Showing papers on "Field (Bourdieu) published in 2016"
TL;DR: The authors analyzed sixty-four journal articles published in English, since 1997, which have used either "lived religion" or "everyday religion" in their titles, abstracts, or keywords.
Abstract: Over the last three decades, lived religion has emerged as a distinct field of study, with an identifiable “canon” of originating sources. With this body of work reaching maturity, a critical assessment is in order. This study analyzes sixty-four journal articles published in English, since 1997, which have used either “lived religion” or “everyday religion” in their titles, abstracts, or keywords. We find that the field has largely been defined by what it excludes. It includes attention to laity, not clergy or elites; to practices rather than beliefs; to practices outside religious institutions rather than inside; and to individual agency and autonomy rather than collectivities or traditions. Substantively, the focus on practice has encompassed dimensions of embodiment, discourse and materiality; and I argue here that these substantive foci can form the analytical structure for expanding the domain of lived religion to include the traditions and institutions that have so far largely been excluded from study. In doing so, lived religion’s attention to gender, power, and previously-excluded voices must be maintained. But that task cannot be accomplished without continuing to expand the field beyond the still-limited geographic and religious terrain it has so far covered.
104 citations
TL;DR: In this article, a combination of digital ethnography and content analysis is used to analyze journalistic practice and meta-discourse on Twitter, finding that each of these elements is undergoing notable change as the journalistic field adapts to the networked era.
Abstract: Twitter has gained notoriety in the field of journalism due in part to its ubiquity and powerful interactional affordances. Through a combination of digital ethnography and content analysis, this article analyzes journalistic practice and meta-discourse on Twitter. Whereas most applications of Bourdieu’s field theory focus on macro-level dynamics, this study addresses the micro- and mezzo-level elements of journalism, including practices, capital, habitus, and doxa. Findings suggest that each of these elements is undergoing notable change as the journalistic field adapts to the networked era. Furthermore, this article constructs a typology of Twitter-journalism practices and demonstrates Twitter’s role in the transformation of journalistic norms, values, and means of distinction. It argues that these changes have contributed to new opportunities for capital exchange as well as to the emergence of a hybrid, networked habitus that integrates values and practices from the traditional journalistic field with ...
95 citations
12 Jun 2016
89 citations
01 Jan 2016
Abstract: Plasticity in female mate choice can fundamentally alter selection on male ornaments, but surprisingly few studies have examined the role of social learning in shaping female mating decisions in invertebrates. We used the field cricket Teleogryllus oceanicus to show that females retain information about the attractiveness of available males based on previous social experience, compare that information with incoming signals and then dramatically reverse their preferences to produce final, predictable, mating decisions. Male ornament evolution in the wild may depend much more on the social environment and behavioural flexibility through learning than was previously thought for non-social invertebrates. The predictive power of these results points to a pressing need for theoretical models of sexual selection that incorporate effects of social experience.
72 citations
01 Jan 2016
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72 citations
Book Chapter•
01 Nov 2016
TL;DR: In this paper, leading theorists and practitioners in the field were interviewed to analyze one of the twelve major elements of environmental sustainability. But they focused on the effects of environmental degradation on human health.
Abstract: The chapters are written by leading theorists and practitioners in the field; eachchapter analyses one of the twelve major elements of environmental ...
67 citations
04 Jun 2016
TL;DR: A 17-day field study of a prototype of a personal AI agent that helps employees find work-related information is conducted and it is found that user differences in social-agent orientation and aversion to agent proactive interactions can be inferred from behavioral signals.
Abstract: Personal agent software is now in daily use in personal devices and in some organizational settings. While many advocate an agent sociality design paradigm that incorporates human-like features and social dialogues, it is unclear whether this is a good match for professionals who seek productivity instead of leisurely use. We conducted a 17-day field study of a prototype of a personal AI agent that helps employees find work-related information. Using log data, surveys, and interviews, we found individual differences in the preference for humanized social interactions (social-agent orientation), which led to different user needs and requirements for agent design. We also explored the effect of agent proactive interactions and found that they carried the risk of interruption, especially for users who were generally averse to interruptions at work. Further, we found that user differences in social-agent orientation and aversion to agent proactive interactions can be inferred from behavioral signals. Our results inform research into social agent design, proactive agent interaction, and personalization of AI agents.
66 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the question of the nature of money is pursued drawing on results generated in the field of social ontology as well as on observations from history, and the conception of the money found in this manner to be the most sustainable is compared to various other prominent, if usually held to be mutually incompatible, theories.
Abstract: The question of the nature of money is pursued drawing on results generated in the field of social ontology as well as on observations from history. The conception of the nature of money found in this manner to be the most sustainable is compared to various other prominent, if usually held to be mutually incompatible, theories.
65 citations
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TL;DR: In this article, a theoretical comparison between field and ecology, as developed by Pierre Bourdieu and the Chicago School of sociology, is made, while field theory and ecology share similar concepts.
Abstract: This article offers a theoretical comparison between field and ecology, as developed by Pierre Bourdieu and the Chicago School of sociology. While field theory and ecological theory share similar c...
63 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the editors of Business & Society have discussed what a theoretical contribution means in the specific context of the business and society field, and what the appropriate and desired characteristics of such contributions should be in our field.
Abstract: No one likes receiving rejection letters. These letters often state that the “manuscript does not show sufficient evidence of a theoretical contribution”—or something to that effect. At Business & Society, our editorial team writes such letters with considerable regularity, both for empirical and conceptual manuscripts.1 Although we usually try to explain to authors why their paper does not meet the required standards for a theoretical contribution, we thought it would be helpful to distill some of that insight to enable prospective authors to better prepare their manuscripts prior to submission rather than face the disappointment of rejection afterward. Therefore, in this Editors’ Insights piece, we would like to share what we have learned from the hundreds of manuscripts we have dealt with at Business & Society, as well as our broader experience as authors, reviewers, and editors. In so doing, we hope to begin a conversation about what the appropriate and desired characteristics of a theoretical contribution should be in our field. Over the years, many journal editors have opened similar discussions on what constitutes a theoretical contribution in their respective journals. In particular, journals with a specific mission with regard to theory development, such as Academy of Management Review (e.g., Byron & Thatcher, 2016; Corley & Gioia, 2011; Suddaby, 2014; Whetten, 1989) and Administrative Science Quarterly (e.g., Sutton & Staw, 1995; Weick, 1995), have discussed at some length the appropriate standards for a theoretical contribution and indeed what management theory should or should not look like. We would strongly encourage prospective authors to avail themselves of some of the excellent resources made available in these articles. In the following, however, what we would like to particularly focus on is what a theoretical contribution means in the specific context of the business and society field.
53 citations
20 Dec 2016
TL;DR: The taste of luxury and the taste of necessity were broadly applied on the works found in this review and were observed among the lower and upper classes, manifesting differently in each class.
29 Jan 2016
TL;DR: The overall purpose of this presenter symposium is to contribute to the development of a new movement in the field of leadership studies, referred to as “leadership-as-practice” (L-A-P).
Abstract: The overall purpose of this presenter symposium is to contribute to the development of a new movement in the field of leadership studies, referred to as “leadership-as-practice” (L-A-P). Its essenc...
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors set out an organizing framework for the field of social ontology, the study of the nature of the social world, and explained the difference between causal relations and the explanation of social phenomena.
Abstract: This paper sets out an organizing framework for the field of social ontology, the study of the nature of the social world. The subject matter of social ontology is clarified, in particular the difference between it and the study of causal relations and the explanation of social phenomena. Two different inquiries are defined and explained: the study of the grounding of social facts, and the study of how social categories are “anchored” or set up. The distinction between these inquiries is used to clarify prominent programs in social theory, particularly theories of practice and varieties of individualism.
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present the results of a qualitative interrogation of the habitus of partners in "Big 4" professional service firms across five countries (Bangladesh, Canada, France, Spain and the UK).
Abstract: The sociology of the professions has shied away from cross-national comparative work. Yet research in different professional jurisdictions emphasizes the transnational nature of professional fields. Further work is therefore needed that explores the extent to which transnational professional fields are characterized by unity or heterogeneity. To that end, this article presents the results of a qualitative interrogation of the habitus of partners in ‘Big 4’ professional service firms across, primarily, five countries (Bangladesh, Canada, France, Spain and the UK). Marked differences are observed between the partner habitus in Bangladesh and the other countries studied in terms of entrepreneurial and public service dispositions. In turn, these findings highlight the methodological relevance of habitus for both the sociology of the professions and comparative capitalism literatures: for the former, habitus aids in mapping the dynamics of transnational professional fields; for the latter, habitus can elucidate the informal norms and conventions of national business systems.
01 Jan 2016
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors deal with Swedish academia and its dwellers, with an eye toward accounting for matters of languages and linguistic exchanges, and the perspectives and think-tors of these people.
Abstract: Based on four separate studies, this thesis deals with Swedish academia and its dwellers, with an eye toward accounting for matters of languages and linguistic exchanges. The perspectives and think ...
TL;DR: Workplace innovation has been changing the European office landscape into mostly open spaces, where enhanced interaction between people is combined by efficient use of space as discussed by the authors. However, challenges ar ar...
TL;DR: A model is proposed for supporting reflexivity in qualitative health research, informed by arguments from Bourdieu and Finlay, and portraits are used to show how challenges and prompts can facilitate such reflexivity.
Abstract: A model is proposed for supporting reflexivity in qualitative health research, informed by arguments from Bourdieu and Finlay. Bourdieu refers to mastering the subjective relation to the object at three levels-the overall social space, the field of specialists, and the scholastic universe. The model overlays Bourdieu's levels of objectivation with Finlay's three stages of research (pre-research, data collection, and data analysis). The intersections of these two ways of considering reflexivity, displayed as cells of a matrix, pose questions and offer prompts to productively challenge health researchers' reflexivity. Portraiture is used to show how these challenges and prompts can facilitate such reflexivity, as illustrated in a research project.
TL;DR: This article examined a unitary notion of the habitus present in Bourdieu's early works and its transformation along his sociological career, to later conceptions of a fragmented habitus concept to examine contemporary relationality and social change.
Abstract: This paper examines a unitary notion of the habitus present in Bourdieu's early works and its transformation along his sociological career, to later conceptions of a fragmented habitus concept to examine contemporary relationality and social change. The career of the concept of habitus in Bourdieu shows that interplays of habitus and fields are seen to demand increasing labour of integration from individuals as social life becomes more differentiated. The paper claims the need for sociology to engage with field analyses to advance explorations of the habitus and to acknowledge the potential pliability of the concept. It is suggested that sociology may adopt the psychoanalytic notion of ‘standing in spaces’ (and associated notions of ‘liminality’ and experiences in interstitial positons) for a productive development of the notion of fragmented habitus, and to enhance proposals that view the social with a history that is made available to humans to change.
01 Jan 2016
TL;DR: This paper presents a meta-paradigms for understanding and designing the interaction between humans and technical systems that combines cognitive psychology, reinforcement learning, and reinforcement learning.
Abstract: Humans represent knowledge and learning experiences in the form of mental models. This concept from the field of cognitive psychology is one of the central theoretical paradigms for understanding and designing the interaction between humans and technical systems.
TL;DR: In this paper, the encounter between the practices that involve the concept of the Neuro(n) and educational practices of teaching and learning is studied, and it is shown how it might be possible to study the encounter.
Abstract: For this article, I ask how it might be possible to study the encounter between the practices that involve the concept of the Neuro(n) and educational practices of teaching and learning. The articl...
14 Apr 2016
TL;DR: The authors used the spatial variation induced from randomization to measure geographical spillovers and group-level treatment intensity to identify general equilibrium effects of a policy intervention, which is crucial to understand not only how a beneficiary is affected directly, but how an intervention spills over to others in the agent's community.
Abstract: The study of social networks has become an important part of the economics tool kit. Modeling agents as independent actors misses the countless ways in which actions are shaped by the traits, beliefs and decisions of their peers. Similarly, in order to measure general equilibrium effects of a policy intervention, it is crucial to understand not only how a beneficiary is affected directly, but how an intervention spills over to others in the agent’s community. Measuring spillovers and peer effects is notoriously difficult, especially using observational data (Manski (1993)). Social relationships are often endogenous, and connected individuals are likely to have similar characteristics and experience common shocks. Thus, it should be no surprise that following the rise of experimental methods in microeconomics, many researchers have also begun to use experiments to tackle questions involving social networks and to revisit insights from foundational non-experimental papers.1 The way in which networks have been studied using experiments has evolved as the literature has matured. One of the simplest ways to measure spillovers is to use the spatial variation induced from randomization to measure geographical spillovers. Another common technique is to record baseline membership in groups such as kinship, caste, ethnicity, classroom, or borrowing groups and to again use variation in treatment status or group-level treatment intensity to identify social effects. A more recent, but growing subset of the literature has begun to move away from mutually exclusive and symmetric group memberships towards incorporating more complex network structures and even global network (i.e., graphor communitylevel) characteristics. Usage of network data allows researchers to ask three key questions. First, how does the embedding of individuals in a social network shape
Journal Article•
TL;DR: Based on Bourdieu's concepts of sociology, the authors explores the International Communication Association's internationalization effort involving recruiting non-U.S. scholars into top positions and shows that despite the expansion of ICA's leadership, the field's power pole is still a U.S.-centered enterprise.
Abstract: Based on Bourdieu’s concepts of sociology, this article explores the International Communication Association’s internationalization effort involving recruiting non-U.S. scholars into top positions. Therefore, it examines both the habitus and the capital of the 26 communication researchers from outside the United States who have been distinguished as ICA presidents and fellows. The study contributes to the discipline’s reflexivity and shows that despite the expansion of ICA’s leadership, the field’s power pole is still a U.S.-centered enterprise. Today, ICA’s international leadership is located in world regions closely linked to the United States and educated at U.S. universities or heavily influenced by North American research traditions, even if it includes a numerous contributions from other associations and alternative approaches. Consequently, this internationalization hardly changed ICA but instead changed the world’s communication field. At least up to a certain extent, new perspectives are perceived at the discipline’s power pole. However, in return, national academic environments in U.S.-affiliated countries became Americanized, especially via ICA fellows serving as role models to get scientific capital. Thus, ICA’s efforts to expand its leadership are assumed to have an unintended effect of conserving the power structures in the field.
01 Jan 2016
TL;DR: Shadows in the field new perspectives for fieldwork in ethnomusicology as mentioned in this paper have been downloaded hundreds of times for their chosen novels like this, but end up in infectious downloads.
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TL;DR: Rita Chung and Frederic Bemak as mentioned in this paper explore the exploration of social justice counseling with an acknowledgement that the mental health field has moved toward greater responsiveness to diversity and multiscale.
Abstract: Rita Chung and Frederic Bemak begin their exploration of social justice counseling with an acknowledgement that the mental health field has moved toward greater responsiveness to diversity and mult...
TL;DR: This paper studied the rural dispositions of floating children through interviews with leaders, teachers, and students in four schools in Beijing and found that the rural habitus of these children can differentiate these children from their urban peers.
Abstract: The rapid pace of urbanisation in China has seen a massive increase in the movement of the rural population to work and live in urban regions. In this large-scale migration context, the educational, health, and psychological problems of floating children are becoming increasingly visible. Different from extant studies, we focus our investigation on the rural dispositions of floating children through interviews with leaders, teachers, and students in four schools in Beijing. Drawing on Bourdieu’s key notions of habitus, capital, and field, our study indicates that the rural habitus of floating children can differentiate these children from their urban peers. This habitus can be marginalised and stigmatised in certain fields but can be recognised and valued as capital in other fields. Our paper offers some implications for research and practice in relation to the schooling of floating children.
TL;DR: The authors test whether leader political skill moderates the relationship between more transactional leader-member exchange (LMX) relationships and follower work performance, and find that leader skill moderates LMX relationships.
Abstract: In this study, we test whether leader political skill moderates the relationship between more transactional leader–member exchange (LMX) relationships and follower work performance. A field study w...
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examine the relationship between national varieties of capitalism and firm engagement with the norms and best practices promoted within the global organisational field for corporate s... and propose a model to compare the two.
TL;DR: It is proposed that while NI can benefit from BFT's potential of bringing social structure back into organizational research, BFT can enrich its social analysis by borrowing from NI's elaboration of the symbolic system of organizations.
Abstract: Bourdieusian Field Theory (BFT) provided decisive inspiration for the early conceptual formulation of New Institutionalism (NI). This paper attempts to reinvigorate the stalled intellectual dialogue between NI and BFT by comparing NI's concept of isomorphism with BFT's notion of homology. I argue that Bourdieu's understanding of domination-oriented social action, transposable habitus, and a non-linear causality, embodied in his neglected concept of homology, provides an alternative theorization of field-level convergence to New Institutionalism's central idea of institutional isomorphism. To showcase how BFT can be useful for organizational research, I postulate a habitus-informed and field-conditioned theory of transference to enrich NI's spin-off thesis of 'diffusion'. I propose that while NI can benefit from BFT's potential of bringing social structure back into organizational research, BFT can enrich its social analysis by borrowing from NI's elaboration of the symbolic system of organizations.