TY - JOUR
T1 - Framing the socialisation process of the DBA candidate: what can universities offer and what should candidates bring?
AU - Pervan, Simon
AU - BLACKMAN, Deborah
AU - Sloan, Terry
AU - Wallace, Michelle
AU - Vocino, Andrea
AU - Byrne, Cathy
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2016/9/1
Y1 - 2016/9/1
N2 - In Australia, the Doctorate of Business Administration (DBA) remains a popular program but considerable anguish persists within the university sector over just what it is offering students. In this article, we use the process of postgraduate socialisation to understand how candidates, supervisors and administrators navigate pathways to successful completion and offering of a DBA program. We identify four modes of knowledge applicable to the DBA and suggest that universities and candidates may draw on one another's cultural capital to determine which mode(s) can be offered. We also illustrate how candidates exercise agency through their cultural and social capital as they move through the program. We present a conceptual framework to help guide future research, and resource allocation on the DBA.
AB - In Australia, the Doctorate of Business Administration (DBA) remains a popular program but considerable anguish persists within the university sector over just what it is offering students. In this article, we use the process of postgraduate socialisation to understand how candidates, supervisors and administrators navigate pathways to successful completion and offering of a DBA program. We identify four modes of knowledge applicable to the DBA and suggest that universities and candidates may draw on one another's cultural capital to determine which mode(s) can be offered. We also illustrate how candidates exercise agency through their cultural and social capital as they move through the program. We present a conceptual framework to help guide future research, and resource allocation on the DBA.
KW - DBA
KW - Doctorate of Business Administration
KW - cultural capital
KW - professional doctorate socialisation
KW - social capital
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U2 - 10.1080/0158037X.2015.1120191
DO - 10.1080/0158037X.2015.1120191
M3 - Article
VL - 38
SP - 299
EP - 317
JO - Studies in Continuing Education
JF - Studies in Continuing Education
SN - 0158-037X
IS - 3
ER -