The MNC as a third space: Rethinking IHRM knowledge through Homi Bhabha

Michal Frenkel

The MNC as a third space: Rethinking IHRM knowledge through Homi Bhabha

Michal Frenkel^*

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Department of Sociology and Anthropology

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In this paper I import insights from the writing of postcolonial scholar, Homi Bhabha, to analyze the body of academic knowledge known as International Human Resources Management (IHRM). Applying Bhabha's understanding of culture, mimicry and agency, the paper first offers a critical reading of IHRM's most fundamental concepts, namely, "national culture", " pluralism" and "multi-culturalism", "transfer", and "cultural sensitivity", and then attempts to propose an alternative epistemology for an analysis of the MNC as a Bhabhaian third space.

Original language	American English
State	Published - 2006
Event	66th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, AOM 2006 - Atlanta, GA, United States Duration: 11 Aug 2006 → 16 Aug 2006

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Conference	66th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, AOM 2006
Country/Territory	United States
City	Atlanta, GA
Period	11/08/06 → 16/08/06

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