In this essay we describe the growing importance of professions and the organizations in which they work, and we trace some trends in relevant scholarly research on this topic. We start by noting a dearth of recent publications in leading management and organization journals that address the...

This handbook discusses firms providing services in the traditional professions such as law, accounting, and architecture, as well as newer sectors such as management consulting, advertising, and engineering. It provides a critical overview of contemporary research on the professional service...

This Element engages with fundamental questions concerning the future trajectory of professions as a distinct occupational category and of the formal organizations, which represent, employ or host professionals. It begins with a literature review that identifies a functionalist, power and...