Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to review themes emerging in articles published in QROM over the previous ten years. Design/methodology/approach – Retrospective review article. Findings – Over the previous ten years of QROM , the content of articles has been extremely diverse as the...

Purpose – To examine the introduction of role‐redesign in the NHS and highlight implications for employment relations. Design/methodology/approach – A 12‐month independent evaluation (2003‐2004) of a role redesign initiative in the NHS is reported. The study followed a developmental,...

1. Deconstructing the welfare state : undoing 'one of the greatest achievements in history'? -- 2. Deconstructing the NHS : the changing roles of junior and middle managers -- 3. Exploring NHS work : a critical-action perspective -- 4. Ready to do business : management and organizational change...

In this paper we analyse representations of the Japanese salaryman and Japanese organization in Japanese manga, or graphic novels, during the turbulent decades from the mid-1980s to the present day. We argue that manga presents salarymen protagonists in a sympathetic yet not uncritical light,...

Female empowerment is a prerequisite for a just and sustainable developed society. Being the most developed non-western country, Japan offers an instructive window onto concerns about gender worldwide. Although overall gender equality is advancing in Japan, difficulties remain, especially in...