History, Memory, and the Past in Management and Organization Studies
Date
2021
Authors
Coraiola, Diego M.
Barros, Amon
Mairi, Maclean
Foster, William M.
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Publisher
Revista de Administração de Empresas
Abstract
Our goals for this editorial are threefold. First, we contextualize the growing interest of management
and organization scholars in matters of history, memory, and the past. Despite the increasing
number of historical organization studies, functionalism and functional-interpretivism remain
the dominant approaches in management and organization studies (MOS). Moreover, because
European and North American scholars are overrepresented in the literature, analysis of the historical
impact of global trade and multinational organizations on the relationship between the global
North and South is limited. Second, we map the literature that connects history, memory, and the
past to organizations and organizing. We provide an overview of MOS scholars’ initial efforts to
develop humanist approaches to organization studies and discuss the role history plays in informing
epistemological, theoretical, methodological, and empirical conversations in the field. Third, we
highlight specifically how the articles in this special issue contribute to the body of historical
organization literature.
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Keywords
business history, management studies, organization studies, memory
Citation
Coraiola, D.M., et al. (2021). History, Memory, and the Past in Management and Organization Studies, Revista de Administração de Empresas, 61(1). http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0034-759020210102.