Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/15569
Title: Job Skill, Manliness and Working Relationships in the Australian Imperial Force during World War I
Contributor(s): Wise, Nathan  (author)orcid 
Publication Date: 2014
DOI: 10.5263/labourhistory.106.0099
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/15569
Abstract: Historical analyses of soldiers in the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) during World War I have focused overwhelmingly on combat experiences, the environment of the trenches, and the sense of 'mateship' that developed between soldiers. In recent years, labour and cultural historians have begun to approach this environment in new ways, and their work is uncovering a hitherto unseen side of the Australian experience of war. This article continues this recent trend by considering the army as a workplace, and exploring the link between job skill, perceptions of manliness, and workplace relationships in the AIF during World War I. In particular, it will explore two common beliefs that linked work and manliness together in different ways, and consider how those beliefs contributed towards tension and conflict between soldiers of the AIF during World War I.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Source of Publication: Labour History (106), p. 99-122
Publisher: Australian Society for the Study of Labour History
Place of Publication: Australia
ISSN: 1839-3039
0023-6942
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: 210303 Australian History (excl Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander History)
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: 430302 Australian history
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: 970121 Expanding Knowledge in History and Archaeology
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: 280113 Expanding knowledge in history, heritage and archaeology
280114 Expanding knowledge in Indigenous studies
Peer Reviewed: Yes
HERDC Category Description: C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal
Appears in Collections:Journal Article
School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

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