In the late 20th and early 21st centuries important research in human relations using the medical model—research performed on location with consequences for real businesses—has continued, and we will be looking at some of these studies in the first half of this chapter, notably my own research on boards of directors, Jack Gabarro and David Thomas’ work on minority executives in the corporate world, and Tsedal Neeley’s work on the linguistic challenges facing global companies. Unfortunately, the same period has also seen a change in the kind of research business schools consider important and choose to focus on. The field of human relations has become decidedly unfashionable within the academy and has been largely ...
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