This guide is designed to support KBS staff and students access diverse and inclusive resources for teaching, learning, and research.

Please see our quick 5 minutes guide to evaluating research and creating inclusive citations in your work

 

Digital Resources

You can access hundreds of online books, articles, videos, lectures, archives, and primary resources which prioritise diverse and inclusive authors and experiences via the Digital Resource Directory diversity collection

E-book collections

The following e-book collections provide KBS staff, students, and researchers with access to hundreds of business related e-books focusing on themes of diversity, inclusion, and decolonisation

Bristol University Press Decolonisation collection – A collection of free articles and open access titles specialising in decolonisation

Proquest Global South collection – over 600- titles on business, management, and social sciences from publishers in the Global South

Journals 

Here you can find a list of journals which provide global critical perspectives on business studies. These are journals which aren’t included in the ABS journals list and the library encourages you to explore voices, experiences and positions often omitted from traditional accredited academic publishing. 

African journal of business ethics

AJBE focus encourages work that reflects on the activities of businesses in Africa from the perspective of African epistemologies, African ontologies and African axiologies.

Asia and the global economy 

AGE publishes rigorous economic, political science and international relations research with clear policy implications for the Asian region and Asia’s role in the global economy. 

Black enterprise (ceased in 2019) 

BLACK ENTERPRISE is the premier resource for Black entrepreneurs, Black-owned businesses, and career, tech, and money content for Black people. 

Class, race, and corporate power 

Class, Race and Corporate Power is an academic journal examining the politics of corporate power. This includes an analysis of capital, labour, and race relations within nation-states and the global economy. 

International indigenous journal of entrepreneurship, advancement, strategy and education 

IIJEASE is a multidisciplinary journal publishing papers on business, strategy, and development prioritising the ideas, experience, and case studies of indigenous knowledge. 

Journal of Asia entrepreneurship and sustainability 

JAES publishes material that helps bridge the gap between academic approaches to entrepreneurship, rooted in a robust dialogue among the disciplines, and the demands of business leaders worldwide, for long-term effective tools. 

Journal of economics, race, and policy 

This journal examines the intersection of local and global issues concerning economic conditions, race, ethnicity, and gender, along with policy prescriptions that address economic disparities.  

Journal of sustainable development in Africa (ceased 2020) 

The Journal of Sustainable Development in Africa  provides both the theoretical underpinnings of development and the operationalization process for development. It endeavors to include articles from scholars all over the world, but also encourages African scholars who reside in African countries to publish their work.  

Race & class:  a journal on racism, empire and globalisation 

Race & Class is a refereed, ISI-ranked publication, the foremost English language journal on racism and imperialism in the world today. 

 

KBS collaborative resources 

Screenshot of a padlet dedicated to sharing diverse resources for Kent Business School. The screenshot shows a coloumns for books, articles, journals, websites.

Browse a selection of diverse business related resources here as well as add your own titles or annotate with your comments.

This padlet includes books, articles, journals, websites, and other resources related to business, management, finance, operations, and marketing which prioritises marginalised voices, experiences, case studies, as well as publishers and authors from the Global South. Join us in adding your own recommendations and titles to this list.