Introduction: Professions and organizations - a conceptual framework

Current Sociology

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 389-405

  Muzio, Daniel ^a   Kirkpatrick, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ocupaciones profesionales; organisations professionnelles; organizaciones profesionales; professional occupations; professional organizations; professions; sociolog a de las profesiones; sociologie des professions; sociology of the professions

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959715944     PISSN: 00113921     EISSN: 14617064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011392111402584     Document Type: Article

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