Human Resource Management 1985

Technical professionals, technical managers and the integration of vocational consciousness

Raymond E. Hill¹; Jan Collins‐Eaglin²

¹ Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society · ² National Society of Professional Engineers

Abstract

This article reports on a study of technical professionals and technical managers in research and development laboratories. The basic premise which derives from John Holland's theory of vocational choice is that stable personality characteristics are associated with the different groups, and that these stable differences create an adaptive differentiation between the two groups. It is further suggested that this system of differentiated persons and occupational roles results in a partial key to the dilemma of autonomy versus control in organizations.

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10.1002/hrm.3930240206

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