Contents

Figures and charts

Tables

Contributors

General introduction: the changing world of professions and professionalism

Mike Dent, Ivy Lynn Bourgeault, Jean-Louis Denis and Ellen Kuhlmann

PART I
Theories and contemporary context of professions and professionalism

Introduction: Mike Dent

1Sociological and organisational theories of professions and professionalism

Stephen Ackroyd

2Governance and professions

Ellen Kuhlmann, Tuba Agartan and Mia von Knorring

3Professions, service users and citizenship: deliberation, choice and responsibility

Evelien Tonkens

4Gender, diversity and intersectionality in professions and potential professions: analytical, historical and contemporary perspectives

Jeff Hearn, Ingrid Biese, Marta Choroszewicz and Liisa Husu

5Professions and power: a review of theories of professions and power

Mike Saks

PART II
Governing the professions and professionalism

Introduction: Ellen Kuhlmann

6Governing through professional experts

Viola Burau

7Professions and financial incentives

Ruth McDonald and Crawford Spence

8Professionalism and entrepreneurialism

Seppo Poutanen and Anne Kovalainen

9Professionalism, trust and cooperation

Patrick Brown and Michael Calnan

10Professionalism and knowledge

Teresa Carvalho and Rui Santiago

PART III
Professions, management and leadership

Introduction: Jean-Louis Denis

11Restructuring professional organizations

C. R. (Bob) Hinings

12Hybrid managers and professional leadership

Ian Kirkpatrick

13The professionalization of management

Kevin T. Leicht

14Leadership and ‘leaderism’: the discourse of professional leadership and the practice of management control in public services

Michael I. Reed

15Professional agency, leadership and organizational change

Jean-Louis Denis, Nicolette van Gestel and Annick Lepage

PART IV
Global professionalism and the emerging economies

Introduction: Ivy Lynn Bourgeault

16Accountancy, finance and banking: the global reach of the professions

Colin Haslam

17Professions and professionalism in emerging economies: the case of South Africa

Debby Bonnin and Shaun Ruggunan

18India (International) Inc.: global work and the (re-)organization of professionalism in emerging economies

Swethaa Ballakrishnen

19Professions and professionalization in Russia

Elena Iarskaia-Smirnova and Roman Abramov

20Professions and the migration of expert labour: towards an intersectional analysis of transnational mobility patterns and integration pathways of health professionals

Ivy Lynn Bourgeault, Sirpa Wrede, Cecilia Benoit and Elena Neiterman

PART V
Sectoral analysis: case studies

Introduction: Mike Dent

21The professoriate and professionalism in the academy

Linda Muzzin and Maria Athina (Tina) Martimianakis

22Contemporary education policy and teacher professionalism

Sølvi Mausethagen and Jens-Christian Smeby

23Interprofessional working for the health professions: from fried eggs to omelettes?

Susan Nancarrow and Alan Borthwick

24Professional identity and social work

Stephen A. Webb

25Journalism and its professional challenges

Christiane Schnell

Index