In search of the blue flower? Grand social theories and career research: The case of Bourdieu’s theory of practice
回应职业研究跨学科化的呼吁,以布迪厄的实践理论为例,提出五个理论概念检验点,展示宏大社会理论如何促进跨学科对话并整合其他学科概念。
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.