Crafting the Elastic Self? Gender and Identities in Senior Appointments in Irish Education
研究了新管理主义改革如何影响爱尔兰教育界女性进入高级管理岗位，发现强调绩效和工作的文化实际上巩固了男性主导的管理模式，对女性不利。
This article considers the impact of new managerial reform on the recruitment and retention of women into senior management posts across the Irish education sector. In Ireland as elsewhere, the rhetoric of gender equality permeates new managerial reforms. Yet our data suggest that an emphasis on performativity and an intense commitment to paid work consolidates masculinist management cultures disguised through the ideology of choice. This works to the detriment of women, especially those with caring responsibilities. Drawing on studies of 23 top-level educational appointments in primary, secondary and higher education, we show how the relentless crafting of an elastic self is required for both those who remain in management positions in education and those who seek them.