Professionals under Pressure
The Reconfiguration of Professional Work in Changing Public Services
Published on 25. February 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
244 pages
978-90-8964-509-8 (ISBN)
Description
Over the past decade, public services have come under increasing pressure to perform like private-sector organisations. This study demonstrates that professionals have much leeway in coping with changes caused by IT developments, distributed knowledge and more demanding public which have all created new pressures on public services. The authors conclude that rather than demanding more autonomy and space, public service professionals need renewed and workable professional standards.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Academic
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 237 mm
Width: 159 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
381 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-8964-509-8 (9789089645098)
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Mirko Noordegraaf | Bram Steijn
Professionals under Pressure
The Reconfiguration of Professional Work in Changing Public Services
E-Book
10/2025
Routledge
€65.99
Available for download
Mirko Noordegraaf | Bram Steijn
Professionals under Pressure
The Reconfiguration of Professional Work in Changing Public Services
E-Book
10/2025
Routledge
€65.99
Available for download
Mirko Noordegraaf | Bram Steijn
Professionals under Pressure
The Reconfiguration of Professional Work in Changing Public Services
E-Book
02/2013
1st Edition
Amsterdam University Press
€88.00
Available for download
Persons
Mirko Noordegraaf is professor of Public Management, Utrecht University, The Netherlands. Bram Steijn is professor HRM in the public sector at the Erasmus University Rotterdam.
Content
Preface 1 Introduction 2 Professions, professionals and the'new' government policies 3 Professionals, power and the reform of public services 4 Professionals dealing with pressures 5 A managerial assault on professionalism? 6 Legal professionals under pressure 7 Institutionalizing professional conflicts through financial reforms 8 Public professionals and policy alienation 9 Loyalties of public sector professionals 10 Democratizing social work 11 Bounded professionalism 12 Control of front-line workers in welfare agencies 13 Professionalization of (police) leaders 14 Conclusions and ways forward, About the editors and authors.