I knew there was something wrong when the then director of the Kenya Institute of Management co-published an article claiming that ‘African’ culture was not
Tag: cross-cultural management
Learn From Africa: Leadership
The myth that ‘African’ leadership is despotic is disabused by Ayittey. He asserts that this was a colonial invention, stating: ‘Clearly, such “terrible” African rulers must
Learn From Africa: Can’t Find indigenous African Management? – Look in the Informal Economy
There is a huge gap in the International Management literature: Africa. There is even a bigger gap within this literature: the informal economy. Okay, so
Learn From Africa: Afriland First Bank
A CROSS-CULTURAL CASE STUDY Cross-cultural management scholars are in a privileged position. They are able to learn from other cultures and pass this learning
What’s Missing in Cross-cultural Management Studies? Balancing Academic Elitism and Unmediated Knowledge
There was a time, perhaps, when ‘academic’ knowledge could go unchallenged, as it was the result of highly educated and intelligent scholars, undertaking sometimes expensive
What’s Missing in Cross-cultural Management Studies? Why American Culture Can’t Be Assumed
This is the second in the series that looks at what is missing from extant cross-cultural management studies. Management studies in general tends to be
