Mackie, Robin and Roberts, Gerrylynn K.
(2004). Career patterns in the British chemical profession in the twentieth century.
In: Mitch, David; Brown, John and Van Leeuwen, Marco H. D. eds.
Origins of the modern career.
Aldershot, UK: Ashgate, pp. 317–336.
Abstract
This paper uses material on the careers of chemists in the twentieth century from the ‘Studies of the British Chemical Community, 1880-1970’ project to place the experiences of chemists in the context of this dynamic new research area. The paper highlights the way that the values associated with a traditional professional ‘ideal type’ of the independent practitioner were retained despite a marked shift to salaried employment during the twentieth century. Career mobility amongst chemists was underpinned by these values and by the transferability of their core skills.
| Item Type: |
Book Chapter
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| ISBN: |
0-7546-3496-5, 978-0-7546-3496-6 |
| Keywords: |
chemistry; chemists; careers; profession; professional careers |
| Academic Unit/Department: |
Arts > History |
| Item ID: |
10757 |
| Depositing User: |
Users 9 not found. |
| Date Deposited: |
23 May 2008 |
| Last Modified: |
02 Dec 2010 20:08 |
| URI: |
http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/10757 |
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