The aim of this paper is to summarize literature relevant to the professional organization and
to present a contemporary analysis of the archetype concept in this field. In order to …

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 …

What will happen to law firms and the legal profession when the use of artificial intelligence
(AI) becomes prevalent in legal services? We address this question by considering three …

Using change theory integrated with Bourdieusian sociology, we re‐theorize a major
institutional shift in the field of public accounting. The case we examine involves the …

Institutional theory suggests that organizations pursue legitimacy by conforming to
isomorphic pressures in their environment. We extend previous research on institutional …

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

This book is about change in the management of public services–how much of it and what
consequences. For over two decades the goal of restructuring welfare provision has been at …

Are the challenges of globalization, technology and competition exercising a dramatic
impact on professional practice while, in the process, compromising traditional notions of …

This paper analyses how people's subjectively construed identities are disciplined by, and
appropriated from, their talk about organizational routines. Identity work, we argue, is not just …

We study how mid-tier accounting firms deal with changes in their institutional environment
that resulted in a shift in emphasis from the trustee logic to the commercial logic. We find that …