On the paradoxical balancing of panaceaism and particularism within the field of management learning
反思了编辑特刊的过程，发现本地实践与全球概念脱节，探讨管理知识在不同情境下的可代表性和可转移性，质疑普遍主义理论是否适用，并呼吁研究以用户为中心的翻译条件。
Besides commenting on the papers selected for this special issue, we include a brief reflexive account of our journey in compiling this special issue, and report how we were struck by the de-coupling between our own local practices, on the one hand, and the global concepts that are familiar in management learning, on the other. We pose some general questions about the representability and transportability of knowledge for management learning that has been developed in one context to other contexts around the world. We ask whether the so-called universalist theories are generally applicable, or whether they need to be applied differently by managers and educators, tailored to their local situations. We inquire whether management educators should embrace cultural relativism and deliberately craft theories that are intended only for local applicability. We consider whether a kind of ‘glocalization’, or absorption of global ideas into local contexts while honouring core features of the host culture, might be achieved. We call for further research into the conditions for user-centred translation in management education.