PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY

Professional Autonomy

Professional Autonomy

Introduction

Professional autonomy is the ability to handle the full resolution of a problem in a specific area of expertise. Professional autonomy corresponds to the aspirations of many employees who want to develop a new relationship to employment. Professional autonomy allows them to be sought for their expertise and find income security through the loyalty of a select clientele. A study by the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working revealed that 25% of young people entering the workforce would prefer to be employed. This is also the case for 20% of employees in general with specific motivations among executives and retirees (Broer, Nieboer & Bal 2010, pp.391). Professional autonomy is more a matter of motivation and personal positioning than the level of training or experience which an individual tends to achieve. However, Professional autonomy needs to be studied in a much more detail in order to develop a better understanding of the subject. Thus, in the context of the paper the subject tends to be studied from different perspectives.

Discussion

Professional Autonomy

Those professions are considered to autonomous which tends to have to depict a great control over itself. The employee in this regard tend to develop a firm grip regarding the day to day affairs of the working environment plus the employee tends to be differentiated based on that skill set of his or her. However, the idea presented by the professions being autonomous tends to lead us to the fact that the professionals are appropriately equipped to formulate the judgments in relation to their work. This is also formulated as the professional judgment (Pitt & Phelan 2008, pp.192). Professional Autonomy can only serve its purpose if the employees rendering their services in a certain profession tend to indulge in the self improving process by critically evaluating ...