This book explores the nexus between organization theory, globalization and imperialism and examines the effects produced by a global order organized around development and markets. The authors explore how interconnections between organization theory, the shift to markets and globalization have led to the perpetuation of inequality and active reconfigurations of life, labour and the economy. They contend that cultural ethnocentrism and Western ideologies of development continue to inform the field of organizational studies and offer an alternate mode of theorizing. Through theoretical and empirical reflections, the authors produce a patchwork quilt of innovatively critical approaches to globalization.
Author(s): Subhabrata Bobby Banerjee, Vanessa C. M. Chio, Raza Mir, eds.
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Year: 2009
Language: English
Pages: 254
Cover......Page 1
Copyright......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
Contributors......Page 7
PART I Introduction......Page 11
1. The imperial formations of globalization......Page 13
PART II The construction of culture and the reinvention of nature......Page 25
2. On ‘cultural’ knowledge in international management textbooks: a postcolonial reading......Page 27
3. Sustainable development in the age of natural capitalism: making the world while saving profi ts......Page 53
PART III The political economy of knowledge......Page 81
4. Contesting boundaries: the shifting borders of globalization......Page 83
5. (How) Does knowledge flow? A critical analysis of intra-organizational knowledge transfer......Page 108
6. Evangelical capitalism and organization......Page 142
PART IV Power, subjects/subjectivities and identity......Page 171
7. Flexible careers in a globally flexible market......Page 173
8. Cultural mimicry and hybridity: on the work of identity in international call centers in India......Page 191
9. Globalization and social change: the Polish experience......Page 208
PART V Conclusion......Page 227
10. Towards an anthropology of globalization......Page 229
Index......Page 243
