Identity work, loss and preferred identities: A study of UK business school deans

AD Brown, MA Lewis, N Oliver - Organization Studies, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
This paper investigates how leaders construct 'loss' identity narratives which defuse the
scope for external attack and sustain self-meanings. We draw on a sample of 31 United …

Revitalising the enterprise university post-COVID 19: a focus on business schools

B O'Connell, M Tharapos, P De Lange… - Meditari Accountancy …, 2023 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this study is to provide a polemic on the evolution of universities
and business schools over the past two decades. During this period, universities have …

A call for university-based business schools to “lower their walls:” Collaborating with other academic departments in pursuit of social value

G Currie, J Davies, E Ferlie - Academy of Management Learning …, 2016 - journals.aom.org
The walls around many business schools remain high, eroding interdisciplinary education
and research collaboration that might address some grand challenges facing society. In …
O Guyottot, AS Thelisson - Studies in Higher Education, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Recent studies have highlighted the major challenges faced by managers in the higher
education sector and shown the contradictory demands which foster paradoxical tensions …

Are business school deans doomed? The global financial crisis, Brexit and all that

J Davies - Journal of Management Development, 2016 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to focus on different types of university-based business
school dean (BSD) in a context of insecurities within the business school business and more …

Journey to academic leadership: Experiences of women business deans

TJ Mohrfeld - 2020 - trace.tennessee.edu
Business schools have a responsibility to set a good example by ensuring diversity in their
leadership positions (Council of Economic Advisors, 2015). Despite this, the top leadership …

A new framework for embedding sustainability into the business school curriculum

P Molthan-Hill, S Hill, C Parkes - The Business Student's Guide to …, 2017 - taylorfrancis.com
The chapter sets out strategies and processes for embedding sustainability into the
curriculum of a business school with ideas about the various approaches they can take and …

An exploratory study of commitment to RME as demonstrated in mission statements and websites in selected US business schools

A Papadimitriou - Practicing Responsibility in Business Schools, 2023 - elgaronline.com
Business schools are the primary source of management education and form a link between
knowledge generation and knowledge transfer into businesses and society. They occupy a …