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The Transformation Of The Professional Workforce, Marion Crain
The Transformation Of The Professional Workforce, Marion Crain
Chicago-Kent Law Review
For professionals, work is not a commodity to be sold on the market, but a calling that constitutes personal identity while simultaneously conferring a relatively privileged class status. Historically, the professions avoided commodification through a social bargain in which they exchanged their professional expertise and dedication to public service for autonomy, the ability to self-regulate through peer review, and monopoly power over their knowledge base. Over the last twenty-five years, market instability and technological development have fundamentally altered the conditions under which this social bargain was formed, and the professional class has been transformed from self-employed to salaried employee status. …
Commentary: Organized Professionals Can Be Effective Producers, Robert M. Tobias
Commentary: Organized Professionals Can Be Effective Producers, Robert M. Tobias
Chicago-Kent Law Review
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