Social Work and Social Sciences Review  

Carol Lewis

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Trish Hafford-Letchfield,John Lawler

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Stephanie Petrie

The well-being of children and young people in the UK has been shown to be poor compared to most other affluent countries. This paper argues that the market paradigm in welfare, ideologically driven not evidence-based, requires managers to implement servi... see more

Michael Webster

This paper articulates an emergent complexity approach to the frontline manager-practitioner relationship within the context of a managerialist culture and the tensions between new public management (NPM) and social work ethical codes. Drawing from New Ze... see more

Lambert Engelbrecht

Abstract:The growing discourse on neoliberal ideas and the resulting new public management measures have an immense impact on the management and leadership models employed at social welfare organisations all over the world; and call for a critical theory ... see more

Ray Jones

Managers are dependent on those with whom they work to behave and act in ways which promote organisational performance, and the experience of those who use the organisation’s services is primarily shaped by the front-line workers with whom they are in con... see more

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