Abstract
This article looks at the relationship between work, training, andprofessionalization. It examines the changes that have led to their emergence.It then presents the main configurations of links between these three concepts,which fuel current debates and make it possible to understand them in termsof the contexts in which they are operationalized. The issues surrounding theselinks and the theoretical and methodological frameworks used to understandand interpret them are also reviewed. The article thus takes the form of areview of the existing literature. It concludes with a number of “key ideas”shared by the many practices and research projects in this field.