The colony writes back:<i>Organization</i>as an early champion of non-Western organizational theory

Mir, Raza; Mir, Ali

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“…One can observe examples in some European countries (Chanlat 1994, Berry 1995Taskin & de Nanteuil, 2011;Golsorkhi, Huault, & Leca, 2009), Latin America (Ibarra-Colado, 2006Guedes & Faría, 2010;Misoczky, 2011;Paes de Paula, 2012;IbarraColado) and Africa (Nkomo, 2011). Besides, some scholars in the Anglo-Saxon world such as Prasad ( , 2012, Cooke (2004), Westwood (2006), Mir and Mir (2013), to name but a few, have been critical to the colonial dimension attached to Anglo-Saxon MOK, and our special forum is another step to add to a growing body of work aimed at offering alternative ways to think about management and organizations. So far, MOK knowledge in the peripheries have been produced emulating the Anglo Saxon world, but it is essential to generate MOK that is related to the problems and circunstances of the non-Anglo-Saxon world.…”

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Challenging Anglo-Saxon Dominance in Management and Organizational Knowledge

2015

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FORUM Invited Article CHALLENGING ANGLO-SAXON DOMINANCE IN MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATIONAL KNOWLEDGEThe international scene of management and organizational knowledge (MOK) is dominated by concepts, models and theories originated in the Anglo-Saxon World. Such hegemony in the field can be understood as a form of epistemic colonialism, sustained and reproduced by power relations within the academic world (Ibarra-Colado, 2006). It is, then, pertinent to question the desirability of this state of affairs, especially in a scenario of international crisis that is challenging the long established Western global prevalence. The fact of Anglo-Saxon hegemony in MOK is not new, its consequences are clear: the exclusion or subalternization of alternative perspectives originated in other national contexts. It is hard to talk of true "international" context in the discipline if there is a continuing process of hegemony construction that blocks, or at least hinders, the participation of scholars working in non-Anglo-Saxon countries (Alcadipani & Reis Rosa, 2011). The goal of this special forum is to explore whether, and how, this hegemony can be effectively challenged.To gain attention in "international" academia, it is essential to be heard in the Englishspeaking world. Paradoxically, even those who opposed Anglo-Saxon hegemony, or more broadly the hegemony of Western thought, such as the postcolonial theorists, publish their works in English to make them known to a wider audience. An interesting example in this regard is that of the Argentine scholar Walter Mignolo, one of the most prominent theorists of postcolonialism in its Latin Americanist version and professor at Duke University. When asked why he wrote his "The idea of Latin America" in English, being an academic trained in Argentina and France, Mignolo (González, 2006) just answered "in the domain in which the book operates, I suspect there are more Spanish speakers who read English than the other way around". This suggests that the key to success in social sciences is largely the ability to participate in the academic system of the Anglosphere. Would Mignolo have acquired the same theoretical relevance if he had developed his academic career in his native Argentina? It is highly unlikely. Does this mean that scholars from peripheral countries must spend some time working in the Anglosphere, or even their whole academic career there, as did Ernesto Laclau, to effectively spread their ideas?Although there are examples to the contrary -such as Enrique Dussel, an Argentine philosopher currently residing in Mexico and a prominent representative of Latin American social thought; Jacques Rancière, one of the most important French philosophers who offers a radically new conception of emancipation; and, the Mexican organizational theorist Eduardo Ibarra-Colado, the alluring power of the material and symbolic resources (i.e., prestige) provided by Englishspeaking countries, and mainly the U.S. and U.K., is a decisive factor in the construction of the epistemic hegemony of the...

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“…Such considerations of hegemony have been a central lens of analysis in critical schools of cross-cultural examination. Researchers applying, for example, Southern theory (Connell 2007) and other forms of critical theory (see Ö zkazanç-Pan 2008; Jack et al 2008Jack et al , 2011Mir and Mir 2013;Westwood 2006), question hegemonic research patterns by asking what it is for and whose end does it serve? Attempted responses to these questions often raise highly political considerations and highlight the need to delve more deeply into understanding power dynamics of control and resistance (Bowser et al 2007;Vinther and Slethaug 2013).…”

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A Cross-Cultural and Feminist Perspective on CSR in Developing Countries: Uncovering Latent Power Dynamics

Karam

Jamali

2015

J Bus Ethics

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In the current paper, our aim is to explore the latent power dynamics surrounding corporate social responsibility (CSR) in developing countries. To do this, we synthesize an analytic framework that borrows from both cross-cultural management literature (i.e., endogenous versus indigenous research) as well as feminist considerations of power (i.e., power over and power to). We then use the framework to examine three streams of CSR literature. Our analysis uncovers the prevalence of arguments and discussions about indigenous and power-over themes rather than more generative, endogenous, and power-to themes. The paper concludes with the suggestion for more space in the CSR literature for examining the realities and potentialities of local SME CSR expressions to counterbalance the overwhelming focus on MNCs. Such counterbalancing can better lead to the recognition that power and domination are not the only important dynamics to examine in CSR research. Just as important is the need for a more nuanced consideration of the role and contributions of different actors to the continuously unfolding CSR discourse.

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“…Segundo Styhre (2005) somente a partir destes estudos pode-se romper com o mainstream e pensar a gestão a partir de um olhar subalterno. Há, ainda, análises mais recentes que buscam discutir a contribuição da perspectiva pós-colonial para a análise das organizações em contexto Anglo-Saxão (JACK et al, 2011;Mir;Mir, 2013).…”

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A terceira margem do rio dos estudos críticos sobre administração e organizações no Brasil: (re)pensando a crítica a partir do pós-colonialismo

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Alcadipani

2013

RAM, Rev. Adm. Mackenzie

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O objetivo deste ensaio é apresentar uma introdução ao pensamento pós-colonial a partir da sua origem, das principais vertentes de estudo e de possíveis diálogos entre as tradições anglófona e latino-americana. Para tanto, discutimos os conceitos de subalternidade, descolonização e hibridismo como possibilidade teórica de se explorar a perspectiva pós-colonial nos estudos críticos sobre organizações no Brasil. Embora o debate sobre subalternidade e pós-colonialismo seja relativamente novo nos estudos organizacionais, dentro e fora do Brasil, a revisão da literatura na área mostra que, mesmo fora do contexto da démarche pós-colonial, muitos trabalhos produzidos sobre administração e organizações no Brasil levaram em conta as mesmas preocupações dos autores pós-coloniais. De forma indireta, os trabalhos abordam temas que estão ligados aos efeitos do colonialismo no mundo contemporâneo e ainda reconhecem a necessidade de se descolonizar este campo de estudos quando analisam a questão da dependência cultural na tradição intelectual brasileira e na transferência de tecnologia gerencial entre países do centro e da periferia, quando problematizam o uso de teorias produzidas no Norte Global e buscam referências que valorizem um olhar a partir do Sul Global, e quando identificam a forte presença do hibridismo na dinâmica cultural brasileira. Por outro lado, ao analisar o campo de estudos críticos no Brasil, constatamos a presença de uma visão dicotômica que tende a radicalizar a relação centro/periferia com a separação entre uma suposta crítica nacional e o critical management studies (CMS), reproduzindo um tipo de binarismo intelectual típico da mentalidade colonial, que neste caso busca definir quem é e quem não é crítico. A fim de superar este impasse, propomos um processo de hibridização capaz de reconciliar os dois polos. Ao final do ensaio, argumentamos que o desenvolvimento teórico e político de ambos os lados depende de uma abordagem que explore as fissuras do discurso colonial e se configure a partir de um terceiro espaço de produção do conhecimento.

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The colony writes back:Organizationas an early champion of non-Western organizational theory

Cited by 55 publications

References 55 publications

Challenging Anglo-Saxon Dominance in Management and Organizational Knowledge

Challenging Anglo-Saxon Dominance in Management and Organizational Knowledge

A Cross-Cultural and Feminist Perspective on CSR in Developing Countries: Uncovering Latent Power Dynamics

A terceira margem do rio dos estudos críticos sobre administração e organizações no Brasil: (re)pensando a crítica a partir do pós-colonialismo

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