Resisting or governing risk? Professional struggles and the regulation of safe science
Evans, J. 
ORCID: 0000-0003-4388-0637 (2014).
Resisting or governing risk? Professional struggles and the regulation of safe science.
Academy of Management Proceedings, 2014(1),
doi: 10.5465/ambpp.2014.18
Abstract
Drawing on a 17-month ethnographic study of a scientific community, I investigate how actors occupying different roles mobilize competing normative templates stemming from professional and legal frameworks in order to craft safe work practices. Institutional theory often assumes that micro-level interactions do not exert a durable influence on macro-level settlements such as professional or institutional boundaries. This case highlights that micro-level contests within a professional community do shift institutional arrangements by allowing powerful professionals to claim authority over rules that would otherwise threaten their autonomy from social demands.
| Publication Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB2300 Higher Education |
| Departments: | Bayes Business School Bayes Business School > Management |
| SWORD Depositor: |
Download (186kB) | Preview
Export
Downloads
Downloads per month over past year
Metadata
MetadataActions (login required)
Admin Login