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

Document Type

Journal article

Source Publication

Asia Pacific Business Review

Publication Date

7-3-2017

Volume

Advance online publication

Publisher

Routledge

Keywords

Asia Pacific, context, organizational learning, universalism, particularism

Abstract

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.

DOI

10.1080/13602381.2017.1346904

Print ISSN

13602381

E-ISSN

1743792X

Publisher Statement

Copyright © 2017 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Access to external full text or publisher's version may require subscription.

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Publisher’s Version

Language

English

Recommended Citation

Hong, J. F. L., Snell, R. S., & Rowley, C. (2017). Asia Pacific as a research context for organizational learning: background and future directions. Asia Pacific Business Review. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/13602381.2017.1346904

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