Kapoor, Ragini (2020) The elite wedding planners' community : an ethnograhic exploration into an emerging occupational community. PhD thesis, University of Warwick.

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This thesis seeks to develop the theory of occupational communities by focusing on how the nascent occupational community of wedding planners organises and flourishes. Two key aspects are explored: the ‘becoming’ and the ‘doing’ (Anteby, et al., 2016) of the nascent occupational community. Studying the ‘becoming’ opens up the black box of how nascent occupational communities emerge, while studying the ‘doing’ deepens our understanding of how the nascent OC configures itself. This research was conducted as a multi-sited ethnographic exploration of the wedding planning industry and the individuals who have established themselves in the occupational community of wedding planners. The highlighted sites include two elite wedding planning companies one in the U.K. and one in India, wedding planners conferences in the U.K, Europe, and India, the wedding gallery in U.K, as well as wedding fairs and wedding shows both in the U.K. and India. Analysis of the data collected through close observation and lengthy interviews provides in-depth and behind-the-scenes insights. This study underscores the necessity for conducting `research from an occupational perspective over an organisational one (Van Maanen & Barley,1984), in light of changes in work structures (Damarin,2006). The research aims to contribute to the literature of occupational communities and attempts to develop a theory focusing on how occupations organise themselves in the emerging occupational community. In doing so, it forms connections between the nature of the task carried out by the members of the occupational community and the background of these individuals prior to becoming wedding planners. These connections are then traced to the emergence of the occupational community. The study also zooms into the wedding planning conferences, exploring how they contribute to our understanding of the configuration and sustainment of the occupational community.

Item Type:	Thesis (PhD)
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Occupations -- Social aspects, Wedding supplies and services industry -- India, Wedding supplies and services industry -- Great Britain
Official Date:	July 2020
Dates:	Date Event July 2020 UNSPECIFIED
Institution:	University of Warwick
Theses Department:	Warwick Business School
Thesis Type:	PhD
Publication Status:	Unpublished
Supervisor(s)/Advisor:	Swan, Jacky ; Nicolini, Davide
Format of File:	pdf
Extent:	229 leaves : illustrations (some colour)
Language:	eng

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