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Variations in professions' adaption of quality reforms: The cases of doctors and auditors in Sweden

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Summary, in English

This article investigates variations in two professions' adaption of quality reforms. The adaption of reforms is viewed as a part of the professions' legitimacy and identity processes. Literature in the area suggests that the adaption of reforms is influenced by the profession's knowledge base, professional norms, organizational belonging and organizational field. The two cases here on how doctors and auditors adapt to quality reforms show that the influences of these factors are, however, moulded by the professions' strategies and the salience of the different aforementioned factors. A general conclusion is that compatibility between the bases of knowledge and the professional norms are vital for the adaption of reforms and that organizational fields are important for setting the agenda. Organizational belongings, on the other hand, seem of less importance for adaption of quality reforms.

Publishing year

2012

Language

English

Pages

672-689

Publication/Series

Current Sociology

Volume

60

Issue

5

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Topic

  • Production Engineering, Human Work Science and Ergonomics

Keywords

  • Auditing business
  • health care sector
  • legitimacy and identity
  • processes
  • professions
  • quality reforms

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1461-7064