Dr. Mohan Limaye taught classes for ten years in the College of Business and Economics before retiring in 2002. During his time at Boise State, he had 26 articles published in refereed journals in the field of management communication. He also served as a reviewer for several publications, and continues to serve on the editorial board of the Journal of Business Communication. As an emeritus professor, Dr. Limaye continues to teach courses for the Honors College and Extended Studies, including classes on Indian culture, and has begun publishing a variety of articles on Sanskrit literature.
Original Unpublished Papers
Kālidāsa’s Shakuntala and Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale: The Child as Redeemer (2011)
This paper attempts to demonstrate that, though the three-member family (father, mother and child) is...
Hinduism versus Monotheism (2011)
Today there are about 800 to 850 million Hindus in the world, and most of...
Concepts of Human Nature and Social Organization in a Hindu Model and Their Implications for Human Resource Issues in Indian Business Organizations (2002)
An ancient Hindu model of human nature and social organization is presented as a proposed...
India’s Democracy is Vibrant and Representational (2002)
Observers often note that democracy has been breaking out all over the world since the...
Mahatma Gandhi’s Legacy: Liberation through Non-violence (2001)
These pages are the notes of a one-hour talk (followed by a 20-minute Q and...
Articles
The Little Clay Cart (Mrcchakatika): The Construction of Gender and Emotion in Act V, “The Storm” (with Kim Price), Indian Literature (2010)
In Act V of The Little Clay Cart, a Sanskrit play written in India about...
Attitudinal Change and Critical Pedagogy: An Exercise in a Political Science and Global Business Course (with Ross E. Burkhart), Journal of Teaching in International Business (2002)
Making students revisit their worldviews through an encounter with discomforting ideas is a valuable teaching...
Some Reflections on Explanation in Negative Messages, Journal of Business and Technical Communication (2001)
Scant research exists about explanation in negative messages. An important cause of this is...
Perception is the Thing: Presenting Variant Worldviews in the International Business Communication Classroom, Business Communication Quarterly (2000)
Two assumptions underlie the teaching of international business communication. First, perceptual variations exist within a...
Doing Business in India: Aspects of the Political Dimension, Business Horizons (1998)
With its many parties and seesaw agendas, India's thorny political system can complicate foreign investment...
Contributions to Books
Five Ways to Reduce the Foreign Terrorist Threat to the United States, Intercultural Communication : A Global Reader (2004)
Nobody or no amount of money can guarantee total security. If the United States, however,...
Course Syllabi
Reimagining the United States: Modifying the American Dream (2012)
Various definitions of the concept of the American Dream and its several socio-cultural and political-economic...