Affiliation

University of Otago

Biography

Diane (Ngāpuhi) is a Māori researcher and lecturer. She has a PhD and is currently lecturing in the Department of Management at the University of Otago. Recent publications include work on Indigenous leadership, Indigenous business education, and methodological considerations for Indigenous research in organization studies. Her research interests are in post-colonial perspectives of management and organization, Indigenous economic development and complexity thinking in Indigenous contexts.

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Articles

‘Eyes-wide-shut’:
Volume: 16, Issue 4
This paper explores the notion of complexity as it arises in organizational research. In particular, we consider kaupapa Māori research as a transformational Indigenous methodology that not only enables research in Indigenous Māori contexts, but operates at the intersection of Western and Indigenous worlds. Our conceptualization of an Indigenous methodology incorporates complexity through paradigmatic plurality and explicitly acknowledges the characteristics of emergence and self-organization at the heart of kaupapa Māori research. The consequences are widespread not only for researchers and practitioners of organizations, but also for a perception of Indigenous business that is true to the Indigenous logics in which they are grounded and reflective of good practice. As such, our focus is on the complexity required of research if it is to reflect the views of Indigenous and mainstream simultaneously and be able to claim that it genuinely captures the diversity and dynamics of a complex society.