Ventriloquial Authority in Management Learning and Education: A Communication as Constitutive of Learning and Education Perspective

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A Critique of Transmission Communication Models in Introductory Management and Organizational Behavior Textbooks

“…This article follows in the footsteps of several others published in this journal (e.g., Brandhorst, 2019;Cohen, 2019;Darics, 2019;Manisaligil & Bilimoria, 2016) regarding the teaching of communication as well as those in other management education outlets, such as Bridgman et al (2019) that advocate for questioning commonly accepted models. We also see this piece contributing to scholarship that considers the centrality of communication to business education, such as Wright et al (2021) and Kleckner and Butz (2021). The examination of textbooks contributes to a broader, evidence-driven examination of how communication is introduced, presented, and discussed in introductory business courses (e.g., Edelman et al, 2008;Parham and Muller, 2008).…”