A new professionalism? challenges and opportunities

Current Sociology

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 406-422

  Evetts, Julia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

challenges; changes; continuities; new professionalism; occupational value; opportunities

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959704976     PISSN: 00113921     EISSN: 14617064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011392111402585     Document Type: Article

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