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Negotiating a sense of fit in elite higher education : exploring the identity work of widening participation students

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Fernando, Dulini and Kenny, Etlyn (2021) Negotiating a sense of fit in elite higher education : exploring the identity work of widening participation students. Academy of Management Learning & Education, 20 (2). pp. 133-155. doi:10.5465/amle.2019.0358

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Abstract

Elite higher education institutions in the UK and the US are under increasing pressure to intensify their widening participation efforts and improve access for students from lower socioeconomic backgrounds and other underrepresented groups. Through a case study of business and law students who participated in a widening participation scheme at an elite university in the UK, we examine how WP candidates undertake identity work in order to negotiate a sense of fit in an elite higher education setting. We make two theoretical contributions. First we show the complex identity work that social minorities undertake to negotiate a sense of fit in diversifying organisations – dynamically backgrounding and foregrounding their minority identity as the situation befits. Second we illustrate how diversity and inclusion practices form an integral component of a HE institution’s identity workspace to crucially shape the identity work that social minorities undertake to negotiate a sense of fit, illuminating how an elite university’s inclusive practices facilitate the rhetoric of diversity and enable elite HE institutions to maintain their exclusive status. We discuss the practical implications of our findings.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HM Sociology
L Education > LC Special aspects of education
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Innovation, Knowledge & Organisational Networks Research Unit
Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Belonging (Social psychology), Universities and colleges -- Social aspects, Cultural pluralism, Social integration, Participation
Journal or Publication Title: Academy of Management Learning & Education
Publisher: Academy of Management
ISSN: 1537-260X
Official Date: 29 June 2021
Dates:
DateEvent
29 June 2021Published
29 September 2020Available
25 September 2020Accepted
Volume: 20
Number: 2
Page Range: pp. 133-155
DOI: 10.5465/amle.2019.0358
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access

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