Unionization and deprofessionalization: Which comes first?

Joseph A. Raelin

EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, 1989, vol. 10, issue 2, 101-115

Abstract: This paper constitutes a review of the question whether unionization leads to deprofessionalization or whether deprofessionalization occurs first to be followed by union efforts to restore professional status to a profession under attack from social, political, and economic forces, including the bureaucracy. The evidence mustered from the historical literature appears to support the latter hypothesis, although it is questionable whether a union by itself can return an established profession to its original status prior to deprofessionalization.

Keywords: labor relations; unions; professionals; deprofessionalization; unionization; professional associations; nursing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J50 J51 M12 M54 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1989
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