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100 _aWaring, Justin
245 _aMapping the public sector diaspora: towards a model of inter- sectoral cultural hybridity using evidence from the English healthcare reforms
260 _c2015
300 _ap.345-362.
520 _aPublic 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. - Reproduced.
650 _aAdministrative reform
773 _aPublic Administration
909 _a108764
999 _c108759
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