This paper is positioned within the research problematic of understanding how diversity networking spaces among professional service firms are experienced as giving meaning to the self, as a habituated, socially-productive, ‘networking’ professional. Drawing on insights from the work of...

Drawing upon an eight-year-long study of two of the global accounting firms, this chapter suggests that a key aspect of professionalism is networking. Networking within these firms is crucial to achieving and demonstrating professional competence and to career advancement. It involves...