J R Faulconbridge
Biographic Data
| ID | 3857583 |
|---|---|
| NAME | J R Faulconbridge |
| GIVEN NAMES | J R |
| FAMILY NAME | Faulconbridge |
| SIGNATURE | FAULCONBRIDGE J R |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 68 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Mobility and Professional Networks in Academia
This article explores the obligations of presence behind work-related mobility for academics in internationalizing higher education systems. By further developing John Urry’s concept of ‘meetingness’, the article reveals how academics depend on corporeal and virtual mobility to create and maintain a networked professional life outside their own institution, which is crucial in the context of changing work conditions. Our insights are drawn from o…
The financialization of large law firms
This article uses the case of the financialization of large law firms to develop debates about the process of the ‘capitalisation of everything’ whereby financial logics spread both geographically between countries and sectorally from one industry to another. Drawing on work that analyses how discourses of shareholder value have led to the re-organization of firms, the article argues that large law firms have undergone ‘surgery’ as part of attemp…
Professionalization, legitimization and the creation of executive search markets in Europe
There is a longstanding interest in the ‘production of markets’ and the various political- and cultural-economic strategies associated with demand-creation. This article shows how the professions, because of their central role in contemporary economy, provide an example of both the political- and cultural-economic production of international markets. Drawing on interviews conducted in the European executive search industry, we examine how firms a…
Negotiating cultures of work in transnational law firms
The geographical strategies of transnational corporations have received extensive attention from economic geographers.A particularly important line of study has focused upon the diverse national institutions that create geographically heterogeneous cultures of work.Yet none of these studies place questions about how global firms act as 'cultural entrepreneurs' at the centre of their analysis.This paper, therefore, uses the case of transnational l…
Professionalization, legitimization and the creation of executive search markets in Europe
There is a longstanding interest in the ‘production of markets’ and the various political- and cultural-economic strategies associated with demand-creation. This article shows how the professions, because of their central role in contemporary economy, provide an example of both the political- and cultural-economic production of international markets. Drawing on interviews conducted in the European executive search industry, we examine how firms a…
Negotiating cultures of work in transnational law firms
The geographical strategies of transnational corporations have received extensive attention from economic geographers.A particularly important line of study has focused upon the diverse national institutions that create geographically heterogeneous cultures of work.Yet none of these studies place questions about how global firms act as 'cultural entrepreneurs' at the centre of their analysis.This paper, therefore, uses the case of transnational l…
Mobility and Professional Networks in Academia
This article explores the obligations of presence behind work-related mobility for academics in internationalizing higher education systems. By further developing John Urry’s concept of ‘meetingness’, the article reveals how academics depend on corporeal and virtual mobility to create and maintain a networked professional life outside their own institution, which is crucial in the context of changing work conditions. Our insights are drawn from o…
The financialization of large law firms
This article uses the case of the financialization of large law firms to develop debates about the process of the ‘capitalisation of everything’ whereby financial logics spread both geographically between countries and sectorally from one industry to another. Drawing on work that analyses how discourses of shareholder value have led to the re-organization of firms, the article argues that large law firms have undergone ‘surgery’ as part of attemp…
Negotiating cultures of work in transnational law firms
The geographical strategies of transnational corporations have received extensive attention from economic geographers.A particularly important line of study has focused upon the diverse national institutions that create geographically heterogeneous cultures of work.Yet none of these studies place questions about how global firms act as 'cultural entrepreneurs' at the centre of their analysis.This paper, therefore, uses the case of transnational l…
The financialization of large law firms
This article uses the case of the financialization of large law firms to develop debates about the process of the ‘capitalisation of everything’ whereby financial logics spread both geographically between countries and sectorally from one industry to another. Drawing on work that analyses how discourses of shareholder value have led to the re-organization of firms, the article argues that large law firms have undergone ‘surgery’ as part of attemp…
Professionalization, legitimization and the creation of executive search markets in Europe
There is a longstanding interest in the ‘production of markets’ and the various political- and cultural-economic strategies associated with demand-creation. This article shows how the professions, because of their central role in contemporary economy, provide an example of both the political- and cultural-economic production of international markets. Drawing on interviews conducted in the European executive search industry, we examine how firms a…
Mobility and Professional Networks in Academia
This article explores the obligations of presence behind work-related mobility for academics in internationalizing higher education systems. By further developing John Urry’s concept of ‘meetingness’, the article reveals how academics depend on corporeal and virtual mobility to create and maintain a networked professional life outside their own institution, which is crucial in the context of changing work conditions. Our insights are drawn from o…
Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Business (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Engineering (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law and economics (2 works) · Market economy (2 works) · Public relations (2 works) · Social science (2 works)