CULTURAL CAPITAL AS A MULTI-LEVEL CONCEPT: THE CASE OF AN ADVERTISING AGENCY
Legitimacy Processes in Organizations
ISBN: 978-0-76231-008-1, eISBN: 978-1-84950-204-7
Publication date: 27 April 2004
Abstract
Bourdieu clearly articulates how cultural capital works at the macro-level and how it leads to the reproduction and legitimation of inequality. He is less clear about other levels of analysis. We address this gap by drawing on social psychological theories and by suggesting that cultural capital is best treated as a multi-level concept – with “cultural capital” produced at the macro-level, “subcultural capital” produced at the meso-level, and “multicultural capital” produced at the micro-level. We illustrate with an exploratory analysis of an advertising agency in Eastern Europe, thereby highlighting legitimacy processes occurring among its departments and personnel.
Citation
Rubtsova, A. and Dowd, T.J. (2004), "CULTURAL CAPITAL AS A MULTI-LEVEL CONCEPT: THE CASE OF AN ADVERTISING AGENCY", Johnson, C. (Ed.) Legitimacy Processes in Organizations (Research in the Sociology of Organizations, Vol. 22), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 117-146. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0733-558X(04)22004-3
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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