The demise of repetitive strain injury in sceptical governing rationalities of workplace managers
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Research suggests that the downward trend in the number of repetitive strain injuries is due in part to management skepticism regarding the legitimacy of RSI claims. By viewing RSI as more indicative of a certain type of employee instead of certain types of work environments, management curbed the burgeoning of RSI as a significant occupational health issue.
Publication Name: Sociology of Health & Illness
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 0141-9889
Year: 2005
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Managerialism in the Australian public health sector: towards the hyper-rationalization of professional bureaucracies
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The article uses rational choice theory to examine the effects of managerialism on Australian health professionals.
Publication Name: Sociology of Health & Illness
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 0141-9889
Year: 2005
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What's in a care pathway? Towards a cultural cartography of the new NHS
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The article uses path analysis to examine the quality service of National Health Service professionals.
Publication Name: Sociology of Health & Illness
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 0141-9889
Year: 2005
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