Challenging Colonizing Logics within Management Research

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'This groundbreaking volume offers a bold and necessary challenge to the colonial foundations of management research. By interrogating dominant logics and advocating for more inclusive, contextually grounded approaches, the author paves the way for a richer, more ethical understanding of management. A must-read for scholars committed to decolonizing knowledge and expanding the horizons of management thought.' -- Bobby Banerjee, Bayes Business School, City St George's, University of London, UK 'Anyone who hopes to do management research that goes beyond the exploitative tenets of colonialism that are deeply entrenched in so much of our thinking needs to read Donna Ladkin's breakthrough book Challenging Colonizing Logics within Management Research. The challenges of decolonizing our thinking and research approaches are immense, as Ladkin notes in the introduction, and yet to build a better world for humans and the rest of nature, doing just that is an imperative.' -- Sandra Waddock, Carroll School of Management, Boston College, USA 'This book demands more than reading - it calls for transformation. As an Indigenous researcher, I found it both affirming and unsettling in vital ways. Don't just take Professor Ladkin's challenging of colonising logics on board - embody it.' -- Chellie Spiller, University of Waikato, New Zealand 'This inspiring book looks at our world of management research through the laser sharp eyes of one of our field's most iconoclastic thinkers, and one of its best writers. Donna Ladkin's insights demolish the complacent colonialist logics that have reigned supreme and done so much damage - until now. I can't recommend it strongly enough.' -- Dennis Tourish, University of Sussex Business School, UK