Reproduction and Change on the Global Scale: A Bourdieusian Perspective on Management Education

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1023-1051

  Vaara, Eero ^a,b   Faÿ, Eric ^b  

^a HANKEN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

^b EMLYON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

Author keywords

Capital; Field; Globalization; Ideology; Management education; Practice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863779126     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: 14676486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2012.01049.x     Document Type: Article

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