商业阶级的治疗文化:探索CEO同行团体如何创造和合法化精英凝聚力
1School of Sociological Studies, Politics and International Relations, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.
The British journal of sociology
|October 23, 2025
概括
富裕的精英利用同志关系和结构化的互惠等社会过程来维持排他性群体内的凝聚力. 本研究探讨了这些排他性组织,特别是CEO同行团体,如何影响社会不平等和阶级形成.
科学领域:
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
- 社会分层的社会分层.
- 经济社会学 经济社会学
背景情况:
- 越来越多的经济不平等和财富集中需要了解精英的社会过程.
- 独占性组织在维持精英凝聚力和影响社会不平等方面发挥着重要作用.
- 精英社会动态对普通人口资源和机会获取的影响需要审查.
研究的目的:
- 分析促进和使富裕商业精英之间的凝聚力合法化的社会过程.
- 调查独家组织,特别是首席执行官同行团体在维持精英凝聚力的作用.
- 探索"治疗文化"在高管和所有者阶级的向上传播.
主要方法:
- 根据41次半结构化采访,与英国曼彻斯特的富裕商业阶级成员进行了采访.
- 分析同性恋,结构互惠和治疗性文化资源在精英凝聚力的作用.
- 专注于首席执行官同行组成员 (21名参与者) 作为分析的关键地点.
主要成果:
- 同性恋,结构化的互惠和治疗性文化资源有助于精英凝聚力.
- 首席执行官同行团体促进了行政和拥有阶级的"治疗文化"的采用.
- 在这些精英群体中,也发现了凝聚力失败的例子.
结论:
- 首席执行官同行团体为了解当代英国商业阶级形成提供了有价值的透镜.
- 这些发现对理解全球精英阶级形成具有更广泛的意义.
- 精英的凝聚力机制有助于并可能加剧社会不平等.
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