dc.contributor.author | Maclean, Mairi | |
dc.contributor.author | Harvey, Charles | |
dc.contributor.author | Chia, Robert | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-04-22T09:10:25Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2012-09 | |
dc.description.abstract | This paper develops a new perspective on reflexive practice in the making of elite business careers. It builds upon Bourdieu’s practice framework to examine how business leaders from elite and non-elite backgrounds develop and practice reflexivity in their everyday lives. The paper draws upon in-depth life-history interviews with members of the British business elite. Elites exhibited five types of reflexive behaviour, from which two modes of reflexive practice were derived: an accumulative mode, through which business leaders reflexively accumulate capital, positions and perspectives; and a re-constructive mode, through which they re-constitute the self in response to contingences, contexts and insights gathered. Our analysis suggests a link between reflexivity and career advancement, particularly in the case of non-privileged elites. Their greater experience of navigating the social landscape may facilitate perspective-taking, enhancing multipositionality, enabling such individuals to seize opportunities previously unthinkable. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.citation | Vol. 43, Issue 4, pp. 385 - 404 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1177/1350507612449680 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/8402 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Sage | en_GB |
dc.relation.url | http://mlq.sagepub.com/ | en_GB |
dc.subject | business elites | en_GB |
dc.subject | life-history narratives | en_GB |
dc.subject | reflexive practice | en_GB |
dc.subject | reflexivity | en_GB |
dc.subject | social mobility | en_GB |
dc.subject | management careers | en_GB |
dc.subject | Bourdieu, Pierre | en_GB |
dc.title | Reflexive practice and the making of elite business careers | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2013-04-22T09:10:25Z | |
dc.contributor.editor | MacIntosh, R | |
dc.contributor.editor | Beech, N | |
dc.contributor.editor | Antonacopoulou, E | |
dc.contributor.editor | Sims, D | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1350-5076 | |
exeter.place-of-publication | UK | |
dc.description | Post-print version. Final version published by Sage; available online at http://mlq.sagepub.com/ | en_GB |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1461-7307 | |
dc.identifier.journal | Management Learning | en_GB |