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Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Learning from difference
AU - Reynolds, Michael
AU - Trehan, Kiran
PY - 2003/6
Y1 - 2003/6
N2 - Difference has achieved the status of shibboleth within management education—a social good, a source of richness, a resource to be welcomed, worked with and `managed'. The premise of this article is that contrary to such rhetoric, difference is often experienced as difficult and discomforting, providing the grounds for division and exclusion. With examples from participants on postgraduate programmes in management education, the article illustrates the varied forms difference takes, the ways it is experienced, and some social processes that can result. The concluding section suggests implications for management educators who apply more participative approaches to learning.
AB - Difference has achieved the status of shibboleth within management education—a social good, a source of richness, a resource to be welcomed, worked with and `managed'. The premise of this article is that contrary to such rhetoric, difference is often experienced as difficult and discomforting, providing the grounds for division and exclusion. With examples from participants on postgraduate programmes in management education, the article illustrates the varied forms difference takes, the ways it is experienced, and some social processes that can result. The concluding section suggests implications for management educators who apply more participative approaches to learning.
KW - conformity
KW - consensus
KW - difference
KW - division
KW - exclusion
KW - learning community
KW - reciprocity
KW - sub-communities
U2 - 10.1177/1350507603034002001
DO - 10.1177/1350507603034002001
M3 - Journal article
VL - 34
SP - 163
EP - 180
JO - Management Learning
JF - Management Learning
SN - 1350-5076
IS - 2
ER -