Professional Occupations and Organizations

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). INDICE: 1. An introduction and overview; 2. Three lenses for studying professional occupations and organizations; 3. The demise of the professions?; 4. Professional occupations; 5. Professional organizations; 6. Professional workers; 7. Conclusions.

• ISBN: 978-1-108-78985-1
• Editorial: Cambridge University Press
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 75
• Fecha Publicación: 16/01/2020
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés