This essay reviews Bourdieu's conceptions, emphasizing the notion of social fields as a result of unequal distribution of different types of capital (types of power), as a field of forces and struggles, according to the relative positions in a relational space. Follows a critical review of the institutional perspective and how the notion of field was incorporated. We believe that Bourdieu's conceptions may offer another look at the issue of social action and change. In this sense, some implications of using Bourdieu's conceptions in organizational studies are explored.
organizational fields; social space; field; power
