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A professionalization framework to understand the structuring of work

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  • Bureau, Sylvain
  • Suquet, Jean-Baptiste

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Summary The notion of professionalization is widely used both by managers and researchers. This use questions 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 the sociology of professions, it has remained unknown by many researchers in management science. His pragmatic approach to the concepts of profession and professionalization helps achieve better understanding of work structuring and as a consequence can be useful to address issues such as human resources management, organizational control or even the management of information systems.

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  • Bureau, Sylvain & Suquet, Jean-Baptiste, 2009. "A professionalization framework to understand the structuring of work," European Management Journal, Elsevier, vol. 27(6), pages 467-475, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:eurman:v:27:y:2009:i:6:p:467-475
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    1. Amalou-Döpke, Linda & Süß, Stefan, 2014. "HR measurement as an instrument of the HR department in its exchange relationship with top management: A qualitative study based on resource dependence theory," Scandinavian Journal of Management, Elsevier, vol. 30(4), pages 444-460.

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