Many public services are produced by professional workers who deal with cases and clients
on the basis of professional knowledge and skills. As groups of workers, they acquired …

Background The profile of the medical profession is changing in regard to feminization,
attitudes towards the profession, and the lifestyle aspirations of young physicians. The …

Objective To investigate how recent national policy-led workforce interventions are affecting
intentions to remain working as a general practitioner (GP). Design Online questionnaire …

This article examines gendered career paths in two feminizing and highly qualified
professions. Quantitative data show that in medicine the profession is internally segregated …

Methods: Data reported are from four assessments of the Swiss physicians' longitudinal
career development study, begun in 2 1 (T1). At T4, in 2 7, 4 residents (76% of the initial …

This paper addresses shifting constructions of professional identity in the context of debates
about reflexive modernisation and the changing role of professionals in the provision of …

Purpose The association of calling with burnout is not well understood. This study
investigates how calling influences burnout and what the roles of social worth and career …

Background Less than one-third of newly qualified doctors in the UK want a career in
general practice. The English Department of Health expects that half of all newly qualified …

There is a lack of theory about what drives choice to be a generalist or specialist doctor, an
important issue in many countries for increasing primary/preventative care. We did a realist …

Background Studies on professional identity and related factors among Chinese general
practitioners (GPs) are unavailable. The objective of this study was to investigate the …