Best practice in management education: capitalising on gender diversity awareness

Abstract

Reports on an Australian survey comparing women and men students’ perceptions of learning advantages and disadvantages in management education. Findings suggest a masculine bias, which disadvantages both female and male learners. Issues of concern to male students give much greater concern to their female counterparts. Gender paradigms of male educators appear to particularly disadvantage women’s learning experiences. Implications for management educators and learners are discussed. The research led to a video on awareness of gender diversity in management, which won the Australian National Award for Best Practice in Adult Education/Human Resource Development 1996.

Citation

Smith, C.R. (1998), "Best practice in management education: capitalising on gender diversity awareness", Journal of Management Development, Vol. 17 No. 1, pp. 6-16. https://doi.org/10.1108/02621719810368664