Search

Showing total 3 results
Start Over Topic professions Publication Year Range More than 50 years ago Database Academic Search Index
3 results

1. The Emergence of a Profession.

Author

Orden, Alex and Calingaert, P.

Subjects
*COMPUTER programming, *PROFESSIONAL employees, *PROFESSIONS, *COMPUTER programmers, *PROGRAMMING languages, *COMPUTER science
Abstract

Computer programming deals with an enormous variety of activities and is carried on by people with a great variety of backgrounds. It seems clear that part but not all of this activity h evolving toward a distinct professional field, but that the scope of this emerging profession, and some of its economic, social, and educational characteristics are as yet by no means well defined. In this paper, these issues are examined and some opinions about them are expressed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
1967
Full Text
View/download PDF

2. Career Concerns and Mobility Motivations of Orchestra Musicians.

Author

Faulkner, Robert R.

Subjects
*PROFESSIONAL socialization, *OCCUPATIONS, *ORGANIZATIONAL commitment, *SOCIALIZATION, *PROFESSIONS, *SOCIOLOGY
Abstract

This paper offers a theoretical and empirical stance towards careers and professional socialization as subjective experience. Focusing on the problematic features of mobility, entrapment, and organizational commitment in the orchestra world, it shows how the analysis of career concerns in the "minor leagues" of organizational sets can reveal the meaning of status passage, definitions of time, and experiential turning points. Some adaptations to failure and the process of making commitments are considered. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
1973
Full Text
View/download PDF

3. THE HUMAN FACTOR: Administration—A Profession.

Author

Byng, E. S.

Subjects
*PROFESSIONS, *OCCUPATIONS, *INDUSTRIAL psychology, *MANAGEMENT, *INTERPROFESSIONAL relations
Abstract

In this paper Mr. Byng, who is Vice-Chairman of Standard Telephones and Cables Ltd. and Vice-Chairman of the Institute, discusses the claims of administration to be regarded as a definite profession. He deals with modern developments in the conception and technique of administration, with the qualities of the ideal administrator, and with the selection and training of candidates for administrative posts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
1936