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Eclipsing adaptation : the translation of the US MBA model in China
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Lamb, P. and Currie, Graeme. (2012) Eclipsing adaptation : the translation of the US MBA model in China. Management Learning, Vol.43 (No.2). pp. 217-230. ISSN 1350-5076
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1350507611426533
Abstract
The aim of this article is to explore how business schools in China have acted upon calls for greater adaptation of the US MBA model. Scandinavian institutionalism’s concept of translation as a process was employed to make sense of how such normative demands for translation have been accommodated across five case studies. Our findings demonstrate that the normative pressures for adaptation of the MBA on the basis of cultural relativism are not sufficient for significant adaptation. In contrast to other studies of the circulation of ideas and models we found that packaging changed slightly, but form and practice remained largely unchanged. Our conclusion is that the influence of market logic has eclipsed the normative calls for adaptation, resulting in the copying and adoption of the US MBA model.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > International Centre for Governance & Public Management Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School |
| Journal or Publication Title: | Management Learning |
| Publisher: | Sage Publications Ltd. |
| ISSN: | 1350-5076 |
| Date: | 29 November 2012 |
| Volume: | Vol.43 |
| Number: | No.2 |
| Number of Pages: | 14 |
| Page Range: | pp. 217-230 |
| Identification Number: | 10.1177/1350507611426533 |
| Status: | Peer Reviewed |
| Publication Status: | Published |
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
| URI: | http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/44348 |
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