Professional-Organizational Contradictions and Hybridization of Knowledge: Insights from the Study of Engineering and Nursing in Canada

• Published in: Vocations and Learning Vol. 14; no. 1; pp. 75 - 93
• Main Authors: Adams, Tracey, Sawchuk, Peter H.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.04.2021; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Education; Engineering; Evidence; Foreign Countries; Influence of Technology; Interests; Knowledge; Knowledge Level; Knowledge Management; Learning and Instruction; Mentors; Nurses; Nursing; On the Job Training; Organizational Change; Original Paper; Professional and Vocational Education; Professional Autonomy; Professional Continuing Education; Professional Development; Professional identity; Professionalism; Professions; Skill Development; Sociology; Statistical Distributions; Technical Occupations; Theses; Workplace Learning; Canada; De-professionalization; Sociology of professions; Hybridization of knowledge; Nurses; Engineers; Professions and organizations; Professional knowledge

An extensive body of workplace learning literature documents the changing nature of professional learning, knowledge and work, but the tensions between the distinctive purposes and interests of professions and organizations have not received the same level of attention. The sociology of professions...