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Series:   Elements in Organization Theory

Professional Occupations and Organizations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 December 2019

Daniel Muzio ,
Sundeep Aulakh  and
Ian Kirkpatrick
Daniel Muzio
Affiliation:
University of York
Sundeep Aulakh
Affiliation:
University of Leeds

Summary

This Element engages with fundamental questions concerning the future trajectory of professions as a distinct occupational category and of the formal organizations, which represent, employ or host professionals. It begins with a literature review that identifies a functionalist, power and institutionalist lens for the study of professional occupations and organizations. It then reviews a series of challenges which face the contemporary professions. Finally, the Element explores contemporary developments in the worlds of professions applying three units of analysis: macro (professional occupations and their associations), meso (professional organizations) and micro (professional workers).
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professional organizationsprofessional occupationsprofessionalsprofessional services firmssociology of the professions
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Series: Elements in Organization Theory
Online ISBN: 9781108804318
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication: 16 January 2020

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