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The semi-professions and their organization

About: The article was published on 1969-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 715 citations till now.
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TL;DR: Staw as discussed by the authors reviewed research in organizational behavior in the field of organizational behavior and found that the majority of the studies were focused on organizational behavior, rather than organizational behavior itself, not organizational behavior.

3,022 citations

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Judith Lorber1
01 Jan 1994
TL;DR: Lorber as discussed by the authors argues that gender is a product of socialization, subject to human agency, organization, and interpretation, and that it is a social institution comparable to the economy, the family, and religion in its significance and consequences.
Abstract: In this innovative book, a well-known feminist and sociologist-who is also the founding editor of Gender & Society-challenges our most basic assumptions about gender. Judith Lorber argues that gender is wholly a product of socialization, subject to human agency, organization, and interpretation, and that it is a social institution comparable to the economy, the family, and religion in its significance and consequences. Calling into question the inevitability and necessity of gender, she envisions a society structured for equality, where no gender, racial ethnic, or social class group is allowed to monopolize positions of power.

1,642 citations

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TL;DR: The authors conceptualized the development of teacher professionalism as passing through four historical phases in many countries: the pre-professional age, the autonomous professional, the age of the collegial professional and the fourth age-post-professional or postmodern.
Abstract: This paper conceptualizes the development of teacher professionalism as passing through four historical phases in many countries: the pre-professional age, the age of the autonomous professional, the age of the collegial professional and the fourth age-post-professional or postmodern. Current experiences and perceptions of teacher professionalism and professionalization, it is argued, draw on all these ages. Conclusions are drawn regarding new directions in teacher professionalism, and the linking of professional projects to wider social movements for public education and its transformation.

1,081 citations


Cites background from "The semi-professions and their orga..."

  • ...…their interests as having a strong technical culture with a specialized knowledge base and shared standards of practice, a service ethic where there is a commitment to client needs, a ® rm monopoly over service, long periods of training, and high degrees of autonomy (for example, Etzioni, 1969)....

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TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that organization theory's effort to make sense of postbureaucratic organizing is hampered by a dearth of detailed studies of work, and discuss methodological requirements for reintegrating work studies into organization theory and indicate what the conceptual payoffs of such integration might be.
Abstract: In this essay we argue that organization theory's effort to make sense of postbureaucratic organizing is hampered by a dearth of detailed studies of work. We review the history of organization theory to show that, in the past, studies of work provided an empirical foundation for theories of bureaucracy, and explain how such research became marginalized or ignored. We then discuss methodological requirements for reintegrating work studies into organization theory and indicate what the conceptual payoffs of such integration might be. These payoffs include breaking new conceptual ground, resolving theoretical puzzles, envisioning organizing processes, and revitalizing old concepts.

1,072 citations

01 Jan 1996
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore the psychological mechanisms used to develop social control systems and demonstrate how similar these approaches are across a variety of strong culture settings, ranging from conventional organizations to more extreme examples ofcults and re1igk~us-seets.
Abstract: The notion of " organizational culture " has attracted a broad base of scholarly interest. While many researchers study culture using an ethnographic approach, we examine it from a functional perspective, viewing culture within groups and organizations as a social control system based on shared norms and values. From a psychological perspective, we show how a shared normative order or culture can influence members' focus of attention, shape interpretations of events, and guide attitudes and behavior. Specifically, we explore the psychological mechanisms used to develop social control systems and demonstrate how similar these approaches are across a variety of strong culture settings, ranging from conventional organizations to more extreme examples ofcults and re1igk~us-seets.

987 citations


Cites background from "The semi-professions and their orga..."

  • ...For example, Scott (1969) found that social workers were evaluated on the basis of the number and timeliness of their visits to clients and the correctness of their calculation of budgets rather than on the quality of their therapeutic casework service....

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