Professional work: The emergence of collaborative community

• 成果类型: Review
• 署名作者: Adler, Paul S.; Kwon, Seok-Woo; Heckscher, Charles
• 署名单位: University of Southern California; University of California System; University of California Riverside; Rutgers University System; Rutgers University New Brunswick
• 刊物名称: ORGANIZATION SCIENCE
• ISSN/ISSBN: 1047-7039
• DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1070.0293
• 发表日期: 2008
• 页码: 359-376
• 关键词: professionals; work organization; community; collaboration

摘要

This paper traces the main lines of evolution of the organization of professional work. The argument is illustrated with material on the case of doctors and hospitals. While market and hierarchy principles have become progressively more salient in professional work, we argue that, in parallel, the community principle has been growing more influential, too. We further argue that professional community is mutating from a Gemeinschaft, craft guild form, via Gesellschaft forms, toward a new, collaborative form. This evolution, however, is a difficult one, and the outcome is uncertain. We identify some implications for future research.