On the pathogenicity of culture: questioning the rationality of “development” programs for perpetually dysfunctional aboriginal groups
Cross Cultural Management: An International Journal
ISSN: 1352-7606
Article publication date: 1 March 2005
Abstract
All Australian Aborigines have experienced the impact of Western culture to some extent which has resulted in the traditional cultures being irrevocably decimated. The reaction to the disintegration of traditional culture has been marked by a variety of outcomes. While some Aborigines have either accepted or reached a level of accommodation to the new order, others have responded in maladaptive ways. For some Aborigines, the disintegration of traditional culture and society has generated conflict, confusion and the disintegration of personality, which is conducive to the evolution of a dysfunctional group. It is the circumstances of and policy responses to dysfunctional Aboriginal groups, therefore, that is the concern of this article.
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Citation
Appo, D. and Härtel, C.E.J. (2005), "On the pathogenicity of culture: questioning the rationality of “development” programs for perpetually dysfunctional aboriginal groups", Cross Cultural Management: An International Journal, Vol. 12 No. 1, pp. 4-30. https://doi.org/10.1108/13527600510797935
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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