Exploring the Concept of Integrity—Toward a Craft-Inspired Interpretation

摘要

The concept of integrity is used as a psychosocial concept to describe tensions and dilemmasexperienced by professional and semi-professional workers in a neoliberal working life. In Norway,the concept has even been included in the Working Environment Act. In general terms, the conceptrefers to the degree to which professionals experience that their internalized professionalstandards can be realized. While supporting the general relevance of integrity as an importantconcept for assessing an important psychosocial challenge in Nordic working life, we propose thatintegrity should not be addressed as a psychological phenomenon. We suggest that it in line with amore sociological orientation is addressed as a craft issue. This interpretation is inspired by RichardSennett’s concept of craftwork. Understanding integrity as a craft phenomenon inspires workplacecritique within neoliberal work organizations.