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Mapping the public sector diaspora: towards a model of inter-sectoral cultural hybridity using evidence from the English healthcare reforms

Waring, Justin

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Justin Waring



Abstract

Public service reforms increasingly blur the boundaries between public and private sectors, involving hybrid modes of service organization. With growing numbers of public services being transferred to private or mutual ownership, the article interprets reform as a public sector diaspora. Drawing upon the diaspora studies literature, the article proposes a model of hybridization that centres on the possibilities for cultural dislocation, adaptation, and hybridity. Focusing on reforms within the English National Health Service, the article presents an ethnographic study of the transfer or diaspora of doctors, nurses, clinical practitioners, and healthcare assistants from a public hospital to a private healthcare provider, exploring their experiences of migration, resettlement, and cultural hybridity. The model addresses a conceptual gap within the public policy and management literature by elaborating the antecedents, processes, and forms of cultural hybridization.

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Waring, J. (in press). Mapping the public sector diaspora: towards a model of inter-sectoral cultural hybridity using evidence from the English healthcare reforms. Public Administration, 93(2), https://doi.org/10.1111/padm.12116

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Apr 13, 2014
Online Publication Date Jan 19, 2015
Deposit Date Oct 17, 2016
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal Public Administration
Print ISSN 0033-3298
Electronic ISSN 1467-9299
Publisher Wiley
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 93
Issue 2
DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/padm.12116
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/742991
Publisher URL http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/padm.12116/abstract

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