Based on a comprehensive review of the research literature, this paper identifies a
consensual set of definitional characteristics of the ideal “professional,” and outlines an …

This fourth edition of the encyclopedia contains articles (arranged alphabetically by subject)
which deal with persistent educational problems and continuing educational concerns to …

Examination of the use of professional career ladders in industry indicates thatpower is the
ignored variable that obviates the usefulness of such a structure for engineers and other …

This paper uses a national sample of 614 members of the American Institute of Planners
working in public agencies, to look at role choices of planners. It first discusses a two-factor …

Recent discussions of the professions agree on the centrality of autonomy to
professionalism but disagree whether organizational employment is consistent with the …

This article reexamines the classical distinction between professional and organizational
work orientations for the case of engineers. Based on data from a survey questionnaire …

Investigated the relationship of the work challenge experienced by 85 engineers at the
beginning of their career to their subsequent job performance, professional contributions …

Sometimes the prospect of a technocratic elite controlling the nation has been seen in very
positive terms. Over fifty years ago, Thorstein Veblen eagerly predicted the emergence of a …

Technikentwicklung folgt nicht einem einzigen'one best way', sondern alternativen
Entwicklungspfaden. Exemplarisch hierfür steht die amerikanische und deutsche …

Discussed are two theories of professional job satisfaction--(1) unidimensional and (2)
multidimensional with special reference to Herzberg's two factor theory. A national sample of …