Defining a profession: The role of knowledge and expertise
M Saks Professions and Professionalism 2012
The paper highlights the importance of resurrecting the debate about how to define a profession. The drive to define a profession is traced back to the taxonomic approach – encompassing the work of trait and functionalist writers – in which professions were seen as possessing unique and positive characteristics, including distinctive know...
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