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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786467003321

Titolo

Against the grain [[electronic resource] ] : advances in postcolonial organization studies / / Anshuman Prasad (editor)

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Copenhagen], : Copenhagen Business School Press

Malmo, Sweden, : Liber

Oslo, Norway, : Universitetsforlaget, c2012

ISBN

87-630-9940-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (321 p.)

Collana

Advances in organization studies, , 1566-1075 ; ; v. 28

Altri autori (Persone)

PrasadAnshuman

Soggetti

Postcolonialism

Multiculturalism

Indigenous peoples - Politics and government

Organization

Organizational sociology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Forside""; ""Titel""; ""Kolofon""; ""Advances in Organization Studies""; ""Dedikation""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Notes on the Contributors""; ""Chapter 1: Working Against the Grain: Beyond Eurocentrism in Organization Studies""; ""Chapter 2: Packaging Paradise: Organizing Representations of Hawaii""; ""Chapter 3: Unveiling Europe�s Civilized Face: Gender Relations, New Immigrants and the Discourse of the Veil in the Scandinavian Workplace""

""Chapter 4: Swachh Narayani, The Goddess of Good Governance: The �Creation� of a Goddess as an Organizational Intervention""""Chapter 5: Indigenous Governance: The Harvard Project, Australian Aboriginal Organizations and Cultural Subsidiarity""; ""Chapter 6: Inscribing the Body: The Construction of Educational Practices for the Female Other""; ""Chapter 7: Treats and Threats: Global Cultures in India�s Call Centers""; ""Chapter 8: Constructing the �Neocolonial� Manager: Orientalizing Latin America in the Textbooks""

""Chapter 9: Beyond Modernist Thinking: Unmasking the Myth of Collective Organization in the Development Debate""""Chapter 10: A



Postcolonial Perspective on Organizational Governance in New Zealand: Reconciling MÄ?ori and PÄ?kehÄ? Forms""; ""Chapter 11: The New War on African “Corruptionâ€?: Just Another Neo-Colonial Adventure?""; ""Chapter 12: Whose Capacity Needs Building?""; ""Chapter 13: A Postcolonial Reading of Hofstedeâ€?s Cultureâ€?s Consequences""; ""Chapter 14: Seeds and Food or Bits and Bytes? Arguing for a New Approach to Development in India""; ""References""