This article reviews scholarship dealing with the notion of “boundary work,” defined as
purposeful individual and collective effort to influence the social, symbolic, material, or …

Health care is everywhere under tremendous pressure with regard to efficiency, safety, and
economic viability-to say nothing of having to meet various political agendas-and has …

This study examined how brokers on creative projects integrate the ideas of others. We use
the term “nexus work” to refer to brokerage requiring synthesis or integration, rather than just …

While the development and control of professional jurisdictions has been well studied, less
is known about the way in which occupational jurisdictions are enacted within organizations …

This dissertation explores job crafting, or the processes through which individuals
conceptualize and carry out tasks, enact relationships with others to get work done, and …

We examine how professions responded to a potential change in jurisdictional boundaries
by analyzing the written submissions of five professional associations in reaction to a …

In this paper the discourse over identity and cultural authority within the profession of
chiropractic in the United States has been analyzed using critical discourse analysis. As the …

This article re‐examines insider–outsider relationships in nursing ethnographies of
healthcare settings as a case study in the wider sociological debate around reflexivity in field …

Orientation: Nursing is a noble profession but not always an easy job. Work overload, few
resources, limited promotion and development opportunities have a negative impact on the …

Teamwork has been emphasised as a key feature of health service reform, essential for
safe, efficient and patient-centred care. Bringing together literatures from the sociology of …