Broad and alien is the field: dependence and heterogeneity in management research practices in Latin America

IF 2 Q3 BUSINESS
Omar Manky, Nattaly López
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Abstract

Purpose

This study aims to explore the ways in which management scholars affiliated with Peruvian universities navigate the tensions between global expectations and local realities in their research practices, drawing on their capitals and habitus.

Design/methodology/approach

Drawing on Bourdieu’s field theory, the authors analyse 25 in-depth interviews and a unique database of academic publications in the business and management field from 2000 to 2022. The analysis identifies the positions scholars occupy within the Peruvian management field and examines the factors influencing their research practices.

Findings

The authors find that the Peruvian management field is complex and unequal, where actors have different positions and interests, but are all influenced by a logic of academic dependency on the Global North. The authors identify three main positions held by scholars: transnational dominators, who accumulate greater resources and ignore local debates; dominated adaptors, who unsuccessfully try to imitate the dominant logic; and isolated innovators, who critique the dominant model but lack institutional support to develop alternatives.

Originality/value

This research presents an analysis of the Peruvian management field, a site often overlooked in international business studies. By examining scholarly practices, the authors reveal how academic inequalities are reproduced by the forces of globalization. The study underscores the urgent need for greater acknowledgement of regionally informed research, advocating for a more inclusive and diverse understanding in the field of management research.

广阔而陌生的领域:拉丁美洲管理研究实践的依赖性和异质性
目的本研究旨在探讨秘鲁大学的管理学者在研究实践中如何利用自己的资本和习惯,在全球期望和当地现实之间游刃有余。设计/方法/方法作者以布尔迪厄的领域理论为基础,分析了 25 个深度访谈以及 2000 年至 2022 年商业和管理领域学术出版物的独特数据库。分析确定了学者们在秘鲁管理领域所处的地位,并研究了影响其研究实践的因素。研究结果作者发现,秘鲁管理领域是一个复杂而不平等的领域,参与者有着不同的立场和利益,但都受到对全球北方学术依赖逻辑的影响。作者指出了学者们所持的三种主要立场:跨国主导者,他们积累了更多的资源,却忽视了当地的争论;被主导的适应者,他们试图模仿主导的逻辑,却没有成功;孤立的创新者,他们批判主导模式,却缺乏机构支持,无法开发出替代方案。 原创性/价值本研究对秘鲁管理领域进行了分析,这是一个在国际商业研究中经常被忽视的领域。通过研究学术实践,作者揭示了学术不平等是如何被全球化的力量所复制的。本研究强调,迫切需要更多地承认以地区为基础的研究,倡导在管理研究领域形成更具包容性和多样性的理解。
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CiteScore
4.20
自引率
15.00%
发文量
17
期刊介绍: In recent years, the business practices and management philosophies of global enterprises have been subject to increasingly close scrutiny by commentators in the fields of journalism and academia. Such scrutiny has been motivated by a growing desire to examine the nature of globalisation, its impact on specific communities and its benefits for society as a whole. Coverage includes, but is not restricted to, issues of: ■Globalization ■Production and consumption ■Economic change ■Societal change ■Politics and power of organizations and governments ■Environmental impact
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