The (un)desirability of hybrid managers as ‘controlled’ professionals: comparative cases of tax and healthcare professionals: Table 1.

Currie, Graeme; Burgess, Nicola; Tuck, Penelope

doi:10.1093/jpo/jow003

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“…Similarly, Evetts (, p. 136) indicates that ‘public interest and professional self‐interest are not necessarily at opposite ends of a continuum and that the pursuit of self‐interests may be compatible with advancing the public interest’. These arguments are in line with studies proposing that, even though CSR managers may pursue self‐interest (e.g., to advance their careers), they are also driven by an idealistic stance (Currie et al, ) and strong ‘prosocial motivation’ (Grant and Berry, 2011), which is particularly high for this group of professionals (e.g., Hemingway and Maclagan, ; Strand, ; Wickert and de Bakker, ).…”

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Reconsidering the ‘Symmetry’ Between Institutionalization and Professionalization: The Case of Corporate Social Responsibility Managers

Risi

Wickert

2016

J Management Studies

120

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The assumption of a mutually supportive, 'symmetric' relationship between institutionalization and professionalization is central to the institutionalist perspective on professional work. Our inductive qualitative study of corporate social responsibility (CSR) managers in multinational corporations (MNCs) prompts to rethink the validity of this assumption. We show that as the institutionalization of CSR advances and consolidates, CSR managers are pushed to the organizational periphery. This indicates that the relationship between professionalization and institutionalization can be 'asymmetric' under certain conditions. To advance the study of this asymmetry, we develop a conceptual framework and a set of corresponding propositions that explain why some groups are able to advance their professionalization projects, while others cannot. Our study makes three main contributions to the literature: First, we explicate under which conditions the relationship between institutionalization and professionalization is more likely asymmetric than symmetric. Second, our explanation of the shifting organizational positions of different professional groups allows for further delineating occupational from organizational professionals. Third, we contribute to the CSR literature by examining the dynamic yet ambiguous role of CSR managers as driving forces behind the implementation of CSR.

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confidence: 76%

Reconsidering the ‘Symmetry’ Between Institutionalization and Professionalization: The Case of Corporate Social Responsibility Managers

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Wickert

2016

J Management Studies

120

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“…Governments have pursued 'blue-light integration' or the 'closer working' of fire, police and ambulance organizations to find cost savings and to better prepare for multi-casualty incidents such as terrorism and major disasters (Ashworth, 2019). Research into professions and organizations often indicates that hybrid and multi-agency working is increasingly common and is fraught with complexity (Currie et al, 2016;Noordegraaf, 2015). Strong official impetus for 'blue-light integration' is often visible at senior levels through governance changes and the development of new protocols, joint training and preparedness exercises.…”

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“…We then move on to discuss four specific domains that have the potential to be useful empirical and conceptual sites where research on emergency services could be brought into a closer discussion with the sociology of professions (such as Noordegraaf, 2015) or the sociology of expertise (Eyal, 2013). As we shall see, all four of these areas are linked in various ways to classic issues associated with the employment of professionals in large bureaucratic organizations, the growing hybridity of professional work, and the interplay between professionalism and managerialism (Currie et al, 2016;Llewellyn, 2001;Muzio and Kirkpatrick, 2011;Noordegraaf, 2015).…”

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“…Management of ambulance services has a strong 'background' presence, allocating calls, tracking vehicles, gathering data and measuring 'performance' (Corman, 2017). To a large extent, paramedics are 'controlled' professionals, although many who move into supervisory and middle-management roles, could be considered 'hybrid' professionals or 'organizing' professionals (Currie et al 2016;Noordegraaf, 2015). In addition to the powerful managerial influences in the organizations that mostly employ paramedics, there is also a wide array of clinical and regulatory bodies that set the clinical standards and operating protocols of the pre-hospital world, meaning that paramedics themselves, while now possessing important inputs into these protocols and the knowledge base, are not fully in control of their own profession's direction of travel (McCann et al, 2013).…”

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Beyond ‘blue-collar professionalism’: Continuity and change in the professionalization of uniformed emergency services work

McCann

Granter

2019

Journal of Professions and Organization

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The sociology of professions has so far had limited connections to emergency services occupations. Research on emergency occupations tends to focus on workplace culture and identity, often emphasizing continuity rather than change. Police officers, firefighters, and paramedics have their historical roots in manual, technical, or ‘semi-professional’ occupations and their working lives still bear many of the hallmarks of blue-collar, uniformed ‘street-level’ work. But uniformed emergency services—like many other occupations—are increasingly undergoing processes of ‘professionalization’. The organizations in which they are employed and the fields in which they work have undergone significant change and disruption, calling into question the core features, cultures, and duties of these occupations. This article argues that sociology of work on emergency services could be helpfully brought into closer contact with the sociology of professions in order to better understand these changes. It suggests four broad empirical and conceptual domains where meaningful connections can be made between these literatures, namely, leadership and authority; organizational goals and objectives; professional identities; and ‘extreme’ work. Emergency services are evolving in complex directions while retaining certain long-standing and entrenched features. Studying emergency occupations as professions also sheds new light on the changing nature of ‘professionalism’ itself.

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“…Various evidence is put forth in the literature to support the argument that organizations are placing limits on traditional professional work (Leicht and Fennel ). First, standards of quality and efficiency, which require organizing practices, routines, and criteria may hinder the autonomy of professionals in organizations (Currie, Burgess, and Tuck ; Devine et al. ; Noordegraaf ).…”

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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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The (un)desirability of hybrid managers as ‘controlled’ professionals: comparative cases of tax and healthcare professionals: Table 1.

Cited by 13 publications

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Reconsidering the ‘Symmetry’ Between Institutionalization and Professionalization: The Case of Corporate Social Responsibility Managers

Reconsidering the ‘Symmetry’ Between Institutionalization and Professionalization: The Case of Corporate Social Responsibility Managers

Beyond ‘blue-collar professionalism’: Continuity and change in the professionalization of uniformed emergency services work

Small Is Beautiful? Emerging Organizational Strategies among Italian Professionals

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