Manifesto for a post‐colonial international business and management studies

Westwood, Robert I; Jack, Gavin

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“…To fracture the dominant discourse, we must work in a third space if we wish to articulate alternative text(s) that transform not only the present representations of 'African' management and leadership but also the body of knowledge known as leadership and management in organizations (Bhahba, 1994;van den Heuvel, 2008;Nyathi, 2009). Westwood and Jack (2007) call for epistemic reflexivity and mindfulness in acknowledging one's positionality. I am keenly aware of my own subjective position in this project.…”

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“…Only recently have organizational scholars turned to postcolonialism as a theoretical lens for critically interrogating management and organization studies (Calás and Smircich, 1999;Özkazanç-Pan, 2008;Prasad, 2003;Westwood and Jack, 2007). It has been used to reveal the colonial and neo-colonial assumptions that underline management and international management (e.g.…”

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A postcolonial and anti-colonial reading of ‘African’ leadership and management in organization studies: tensions, contradictions and possibilities

2011

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This article reports on a postcolonial and anti-colonial reading of representations of 'African' leadership and management in organization studies. The resulting analysis revealed tensions and contradictions between stereotypical colonial images of 'African' leadership and management and proposed counter-images that often reflect the excesses of cultural relativism. Finding alternatives between colonized representations and counter-representations is not an easy project. This article extends existing postcolonial scholarship in organization studies which has relied primarily upon the seminal trinity of Said, Spivak, and Bhabha by incorporating anti-colonial and nationalist thought found primarily in the work of Fanon, Césaire and Senghor.

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“…It encouraged attention to the ways in which the subsidiary was "readied" for the transfer of management practices and the ways in which various constituents of the subsidiary hybridized, transformed and indigenized demands from the headquarters to create a space for local agency. It also encouraged attention to the ways in which processes of ambivalence to headquarter control played out in day-to-day resistance, and to the contested terrain in which the internationalizing organization operates as argued for example by Prasad (2012), Westwood and Jack (2007), and Boussebaa and Morgan (2014).…”

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Researching the multinational corporation: contributions of critical realist ethnography

Sharpe

2018

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to discuss the contributions that critical realist ethnographies can make to an understanding of the multinational corporation. Design/methodology/approach This paper draws on a discussion of methodological challenges in researching the multinational corporation and the ways in which critical realist ethnographies can respond to these challenges. The example of research on the transfer of management practices is used to illustrate this. Findings Taking the example of researching the transfer of management practices within the multinational, the paper argues that the potential of critical realist ethnography including critical realist global ethnography to contribute to the field of International Business and International Management remains relatively untapped. Research limitations/implications Adopting the sociological imagination of the critical realist ethnographer has implications for the kinds of questions that are asked by the researcher and the ways in which we seek to address these methodologically. Researching from a critical standpoint fruitful empirical themes for further research relate to the experience of change for example in business systems, internationalization of organizations and “globalization”. Practical implications The critical realist ethnographer can contribute insights into the complex social and political processes within the multinational and provide insights into how social structures are both impacting on and impacted by individuals and groups. Ethnographic research located within a critical realist framework has the potential to address questions of how stability and change take place within specific structural, cultural and power relations. Originality/value At the methodological level, this paper highlights the potential of critical realist ethnography in researching the multinational, in addressing significant questions facing the critical researcher and in gaining a privileged insight into the lived experience of globalization.

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“…A partir das características históricas descritas, considera-se que a escola colonialista da teoria da gestão comparativa emerge de duas estruturas mutuamente constitutivas, o capitalismo, como sistema econômico, e o colonialismo, como uma das práticas econômicas defendidas pela versão mercantilista do capitalismo (Cooke, 2003c;Jack & Westwood, 2009;Redding, 2005). entre o centro euro-americano e os demais países do mundo, rotulada, neste ensaio teórico, como escola neocolonialista da teoria da gestão comparativa (Engwall, 1996;Springhall, 2001;Westwood & Jack, 2007). (Alvares, 1988;Escobar, 1995;Guha & Spivak, 1988).…”

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(Re)apresentando a Teoria Da Gestão Comparativa

Borim-de-Souza

Segatto

2015

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O principal objetivo da teoria da gestão comparativa é prever e explicar a eficiência socioeconômi-ca das organizações que atuam em diferentes países. A partir de contextos nacionais diversos, esse corpo teórico contribui com o desenvolvimento de estudos organizacionais que comparam organizações internacionalizadas quanto aos seus respectivos sistemas de gestão, de produção e de realização de negócios e em relação a organizações instaladas em uma nação de referência. Essa comparação ocorre pela identificação, nos países que amparam essas organizações, das similaridades e das divergências econômicas, culturais, sociais, políticas e institucionais que repercutem nos processos de gestão por elas desempenhados. Por meio desse exercício comparativo, busca-se o aprimoramento gradativo das práticas de internacionalização de empresas (Adler, Doktor, & Redding, 1986;Alton, 1969;Said, 1978).As principais revisões sobre o estado da arte da teoria da gestão comparativa são consensuais em relação ao fato de que sua literatura está impregnada por estudos que apenas relatam informações empíricas e não discutem a implicação teórica desses resultados, o que justifica um desenvolvimento teórico fraco em todos os níveis analíticos. Diversas análises metafóricas sobre esse corpo teórico já foram desenvolvidas, tais como a selva explorada por Schollhammer (1969), o elefante de Roberts (1970), o avestruz de Adler (1983), o dinossauro de Boyacigiller e Adler (1991) e os fósseis buscados por Redding (1994), e todas trouxeram ao meio acadêmico um incômodo pela ausência de maior robustez reflexiva e um interesse de contribuir com uma fundamentação mais densa para a teoria da gestão comparativa.A maioria das pesquisas desenvolvidas a partir da teoria da gestão comparativa representa um exercício analítico pautado por uma lógica colonialista e, por consequência, afiliado a uma epistemologia positivista. Os autores deste ensaio reconhecem a necessidade de superação dos vieses RAE-Revista de Administração de Empresas | FGV-EAESP

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Manifesto for a post‐colonial international business and management studies

Cited by 111 publications

References 33 publications

A postcolonial and anti-colonial reading of ‘African’ leadership and management in organization studies: tensions, contradictions and possibilities

A postcolonial and anti-colonial reading of ‘African’ leadership and management in organization studies: tensions, contradictions and possibilities

Researching the multinational corporation: contributions of critical realist ethnography

(Re)apresentando a Teoria Da Gestão Comparativa

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