RETRACTED Postcolonial interventions and disruptions: Contesting cultural practices

Abstract

At the request of the editor, Wong L. (2010) ‘Postcolonial interventions and disruptions: Contesting cultural practices’ International Journal of Cross-Cultural Management 10 (3) 345-362 10.1177/1470595810389795 has been retracted. This is because it reproduces large sections of the following article without acknowledgement:

Reimer Kirkham, S. & Anderson, J. (2002). Postcolonial nursing scholarship: From epistemology to method. Advances in Nursing Science. 25(1), 1 – 17. http://journals.lww.com/advancesinnursingscience/toc/2002/09000

Postcolonial theory, with its interpretations of race, racialization, and culture, offers us a set of powerful analytic tools to meet the epistemological challenge of giving voice to subjugated knowledges and the capacity to address and uncover social relationships within organizations. In particular, it opens up new ways of framing issues within organizational practices, enabling us to imagine new possibilities and practices. This paper suggests that the integration of postcolonial perspectives into cross-cultural management and its theorizing enhances and enriches its discursive import. The paper also attempts to sketch out a methodology to ground the intricate relationship between culture, practice, and organizations.

Interventions et perturbations postcoloniales : contestation des pratiques culturelles

Loong Wong

La théorie postcoloniale, avec ses interprétations de la race, de la racialisation et de la culture, nous offre un éventail d’outils analytiques puissants nous permettant de répondre au défi épistémologique consistant à donner, d’une part, voix à des connaissances subjuguées et, d’autre part, la capacité à répondre et mettre au jour les relations sociales au sein des organisations. Elle ouvre en particulier de nouvelles façons de formuler des questions au sein des pratiques organisationnelles, nous permettant ainsi d’imaginer de nouvelles possibilités et pratiques. Cet article suggère que l’intégration de points de vue post coloniaux à la gestion interculturelle, ainsi que sa théorisation, accroît et enrichit sa teneur discursive. Cet article s’efforce aussi de dresser une méthodologie afin de fixer la relation complexe entre culture, pratique et organisations.