TY - JOUR
T1 - In search of the blue flower? Grand social theories and career research
T2 - the case of Bourdieu's theory of practice
AU - Chudzikowski, Katharina
AU - Mayrhofer, Wolfgang
PY - 2011/1
Y1 - 2011/1
N2 - Responding to the various calls for more interdisciplinarity in career research over the last few decades, we identify five touchstones for theoretical concepts to advance the interdisciplinary dialogue on careers. Drawing on Bourdieu’s theory of practice, we outline its contributions to such a dialogue in the light of these touchstones. In spite of some potential pitfalls, the theory of practice not only invites interdisciplinary dialogue, but also provides a unifying framework for generating new questions in career research and systematically integrating concepts from other disciplines. Overall, this is but one example of how grand social theories can stimulate interdisciplinarity in career research.
AB - Responding to the various calls for more interdisciplinarity in career research over the last few decades, we identify five touchstones for theoretical concepts to advance the interdisciplinary dialogue on careers. Drawing on Bourdieu’s theory of practice, we outline its contributions to such a dialogue in the light of these touchstones. In spite of some potential pitfalls, the theory of practice not only invites interdisciplinary dialogue, but also provides a unifying framework for generating new questions in career research and systematically integrating concepts from other disciplines. Overall, this is but one example of how grand social theories can stimulate interdisciplinarity in career research.
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UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0018726710384291
U2 - 10.1177/0018726710384291
DO - 10.1177/0018726710384291
M3 - Article
VL - 64
SP - 19
EP - 36
JO - Human Relations
JF - Human Relations
SN - 0018-7267
IS - 1
ER -