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A Science Profession | |
Professions and Industrialization: A Framework for the Study | p. 3 |
How the Study Was Made | p. 14 |
Chemistry in its Organizational Context | p. 27 |
Chemistry Compared with Other Fields | p. 27 |
Chemists in Industry | p. 30 |
Major Groups Within Chemistry | p. 36 |
Locale and Hierarchy: The Conditions for Diversity | p. 37 |
University and College Chemists | p. 39 |
Non-Acadeic Research Ph.D.'s | p. 41 |
Research Administrators | p. 42 |
Administrative and Other Non-Research Chemists | p. 43 |
Non-Ph.D. Researchers | p. 44 |
The Bench Chemists | p. 45 |
Chemical Engineers | p. 46 |
Summary | p. 47 |
The Chemist's Work World | |
Recruitment into Chemistry | p. 51 |
Social Origins | p. 53 |
Recruitment into Chemistry | p. 56 |
Careers for Chemists | p. 75 |
Mobility among Locales | p. 76 |
Mobility Upward from Research | p. 81 |
Conceptions of a Successful Career | p. 83 |
Careers in Industry | p. 88 |
Careers on Campus | p. 99 |
Summary | p. 103 |
The Chemist's Work Morale | p. 106 |
Income | p. 107 |
Satisfactory Professional Work | p. 110 |
Opportunity for Scientific Development | p. 113 |
Advancement | p. 116 |
How Others See Chemists | p. 124 |
Values, Virtues and Shortcomings | p. 129 |
How Chemists See Themselves | p. 134 |
Professional Status and Professional Society | |
Imageries of Professional Status | p. 141 |
The Chemist as a Professional | p. 142 |
Chemistry and Other Professions | p. 144 |
Chemistry and Medicine | p. 145 |
Chemists and the Public | p. 151 |
Some Potential Dangers to the Profession | p. 160 |
Chemists and Industrial Management | p. 165 |
The Professional Organization: Membership and Symbolism | p. 172 |
Non-Members of the ACS | p. 173 |
Membership and Participation | p. 175 |
Is the Society Sufficiently Professional? | p. 177 |
Functions of the Society: Present and Possible | p. 180 |
Who Runs the Society? | p. 184 |
Attitudes Toward Membership | p. 187 |
Symbolic Meanings of the Society | p. 189 |
The SymbolizaUon of Homogeneity and Diversity | p. 199 |
A Concluding Note on Professions | p. 217 |
Appendixes | |
Additional Tables | p. 231 |
Personal Interview Guides | p. 247 |
Mail Questionnaire | p. 269 |
Index | p. 277 |
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