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Professions and Professional Service Firms: Private and Public Sector Enterprises in the Global Economy book cover

1st Edition

Professions and Professional Service Firms Private and Public Sector Enterprises in the Global Economy

Edited By Mike Saks, Daniel Muzio Copyright 2018
212 Pages
by Routledge

212 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

212 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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Professions are increasingly linked with enterprise at a number of interrelated levels. By considering the relationship of professions to the enterprise contexts in which they work, this book reveals the dilemmas posed to professional groups, and the opportunities and constraints that can arise in their organisational frameworks. Addressing both private and public sectors, this collection... Read more



1 Introduction: Professions, professional service firms and enterprise- MIKE SAKS AND DANIEL MUZIO; PART ONE: PROFESSIONS AND ENTERPRISE IN GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; 2 Professions and entrepreneurship in international perspective- KEVIN T. LEICHT; 3 Professions and professional service firms in a global context: Reframing narratives- JOHN FLOOD; 4 Professional strategies and enterprise in transnational projects- JACOB HASSELBALCH AND LEONARD SEABROOKE; PART TWO: CHANGES IN PROFESSIONALISM IN AN ENTERPRISE CONTEXT: 5 Professionalism as enterprise: Service class politics and the redefinition of professionalism (with Postscript: Extinguishing professionalism?)- GERARD HANLON; 6 Enterprise, hybrid professionalism and the public sector- MIRKO NOORDEGRAAF; 7 Entrepreneurship and professional service firms: The team, the firm, the ecosystem and the field- MARKUS REIHLEN, ANDREAS WERR AND CHRISTOPH SECKLER; PART THREE: KEY ISSUES RELATED TO PROFESSIONS AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICE FIRMS; 8 The implications for gender of work in professional service firms: The case of law and accountancy- HILARY SOMMERLAD AND LOUISE ASHLEY; 9 Regulation and governance of the professions: Institutional work and the demise of ‘delegated’ self-regulation of the accounting profession- MARY CANNING AND BRENDAN O’DWYER; 10 The medical profession, enterprise and the public interest-MIKE SAKS

Biography

Mike Saks is Emeritus Professor at the University of Suffolk, UK. He has published more than fifteen edited and sole-authored books on professions, health, regulation, and research methods with leading publishers, including five volumes with Routledge, and many articles and book chapters on these subjects.



Daniel Muzio is Professor of Professions and Organisation at Newcastle University, UK.　His research has been published in leading journals and he is a founding editor of the　Journal of Professions and Organization　and associate editor of　Gender, Work and Organization and the Journal of Management Studies.

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