This book explores recent theoretical and empirical advances in the understanding of how professional and knowledge-based occupations are organised. Focusing in particular on the differences between established and emerging forms of expert work, this collection of papers are representative of...

The world of business management, especially in North America, is becoming increasingly interested in emotions. During the last ten years, this movement has largely turned around the notion of emotional intelligence. The purpose of this article is to relocate this question in context and to show...

Deeply linked to the operational modes of industrial society and to the characteristics of each country, the traditional and modern models compresive four kinds of career: bureaucratic, professional, enterprising and sociopolitic.