{"title":"The 2022 Roethlisberger Award: Experiential Learning and Large Class Size as Themes of the Year","authors":"B. Polin","doi":"10.1177/10525629221115629","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10525629221115629","url":null,"abstract":"The Journal of Management Education (JME) has been a leader in the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) of management and organizational disciplines for decades. Through the journal’s theoretical and conceptional articles, essays, instructional innovations, and interviews, it has assisted academics and professionals in producing exceptional, contemporary learning experiences for students. Authors and readers alike can attest to the journal’s commitment to the growth and development of its contributors and those who seek to have a positive impact in the classroom. With this mission, it is easy to recognize the value of all JME’s publications; selecting one article that has made a remarkably meaningful impact, then, is no simple feat. But this is the opportunity presented by the Fritz Roethlisberger Memorial Award, an honor cosponsored by the Management and Organizational Behavior Teaching Society (MOBTS) and Sage Publications. Just as Fritz Roethlisberger was passionate about inquiry and learning in the classroom, the award is granted to the published manuscript in JME from the previous year (i.e., 2021 in this case) that is identified, after an extensive peer-review process, as having contributed the best paper on the teaching of management and organizational behavior. It is an honor to announce Stephanie Black, Sandra DeGrassi, and Kenneth Sweet as the","PeriodicalId":47308,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Management Education","volume":"46 1","pages":"990 - 993"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2022-10-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47329788","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Disrupting Privilege as Power and Control: Re-Imagining Business and the Appreciation of Indigenous Stewardship in Management Education Curricula","authors":"Anna Young-Ferris, R. Voola","doi":"10.1177/10525629221127648","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10525629221127648","url":null,"abstract":"We explore privilege and its systemic intertwining with management education curricula. We take the view that privilege as power and control is intimately bound up with shareholder primacy as a foundation of mainstream management education (Lund Dean & Forray, 2021). In an attempt to tackle this, we provide a single case study of how we appreciate a broad concept of Indigenous stewardship in a brand-new foundation unit called “Responsible Business Mindset,” as part of a Master of Commerce program at a large Australian university. By proactively engaging with Indigenous stewardship to tackle privilege we contribute to the literature on engaging with privilege in management education curricula. We highlight how a concept of Indigenous stewardship may help us to reimagine business, where business no longer ignores the interconnections and interdependencies it has with the communities and natural environments within which it operates. Such a concept may also be a means to bolster alternative narratives to shareholder primacy that currently exclude a meaningful debate about privilege. At the same time, the entire exercise of introducing a new concept into the curricula has brought about a deep and critical self-reflection of our own privilege and how we as educators can respectfully and meaningfully introduce such concepts with a sense of appreciation rather than appropriation.","PeriodicalId":47308,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Management Education","volume":"47 1","pages":"135 - 153"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2022-10-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42728856","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Bringing “Class” into the Classroom: Addressing Social Class Privilege Through Management Education","authors":"Kristie J. N. Moergen, Jennifer J. Kish-Gephart","doi":"10.1177/10525629221126129","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10525629221126129","url":null,"abstract":"Research increasingly acknowledges the far-reaching impact of social class and the many ways in which it can meaningfully shape individuals’ work and working lives. As such, social class and concomitant class privilege represent relevant and necessary content for the management classroom. In this paper, we begin by offering an overview of select research addressing social class and work, which helps to emphasize the significance of social class in organizational life. Next, to help educators bring “class” into the management classroom, we present teaching resources from across disciplines. We also advocate for educator reflexivity, the development of broader vocabularies around social class, and engagement with activities that increase students’ understanding of class-based inequalities at the individual, institutional, and social or cultural levels. Overall, we bring together research and resources that relate to social class and work, to not only inspire and inform management educators, but also to offer resources that help students prepare for navigating a class-diverse workplace.","PeriodicalId":47308,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Management Education","volume":"47 1","pages":"11 - 39"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2022-10-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48583908","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An Exercise for Expanding Privilege Awareness Among Management Students and Faculty","authors":"V. C. Rabelo, Robert L. Bonner, O. J. Stewart","doi":"10.1177/10525629221126199","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10525629221126199","url":null,"abstract":"The ability to notice and eliminate organizational inequities begins with privilege awareness: an understanding of how individuals and social groups experience exemption from discrimination as well as access to unearned advantages, such as disproportionate access to resources. Thus, privilege awareness is necessary for noticing, naming, and repairing inequities in our workgroups, organizations, and institutions. Engaging with privilege discourse in the classroom can be a monumental task for both management educators and learners without the requisite level of privilege awareness. We introduce an innovative exercise to develop and assess students’ understanding of privilege. The purpose of this exercise is to help learners identify and reflect on privilege in their personal and organizational lives, and build a shared vocabulary for doing so. Learners begin by mapping and reflecting on their various social identity group memberships, then answer a set of reflection questions. We provide an overview of this exercise including learning outcomes, general implementation guidelines, assessment criteria, and activity modifications. We also analyze the activity’s effectiveness based on responses from 83 students. We conclude with a discussion of how facilitators can respond to participant feedback as a resource for self-reflexivity and intersectional awareness.","PeriodicalId":47308,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Management Education","volume":"47 1","pages":"56 - 78"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2022-10-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"65311208","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Addressing Privilege in Teamwork: Design Tools for Critical Management Education","authors":"Florence Villesèche, Stina Teilmann-Lock","doi":"10.1177/10525629221126067","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10525629221126067","url":null,"abstract":"In this article, we argue that a key diversity issue to be tackled in the classroom is disparity: Some students are more privileged than others, and their inputs are more valued than others’. Therefore, as educators, we need to devise new ways to rebalance benefits and deficits in our classrooms. Complementing critical work on privilege in business schools that has exposed and theorized the problem, we take a practical, By design approach to addressing privilege while avoiding diversity education dilemmas. We propose that such a proactive rather than reactive approach can help mitigate the negative consequences that the exercise of privilege may have on our students’ learning. Specifically, we propose that we can learn from designers how to use tools that help create collaborative, positive-sum environments when conducting team-based activities in the classroom. We present a selection of simple yet powerful design devices: Speaking rules, Problem framing, and Iteration. We discuss how these devices may help address privilege in the classroom with illustrative examples and reflections on the outcomes and limitations of these devices. We thus enrich the underdeveloped conversation on how design methods can be translated and applied to management education.","PeriodicalId":47308,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Management Education","volume":"47 1","pages":"104 - 116"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2022-10-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43550313","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Gamifying Online Training in Management Education to Support Emotional Engagement and Problem-solving Skills","authors":"S. Schöbel, Andreas Janson, J. Leimeister","doi":"10.1177/10525629221123287","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10525629221123287","url":null,"abstract":"Online training to improve problem-solving skills has become increasingly important in management learning. In online environments, learners take a more active role which can lead to stressful situations and decreased motivation. Gamification can be applied to support learner motivation and emotionally boost engagement by using game-like elements in a non-game context. However, using gamification does not necessarily result in supporting positive learning outcomes. Our analysis sheds light on these aspects and evaluates the effects of points and badges on engagement and problem-solving outcomes. We used an experimental approach with a fully randomized pre-test/post-test design of a gamified online management training program with 68 participants. The results demonstrate that points and badges do not directly improve problem-solving skills but are mediated by emotional engagement to positively influence problem-solving skills. Additionally, satisfaction with the gamification learning process positively relates to emotional engagement. Thus, when creating online training programs, it is essential to consider how to engage students and to think about the design of the learning environment. By identifying the limitations of gamification elements, the study’s results can provide educators with information about the design implications of online training programs for management learning.","PeriodicalId":47308,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Management Education","volume":"47 1","pages":"166 - 203"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2022-09-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44908183","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A More Relevant MBA: The Role of Across-the-Curriculum Delivery of Intercompetency Coursework in Aligning the Required Curriculum With Required Managerial Competencies","authors":"Naveen Amblee, H. Ertl, Deepak Dhayanithy","doi":"10.1177/10525629221121700","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10525629221121700","url":null,"abstract":"Despite their widespread popularity in the United States, MBA programs have received considerable and sustained criticism. The chief complaint is that MBA graduates lack key skills required to be competent managers, and the main suspect has been identified as a less than relevant curriculum. Previous studies determined that the required MBA curriculum did a poor job of delivering the managerial competencies prized by incumbent managers. However, these researchers suspected that across-the-curriculum delivery of managerial competencies could mitigate this misalignment. This study advances the field by implementing an intercompetency approach, by including previously excluded coursework, and by using an updated dataset. The results show that the required curriculum of MBA programs in the United States is on average more closely aligned with the prescribed coverage benchmarks than previously believed, and that across-the-curriculum delivery of content via intercompetency coursework substantially aids in this alignment. The findings have actionable implications for program managers, faculty members, and researchers in the field of graduate management education.","PeriodicalId":47308,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Management Education","volume":"47 1","pages":"204 - 238"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2022-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48745472","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Controversy Teaching Approaches: Model, Measure, and Teaching Applications","authors":"S. Allen","doi":"10.1177/10525629221111829","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10525629221111829","url":null,"abstract":"Controversies are a potentially powerful teaching tool in the management classroom enabling students to explore different perspectives on an issue and to develop their skills in areas such as critical thinking and communication. Controversy is implicit to learning and to leadership and management roles in workplaces where multiple opposing views inevitably exist. Prior research asserts that constructive controversy resolution skills are important to management students. This multipart study presents a model and measure of controversy teaching approaches and explores evidence of their reliability and validity using confirmatory factor analysis and correlations with relevant outcomes and measures. The three studies, with samples of management and leadership students across several U.S. institutions, provide initial evidence of the validity of the model and measure. Multiple perspectives and avoidance were found to be underlying dimensions of instructors’ observed approaches to teaching controversial topics. The controversy teaching approaches model and measure used in this study have potential to support instructional development for management educators, as well as further research on controversy teaching. This study also has practical implications for how instructors approach controversies in the classroom and may aid effective teaching and learning.","PeriodicalId":47308,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Management Education","volume":"46 1","pages":"1086 - 1119"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2022-07-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47668020","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Look at Our Journey: Prompting the Marginalism of Superior Utility with a Higher Subjective Value to Motivate Management Student Meta-Learning Processes","authors":"Paul Cook","doi":"10.1177/10525629221106873","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10525629221106873","url":null,"abstract":"Improving perceptions of graduate utility is fundamental to Higher Education’s employability and skills agenda. However, utility enhancement is a ubiquitous consequence of all learning. Therefore, motivating students to engage in deep learning to improve their utility is problematic. Using the student voice, in this article, I explain how prompts endorsing marginalism as a benefit of attaining superior utility with higher subjective value informed and motivated meta-learning approaches. Drawing on data from an ethnography and interpretive phenomenology situated in the unique learning environment of the COVID-19 pandemic, findings reveal students were motivated to seek utility attainment opportunities that marginally enhanced self-perceptions, transferability of learning, and employability. This article is among the first to explain why the attainment of knowledge and can-do competencies associated with marginalism, superior utility, and higher subjective value, motivates learners’ present and future time perspectives.","PeriodicalId":47308,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Management Education","volume":"46 1","pages":"1024 - 1051"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2022-06-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48345095","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}