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Changes in the social work profession as responses to institutional multiplicity
International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy Pub Date : 2020-10-06 , DOI: 10.1108/ijssp-10-2019-0198
Anna Olejasz Lyneborg

Purpose

Adopting the perspective of “institutional work” within neoinstitutionalism and “organizational professionalism” from the sociology of professions, this article contributes to current theoretical discussions on agency in settings of institutional multiplicity.

Design/methodology/approach

This article investigates how social workers in Danish child protection services respond to the implementation of technologies of government targeted at shaping the conduct of conduct to achieve certain results. The article draws on a qualitative case study in a child protection agency and centers on the use of assessment committees as a case of technologies of government.

Findings

The article identifies divergent ways that social workers manage and make sense of contradiction, e.g. by means of detachment of accountability, expansion of practice and internalization of logics in professionalism. Thus, the article sheds light on how social workers cope with discrepant requirements fostered by technologies of government.

Originality/value

As research has focused on the potential constraining effects of technologies of government and discrepancy of logics, limited attention has been given to how the potential discrepancy is nevertheless reconciled, negotiated and handled in the everyday run-of-the-mill practice. Adopting the perspective of “institutional work” within neoinstitutionalism and “organizational professionalism” from the sociology of professions, this article contributes to current theoretical discussions on agency in settings of institutional multiplicity. Additionally, the article sheds light on how social workers manage and make sense of discrepant requirements fostered by technologies of government, reflecting empirical examples of a profession in transition.



中文翻译:

社会工作专业的变化是对制度多样性的回应

目的

本文采用新制度主义中的“制度工作”和职业社会学中的“组织专业主义”的视角,有助于当前关于制度多样性背景下的代理的理论讨论。

设计/方法/方法

本文调查了丹麦儿童保护服务中的社会工作者如何响应政府旨在塑造行为以实现某些结果的技术的实施。本文借鉴了儿童保护机构的定性案例研究,并以评估委员会的使用作为政府技术案例为中心。

发现

本文确定了社会工作者管理和理解矛盾的不同方式,例如通过责任分离、实践扩展和专业逻辑内化。因此,这篇文章阐明了社会工作者如何应对政府技术产生的差异要求。

原创性/价值

由于研究集中在政府技术和逻辑差异的潜在约束效应上,因此对如何在日常普通实践中协调、协商和处理潜在差异的关注有限。本文采用新制度主义中的“制度工作”和职业社会学中的“组织专业主义”的视角,有助于当前关于制度多样性背景下的代理的理论讨论。此外,这篇文章阐明了社会工作者如何管理和理解政府技术所产生的差异要求,反映了转型职业的经验例子。

更新日期:2020-10-06
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