This study explores the place of ideology in management and organization studies by examining its conceptual, geographical, and temporal evolution from 1961 to 2024. Employing a scoping review methodology based on the PRISMA-ScR guidelines, the study systematically analyzes 111 scholarly sources, including journal articles, books, and theses, through qualitative content analysis. The findings identify nine dominant approaches to the study of ideology in management scholarship and demonstrate that ideology has evolved from a concept viewed primarily through a political lens in the first half of the twentieth century into a multidimensional construct within management research. These approaches encompass domination, legitimacy, interpretation, critique, social integration, normative logic, fantasy, grand strategy formulation, and social competitive advantage. Contrary to linear interpretations, the findings reveal that these perspectives have developed concurrently and exhibit substantial geographical diversity across different research contexts. A distinctive contribution of this study lies in highlighting the role of ideology in creating social competitive advantage and informing national grand strategies, thereby extending the boundaries of existing management scholarship. Adopting an interdisciplinary and critical perspective, the study further underscores the importance of advancing theory development in management and organization studies through greater attention to indigenous ideological foundations within diverse cultural and political contexts.