Professional Role Orientations and Conflict Strategies

Datos Bibliográficos

ID10550994
AutoresIrwin Epstein (0000-0003-3671-8359, University of Michigan, autor de correspondencia)
Año1970
Volumen15
Número4
Páginas87-92
Fecha de publicación1970-10-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSocial Work (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0037-8046 • E-ISSN: 1545-6846
EditorialOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1093/sw/15.4.87
OpenAlexW1903631988
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas14

■ This paper explores the social action effects of the role orientations of social workers. A bureaucratic orientation is found to be conservatizing; a client orientation, radicalizing; and a professional orientation—when taken alone—is neither. When coupled with agency or client orientations, however, professionalization intensifies the conservatizing effects of agency orientation and the radicalizing effects of client orientation. Some possible explanations and implications are offered. ■

Political science · Labor Movements and Unions · Law · Psychology · Social Policy and Reform Studies · Social Psychology · Social Work Education and Practice · Social Work