Constructing habitus: the negotiation of moral encounters at Telekom

Joe O'Mahoney
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Joe O'Mahoney: University of Cardiff, joeomahoney@hotmail.com

Work, Employment & Society, 2007, vol. 21, issue 3, 479-496

Abstract: This article uses Bourdieu's concept of habitus and a relational view of agency to illuminate the role of the actor in negotiating moral norms in organizations. Drawing upon case-study evidence from a major start-up company, the article illustrates how power, time and agency intertwine in a series of `moral encounters'. It is argued that the outcomes of these reflexive negotiations feed into the creation of dispositions which inform the creation and interpretation of subsequent action.

Keywords: agency; Bourdieu; ethics; habitus; power; relational analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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DOI: 10.1177/0950017007080009

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