Perchard, AndrewGildart, Keith2022-02-042022-02-042022-02-03Perchard, A., & Gildart, K. (2023). Managerial ideology and identity in the nationalised British coal industry, 1947–1994. Economic and Industrial Democracy, 44(1), 230–261. https://doi.org/10.1177/0143831X2110694130143-831X10.1177/0143831X211069413http://hdl.handle.net/2436/624583© 2022 The Authors. Published by Sage journals. This is an open access article available under a Creative Commons licence. The published version can be accessed at the following link on the publisher’s website: https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0143831X211069413This article examines managerial ideology and identity in the nationalised British coal industry. On nationalisation in 1947, the National Coal Board (NCB) – after 1987 the British Coal Corporation – became the largest socialised industry outside of the Communist bloc. Privatised in 1994, as part of liberal market reforms, the industry was a crucible for ideological clashes amongst managers. The article responds to interest in the impact of managerial ideologies and identities on organisations and in the search for illuminating historical case studies in different organisational settings. The authors position those ideological clashes, and distinctive managerial identities, within a moral economic framework.application/pdfenHistorycoal industryideologymanagementmoral economypublic ownershipJournal article1461-7099Economic and Industrial Democracy: an international journal2022-02-03