Stories in management education: Relevance, insights, and perspectives
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https://doi.org/10.19094/contextus.2023.82316Keywords:
management education, stories, narrative, teaching in management, story creationAbstract
This study aims to integrate and consolidate academic knowledge about stories in management education. This research is based on a systematic review of national and international academic production. The analysis of identified research resulted in three central categories to explain the field: relevance (communication, engagement, creativity, politics, change, moral, and emotion), knowledge (typologies of stories, management practices, and teaching strategies and learning), and perspectives (storytelling and story writing). By elaborating a structured view of stories in management education, the results of this research contribute to structure, to stimulate, and to guide future research.
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