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.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 467-474 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Asia Pacific Business Review |
Volume | 23 |
Issue number | 4 |
Early online date | 3 Jul 2017 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2017 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2017 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
Keywords
- Asia Pacific
- context
- organizational learning
- particularism
- universalism