Professions, marginality and inequalities

Saks, Mike

doi:10.1177/205684601411

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“…In the current situation, public regulation has been unable to evolve according to changing contextual elements. In particular, no effective social protection tools have been introduced to respond to the social needs of the growing number of female professionals in the market, nor to sustain young workers in their early practice, exposing them to mechanisms of exploitation and processes of marginalization (Saks ).…”

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Small Is Beautiful? Emerging Organizational Strategies among Italian Professionals

Maestripieri

Cucca

2018

Canadian Review of Sociology

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The traditional debate about professional groups has mainly focused on conflicts between professions and organizations, reinforcing dualisms and dichotomies. Few scholars have investigated the extent to which professionalism and organizations are intertwined while focusing on the case of professionals integrated into large organizations, and even less attention has been paid to emerging forms of organization among self-employed professionals. Taking as an example organizational trends among architects (liberal professionals) and management consultants (emerging professionals) in Italy, this article investigates how small, flexible, and (often) interprofessional organizations promoted by self-employed professionals are increasingly instrumental in overcoming market pressures and responding to emerging social needs in times of crisis and austerity.

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