TY - JOUR
T1 - Poachers and gamekeepers: processes of class-based organisational closure and usurpation in Sri Lanka’s emerging private sector
AU - Fernando, Weerahannadige Dulini Anuvinda
AU - Cohen, Laurie
PY - 2016/1/20
Y1 - 2016/1/20
N2 - In a qualitative study based on 25 interviews, we examine highly skilled workers’ accounts of class-based closure in emerging occupational sectors in Sri Lanka. Our findings reveal holes in the entrance criteria firms demanded to secure their elite status. Highlighting how individuals who were excluded at junior levels negotiate entry at mid/senior levels, we show how ‘poachers turn into gamekeepers’, illuminating the dialectical relationship between exclusion and inclusionary usurpation. We contextualise organisational closure, highlighting the influence of wider societal effects on the process.
AB - In a qualitative study based on 25 interviews, we examine highly skilled workers’ accounts of class-based closure in emerging occupational sectors in Sri Lanka. Our findings reveal holes in the entrance criteria firms demanded to secure their elite status. Highlighting how individuals who were excluded at junior levels negotiate entry at mid/senior levels, we show how ‘poachers turn into gamekeepers’, illuminating the dialectical relationship between exclusion and inclusionary usurpation. We contextualise organisational closure, highlighting the influence of wider societal effects on the process.
KW - career
KW - Class
KW - closure
KW - recruitment and selection
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84955088201&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09585192.2015.1128463
U2 - 10.1080/09585192.2015.1128463
DO - 10.1080/09585192.2015.1128463
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84955088201
SN - 0958-5192
VL - 28
SP - 2184
EP - 2207
JO - International Journal of Human Resource Management
JF - International Journal of Human Resource Management
IS - 15
ER -