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Reproduction and change on the global scale : a Bourdieusian perspective on management education. / Vaara, Eero; Faÿ, Eric.
In: Journal of Management Studies, Vol. 49, No. 6, 09.2012, p. 1023-1051.Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Reproduction and change on the global scale
T2 - a Bourdieusian perspective on management education
AU - Vaara, Eero
AU - Faÿ, Eric
PY - 2012/9
Y1 - 2012/9
N2 - Despite a proliferation of critical studies on management education, there is a paucity of knowledge of the ways in which problematic beliefs, values, and practices are reproduced in and through management education. By drawing on and extending Bourdieu's seminal work, this paper offers a new perspective on reproduction on the global scale. Our framework spans three inter-related levels of analysis: the dominant beliefs, values, and practices (nomos and doxa) of management in global society; the structuration of the field of management education on a global scale; and the prevailing pedagogical practices in management education programmes. Our analysis adds to critical studies of management education by elucidating the overwhelming institutional forces of reproduction and thus explaining how difficult it is to effect change in the prevailing ideas, values, and practices. Unlike most critical analyses, we also explain how change might take place and what it would require. Thus, our analysis advances studies of reproduction in this era of globalization more generally. It also provides an example of how Bourdieusian ideas can be applied and expanded upon in novel ways in research on education in general and management education in particular.
AB - Despite a proliferation of critical studies on management education, there is a paucity of knowledge of the ways in which problematic beliefs, values, and practices are reproduced in and through management education. By drawing on and extending Bourdieu's seminal work, this paper offers a new perspective on reproduction on the global scale. Our framework spans three inter-related levels of analysis: the dominant beliefs, values, and practices (nomos and doxa) of management in global society; the structuration of the field of management education on a global scale; and the prevailing pedagogical practices in management education programmes. Our analysis adds to critical studies of management education by elucidating the overwhelming institutional forces of reproduction and thus explaining how difficult it is to effect change in the prevailing ideas, values, and practices. Unlike most critical analyses, we also explain how change might take place and what it would require. Thus, our analysis advances studies of reproduction in this era of globalization more generally. It also provides an example of how Bourdieusian ideas can be applied and expanded upon in novel ways in research on education in general and management education in particular.
KW - capital
KW - field
KW - globalization
KW - ideology
KW - management education
KW - practice
U2 - 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2012.01049.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2012.01049.x
M3 - Journal article
VL - 49
SP - 1023
EP - 1051
JO - Journal of Management Studies
JF - Journal of Management Studies
SN - 0022-2380
IS - 6
ER -