Publications: Dr Louise Ashley

Ashley L ( 2024 ) . The Golden Ticket? Widening Access in UK Medicine and the Making of an Emotional Proletariat . Sociology of Health & Illness

Ashley L, Wookey S ( 2024 ) . Directing change? Reflections on participatory programmes and inclusive theatres cultures . Research in Drama Education The Journal of Applied Theatre and Performance vol. ahead-of-print , ( ahead-of-print ) 1 - 19 .

Ashley L, McDonald I ( 2024 ) . When the Penny Drops: Understanding how social class influences speciality careers in the UK medical profession . Social Science & Medicine ( 348 )

Ashley L, bousseba M, Friedman S, Harrington B, Muzio D, Gustaffson S, Heusinkveld S ( 2022 ) . Professions and inequality: challenges, controversies, and opportunities . Journal of Professions and Organization

Ashley L ( 2021 ) . Organisational Social Mobility Programmes as Mechanisms of Power and Control . Work Employment and Society vol. 36 , ( 3 ) 427 - 444 .

( 2018 ) . Professions and Professional Service Firms . Taylor & Francis

Ashley L, Empson L ( 2016 ) . Explaining social exclusion and the ‘war for talent’ in the UK’s elite professional service firms . Diversity in Practice , Cambridge University Press (CUP)

Ashley L, Empson L ( 2016 ) . Convenient fictions and inconvenient truths: Dilemmas of diversity at three leading accountancy firms . Critical Perspectives on Accounting vol. 35 , 76 - 87 .

Ashley L, Empson L ( 2016 ) . Understanding social exclusion in elite professional service firms: field level dynamics and the ‘professional project’ . Work Employment and Society vol. 31 , ( 2 ) 211 - 229 .

Ashley L, Empson L ( 2012 ) . Differentiation and discrimination: Understanding social class and social exclusion in leading law firms . Human Relations vol. 66 , ( 2 ) 219 - 244 .

Ashley L ( 2011 ) . Making a difference? The use (and abuse) of diversity management at the UK’s elite law firms . Work Employment and Society vol. 24 , ( 4 ) 711 - 727 .