title: The development of the nursing profession in a globalised context: A qualitative case study in Kerala, India.
abstract: In the paper, we are looking at the relationship between globalisation and the professional project, using nursing in Kerala as an exemplar. Our focus is on the intersection of the professional project, gender and globalisation processes. Included in our analysis are the ways in which gender affects the professional project in the global south, and the development of a professional project which it is closely tied to global markets and global migration, revealing the political-economic, historical, and cultural factors that influence the shape and consequences of nurse migration. The phenomenon that enabled our analysis, by showing these forces at work in a particular time and place, was an outbreak of strikes by nurses working in private hospitals in Kerala in 2011-2012.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Health Innovation, Leadership and Learning, Nottingham University Business School, UK. Electronic address: Stephen.timmons@nottingham.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Timmons
authors.affiliation: School of Health Sciences, University of Nottingham, UK.
authors.forename: Catrin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Evans
authors.affiliation: Public Policy Research Institute, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.
authors.forename: Sreelekha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nair
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D004651:Employment / Q000145:classification / Q000592:standards; D006281:Health Occupations / Q000145:classification* / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D038622:Internationality; D024802:Nurse's Role / Q000523:psychology*; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012737:Sex Factors; D013317:Strikes, Employee; D000078329:Workforce
keywords: Employment; Globalisation; Kerala; Nursing; Sociology; Sociology of professions