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Technical professionals, technical managers and the integration of vocational consciousness
Author(s) -
Hill Raymond E.,
CollinsEaglin Jan
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
human resource management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.888
H-Index - 94
eISSN - 1099-050X
pISSN - 0090-4848
DOI - 10.1002/hrm.3930240206
Subject(s) - vocational education , dilemma , autonomy , premise , consciousness , personality , control (management) , key (lock) , psychology , management , engineering ethics , social psychology , pedagogy , political science , computer science , engineering , economics , epistemology , law , computer security , neuroscience , philosophy
This article reports on a study of technical professionals and technical managers in research and development laboratories. The basic premise which derives from John Holland's theory of vocational choice is that stable personality characteristics are associated with the different groups, and that these stable differences create an adaptive differentiation between the two groups. It is further suggested that this system of differentiated persons and occupational roles results in a partial key to the dilemma of autonomy versus control in organizations.