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

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 …

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

The study of the professions, as they are defined in the developed world, has been deeply
intertwined with institutional theory and topics central to institutional theory (legitimation …

Our paper represents an attempt to stimulate continued sociological interest in professional
work. Our review suggests that understanding professional work is central to understanding …

This article outlines a processual theory of action for the sociology of professions. It argues
that existing theories of the professions focus primarily on the questions of social order and …

This article is not a critique of the Sciulli article (2005) but, instead, indicates some current
and contemporary research questions about professionalism considered to be important to …

We draw on an in-depth longitudinal analysis of conflict over harvesting practices and
decision authority in the British Columbia coastal forest industry to understand the role of …

Both professional work and the sociological study of professional work experienced a
“golden age” in the mid-20th century. When dramatic changes began to shake the …

The end of the professions?: the restructuring of professional work Page 1 The End of the
Professions? The restructuring of professional work Edited by Jane Broadbent, Michael …