Interweaving positive and critical perspectives in management learning and teaching. Issue 1 (February 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Lavine, Marc; Carlsen, Arne; Spreitzer, Gretchen; Peterson, Tim; Roberts, Laura Morgan
• Is Part Of: Management learning. Volume 53:Issue 1(2022)
• Page Start: 3
• Page End: 14
• Publication Date: 2022-02
• Subjects: Critical management studies -- management learning and education -- positive organizational scholarship; Industrial management -- Study and teaching -- Periodicals; Executives -- Training of -- Periodicals; Organizational learning -- Periodicals; Knowledge management -- Periodicals; 302.35
• DOI: 10.1177/13505076211057650
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1461-7307

Abstract

Management learning is increasingly and rightfully called upon to address societal challenges beyond narrow concerns of economic performance. Within that agenda, we describe the generative aims of a special issue devoted to interweaving positive and critical perspectives in management learning and teaching. The five articles that comprise the issue describe the prospects for such interplay across a range of empirical and theoretical contexts. Together, these contributions suggest a way forward for work that is at once critical, positive, and reflexive. We identify key themes for future directions: the generative potential of contrarian learning dynamics, an ethics-first focus on ecological and human well-being, and the prospects of scholarly practice for systemic activism.