Structural Legitimacy
Criteria Assessments of categories & structures that place Outsourcing within a category of occupations widely recognized as “professional".
Implications Which professions constitute the peer group to which we aspire?
What are the common characteristics of those professions?
How do members of such professions segment into levels / strata?
What are the structural characteristics the outsourcing profession would need to demonstrate to be regarded by other professions as legitimate members of their peer group?
