Open AccessProfessional Autonomy versus Corporate Control
Author(s) -
Pål Nygaard
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
professions and professionalism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.31
H-Index - 6
ISSN - 1893-1049
DOI - 10.7577/pp.v2i1.164
Subject(s) - bureaucracy , professionalization , collegiality , autonomy , control (management) , work (physics) , public relations , political science , sociology , public administration , management , law , economics , engineering , politics , mechanical engineering
Professionalism and bureaucracy tend to be understood as incompatible systems of work organization, represented by the ideals of collegiality and auton-omy versus control and supervision. I present a historical case study from early 20th century Norway examining the potential clash between efforts made toward professionalization and bureaucratization in industry. Based on my findings, I argue that there is neither an inherent conflict between professionalism and bureaucracy nor static national trajectories at the level of professional versus bureaucratic work organization.