Studies of emerging professions are more and more at the crossroad of different fields of research, and field boundaries thus hamper the development of a full-fledged conversation. In an attempt to bridge these boundaries, this article offers a 'generative dialogue' about the redefinition of the professionalization project through the case of corporate social responsibility (CSR) practitioners. We bring together prominent scholars from two distinct academic communities - CSR and the professions - to shed light on some of the unsolved questions and dilemmas around contemporary professionalization through an example of an emerging profession. Key learnings from this dialogue point us toward the rethinking of processes of professionalization, in particular the role of expertise, the unifying force of common normative goals, and collaborative practises between networks of stakeholders. As such, we expand the research agenda for scholars of the professions and of CSR.

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重新思考职业化：关于企业社会责任从业者的生成性对话1

新兴专业的研究越来越处于不同研究领域的十字路口，领域界限因此阻碍了成熟对话的发展。为了弥合这些界限，本文通过企业社会责任 (CSR) 从业者的案例提供了关于重新定义专业化项目的“生成性对话”。我们汇集了来自两个不同学术团体——企业社会责任和职业——的杰出学者，通过一个新兴职业的例子来阐明围绕当代职业化的一些未解决的问题和困境。从这次对话中获得的关键教训让我们重新思考专业化的过程，特别是专业知识的作用，共同规范目标的统一力量，利益相关者网络之间的协作实践。因此，我们扩大了专业学者和企业社会责任学者的研究议程。