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Sociology

Brooke Harrington

Selected Works

Wealth management

Publication Year

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Habitus And The Labor Of Representation Among Elite Professionals, Elisabeth Brooke Harrington Dec 2016

Habitus And The Labor Of Representation Among Elite Professionals, Elisabeth Brooke Harrington

Brooke Harrington

This paper reports findings from an 8-year study of the embodiment, acquisition, and consequences
of habitus in the wealth management profession. The study contributes in three ways to the ongoing
effort to apply Bourdieu’s theories to contemporary professional service work. First, it sheds light on
the agency of individual practitioners in manifesting habitus, including the avoidance of certain behaviors
in interactions with clients and peers. Second, it looks in greater depth at the process of acquiring
habitus through work experiences, particularly among those who come to the profession
without a suitable primary habitus; the findings suggest that having a fragmented …

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Studying Elite Professionals In Transnational Settings, Elisabeth Brooke Harrington Dec 2016

Studying Elite Professionals In Transnational Settings, Elisabeth Brooke Harrington

Brooke Harrington

Reflections on the special challenges of studying professionals when conducting ethnographies of elites.

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Offshore-Paradiese Sind Unheimliche Orte, Elisabeth Brooke Harrington May 2016

Offshore-Paradiese Sind Unheimliche Orte, Elisabeth Brooke Harrington

Brooke Harrington

Interview with Suddeutsche Zeitung--the newspaper that broke the Panama Papers.

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Er Du Megarig, Behøver Du Ikke At Følge Loven, John Hansen Dec 2015

Er Du Megarig, Behøver Du Ikke At Følge Loven, John Hansen

Brooke Harrington

Feature article on my research in Denmark's leading newspaper.

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Sådan Slipper De Ultra-Rige For Skat, Kreditorer Og Dyre Skilsmisser, Tor Johannesson Nov 2015

Sådan Slipper De Ultra-Rige For Skat, Kreditorer Og Dyre Skilsmisser, Tor Johannesson

Brooke Harrington

Feature article on my wealth management research in Denmark's leading business newspaper.

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Going Global: Professions And The Micro-Foundations Of Institutional Change, Elisabeth Brooke Harrington Dec 2014

Going Global: Professions And The Micro-Foundations Of Institutional Change, Elisabeth Brooke Harrington

Brooke Harrington

This study links theories of relationality and institutional change to deepen understanding of professionals’ role in globalization. In previous institutional research, it has been conventional to treat professionals as agents of firms or transnational organizations, and institutional change as the result of planned, strategic ‘professional projects’. By bringing a relational analysis to bear on the problem of institutional change, this study reasserts the theoretical significance of individual agency and everyday interactions between professionals and their clients, peers, and organizational environment. It also broadens the model of agency to include invention and improvisation by individual professionals, as a counterpart to collective …

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