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

The main social scientific theories on professions and their links to organizations and the
wider society are critically reviewed in this article. In so doing, it makes the case for a neo …

It is tempting to stick to traditional,'pure'images of professionalism—as the protected
treatment of complex cases—and to resist 'alien'intrusions, especially managerial …

The concept of an institutional field is one of the cornerstones of institutional theory, and yet
the concept has been stretched both theoretically and empirically, making consolidation of …

abstract Beginning with this article, our special issue advances the understanding of the role
of professions in processes of institutional change and through this it proposes a …

The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) has generated extensive debates about the future of
work in the professions. However, few studies take account of the potential for AI's disruptive …

This paper explores the following theme: what it means to be a successful professional in
the Big 4 today. Specifically, we take success as being epitomized by those who have …

Using change theory integrated with Bourdieusian sociology, we re‐theorize a major
institutional shift in the field of public accounting. The case we examine involves the …

For a long time, the sociological analysis of professional work has differentiated
professionalism as a special means of organizing work and controlling workers and in …

This paper is located within the research problematic of multiple logics with reference to
professional service firms (PSFs), and in particular audit firms. Within this multi-logic …