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Ventriloquial authority in management learning and education : a communication as constitutive of learning and education perspective
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Wright, A., Kuhn, T., Michailova, S. and Hibbert, P. (2023) Ventriloquial authority in management learning and education : a communication as constitutive of learning and education perspective. Academy of Management Learning and Education, 22 (2). pp. 312-330. doi:10.5465/amle.2019.0191 ISSN 1537-260X.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.5465/amle.2019.0191
Abstract
This theoretical essay argues that management learning and education (MLE) is fundamentally accomplished by means of communication. Specifically, we utilize a communication as constitutive of organization perspective to advance MLE as a communicational accomplishment, which we label “communication as constitutive of learning and education.” We focus on authority in the sense that all classroom conversations are authored, showing that the educator who faces students is but one of many participants authoring classroom conversations. Authority becomes an emergent claim on action shaped by multiple interrelating texts that compete to influence practice. Classroom practice is, thus, a site of ventriloquial authority: when someone or something is made to speak in a specific way by a present or distant other that makes a difference to a conversational trajectory. We argue that management classrooms are replete with ventriloquial authority, and that this is consequential for what educators teach and what students learn. We support our argument by illustrating ventriloquial authority in the classroom through the use of textbooks and visual media. We end with a call to action for educators to appreciate communication’s constitutive quality and to rethink how authority in MLE acts.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Academy of Management Learning and Education | ||||
Publisher: | Academy of Management | ||||
ISSN: | 1537-260X | ||||
Official Date: | 26 June 2023 | ||||
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Volume: | 22 | ||||
Number: | 2 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 312-330 | ||||
DOI: | 10.5465/amle.2019.0191 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||
Copyright Holders: | © Academy of Management Learning & Education |
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