Professions and (new) management occupations as a contested terrain: Redefining jurisdictional claims
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In this article, we discuss how research on professions and organizations may benefit from a better understanding of the emergence and prevalence of ‘new’ management occupations or ‘corporate professions’ and their interactions with ‘traditional’ professions. To this end, we explore the theoretical and empirical implications of selected studies, analysing how professional and occupational jurisdictions, as well as inter-occupational relationships, are redefined. This occurs as new areas of management expertise emerge and gain influence in relation to broader organizational, technical and institutional developments.
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New technologies may expose professional groups to jurisdictional contestation as invading actors of other professions seek to extend control over new tasks and domains of expertise.
“Conversely, new technologies may expose professional groups to jurisdictional contestation as the 'invading actors' of other professions seek to extend their control over new tasks and domains of expertise (Heusinkveld et al., 2018;Latour, 1994).”
From The AI of the Beholder: Intra‐Professional Sensemaking of an Epistemic Technology (2025) · cites this paper as Heusinkveld et al., 2018
AI technology represents a significant invading actor in its own right.
“AI technology therefore represents a significant 'invading actor' in its own right (Heusinkveld et al., 2018;Latour, 1994).”
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- Authors
- Heusinkveld, S., Gabbioneta, C., Werr, A., & Sturdy, A.
- Affiliations
- Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (NL)
- Newcastle University (GB)
- Stockholm School of Economics (SE)
- University of Bristol (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Heusinkveld, Stefan
- Venue
- Journal of Professions and Organization
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 2018-10-01
- Volume
- 5
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 248-261
- ISSN
- 2051-8803 (ISSN-L)
- 2051-8811
- OpenAlex
- W2899109740
- Cited by
- 44
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 7 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 8 · 2021: 6 · 2020: 7 · 2019: 6
- FWCI
- 7.85
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Journal of Professions and Organization (publishedVersion)
- Bristol Research (University of Bristol) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
- Explore Bristol Research (acceptedVersion, other-oa)
- Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Radboud Repository (Radboud University) (submittedVersion)
- VU Research Portal (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Newcastle University ePrints (Newcastle Univesity)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Management and Organizational Studies
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Education, sociology, and vocational training
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Management Theory and Practice
- Keywords
- professional jurisdiction, managerial expertise, professionalization, organizational change
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