Technicians, clients, and professional authority: Structured interactions and identity formation in technical work

Asaf Darr; Mario Scarselletta

doi:10.1111/1468-005X.00094

Technicians, clients, and professional authority: Structured interactions and identity formation in technical work

Asaf Darr, Mario Scarselletta

Department of Sociology

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Abstract

This ethnographic study of technicians in action supplements a structural analysis of technical labour by delineating the distinct occupational identities of different technicians through their framed interactions with their clients and professionals with whom they work. We suggest that educational reform predicated on a structural conception of technicians will fail to redress the impending technical skill shortages.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	61-73
Number of pages	13
Journal	New Technology, Work and Employment
Volume	17
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-005X.00094
State	Published - 2002

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Human Factors and Ergonomics
Strategy and Management
Management of Technology and Innovation

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Technicians, clients, and professional authority: Structured interactions and identity formation in technical work

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