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The concept of knowledge worker which is usually a synonym for professional work is not valid any more in economy dominated by services. The professionalism which was based on technological innovation and classical profession of the industrial society requires therefore a new approach adjusted to service economy.

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Article warns that the imprecise statistical methods and rhetoric maintain the myth of knowledge worker although in many Western countries the low educated/low wage workforce dominates

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This page is a summary of: The knowledge worker is dead: What about professions?, Current Sociology, July 2015, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/0011392115591611.
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