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Teaching the Person, Not the Topic: An Implicit Theory Approach to Management Education

Journal of Management Education: A Publication of the OBTS Teaching Society for Management Educators

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Abstract

Journal of Management Education, Volume 50, Issue 2, Page 174-200, April 2026.
Management education has traditionally prioritized the delivery of formal theories, often detached from students’ lived experiences, beliefs, and intuitive understandings of organizational life. This essay proposes an implicit theory approach to ...