Professional Persons in Public Organizations

Abstract

Empirical evidence from the study he reports here suggests to Professor Corwin that there is a consistent pattern of conflict between teachers and school administrators over the control of work, and that professionaliza tion is a militant process. These results may justify challenging the indi vidual-versus-the-organization hypothesis as obscuring some potential contributions that studies of conflict can make to organization theory. They also have important implications for the simultaneous professional ization and bureaucratization of American society now taking place. Mr. Corwin is assistant professor in the department of sociology and anthro pology at The Ohio State University.