STAYING TRUE TO CONTEXT
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https://doi.org/10.21446/scg_ufrj.v14i4.31345Abstract
This essay develops the argument that the wind of “internationalization” threatens the contextuality and meaningfulness of qualitative accounting research, especially when internationalization implies researchers from non-anglophone institutions considering or being required to publish their work in highly ranked, English-speaking journals. I maintain that the threats of internationalization operate through three de-contextualization processes – linguistic, cultural, and epistemological. Qualitative researchers may wish to be careful before jumping on the internationalization bandwagon as internationalization carries a significant risk – that of downplaying or marginalizing certain ways of speaking, thinking, investigating, and writing. Ultimately, I make several tentative suggestions that might help to keep internationalization under surveillance and, perhaps, mitigate its negative effects on the contextuality of qualitative research endeavors.References
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