'Feminisation and outsourced work' : a case study of the meaning of 'transformation' through the lived experience of non-core work at the University of Cape Town

This dissertation examines the meaning of university 'transformation' from the perspective of workers in 'non-core' zones of work. Mergers, outsourcing, retrenching and rightsizing, have become features of the post-apartheid higher education landscape; and they seem set to remain. Through higher education restructuring work has been divided into 'core' and 'non-core' zones of work and 'non-core' work has largely been outsourced. The men and women working in the outsourced zones of 'non-core' work engage in the 'reproductive work' of the university and yet they largely remain hidden from institutional debates of transformation.

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

Gender Studies

Year dc:date.issued

2008

Author dc:creator

• Bardill, Lindiwe

Advisors dc:contributor.advisor

• Bennett, Jane
• Grossman, Jonathan

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10085

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/10085