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Johan Alvehus.

Johan Alvehus

Professor

Johan Alvehus.

A new professional landscape: Entangled institutional logics in two Swedish welfare professions

Author

  • Johan Alvehus
  • Thomas Andersson

Summary, in English

Previous research has made three parallel but incompatible observations on the contemporary development of welfare professions: loss of professional autonomy, hybridization, and maintained autonomy. Yet, research providing contextual understanding of the simultaneous occurrence of these three observations is lacking. The aim of this theoretical paper is to identify and explain seemingly contradictory coexisting features of modern welfare professions through a comprehensive reading of current literature on the health care and teaching professions in Sweden. The literature has demonstrated entangled institutional logics, in which simultaneous but differing effects occur, thereby developing a new professional landscape.

Department/s

  • Department of Service Studies

Publishing year

2018

Language

English

Pages

91-109

Publication/Series

Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies

Volume

8

Issue

3

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies

Topic

  • Business Administration

Status

Published

Project

  • Framorganiserad profession. En granskning av reformer inom skolan

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 2245-0157