Reflections and reflective practice to advance responsible management education for sustainability
The case of an Australian MBA programme
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21720752 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ki‐Hoon Lee (0000-0003-2208-0454, Griffith University), Ki-Hoon Lee, Rob Hales (0000-0002-4758-853X, Griffith University) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 1158-1172 |
| Publication date | 2022-05-10 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1467-6370 • E-ISSN: 1758-6739 |
| Publisher | Emerald (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1108/ijshe-04-2021-0135 |
| OpenAlex | W3210955281 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 23 |
Purpose This paper aims to explore Master of Business Administration (MBA) students’ “reflections” and/or “reflection on practice” of sustainability into responsible management education using Bain et al. ’s (2002) 5Rs (reporting, responding, relating, reasoning and reconstructing) reflective scale. Design/methodology/approach This study adopted a case study approach using content analysis and written reflective journals analysis from MBA students’ assignments. Findings This study revealed that responding and relating (emotionally-based reflections) scales are dominant reflections while reasoning (cognitively-based reflections) is a slightly less dominant reflection. The findings confirm that effective management education for sustainability should encourage and motivate students to reflect on their emotional learning to improve leadership values, attitudes and activities. Such reflection can lead to transformative experiences. Research limitations/implications This study adopted a small-scale content analysis using an Australian university’s MBA case. To increase validity and generalisation, researchers will benefit from a wide range of quantitative analyses in different countries and cultural contexts. Practical implications Curriculum design using reflections and reflective journals should be enhanced in management education for the practice of sustainability and/or sustainable development. Social implications Higher education should encourage socially and environmentally responsible management in programme and curriculum design with a reflective approach. Originality/value This study presents a conceptual framework and analysis approaches that can serve as some bases for the development of a more robust analysis in responsible management education
Content analysis · Curriculum · Education for sustainable development · Engineering ethics · Management development · Originality · Pedagogy · Political science · Qualitative research · Reflective Practice · Social science · Sociology · Sustainability · Transformative learning · Computer Science · Engineering · Higher Education and Employability · Innovative Education and Learning Practices · Psychology · Sustainability in Higher Education
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| Citations per year | 2 |
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| Citation span | 2024 - 2025 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |