‘World-class’ fantasies: A neocolonial analysis of international branch campuses:
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The authors explored how the "world-class" discourse as an ideology and a fantasy structures neocolonial relations in intern... and built on postcolonial studies and discourse analytical research exploring how the 'worldclass' discourse as ideology and fantasy structure neocolony relations in the US.Abstract:
In this article, we build on postcolonial studies and discourse analytical research exploring how the ‘world-class’ discourse as an ideology and a fantasy structures neocolonial relations in intern...read more
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Rethinking Hybridity in Postcolonial Contexts: What Changes and What Persists? The Tunisian case of Poulina's managers
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors highlight the importance of adopting a contextualized approach to hybridization processes that, first, takes into account the historical and cultural contexts from which hybridity emerges and, second, helps to identify the elements that change as well as those that persist when western management practices are imported into developing countries.
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Decolonising management and organisational knowledge (MOK): Praxistical theorising for potential worlds:
TL;DR: In this article, a special issue (SI) editorial contributes to ongoing efforts worldwide to decolonise management and organisational knowledge (MOK), and a robust pluriversal discussion on the how and why of decolonization is presented.
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The Positioning and Competitive Strategies of Higher Education Institutions in the United Arab Emirates.
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated how higher education institutions in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) position themselves and compete with one another, and used hierarchical cluster analysis to identify strategic groups and institutional competitive strategies in the UAE higher education market.
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Postcolonial Theory: A Language for a Critique of Globalization?
TL;DR: The authors argue that postcolonial theory has a contribution to make to globalization and vice versa and that post-colonism and globalization can indeed occupy the same discursive space, and they discuss definitions of these terms separately, not to emphasize differences but rather to highlight points of convergence.
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Are western educational theories and practices truly universal
TL;DR: For example, education departments in universities throughout the western world are increasingly recruiting international students, who are subsequently exposed to educational and psychological theories and app-based theories and applications as discussed by the authors.
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Being and becoming a professional accountant in Canada: Mimicry and menace in the transitions of migrant accountants
Kelly Thomson,Joanne Jones +1 more
TL;DR: This article explored how the migration experiences of international accounting professionals were shaped by colonial structures and how, through their interactions with other professionals, migrants hybridize their professional identities and the profession in Canada, finding that mimicry takes many forms, with some professionals becoming "consummate mimics" while others discuss their transition in ways that highlight resistance (reluctant mimics) and the demands that systematically frustrate and exclude many non-Western professionals fro...
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‘Selective cosmopolitans’: tutors’ and students’ experience of offshore higher education in Dubai
Laila Kadiwal,Irfan Ahmed Rind +1 more
TL;DR: This paper examined the adaptation of the UK teacher education model to the context of Dubai and found that tutors and students in offshore Dubai teacher education are "selective cosmopolitans" who negotiate cross-cultural influences pragmatically and ambivalently.
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Academic Capitalism Hits the Fan: The Birth of Acamanic Capitalism
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors elaborate the theory of academic capitalism by focusing on rarely examined forerunners of academic Capitalism: namely, business schools, and provide scholarly value through novel conceptualization.