Indigenous knowledges, priorities and processes in qualitative organization and management research: State of the field

Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this short paper is to comment on the powerful contribution researchers have made to the emerging field of Indigenous O&M scholarship.

Design/methodology/approach

The paper reviews the work in the field of Indigenous O&M.

Findings

Indigenous O&M research, first, has been driven by the effects of colonization and the attempts to reclaim traditional ways of researching, organizing and managing, second; has sought asylum in established critical and alternative fields of scholarship to create research legitimacy in the mainstream, and; third, produced novel methodological processes.

Originality/value

Several observations of the field will be made and some considerations are put forward to promote research within the tight – almost impenetrable – boundaries of the academy and its institutions.

Citation

Love, T.R. (2020), "Indigenous knowledges, priorities and processes in qualitative organization and management research: State of the field", Qualitative Research in Organizations and Management, Vol. 15 No. 1, pp. 6-20. https://doi.org/10.1108/QROM-07-2018-1669