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Postcolonialism and the politics of qualitative research in international business

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  • Gavin Jack

    (University of Leicester)

  • Robert Westwood

    (University of Queensland)

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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.

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  • Gavin Jack & Robert Westwood, 2006. "Postcolonialism and the politics of qualitative research in international business," Management International Review, Springer, vol. 46(4), pages 481-501, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:manint:v:46:y:2006:i:4:d:10.1007_s11575-006-0102-x
    DOI: 10.1007/s11575-006-0102-x
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