Maintenance of Occupational Control

The Case of Professions

Bibliographic Data

ID2362572
AuthorsJ Child (0000-0002-5398-9268, Aston University, corresponding author), Janet Fulk (0000-0002-7633-8302, University of Southern California)
Year1982
Volume9
Issue2
Pages155-192
Publication date1982-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueWork and Occupations (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0730-8884 • E-ISSN: 1552-8464
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0730888482009002002
OpenAlexW2028511993
LanguageEN
Citations received26
References cited33

Contemporary conditions relevant to the maintenance of occupational control are examined for five professions (accounting, architecture, civil engineering, law, and medicine) in the United Kingdom and the United States as an impetus for the analysis of control by occupations in general. Four areas in which conditions affecting occupational control are analyzed include: restriction of access to the occupation's knowledge base; context of professional employment; power and authority in the relationship of client and professional; and relationships between the profession and agencies of the state. Differences across countries and between professions are described, and notations are made regarding generalizability to a broader set of occupations

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