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Restricted accessResearch articleFirst published June, 2026

Ambivalent Inclusion: Older Workers,Diversity Agendas and the Persistence of the Ideal Worker

Myra Hamilton, Marian Baird, Angela Kintominas [...]

Work,Employment and Society

Open accessResearch articleFirst published June, 2025

Digitalisation and the Remaking of the Ideal Worker

Debra Howcroft, Emma Banister, Laura Jarvis-King [...]

Work,Employment and Society

Restricted accessResearch articleFirst published October, 2015

The ideal worker as real abstraction: labour conflict and subjectivity in nursing

Magnus Granberg

Work,Employment and Society

Restricted accessResearch articleFirst published March, 2002

Organizational Reforms,`Ideal Workers' and Gender Orders: A Cross-Societal Comparison

Janne Tienari, Sigrid Quack, Hildegard Theobald

Organization Studies

Open accessResearch articleFirst published June, 2023

Disability Discrimination: Employer Considerations of Disabled Jobseekers in Light of the Ideal Worker

Kaja Larsen Østerud

Work,Employment and Society

Open accessResearch articleFirst published June, 2024

Wage Theft,Secrecy,and Derealization of ‘Ideal Workers’ in the Bangladesh Garment Industry

Shoaib Ahmed

Organization Studies

Restricted accessResearch articleFirst published August, 2005

Putting work in its place: The making of ideal workers and social contracts

Bradon Ellem

Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources

Restricted accessResearch articleFirst published May, 2026

Turn the Lights Off Before You Leave: Impacts of the Ideal Worker Narrative on Urban Principals

Aimee LaPointe Terosky, Aisha Weston, Kimisha Simpson

Journal of School Leadership

Restricted accessResearch articleFirst published August, 2018

The competing influences of national identity on the negotiation of ideal worker expectations: Insights from the Sri Lankan knowledge work industry

Charlotte Croft, Weerahannadige Dulini Anuvinda Fernando

Human Relations

Restricted accessResearch articleFirst published February, 2014

The Origins of the Ideal Worker: The Separation of Work and Home in the United States From the Market Revolution to 1950

Andrea Rees Davies, Brenda D. Frink

Work and Occupations

Restricted accessResearch articleFirst published June, 2026

Ambivalent Inclusion: Older Workers,Diversity Agendas and the Persistence of the Ideal Worker

Myra Hamilton, Marian Baird, Angela Kintominas [...]

Work,Employment and Society

Open accessResearch articleFirst published June, 2025

Digitalisation and the Remaking of the Ideal Worker

Debra Howcroft, Emma Banister, Laura Jarvis-King [...]

Work,Employment and Society

Restricted accessResearch articleFirst published October, 2015

The ideal worker as real abstraction: labour conflict and subjectivity in nursing

Magnus Granberg

Work,Employment and Society

Restricted accessResearch articleFirst published March, 2002

Organizational Reforms,`Ideal Workers' and Gender Orders: A Cross-Societal Comparison

Janne Tienari, Sigrid Quack, Hildegard Theobald

Organization Studies

Open accessResearch articleFirst published June, 2023

Disability Discrimination: Employer Considerations of Disabled Jobseekers in Light of the Ideal Worker

Kaja Larsen Østerud

Work,Employment and Society

Open accessResearch articleFirst published June, 2024

Wage Theft,Secrecy,and Derealization of ‘Ideal Workers’ in the Bangladesh Garment Industry

Shoaib Ahmed

Organization Studies

Restricted accessResearch articleFirst published August, 2005

Putting work in its place: The making of ideal workers and social contracts

Bradon Ellem

Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources

Restricted accessResearch articleFirst published May, 2026

Turn the Lights Off Before You Leave: Impacts of the Ideal Worker Narrative on Urban Principals

Aimee LaPointe Terosky, Aisha Weston, Kimisha Simpson

Journal of School Leadership

Restricted accessResearch articleFirst published August, 2018

The competing influences of national identity on the negotiation of ideal worker expectations: Insights from the Sri Lankan knowledge work industry

Charlotte Croft, Weerahannadige Dulini Anuvinda Fernando

Human Relations

Restricted accessResearch articleFirst published February, 2014

The Origins of the Ideal Worker: The Separation of Work and Home in the United States From the Market Revolution to 1950

Andrea Rees Davies, Brenda D. Frink

Work and Occupations