Taking an aesthetic risk in management education: Reflections on an artistic-aesthetic approach

Management Learning

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 286-304

  Mack, Kathy ^a  

^a MERCER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Artifact; arts based learning; management education; MBA; organizational aesthetics; touchstone

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879361309     PISSN: 13505076     EISSN: 14617307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1350507612442048     Document Type: Article

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