Sociologists interested in professional work and occupations have differentiated
professionalism as a distinctive and special way of controlling and organizing work and …

This article explicates the causal connections between changes in professional jurisdictions
and changes in organizational fields. The authors argue that professional projects carry …

This collection seeks to reconnect two separate streams of work on professional
organizations and professional occupations. In particular the articles collected here identify …

This article explores patterns of professionalization in a number of 'new'knowledge-based
occupations: management consultancy, project management and executive headhunters …

Background While healthcare systems vary in their structure and available resources, it is
widely recognized that medical doctors play a key role in their adaptation and performance …

An expert guide to contemporary research in the field of emergency services management,
this short-form book will help academics, scholars, and practitioners to appreciate the …

This paper contributes to the debate about new organizational forms in professional service
firms (PSFs) by suggesting an alternative to extant accounts of how change takes place. To …

The purpose and nature of management scholarship is contested, evidenced by debates
about the 'academic–practitioner divide'and attendant remedies for addressing it, including …

Purpose–This paper is premised on the understanding that professions remain central
means of institutionalising expertise in society. A summary of major issues that are …

This article shows how over the course of more than a century management consulting firms
have managed to create an image of professionalism in order to both gain external …