Critical Perspectives on International Business: Volume 2 Issue 3

Critical management studies (not) in The Netherlands

Hugo Letiche

The purpose of this paper is to explore what “critical” could mean in “critical management studies” (CMS) in the current (Dutch) regime of re‐commodification.

Critical theory: 15 years later

Slawomir Magala

The pupose of this paper is to explore the role of criticism in the growth of academic communities and their organizational transformations.

Management concepts: their transfer and implementation

Luchien Karsten

The purpose of this paper is to claim that Habermas's pragmatic speech act theory helps us to extend our understanding of how management concepts are actually applied. First, the…

Organizational studies: (not‐) smothering each other as a behavioural strategy

Alexander J.J.A. Maas

The purpose of this paper is to show that relationships between academics and professionals can gain in organizational studies by prioritizing practical wisdom, which also…

Media(tion)

Robert van Boeschoten

The purpose of this paper is to use media studies as a creative impulse for critical research into practices of organization.

Jobs that matter: Butler's “performativity” in the Dutch police force

Annemie Halsema, Lilian Halsema

The purpose of this research is to examine the use that critical philosophical concepts can have within management studies.

The emancipatory power of the tacit dimension

René Brohm

The purpose of this research is to explore a concept of the management of professionals that can withstand critical questioning.

Existential management

Eric Bolle

The purpose of this paper is to identify what the philosophy of Martin Heidegger (1889‐1976) can contribute to the training of managers.

Introduction from the Guest Editors

Hugo Letiche