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Title: Vocational Education and Training Manager Discursive Practices at the Frontline: Alternative Possibilities in a Victorian Setting
Language: English
Authors: Foley, Annette
Source: Educational Management Administration & Leadership. Jan 2011 39(1):105-121.
Availability: SAGE Publications. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: 800-818-7243; Tel: 805-499-9774; Fax: 800-583-2665; e-mail: journals@sagepub.com; Web site: http://sagepub.com
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 17
Publication Date: 2011
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Adult Education
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Technical Education, Career Education, Administrators, Management Development, Educational Change, Administrator Role, Values, Administrator Responsibility
Geographic Terms: Australia
DOI: 10.1177/1741143210383897
ISSN: 1741-1432
Abstract: This article looks at how the neoliberal reform process is affecting the professional identity of frontline managers in the Australian vocational education and training sector. The article examines how frontline managers are required to negotiate their working practices between their understandings and experiences as educators and the new vocationalism whereby discourses and practices of corporate managerialism and economic rationalism permeate the roles of managers. Essentially, the data from this study shows how frontline managers are juggling conflicting values as they facilitate or mediate the change process and how manager identities at the frontline are multiple and performed, not single and pre-assigned. The findings show a manager identity that is both compliant and contested. (Contains 1 table and 1 figure.)
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Number of References: 20
Entry Date: 2011
Accession Number: EJ911212
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