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Wash Corporate Heads! Business Practice can be Changed via the Dispositions of Executives: Re-socialization towards Implicit Eco-sustainability

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Hrotko, Timur
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The present paper is the synopsis of my doctoral dissertation, which assumes that – in addition to rational factors – the dispositions of management also decisively affect business decisions, and thus business executives' mindset and behavioral patterns (their 'habitus') should be the target of the influence of society whenever societally important changes depend on current business practice. I outlined an institutionalized framework of re-socialization to influence the CEO subculture (and suggest it as part of the CSR agenda). The ecological sensitivity and awareness of industry are treated as a societal issue in the thesis. I have carried out research into the presence and functioning of dispositional logic (the Bourdieusian habitus) in managerial practice with the help of a few narrative interviews.

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Paper provided by University Library of Munich, Germany in its series MPRA Paper with number 9089.

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Date of creation: 13 May 2008
Date of revision: 13 May 2008
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Keywords: disposition Habitus business practice executive subculture ecological responsibility CSR eco-sustainability voluntary standard logic of collective action mindset interplay as collusion controlled influence practice constructing community auxiliary socialization re-socialization strategy-as-practice stewardship fiduciary duty social engagement organizational choreography professional identity executive mask meaning negotiation

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L20 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - General
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