Open AccessManagerial ideology and identity in the nationalised British coal industry, 1947–1994
Author(s) -
Andrew Perchard,
Keith Gildart
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
economic and industrial democracy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.894
H-Index - 40
eISSN - 1461-7099
pISSN - 0143-831X
DOI - 10.1177/0143831x211069413
Subject(s) - ideology , corporation , identity (music) , coal , crucible (geodemography) , communism , position (finance) , political science , political economy , sociology , public administration , politics , law , economics , finance , engineering , physics , demography , acoustics , waste management
This article examines managerial ideology and identity in the nationalised British coal industry. On nationalisation in 1947, the National Coal Board (NCB) – after 1987 the British Coal Corporation – became the largest socialised industry outside of the Communist bloc. Privatised in 1994, as part of liberal market reforms, the industry was a crucible for ideological clashes amongst managers. The article responds to interest in the impact of managerial ideologies and identities on organisations and in the search for illuminating historical case studies in different organisational settings. The authors position those ideological clashes, and distinctive managerial identities, within a moral economic framework.