Professional Occupations and Organizations
Author | : Daniel Muzio |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 180 |
Release | : 2020-01-16 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781108803410 |
ISBN-13 | : 1108803415 |
Rating | : 4/5 (10 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: 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).