Predecessor-successor transitions in institutional and interpersonal contexts: on the development of a theory of transfer of personal objects

Abstract: "This article outlines the development of a theory of predecessor successor transitions in social contexts using a grounded theory approach. The theory can be applied to such diverse phenomena as the transfer of family businesses to the next generation, university chair succession, the passing on of parental roles (for example in the case of adoption or remarriage), and organ transplantation. The core conceptual category that emerged was 'the transfer of personal objects'. This concept refers to the transfer of the power of disposal over objects that are fundamental to the identity and the identification of the owner. A number of theoretical dimensions of the category were identified. Methodologically speaking, the theory generated can be classified as a formal grounded theory. In other words, the comparison of different empirical fields and cases using hermeneutical analysis yielded a transdisciplinary social science category that can be employed to conceptualize the dynamics of t

Alternative title
Vorgänger-Nachfolger-Übergänge in institutionellen und interpersonalen Bezügen: die Entwicklung einer Theorie des Transfers persönlicher Objekte
Location
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
Extent
Online-Ressource
Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Predecessor-successor transitions in institutional and interpersonal contexts: on the development of a theory of transfer of personal objects ; volume:37 ; number:4 ; year:2012 ; pages:223-236
Veröffentlichungsversion
begutachtet (peer reviewed)
Historical social research ; 37, Heft 4 (2012), 223-236

Creator
Breuer, Franz

DOI
10.12759/hsr.37.2012.4.223-236
URN
urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-382827
Rights
Open Access; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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