The Effect of Habitus on Practices Developed Under Multiple Institutional Logics

• Main Author: Mustafa Özseven
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Beta Publishing 2020-09-01
• Series: Yönetim ve Organizasyon Araştırmaları Dergisi
• Subjects: habitus; multiple institutional logics; practices; field and capital; turkish healthcare field
• Online Access: http://betadergi.com/yoad/yonetim/icerik/makaleler/68-published.pdf
• ISSN: 2149-2646; 2667-8365

In this study, the effect of habitus on the practices developed by physicians under multiple institutional logics has been investigated. This study, examining the dynamics of practices developed at the micro-level through Bourdieu’s concept of habitus, shows how the historicity of the actors in the field is reflected in practices developed under multiple institutional logics. Particularly due to the consideration of the notions of capital and field, a different perspective is presented for the studies of multiple institutional logics in the study. This theoretical contribution has been demonstrated by an empirical study in the Turkish healthcare field, where multiple institutional logics have become highly visible since 2003. With the practices implemented after 2003, it has been observed that the cultural and symbolic capital of physicians has changed. Accordingly, it has been demonstrated that practices develop depending on ‘new type of medical habitus’ with the change in institutional logic and diversification in the field dynamics. Research findings have shown that different habituses are effective in the development of the logic of different applications, and that different sub-practices can be developed under these logics. As a result, it has been revealed that the concept of ‘habitus’, which refers to the reflection of ‘social’ dynamics in the actor, should be taken into consideration while analyzing the practices of actors under multiple institutional logics.