<italic>All four authors are members of the Leicester school of critical management and have previously written together on academic publishing. David Harvie lectures in finance and is interested in ethical issues related to this and other matters. He is a member of The Free Association writing...</italic>

The transition from exchange mediated by the technology of open outcry to that mediated more entirely by screen might be expected to alter the pronounced gendering of trading. Focusing on narrative repertoires of alternative trading regimes we examine how traders make sense of their activities...

Managers are currently exhorted by 'gurus' to adopt new management thinking in the face of obvious rapid change and uncertainty. In essence, the new thinking advocates shifting from 'command-and-control' to 'facilitate-and-empower' forms of organization and work. In a survey of senior managers...