Deprofessionalization

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ID7078895
AuthorsSlavko Splichal (0000-0001-7678-2676, University of Ljubljana, corresponding author)
Year2020
Pages1-6
Publication date2020-10-22
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeOTHER
VenueThe Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology (JOURNAL)
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/9781405165518.wbeos1629
OpenAlexW4317765363
ISBN9781405165518
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited14

Deprofessionalization denotes the weakening of professions as they decline in autonomy, status, power, and professional identity. It is conceptualized along five essential dimensions that contribute to the elimination of boundaries between members of the profession and “outsiders,” followed by the decline in authority of the profession: (1) routinization, automation, and algorithmization of work and knowledge processing; (2) social diffusion, demonopolization, and fragmentation of knowledge and specific technical competences; (3) bureaucratization: the rise of hierarchical control and weakening of effective self‐control of behavior through voluntary associations and codes of ethics; (4) marketization and commercialization: a shift of primary orientation from the community interest to individual self‐interest; (5) decline in prestige and trustworthiness

Autonomy · Bureaucracy · Commercialization · Identity (music · Marketization · Political science · Power (physics · Prestige · Public relations · Sociology · Law · Management and Organizational Studies · Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering · Public Administration · Public Policy and Administration Research

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