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Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - The discursive construction of professionalisation in British management
AU - Thomas, Pete
AU - Wilson, John
AU - Hewitt, Jan
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - In assessing the professionalisation of British management and the influential position enjoyed by accountants in British business, a multidisciplinary approach is adopted in order to provide a better understanding of the processes at work. After devoting some space to analysing the literature on professionalisation, our main concerns are: 1) the degree to which British management has become professional; 2) the relationship between managers and accountants; 3) the extent in which the former 'mimic' the latter. The power exerted by accountants could well be seen to have successfully challenged the autonomy of other managers, further undermining the ability of the latter to lay claim to any professional status.
AB - In assessing the professionalisation of British management and the influential position enjoyed by accountants in British business, a multidisciplinary approach is adopted in order to provide a better understanding of the processes at work. After devoting some space to analysing the literature on professionalisation, our main concerns are: 1) the degree to which British management has become professional; 2) the relationship between managers and accountants; 3) the extent in which the former 'mimic' the latter. The power exerted by accountants could well be seen to have successfully challenged the autonomy of other managers, further undermining the ability of the latter to lay claim to any professional status.
KW - professionalization
KW - managerial professionalism
KW - accountants
KW - mimicry
U2 - 10.1504/IJCA.2010.033435
DO - 10.1504/IJCA.2010.033435
M3 - Journal article
VL - 2
SP - 319
EP - 336
JO - International Journal of Critical Accounting
JF - International Journal of Critical Accounting
SN - 1757-9856
IS - 3
ER -