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Exploring social mobility experiences of black Africans in middle-class occupations
Thesis (PhD (Industrial Psychology))--University of Pretoria, 2023.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/91706 Exploring social mobility experiences of black Africans in middle-class occupations Carrim, Nasima M.H. kgaetsedi@yahoo.com Mahlatji, Lerato Black Africans Bourdieu Social Mobility Middle-class occupations Post-apartheid South Africa UCTD Thesis (PhD (Industrial Psychology))--University of Pretoria, 2023. The purpose of this study was to explore the social mobility experiences of black Africans in middle-class occupations. In post-apartheid South Africa, the persistent question is why black Africans continue to be a minority in middle-class occupations when overt racial barriers have been removed. Scholars indicate that explanations regarding the social mobility trajectories of black Africans tend to ignore that there are social class differences in black African communities. This study used a Bourdieusian Approach to explore the social mobility experiences of black Africans raised middle-class and black Africans raised working-class who are currently employed in middle-class occupations. The study adopted a qualitative approach with data being collected through life history interviews and analyzed using narrative analysis. The key findings of this study are that exposure to different social class contexts and other societal hierarchies influenced the social mobility experiences of research participants in the current study. The study further found that workplaces that were dominated by black Africans had gendered hierarchies whereas workplaces dominated by white South Africans had racialised hierarchies. The hierarchies in black African-dominated organizations were mostly maintained at a personal level and gatekeepers in organizations dominated by white people mainly used HR practices to maintain hierarchies. The study further found that research participants advanced or maintained their positions in the workplace by increasing their capital, acquiring the dispositions required in a context or by moving between organizations. Human Resource Management PhD (Industrial Psychology) Unrestricted 2023-07-31T10:23:29Z 2023-07-31T10:23:29Z 2023 2023 Thesis Mahlatji, L 2023, Exploring the social mobility experiences of black Africans in middle-class occupations, PhD thesis, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed 20230730 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/91706 S2023 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/91706 https://doi.org/10.25433/UPresearchdata.20230730 en © 2023 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Black Africans Bourdieu Social Mobility Middle-class occupations Post-apartheid South Africa UCTD Exploring social mobility experiences of black Africans in middle-class occupations |
| title | Exploring social mobility experiences of black Africans in middle-class occupations |
| title_full | Exploring social mobility experiences of black Africans in middle-class occupations |
| title_fullStr | Exploring social mobility experiences of black Africans in middle-class occupations |
| title_full_unstemmed | Exploring social mobility experiences of black Africans in middle-class occupations |
| title_short | Exploring social mobility experiences of black Africans in middle-class occupations |
| title_sort | exploring social mobility experiences of black africans in middle class occupations |
| topic | Black Africans Bourdieu Social Mobility Middle-class occupations Post-apartheid South Africa UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/91706 https://doi.org/10.25433/UPresearchdata.20230730 |