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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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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.5465/amle.2019.0358
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 | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HM Sociology L Education > LC Special aspects of education |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Innovation, Knowledge & Organisational Networks Research Unit Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School |
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| 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 | ||||||||
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| 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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