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From Psychological Dispositions to Social Positions: Applying a Habitus-oriented Approach to Organization Development and Change

Research in Organizational Change and Development

ISBN: 978-1-80262-174-7, eISBN: 978-1-80262-173-0

Publication date: 26 November 2021

Abstract

The influence of traditional individually oriented Organization Development (OD), with its focus on psychological dispositions, on self-development and growth, is currently waning. I argue here that individually oriented OD would be well served by a new focus on habitus and social position that expand our understanding of human behavior. Using Bourdieu's concept of social position in the form of “habitus-oriented approach,” as I do here using my consulting experience, allows individually oriented OD to become a scholarly and professional site that understands human behavior in terms of both the social and the personal.

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Acknowledgements

Acknowledgment

I thank my consultees and students for giving me the stage to develop the ideas I present in this chapter. Obviously, without them, I would not have written this chapter. I deeply thank Eyal Ben Ari from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Harriet Bergmann for their insightful comments. Special thanks to Debra A. Noumair and Abraham B. (Rami) Shani, ROCD's editors, for their helpful advice and comments through all the stages of this chapter.

Citation

Shimoni, B. (2021), "From Psychological Dispositions to Social Positions: Applying a Habitus-oriented Approach to Organization Development and Change", (Rami) Shani, A.B. and Noumair, D.A. (Ed.) Research in Organizational Change and Development (Research in Organizational Change and Development, Vol. 29), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 89-109. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0897-301620210000029005

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Emerald Publishing Limited