Hybrid AOM PDW
Decolonizing Management and Organization Studies:
Why Should We Do It and How Can We Do It?
(5th of August 2022, 12:30 PM - 3.30 PMSeattle time)
Why should you attend and register for the PDW on 'Decolonizing Management and Organization Studies: Why Should We Do It and How Can We Do It?' at this year's Academy?
Because there is a disproportional tendency to conduct management research on and with people/organizations from WEIRD countries; countries with a western, educated, industrialized, rich, and democratic background. This bias might distort scientific procedures as established theories risk to be applicable mainly in Western contexts. This seems particularly problematic as management scholars have set the goal to address current and future Grand Challenges by establishing practical knowledge. Thus, we need to find ways for developing knowledge, able to tackle the UN Sustainable Development Goals across the globe and not only in certain parts of the world.
Prominent scholars will reflect and discuss reasons to decolonize management and organization studies and try to set out different paths forward:
Charlene Zietsma: Facing Own Colonizing Tendencies
Joel Bothello: Binary Opposition in Management Studies
Ella Henry: Insights from the Mãori Culture
Adeelah Kodabux and Amar Seeam: Insights from African Philosophies
Anna Kim, Tima Bansal, and Helen Haugh: Opportunities of Conceptualizing 'Time'
Garima Sharma: Opportunities of Conceptualizing 'Place'
Abhishek Nagaraj: Improving Data Access to Democratize Science
Michael Gill: Phenomenology to Understand Under-represented Communities
Sneha Chrispal: Decolonizing the Self
- The first part of the hybrid PDW is open to anyone registered for the conference.
- The subsequent interactive group discussions (aiming to establish a joint Charta for raising awareness among the community) require registration until the 12th of July 2022 via the following link: PDW_Decolonizing Management Studies
For further information, see the following link: 82nd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management
For any further enquiries, please contact emamdeen.fohim@kpm.unibe.ch & c.k.kella@tillburguniversity.edu
See you in Seattle or on Zoom!
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Emamdeen Fohim
Post Doctorate Fellow
University of Bern
Bern
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