The enemy within
The legitimating role of local managerial elites in the global managerial colonization of the Global South
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9306902 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Aurélie Toivonen (0000-0002-0679-2681, Tampere University, corresponding author), Tapiwa Seremani (Institut d'Economie Scientifique Et de Gestion) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 798-816 |
| Publication date | 2021-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Organization (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1350-5084 • E-ISSN: 1461-7323 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/13505084211015373 |
| OpenAlex | W3197294926 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 41 |
This paper contributes to the drive to decolonize management and organization knowledge by unpacking the role played by indigenous managerial elites in the global managerial colonization of the Global South. We focus on the narratives managerial elites construct to legitimate managerialism to a dissenting population. We conducted an ethnographic study of efforts by members of the city council of Yaoundé, in Cameroon to implement and legitimate a global managerial intervention. Our findings show that to successfully legitimate the imposition of managerialism to a dissenting populace, managerial elites construct hybrid narratives. These hybrid narratives are not ignorant of the local context and are particularly potent because of the manner in which they factor in some local concerns, making the managerialist intervention more palatable to locals and yet continuing to impose a foreign way of life
Construct (python library · Context (archaeology · Dissenting opinion · Ethnography · Indigenous · Intervention (counseling · Managerialism · Narrative · Political economy · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · African history and culture studies · Global and Cross-Cultural Management · International Development and Aid · Law
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |