Careers in the Anthropocene: A Bourdieusian Perspective on Climate Change Initiatives and its Impact on Careers

Katharina Hug; Katharina Chudzikowski; Stefanie Gustafsson

Careers in the Anthropocene: A Bourdieusian Perspective on Climate Change Initiatives and its Impact on Careers

Katharina Hug, Katharina Chudzikowski, Stefanie Gustafsson

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In this paper, we adopt a Bourdieusian perspective, to understand how professionals’ involvement in organizational climate change initiatives (CCIs), initiatives beyond the organisationally led CSR activities, shapes their career capital. Specifically, we draw on Bourdieu’s concepts of fields and capitals. Fields are playgrounds or battlefields with specific “rules of the game” defined by a set of capital deemed valuable (Bourdieu and Wacquant, 1992) and contribute to the reproduction of the fields’ structure (Bourdieu and Nice, 1977; Bourdieu, 1986). Capitals emerge in different forms (Bourdieu, 1986). This study focuses on social, cultural, and symbolic capital. Symbolic capital that is valued and deemed legitimate in the respective career field is considered essential to career progression (Iellatchitch, et al., 2003).

Original language	English
Publication status	Acceptance date - 17 Oct 2022
Event	Human Relations 75th Anniversary Conference - Bayes Business School, London, UK United Kingdom Duration: 19 Apr 2023 → 21 Apr 2023

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Conference	Human Relations 75th Anniversary Conference
Country/Territory	UK United Kingdom
City	London
Period	19/04/23 → 21/04/23

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Careers in the Anthropocene: A Bourdieusian Perspective on Climate Change Initiatives and its Impact on Careers

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