Postcolonialism and the Politics of Qualitative Research in International Business

This paper offers a re-configuration of international business research by subjecting it to a postcolonial critique. This critique sees international business research as exhibiting continuities with the colonial project in the way it appropriates the Other. Qualitative research in international bus...

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Veröffentlicht in:Management international review 2006, Vol.46 (4), p.481-501
Hauptverfasser: Jack, Gavin, Westwood, Robert
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:This paper offers a re-configuration of international business research by subjecting it to a postcolonial critique. This critique sees international business research as exhibiting continuities with the colonial project in the way it appropriates the Other. Qualitative research in international business often reproduces a neopositivist separation of theory and method, which can marginalize discussion of the important ontological, epistemological and political issues inherent in any research process.
ISSN:0938-8249
1861-8901
DOI:10.1007/s11575-006-0102-x