International and cross-cultural management studies a postcolonial reading

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Towards a post-colonial reading of ICCM -- The commitments and omissions of ICCM -- The institutional present -- Colonial legacies -- Modernization, industrialization and development -- Globalization and multiculturalism -- Representational strategies one : Orientalism and othering -- Representational strategies two : establishing a canon -- Engagement, hybridization and resistance -- Decolonizing mythology in ICCM -- Towards an alternative institutional frame -- Conclusion.

"International and cross-cultural management has received very little critical attention to date. This book draws upon specific ideas from postcolonial theory to present a critique of these related academic fields. The authors argue that these management disciplines are Western discourses that exhibit historical as well as contemporary resonances with the vicissitudes of what might be broadly be called 'the colonial project'. The book explores alternative and perhaps more politically and morally constructive approaches to the question of the 'other' in late global capitalism"--Provided by publisher.