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Indigenous or Imported Knowledge in Brazilian Management Studies: A Quest for Legitimacy?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 February 2015

Suzana B. Rodrigues ,
Roberto Gonzalez Duarte  and
Alexandre de Padua Carrieri
Suzana B. Rodrigues
Affiliation:
Erasmus University, The Netherlands
Roberto Gonzalez Duarte
Affiliation:
Federal University of Minos Gerais, Brazil
Alexandre de Padua Carrieri
Affiliation:
Federal University of Minos Gerais, Brazil
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Abstract

This article reflects upon the evolution of Brazilian management studies in light of the debate provoked by Management and Organization Review, 5(1), in a special edition on ‘The Future of Chinese Management Research’. Despite an impressive growth in publications, Brazilian management and organization studies have had litde conversation with mainstream international scholarship. The article offers some explanations as to why this might be so and suggests some alternatives for enhancing the international impact of Brazilian studies and advancing the country's reputation in the field. We suggest two routes through which Brazilian management studies could enhance international legitimacy: an outside-in approach, which draws upon established international contributions to theory to inform the investigation, but uses the Brazilian context to enlighten these same theories, and an inside-out approach that draws upon indigenous questions and research design to develop a theory relevant to the Brazilian context, which ultimately contributes to the enhancement of existing or to the creation of new theories. In addition, this article suggests that ambidextrous policies provide a better fit for research strategies intended to foster both approaches.

Keywords

Brazilimported knowledgeindigenous knowledgeinstitutional environmentlegitimacylocalness巴西引进知识本土知识制度环境合法性地方性
Type
Regular Articles
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Management and Organization Review , Volume 8 , Issue 1: Special Issue Indigenous Management Research in China , March 2012 , pp. 211 - 232
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Copyright © International Association for Chinese Management Research 2012

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