Asia Pacific as a research context for organizational learning: background and future directions

The dominant research agenda in the field of organizational learning continues to be driven by Western universalist assumptions. However, Asia provides a fertile setting for challenging such narrow orthodoxy in the field through studies that investigate the influence of local contexts. In this colle...

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Published inAsia Pacific business review Vol. 23; no. 4; pp. 467 - 474
Main Authors Hong, Jacky F. L., Snell, Robin Stanley, Rowley, Chris
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Abingdon Routledge 08.08.2017
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Asia Pacific
Companies
context
Convergence
Corporate culture
Emic and etic
Intellectuals
Organizational learning
Organizational research
particularism
Research methodology
Small & medium sized enterprises-SME
Universalism
Asia
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Summary:The dominant research agenda in the field of organizational learning continues to be driven by Western universalist assumptions. However, Asia provides a fertile setting for challenging such narrow orthodoxy in the field through studies that investigate the influence of local contexts. In this collection, four studies by Asia-based scholars address various facets of organizational learning among indigenous Asian firms. Drawing on diverse theoretical lenses and research methodologies to examine various organizational forms, their insights about the unique patterns and processes of learning among both small and emerging multinational companies from the Asia Pacific serve to rekindle debates about universalism/convergence versus contingency/divergence, and about emic (context-rich, inside-out) versus etic (context-free, outside-in) perspectives.
ISSN:1360-2381
1743-792X
DOI:10.1080/13602381.2017.1346904