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Table 3.

Conceptual extension

Concept/tool	Elaboration	SJ-DEI relevance	Potential RQs
Habitus	Understanding social position and predispositions of social actors	Acknowledging multiple dimensions of diversity beyond established approaches	How does habitus shape differences in society? How does it relate to intersectional approaches? How does the habitus of business decision-makers play a role in perpetuating inequalities and in promoting DEI solutions?
Distinction	Active individual pursuit of differentiation from others	Understanding manifestations of inequality	How does the pursuit of distinction contribute to inequalities within the IB field itself? How is the pursuit of distinction in IB related to the misrecognition of inequalities in the social world?
Forms of capital	Financial, cultural, social or symbolic capital acquired in social fields	Capturing layers of diversity and manifestations of inequality across different domains	How do different forms (and amounts) of capital (and their accumulation and conversion) influence different corresponding forms of inequalities beyond standard taxonomies? What kind of capital is accumulated within IB by pursuing a diluted form of DEI?
Symbolic power struggles	Invisible hegemony of dominant actors in society (including MNEs) and the pushback from below	Uncovering relations of subordination and empowering subaltern actors	How do MNEs perpetuate existing symbolic orders by concealing them? How can they help challenge them, e.g. move beyond the privilege-favoring politics of qualifications in the IB field? How can DEI reproduce or challenge symbolic domination?

Concept/tool	Elaboration	SJ-DEI relevance	Potential RQs
Habitus	Understanding social position and predispositions of social actors	Acknowledging multiple dimensions of diversity beyond established approaches	How does habitus shape differences in society? How does it relate to intersectional approaches? How does the habitus of business decision-makers play a role in perpetuating inequalities and in promoting DEI solutions?
Distinction	Active individual pursuit of differentiation from others	Understanding manifestations of inequality	How does the pursuit of distinction contribute to inequalities within the IB field itself? How is the pursuit of distinction in IB related to the misrecognition of inequalities in the social world?
Forms of capital	Financial, cultural, social or symbolic capital acquired in social fields	Capturing layers of diversity and manifestations of inequality across different domains	How do different forms (and amounts) of capital (and their accumulation and conversion) influence different corresponding forms of inequalities beyond standard taxonomies? What kind of capital is accumulated within IB by pursuing a diluted form of DEI?
Symbolic power struggles	Invisible hegemony of dominant actors in society (including MNEs) and the pushback from below	Uncovering relations of subordination and empowering subaltern actors	How do MNEs perpetuate existing symbolic orders by concealing them? How can they help challenge them, e.g. move beyond the privilege-favoring politics of qualifications in the IB field? How can DEI reproduce or challenge symbolic domination?

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