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Business school capital and study choices in undergraduate education: A student-centred approach

Ashiru, Folajimi; Whitfield, Ian; Warwick, Philip

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Folajimi Ashiru

Philip Warwick



Abstract

Relying on the resource-based view and drawing on the work of Pierre Bourdieu and his key concepts of field, habitus and capitals, we scrutinise via student focus group reports, the perceptions of first year business undergraduate students, asking them what university and business school attributes they considered during the application process so that we can determine what attributes give business schools a competitive advantage. Our findings reveal the combination of attributes, what we call symbolic capital, that are essential to attract students to a UK based business school in a research-intensive Russell Group university. This combination of attributes and resources is critical to maintaining the position of a university and business school in the perceptions of applicants. Hence, we refer to the combination of factors as ‘Business School Capital’.

Citation

Ashiru, F., Whitfield, I., & Warwick, P. (2022). Business school capital and study choices in undergraduate education: A student-centred approach. International Journal of Management Education, 20(2), Article 100633. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijme.2022.100633

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Mar 4, 2022
Online Publication Date Mar 23, 2022
Publication Date 2022-07
Deposit Date Mar 29, 2022
Publicly Available Date Mar 23, 2023
Journal International Journal of Management Education
Print ISSN 1472-8117
Publisher Elsevier
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 20
Issue 2
Article Number 100633
DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijme.2022.100633
Public URL https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1211044

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