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  • Chapter 8 - A Bourdieusian Perspective on Strategizing

  • from Part II - Theoretical Resources: Social Theory
  • Edited by Damon Golsorkhi, emlyon Business School, Linda Rouleau, HEC Montréal, David Seidl, Universität Zürich, Eero Vaara, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford
  • Book:
    Cambridge Handbook of Strategy as Practice
    Published online:
    11 March 2025
    Print publication:
    23 January 2025, pp 147-162

  • Summary

    Marie-Léandre Gomez provides a Bourdieusian perspective on strategy as practice. This is a contribution that is very much needed, given the impact of Pierre Bourdieu’s work on practice theory in general. Gomez explains how Bourdieu offers a systemic view of practice that highlights the importance of relations between agents and with the field, the capital possessed by these actors and their habitus. She argues that research on strategy can benefit greatly from Bourdieu’s praxeology. In particular, a Bourdieusian perspective allows one to overcome false dichotomies in strategy and strategizing: the micro/macro alternative, the opposition between structure and agency, and the dilemma between rationality and emerging strategy. In addition, the perspective can help us to better understand the various struggles that characterize strategy and the role of academics in these struggles.