A Professionalization Framework to Understand the Structuring of Work

Sylvain Bureau and Jean-Baptiste Suquet ()
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Sylvain Bureau: CRG - Centre de recherche en gestion - X - École polytechnique - IP Paris - Institut Polytechnique de Paris - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Jean-Baptiste Suquet: CRG - Centre de recherche en gestion - X - École polytechnique - IP Paris - Institut Polytechnique de Paris - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

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Abstract: The notion of professionalization is widely used both by managers and researchers. These uses question the traditional definition of profession. This paper reviews a book published in 1988 – The System of Professions – written by a sociologist, A. Abbott. Though this book had a strong impact in the field of sociology of professions, it remains unknown by many researchers in management science. His pragmatic approach of the concepts of profession and professionalization enables a better understanding of the structuring of work and as a consequence can be useful to address issues such as that of human resources management, organizational control or even management of information systems.

Keywords: professionnalisation; professionalization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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Published in European Management Journal, 2007, pp.1-17

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