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Analysing professional work in the public sector: the case of NHS nurses

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posted on 2006-05-30, 16:16 authored by Kevin Morrell
Analysis of the terms profession and professional is problematic, and this limits our understanding of professionalisation as a process. On the one hand, there seem to be no necessary or sufficient criteria to define a professional, yet there are undeniable status markers between existing professions. This paper suggests that confusion arises because of the legacy of naïve functionalism. Naïve functionalism describes a focus on work content at the expense of understanding interactions between professionals and organizations, and interactions between professions and society. Acknowledging the role of these interactions allows social scientists to continue to use these terms in an analytic sense. This is illustrated in relation to the professionalisation of nurses.

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  • Business and Economics

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  • Business

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MORRELL, K., 2004. Analysing Professional Work in the Public Sector: The Case of NHS Nurses. Occasional Paper 2004:1, Loughborough: Business School, Loughborough University

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© Loughborough University

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2004

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THIS PAPER IS CIRCULATED FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES AND ITS CONTENTS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED PRELIMINARY AND CONFIDENTIAL. NO REFERENCE TO MATERIAL CONTAINED HEREIN MAY BE MADE WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF THE AUTHOR.

ISBN

1859011888

Language

  • en

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