This paper theoretically reflects on the direction of Organizational Studies (OS) in Latin America and presents an investigation agenda to meet the needs and particularities of our region. In this regard, the need to avoid importation of conceptual models and solve the historical tension in the Administration field has emerged in the Western world. The paradigmatic break that arose in OS during the 1960s had its regional correlate in the last years. This led to a real investigation program that shows promising signs of vitality in Latin-American OS and a strong process of institutionalization of their own paradigm.
The proposition of thinking about the Organizational Studies from Latin America (LA) has as its premise to acknowledge that epistemology is political and that there exists an epistemology of domination which is inseparable from its material foundation. First, this essay discusses the meaning of LA,...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Fundação Getulio Vargas
2020-05-01
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| Series: | RAE: Revista de Administração de Empresas |
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| Online Access: | https://www.scielo.br/pdf/rae/v60n2/en_0034-7590-rae-60-02-0093.pdf |