A Price to Pay? Professionalism and Work Organization in Britain and West Germany
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2325635 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J Child (0000-0002-5398-9268), Michael Fores, Ian Glover (0000-0002-8878-1694), Peter A Lawrence (0000-0002-9554-8268), Peter Lawrence (0000-0002-4843-4903) |
| Year | 1983 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 63-78 |
| Publication date | 1983-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0038-0385 • E-ISSN: 1469-8684 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0038038583017001005 |
| OpenAlex | W2141092522 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 24 |
| References cited | 26 |
There tends to be more extensive occupational specialization outside the core production area in British manufacturing companies than in German ones. This appears to be associated with the emphasis in Britain on professionalism in industry, a concept which is largely absent in Germany. The British approach is seen to have unfavourable consequences for the status of production and of manufacturing industry in general, with quite likely depressing effects on its performance. The origins of the contrast between Britain and Germany are explored by reference to the development of post-school vocational education in the two countries, and this leads to the conclusion that strategic choices about contemporary work organization were in effect made at a societal level a century ago. The analysis indicates that industrial policy cannot be confined to changes within the industrial sector alone
Core (optical fiber) · Economic growth · Economic history · Economics · Economy · German · Manufacturing · Political science · Production (economics) · Sociology · Vocational education · West germany · Work (physics) · European Socioeconomic and Political Studies · History · Labor Movements and Unions · Law
Professional Autonomy, the State and Employers
Organizational Task and Institutional Environments in Ecological Perspective
Tacit Knowledge, Organizational Learning and Societal Institutions
The organization of building projects
Job-Shift Patterns in the Federal Republic of Germany
Re-imagining management education in post-WWII Britain
British management and British history
Accountants v. engineers
R&D professionals' views of criteria for intrafirm job mobility
Transnationalisierung, Organisation und Kultur
Germany's Vocational Training Act
The Evolution of the Modern Vocational Training Systems in England and Germany
The Engineering Dimension
The Hobsbawm‐wiener Conundrum
The British Engineer Problem
Professionalism and Work Organisation
Contracting Careers
How are Engineers Formed? Professionals, Nation and Class Politics
Engineers, Management and Trust
Organizing Engineering Work
Professionalism and Rationality
Gender, Status and Professionalism
Professionalism and Work Organisation
Professionalism and Work Organisation
The Rise and Fall of the British Manager
The British Business Elite
English Culture and the Decline of the Industrial Spirit, 1850–1980
Managers and their Jobs
German Engineers
Nationalization and the Professional Ideal
The Myth of a British Industrial Revolution
Technical Innovation and British Economic Performance
The Prefects
The Machinery Question and the Making of Political Economy, 1815-1848
The Universities and British Industry, 1850-1970
Careers, Work and Leisure among the New Professionals
The Economics of Organization
| Unique citing works | 24 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,59 |
| Citation span | 1985 - 2020 (36) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 22 |