience of job insecurity into the flexibility debate. In P. Stewart (Ed.), Employment, Trade Union Renewal and the Future of Work: The Experience of Work and Organisational Change. Palgrave Macmillan

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.

A state of insecurity: Temporary work in the public service (2002)
Journal Article
Conley, H. (2002). A state of insecurity: Temporary work in the public service. Work, Employment and Society, 16(4), 725-737. https://doi.org/10.1177/095001702321587442

Addressing discrimination in the workplace on multiple grounds: The experience of trade union equality reps
Working Paper
grounds: The experience of trade union equality reps. London, UK