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Gelaye Debebe: Navigating Power: Cross-Cultural Competence in Navajoland

Gelaye Debebe: Navigating Power: Cross-Cultural Competence in Navajoland Administrative Science Quarterly 58 (3)483–486 The Author(s) 2013 Other Book Reviews Reprints and permissions: sagepub.com/ journalsPermissions.nav DOI: 10.1177/0001839213492135 asq.sagepub.com Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2012. 167 pp. $60.00 / £37.95, hardback; $59.99 / £37.95, ebook. Navigating Power examines factors precipitating the success of interorganiza- tional coordination among culturally dissimilar and politically unequal groups. Based on qualitative field observation, the book follows the Navajo (precisely, a Navajo Nation Organization fictionally entitled Navajo Member Organization) and an external economic development agency, one representing the surround- ing and previously dominant Anglo culture, as these two parties navigate inter- cultural communication challenges arising during the course of several economic development projects. In essence, there is most decidedly a history in the present case. It is the historical experience of the Navajo relative to their domination by white Anglo culture, a history of significant hegemony and cultural imperialism. While the Navaho desire the economic development, which is in essence a knowledge located outside of Navajo society, they do not want their cultural integrity to be compromised, quite clearly. As a consequence, we observe a set of powerful interpretive (and sometimes defensive) frameworks, specifi- cally, interaction rules and norms employed by the Navajo to manage and http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Administrative Science Quarterly SAGE

Gelaye Debebe: Navigating Power: Cross-Cultural Competence in Navajoland

Morand, David
Administrative Science Quarterly , Volume 58 (3): 4 – Sep 1, 2013
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Administrative Science Quarterly 58 (3)483–486 The Author(s) 2013 Other Book Reviews Reprints and permissions: sagepub.com/ journalsPermissions.nav DOI: 10.1177/0001839213492135 asq.sagepub.com Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2012. 167 pp. $60.00 / £37.95, hardback; $59.99 / £37.95, ebook. Navigating Power examines factors precipitating the success of interorganiza- tional coordination among culturally dissimilar and politically unequal groups. Based on qualitative field observation, the book follows the Navajo (precisely, a Navajo Nation Organization fictionally entitled Navajo Member Organization) and an external economic development agency, one representing the surround- ing and previously dominant Anglo culture, as these two parties navigate inter- cultural communication challenges arising during the course of several economic development projects. In essence, there is most decidedly a history in the present case. It is the historical experience of the Navajo relative to their domination by white Anglo culture, a history of significant hegemony and cultural imperialism. While the Navaho desire the economic development, which is in essence a knowledge located outside of Navajo society, they do not want their cultural integrity to be compromised, quite clearly. As a consequence, we observe a set of powerful interpretive (and sometimes defensive) frameworks, specifi- cally, interaction rules and norms employed by the Navajo to manage and

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