A Fresh Look at How Professions Take Shape: Dual-directed Networking Dynamics and Social Boundaries
| Autor: | Kathleen Montgomery, Amalya L. Oliver |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
| Předmět: |
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management
Process (engineering) business.industry Strategy and Management 05 social sciences 050109 social psychology Public relations Personal boundaries law.invention Dual (category theory) Domain (software engineering) law Management of Technology and Innovation 0502 economics and business CLARITY 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Sociology Social identity theory Institutional theory business Legal profession 050203 business & management |
| Zdroj: | Organization Studies. 28:661-687 |
| ISSN: | 1741-3044 0170-8406 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/0170840607076278 |
| Popis: | Understanding boundary-spanning activities such as interorganizational alliances and professional/organizational integration requires clarity about what boundaries are being spanned and how they were constructed. We approach this goal by drawing on social identity theory and institutional theory to develop a process model, whereby inward- and outward-directed networking activities combine to build the social boundaries marking exclusive membership and proprietary domain. Four stages in the process are demonstrated, using two longitudinal case studies of emerging professions: the Jewish legal profession in Israel and physician executives in the USA. Despite the cases' contextual differences, analysis of networking activities supports propositions based on the model. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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