ABSTRACT
‘No man is an island’, and yet this research uncovered a key role for individuals. Not just for individuals themselves, but for their stories: what motivated members of an elite, traditional profession to contribute to a scheme aimed at improving socio-economic diversity in the profession? Addressed largely without nuance in existing research into professional associations, this chapter utilises research from the management sector in setting out how important individuals are, and how through them a professional association can be more powerful than the sum of its parts in challenging institutional logics that make access more difficult for under-represented groups.
