Public administrations increasingly rely on consultancies to acquire policy knowledge,
assess stakeholder dynamics, and evaluate governance systems. In this symposium, we …

Current debates and definitions of professionalism are primarily grounded in organisations,
either as employing bureaucracies or service firms, that control and structure expert labour …

Professions and professionalism have played an integral part in business and society. In this
book, Mike Saks provides a thorough overview of this field through an analysis of a range of …

On the basis of the EGOS 2021 sub-plenary on 'Professions and Inequality: Challenges,
Controversies, and Opportunities', the presenters and panellists wrote four short essays on …

This essay marks, reviews, and celebrates the first decade of the Journal of Professions and
Organization. It begins with a brief review of the journal's founding, initial scope, and …

Данная статья является вступительной к специальному номеру журнала, посвященному
трансформации профессий и занятий в современных условиях. Основная цель статьи …

This research note presents an overview of the contemporary “professional organization”
research area. We begin with the historical roots and evolution of research into …

While normative control practices aim to raise employee motivation and commitment to
professional standards in professional service firms, there is much debate on when and for …

Drawing on accounts presented—and the metaphors incorporated therein—in interviews
with 129 workers, this study considers the effect of professionalism on relationships between …

Professions face challenges from proliferation and dilution, two processes that challenge our
understanding of what a profession is and what it means to be a professional. As a …