Simon, Dirk ORCID: 0009-0003-6493-1613 (2026). Habitus-Behauptung in der Mangelverwaltung. Eine soziologische Analyse professioneller Identität und symbolischen Widerstands am Beispiel der operativen Verkehrssteuerung. Working Paper.

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Abstract

Die Untersuchung dekonstruiert die psychosozialen Kostenstrukturen der operativen Verkehrssteuerung unter Bedingungen systemischer Mangelverwaltung. Im Zentrum steht die „Habitus-Behauptung": Hochqualifizierte Akteure kompensieren strukturelle Defizite durch massive psychische Selbstregulation (Ego-Depletion). Die Analyse belegt, dass der professionelle Habitus – symbolisiert durch das Tragen eines Sakkos inmitten technischer Dysfunktionalität – als notwendiger „symbolischer Widerstand" fungiert, um die funktionale Integrität gegen die Normalisierung der Devianz zu verteidigen.

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Habitus Assertion in the Management of Scarcity
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The present study deconstructs the psychosocial cost structures of operational traffic control under conditions of systemic scarcity management. As a direct follow-up to the theoretical exploration of the 'Paradox of Functional Exhaustion,' this analysis deepens the sociological dimension of professional identity preservation. At the core is the 'Habitus Assertion': highly qualified actors compensate for structural deficits through massive psychological self-regulation (ego depletion). The analysis demonstrates that in an eroding environment, the professional habitus—symbolized by wearing a jacket amidst technical and personnel dysfunctionality—functions as a necessary 'symbolic resistance' and identity-political orthopedics. This conscious distinction serves to defend functional integrity and moral agency against the creeping normalization of deviance within high reliability organizations (HRO).
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Simon, Dirk
dsimon10@smail.uni-koeln.de
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URN: urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-797532
Identification Number: 10.5281/zenodo.18369627
Number of Pages: 29
Date: 24 January 2026
Language: German
Faculty: Faculty of Management, Economy and Social Sciences
Divisions: Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Sciences > Social Sciences > Sociology and Social Psychology > Department of Economic and Social Psychology
Subjects: Social sciences
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Refereed: No
URI: http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/79753

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