At 09:08 AM 10/1/99 -0500, you wrote: >Does anyone here know who coined the phrase "knowledge worker"? The >Atlantic Monthly says the phrase is Peter Drucker's "own coinage". >Can anyone confirm/deny this? > > It's been around in the literature on professions, Magali Sarfatti Larson might have used it in her 1977 book _The rise of professionalism : a sociological analysis_. Also, if memory serves, I think Heidegger used the term "research worker" in his essay _The time of the world picture_. Don't have time to verify that but it could be a good point to start. wojtek
