Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
submittedVersion
Publication Date
2-2024
Abstract
Even though management research on caste is growing, it is not yet on a clear trajectory to realize its vast potential due to varying terminology and framing of caste, the limited incorporation of directly relevant work from proximate disciplines, and the narrow and selective usage of the attributes of caste. To remove these obstacles, we review 259 scholarly works on caste (216 articles and 43 books and research reports) and develop an integrative framework to i) clarify the contemporary manifestations of caste as being a graded hierarchy, an inherited membership, and a set of socially enforced practices, and ii) summarize the outcomes of caste at individual, occupational, organizational, and societal levels, while also consolidating the mechanisms through which caste influences these outcomes. Additionally, to position management scholarship on this topic for greater impact, we develop a research agenda that reflects contemporary interests in management and the world at large about inclusion in organizations and societies. The caste system has practical significance for a large portion of the global population.
Discipline
Organizational Behavior and Theory | Race and Ethnicity
Research Areas
Strategy and Organisation
Publication
Academy of Management Annals
ISSN
1941-6520
Publisher
Academy of Management
Embargo Period
2-23-2024
Citation
BAPUJI, Hari; CHRISPAL, Snehanjali; ATTRI, Pardeep Singh; ERTUG, Gokhan; and SOUNDARARAJAN, Vivek.
An integrative review of management research on caste: Broadening our horizons. (2024). Academy of Management Annals.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/7470
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