Professions and Organizations in Twentieth-Century America

In: Social science quarterly, Volume 79, Issue 2, p. 301-320

Abstract

In contrast to prevailing models, it is argued that professional labor has benefited from its close integration into corporate & other hierarchies. Using historical case studies from law, engineering, & accounting, it is shown how this relationship developed over time & how actors used it to build their professions. In forging close ties to large-scale organizations, professionals were largely successful in avoiding proletarianization of their work & also in maintaining a necessary degree of autonomy from corporate control. 84 References. Adapted from the source document.