The influence of French language thought on the Brazilian Administrative Sciences: A Quebec French look

• Main Author: Jean-François Chanlat
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Fundação Getulio Vargas 2021-05-01
• Series: RAE: Revista de Administração de Empresas
• Subjects: administrative science; brazil; french language; france; quebec
• Online Access: https://www.scielo.br/j/rae/a/ThKgkkXF4R5DD7MFRDHHc4x/?format=pdf&lang=en

ABSTRACT The object of this article is to take a look at the influence that French-language works have had on the Brazilian academic community over the past decades, based on the author's knowledge of it, and a long attendance of the field of Brazilian administrative sciences. To do this, the article is divided into three parts. The first recalls the relationship that the author has established with the Brazilian community to locate who is speaking and from where he is speaking. The second briefly discusses the historical link that Brazil maintains with French thought in general. And the third presents the French main intellectual currents, which, according to the author, seem to have aught the attention of Brazilian researchers in administrative sciences. This reflection ends with some considerations on the future of the field and some wishes on the future relationship between Brazilian researchers and French-speaking researchers.