Stelae from ancient India: Pondering anew through historical empathy for diversity

Pio, Edwina; Syed, Jawad

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“…This lens may have a direct bearing on the institutional, cultural, religious, gendered and social strands of the past that affect contemporary organisational perceptions of specific groups in organisations. This can reinforce the notion that the racialized other was the quintessential Other (Brah, 1993) with direct and indirect discrimination in employment access, promotion, training, glass ceiling thresholds and racist caricatures globally such as in the UK, USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand (Bhatia, 2007;Brah, 1993;Brown, 1984;Pio and Essers, 2013;Pio & Syed, 2020). In the case of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century status of coolies, the use of history has been an element in maintaining and perpetrating prejudices in contemporary organisational practices across the globe.…”

Section: Evoking the Pastmentioning

confidence: 58%

Third Worlds, Coolie and Coolitude: Unravelling the long arm of history

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Moon²

2021

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Sugar dictated the fortunes of many countries in the British Empire in the nineteenth century. With the abolition of slavery, thousands of indentured labour or coolies from the Indian subcontinent, filled the labour gap. The word coolie was derogatory, referring to a marginalized underclass, whereas the word coolitude evokes and acknowledges agency. Our article revolves around the question: How does a historical lens evoke understandings of ethnic minorities (EM) at work in contemporary organisations? We illuminate a historical lens (the eternal present and linear progression, historical determinism and structuralism, and evoking the past), to provoke reflections on how on-going marginalisation of ethnic minorities at work, may be tethered to a coolie template. We weave conceptual understandings of history, indentured labour and EM in an interdisciplinary manner to evoke reflection by policy framers and managers on how the long arm of history may be implicated and unravelled. We suggest that such insights are necessary to highlight perceptions of coolitude as an alternative epistemology pertaining to EM at work

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Section: Evoking the Pastmentioning

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Third Worlds, Coolie and Coolitude: Unravelling the long arm of history

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Moon²

2021

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“…This contributes to an endless and ever more intensive repetition of tasks, limiting scope for variation, creativity, and individual initiative (Deleuze, 2004). Our Notsie narrative points to overlooked potentialities and alternative "ways of knowing" that might inform the present, highlighting temporal-historical connections which illuminate contemporary organizational life (Beigi, Callahan, & Michaelson, 2019;Gabriel, 2000;Pio & Syed, 2020). Relationality comes to the fore since both supervisors and supervised are implicated.…”

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A Notsie narrative perspective on turnover in the UK financial services industry

Sarpong

Maclean

Hassan

2022

Africa Journal of Management

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Drawing on a cultural perspective from the Global South, Notsie narrative, a West African literary folklore, we explore the high churn rate in the UK financial services industry. Viewing the storied accounts of former financial complaint handlers through a Notsie narrative lens, we examine why they frequently quit their well-paid jobs. Our study elucidates how the relentless pursuit of efficiency culminates in managerial tyrannya set of impulsive and oppressive organizing practices that combine to precipitate high turnover. The wisdom of our Notsie narrative perspective centres on the importance of relationalitythe skilled ways of interrelating that create connections between people, and what it means for the Notsie kingdom being doomed to collapse without its people; a wisdom seemingly overlooked and undervalued in western ways of knowing, located in individualism, rationality, and instrumentalism.

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“…Recent special issues on the topic of historical organization studies have sought to grapple with this issue (Barros, Coraiola, Maclean and Foster, 2021;Durepos, Maclean, Alcadipani and Cummings, 2020). In novel fashion, Pio and Syed (2020) explore the contribution that ancient inscriptions in India, As ´okan stelae, can make to expand our understanding of management learning on diversity.…”

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Historical Organization Studies

2020

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Today, understanding our past is more urgent than ever to inform our future. This book makes a fantastic job of discussing fundamental issues to make sense of history in organization studies. The book is a must-read for all academics who are interested in producing solid organizational studies historical accounts as well as to understand how history has been discussed in organization studies." Professor Rafael Alcadipani, Fundação Getúlio Vargas, FGV-EAESP, São Paulo "The authors in this volume venture audaciously into the interdisciplinary worlds of management studies and history. The outcome is a book which marks a serious advance in showing how business and management can incorporate history more dynamically in research, and benefit greatly as a result." Professor Geoffrey Jones, Isidor Straus Professor of Business History, Harvard Business School "This volume takes an important next step in the further development of the 'historical turn' in organization studies by bringing together theoretical, methodological and empirical insights. Through compelling narratives from all parts of society, it demonstrates how the interplay between history and organization studies advances our reflexivity and ability to engage in the future." Professor Majken Schultz, Centre for Organizational Time, Copenhagen Business School "There is a need for historical organization studies. This book not only explains why this is the case but also what it means. The rich collection of empirical examples helps us understand the various approaches that can be taken and how they can contribute to organization studies. Highly recommended reading!" Professor Eero Vaara, Hanken School of Economics and Saïd Business School, University of Oxford "This collection demonstrates the extent to which the promise of Historical Organization Studies-the interplay between creative historical research and innovative organizational theory-is becoming a reality. Along with an introduction by four leading scholars that maps out the intellectual terrain of the field, the chapters demonstrate the variety of different ways in which scholars are integrating history and theory to generate new insights about organizations and organizing. I would especially recommend the volume for early career researchers interested in learning about a dynamic and emerging field of organizational scholarship." Professor

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Stelae from ancient India: Pondering anew through historical empathy for diversity

Cited by 5 publications

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Third Worlds, Coolie and Coolitude: Unravelling the long arm of history

Third Worlds, Coolie and Coolitude: Unravelling the long arm of history

A Notsie narrative perspective on turnover in the UK financial services industry

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