Indigenous Organization Studies

Exploring an emerging area of interest, this book brings together indigenous studies and organization and management research to discuss the complexities of researching indigenous organizations and forms of organizing. Covering various intersections between indigenous peoples, communities, organizations and business enterprises, the author outlines the parameters for researching with an indigenous purpose. A valuable and thought-provoking read for researchers of management, organization, and HRM, Indigenous Organization Studies is a useful methodological tool for undertaking research.

Covers an unexplored area of diversity management research and focuses on indigenous culture Explores the way that organizing and organizations are effected by indigenous people and knowledge Theorizes indigenous organization and provides a methodological tool for leaders, managers and entrepreneurs

Autorentext

Tyron Rakeiora Love is Associate Dean Mori and a Senior Lecturer of Management at the University of Canterbury Business School in Aotearoa, New Zealand. A member of both the European Group for Organizational Studies and the Academy of Management, Tyron's interests revolve around indigenous methodologies and critical organizational research. His research has been published in Accounting, Accountability and Auditing Journal, the Journal of Corporate Citizenship, Media International Australia, and Public Relations Inquiry.

Inhalt

1. Contemporary Indigenous Organization Studies.- 2. Theorizing and its Importance in Indigenous Organization Research.- 3. Methodological Guidelines in Indigenous Organization Research.- 4. People, Place and Time in the Study of Indigenous Organization.- 5. The Possibilities for Indigenous Organization Studies.