Introduction to the special issue on “Critical reflections on management and organizations

A postcolonial perspective”

Dados Bibliográficos

ID9293448
AutoresSubhabrata Bobby Banerjee (0000-0002-8699-6368, Western Sydney University, autor correspondente), Anshuman Prasad (Western Sydney University)
Ano2008
Volume4
Fascículo2/3
Páginas90-98
Data de publicação2008-05-02
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoCritical Perspectives on International Business (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1742-2043 • E-ISSN: 1758-6062
EditoraEmerald Publishing Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1108/17422040810869963
OpenAlexW1972657959
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas52
Referências citadas24

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present a short note on postcolonialism as a field of critical inquiry in the business management field, and enable the guest editors to introduce the contents of a special issue entitled “Critical reflections on management and organization: a postcolonial perspective”. Design/methodology/approach The paper states that postcolonial theory seeks to critique and analyze the complex and multifaceted dynamics of modern Western colonialism and to develop an in‐depth understanding of the ongoing significance of the colonial encounter for people's lives both in the West and the non‐West. Findings The paper finds that modern western colonialism – a phenomenon with a history of roughly 500 years and a geographical reach that at one point spanned approximately 90 percent of the entire earth – is an episode of particular significance in human history. Originality/value The paper shows that the special issue contents reflect different aspects of contemporary issues in postcolonialism. In terms of postcolonial geographies, the special issue papers cover regions as diverse as Africa, Australia, China, India, Jordan, Malaysia, Poland, and the UK

Colonialism · Critical theory · Epistemology · Field (mathematics · Originality · Perspective (graphical · Phenomenon · Political science · Postcolonialism (international relations · Social science · Sociology · Value (mathematics · African cultural and philosophical studies · Global and Cross-Cultural Management · Law · Management and Organizational Studies · Philosophy