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Call for Papers - Professions, Institutions and Change

  • 1.  Call for Papers - Professions, Institutions and Change

    Posted 11-01-2006 11:20

    Dear Colleagues,

    This is an invitation to join us in beautiful Vienna, Austria for a scintillating discussion on the role of professions in processes of institutional change. We invite you to submit empirical and theoretical papers that examine the relationship between professions, institutions and processes of institutional change. Specifically, we are interested in papers that explore the ways in which processes of professionalization stimulate change in institutions and vice versa. We welcome papers that explore such issues as:

    • the emergence of new professions and new occupational categories
    • the professionalization of new social contexts (i.e., management, education)
    • changes in professional logics or changes in the regulatory logics of professions
    • the growth and elaboration of professional networks
    • the influence of changes in institutional structures (e.g. regulations) upon the practices and organization of professions

    Further, we are interested in papers that explore the interaction of professions and other institutional structures, including:

    • the co-evolution of professional and economic institutions
    • the changing relationship between professions and states
    • processes of globalization of professions and professional firms
    • jurisdictional conflict between professions

    Finally we encourage papers that offer insights into the ways in which processes of professionalization promote the transnational diffusion and translation of institutional logics, including:

    • the role of professions in promoting global institutional standards
    • the role of professions and rational world systems
    • the influence of national institutions upon emerging transnational professional agencies

    We welcome papers that take stock of existing  knowledge and apply it to new contexts. We also welcome papers that bring new perspectives, new methods and new assumptions to understanding the role of professions in promoting and shaping institutional change.

    Further details are available at: http://www.egosnet.org/conferences/collo23/colloquium_2007.shtml

    The deadline for submissions is January 30, 2007.

    We look forward to seeing you in Vienna,

    Roy Suddaby (University of Alberta), Kerstin Sahlin-Andersson (Uppsala University), Royston Greenwood (University of Alberta

     
    Roy Suddaby
    Pearson Faculty Fellow
    Department of Strategic Management & Organization
    Alberta School of Business
    Phone: 780-492-2386