Adapting "Mussar" to Develop Management Students' Character

Autor/inn/en	Comer, Debra R.; Schwartz, Michael
Titel	Adapting "Mussar" to Develop Management Students' Character
Quelle	In: Journal of Management Education, 44 (2020) 2, S.196-246 (51 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Comer, Debra R.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1052-5629
DOI	10.1177/1052562919871083
Schlagwörter	Management Development; Judaism; Personality Traits; Religious Factors; Spiritual Development; Values Education; Teaching Methods; Ethics; Administrator Effectiveness; Administrator Characteristics; Reflection; Goal Orientation; Private Colleges; Undergraduate Students; Student Attitudes; Worksheets; Business Administration Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Judaismus; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Werterziehung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Ethik; Zielorientierung; Zielvorstellung; Privathochschule; Schülerverhalten
Abstract	Management educators have been advised to cultivate their students' character. Yet they lack the instructional resources they need to do so. We were inspired by the principles and techniques of the Jewish spiritual practice of "Mussar" to put students on a personalized path of continuous character improvement. According to "Mussar," everyone has some measure of a given character trait and needs to calibrate it to fill in a deficiency or tone down an excess. Although correcting character deficiencies and excesses requires a commitment of effort, we can, and should, become better versions of ourselves by applying that effort--that is, engaging in reflection, setting goals, monitoring our progress, and making adjustments--to move each of our character traits ever closer to its respective virtuous mean. We have designed materials to increase students' awareness of character and its importance in organizations, give them a vocabulary of character traits, help them identify the character traits they would like to address, and provide them with a sustainable process for self-enhancement. In this article, we introduce these materials and provide evidence of their effectiveness. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01