Citation

Crane A. Acad. Manage. Rev. 2013; 38(1): 49-69.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, Academy of Management)

DOI

10.5465/amr.2011.0145

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Scant attention has been paid to the phenomenon of modern slavery in the management literature. This article redresses this by identifying modern slavery as a management practice comprising exploiting/insulating capabilities and sustaining/shaping capabilities. I present a model specifying how these microorganization-level capabilities enable enterprises that deploy slavery to take advantage of the macro-institutional conditions that permit the practice to flourish in the face of widespread illegality and illegitimacy. I then advance potential implications for management theory and suggestions for further theoretical and empirical research.