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

Work Under Capitalism synthesizes recent institutionalist and Marxist ideas about the
organization of production, situating production within a social context. Starting with the …

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 …

This study examines the effects of ethical pressure on management accountants'
perceptions of organizational-professional conflict, and related work outcomes. It was …

Background: The US health care system has innovated over the past decade in ways aimed
at improving quality of care while increasing managerial control over how medicine is …

Scientific, evidence-based medicine is increasingly seen as fundamental to providing
effective healthcare, but narrative-based medicine sheds light on social and interpersonal …

The authors argue that autonomy in the labor process results from the contingent interaction
of worker power and organizational practices. Focusing on the “core jobs”(ie, most central to …

This article addresses one of the more disturbing questions raised by the major financial
failures of the recent past; namely, how it could be that professionals, highly trained both in …

There has long been an “ideal” model of the profession in the sociology of the professions.
Our point of departure is that the independent professional is something of a vanishing …

“This is an accessible text that will be a useful source for lecturers and students in the field of
health studies. The material is coherently organised into three main themes: the politics of …