The politics of access in fieldwork: Immersion, backstage dramas and deception

YesGaining access in fieldwork is crucial to the success of research, and may often be problematic because it involves working in complex social situations. This paper examines the intricacies of access, conceptualizing it as a fluid, temporal and political process that requires sensitivity to social issues and to potential ethical choices faced by both researchers and organization members. Our contribution lies in offering ways in which researchers can reflexively negotiate the challenges of access by: 1. Underscoring the complex and relational nature of access by conceptualizing three relational perspectives – instrumental, transactional and relational – proposing the latter as a strategy for developing a diplomatic sensitivity to the politics of access; 2. Explicating the political, ethical and emergent nature of access by framing it as an ongoing process of immersion, backstage dramas, and deception; and 3. Offering a number of relational micropractices to help researchers negotiate the complexities of access. We illustrate the challenges of gaining and maintaining access through examples from the literature and from Rafael’s attempts to gain access to carry out fieldwork in a Police Force

Desafiando a hegemonia Anglo-Saxã no conhecimento organizacional e de gestão

Apresentação do fórum sobre desafios relativos à hegemonia anglo-saxã no conhecimento sobre as organizações.

Overcoming Strong–Weak Dualisms in Process Organization Studies via Three Theory-Methodology Hybrids

Abstract In processual approaches to the sociology of organizations, there are prevalent assumptions differentiating ‘strong’ and ‘weak’ process research. In this paper, we challenge this assumption and suggest a novel, non-dualistic hybrid approach that is methodologically strong-weak. This approach integrates both flux (becoming) and its temporary material instantiations (being), addressing tensions between slow-moving and mid-range elements of process. We argue that both strong and weak process views can contribute to understanding organizing. We explore how their dualism can be overcome methodologically through the combination of time horizons, incorporating substantialist and flux views, as well as proximal and distal perspectives. Using a strong-weak dualism creates an unnecessary theoretical and methodological divide between process as flow and process as material instantiation. We advance three hybrid approaches which we call reifying, liquefying, and embedding. Our contribution consists of strategies to overcome strong-weak dualism for conceptualizing organizations in a sociologically dynamic and holistic manner.</jats:p

PERIÓDICOS BRASILEIROS EM INGLÊS: A MÍMICA DO PUBLISH OR PERISH "GLOBAL"

Em dezembro de 2004, foi publicado o primeiro periódico acadêmico brasileiro em Administração que recebe artigos somente no idioma inglês. Em seu primeiro editorial, o editor da Brazilian Administrative Review (BAR) argumenta que o periódico surgira com o intuito de expandir a produção científica em Administração do Brasil para uma audiência mais ampla, que possuía o inglês como língua dominante. O editorial, ainda, destacava que o novo journal não se restringiria a publicar artigos de brasileiros em inglês. Ele também pretendia ser um veículo para que autores de outros países publicassem seus textos para uma audiência brasileira

O COTIDIANO E A HISTÓRIA: CONSTRUINDO NOVOS OLHARES NA ADMINISTRAÇÃO

The purpose of this article is to discuss the possible contributions of studies that combine history and everyday life to build new perspectives about Management. To achieve this goal, we discuss the association of Management, history, and studies about everyday life as an option to produce alternative perspectives within Management. We conclude by reiterating that the construction of these dialogues can open interesting paths to the development of self-reflective knowledge that are politically, socially, and geographically positioned

Uma escola Norte-Americana no Ultramar?: uma historiografia da EAESP

O ensino de Administração desenvolvido nos Estados Unidos da América (EUA) ganhou proeminência internacional após a Segunda Guerra Mundial, levando diversos autores a analisar esse processo como americanização. Partindo da discordância dos autores com relação à americanização do ensino de gestão, o objetivo deste artigo é analisar como a EAESP não se constituiu como mera cópia das escolas norte-americanas de Administração em terras brasileiras. Para tanto, com base em depoimentos de figuras proeminentes na história da escola e relatórios enviados por professores da Missão Universitária que deu início a ela, desenvolvemos uma historiografia da FGV-EAESP e, ao final, concluímos que a escola é uma instituição híbrida, na qual o modelo dos EUA foi adequadoà realidade brasileira

Moving Beyond Mimicry: Developing Hybrid Spaces in Indian Business Schools

This article analyses the identity work of Indian management educators and scholars as they seek to establish, maintain and revise a sense of self in the context of business school globalization. We show how globalization, combined with the historical legacy of colonialism, renders Indian scholars precarious in their interactions with Western business schools. Based on a qualitative interview study, we explore how Indian business school scholars perform their identities in the context of neo-colonial relations, which are characterised by the dominance of English language and a pressure to conform to research norms set by globally-ranked journals. Drawing on postcolonial theory, our argument focuses on mimicry as a distinctive form of identity work that involves maintaining difference between Western and non-Western identities by 'Othering' Indian scholars, while simultaneously seeking to transform them. We draw attention to ambivalence within participants' accounts, which we suggest arises because the authority of Western scholarship relies on maintaining non-Western scholars in a position of alterity or 'not quite-ness'. We suggest that hybridity offers an opportunity to disrupt and question current practices of business school globalization and facilitate scholarly engagement that reflects more diverse philosophical positions and worldviews