“We are going to be a little bit crisper”: Amplification and standardization of first-line managers’ roles in Swedish social services.

This article examines how senior managers in Swedish social services construct and stabilize the role of first-line managers under New Public Management. Adopting an interpretative, social-constructionist stance through an institutional-logics lens, the study employs semi-structured interviews with...

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Published in:British Journal of Social Work pp. 1 - 24
Main Authors: Churilina, Mariia, Allgurin, Monika, Uman, Timur
Format: Journal Article
Published: Oxford University Press / USA Jul2026
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