Abstract
Following the frameworks for research and inquiry-based learning, this paper describes a series of activities which can be used in undergraduate management classrooms to expose students to management research. The focus of these activities on finding reputable article summaries allows instructors to introduce management research, explain how to evaluate it, and discuss the key implications of research without overwhelming students with the prose and technicalities presented in full research articles. The activities presented in this paper are intended to help students become informed seekers and consumers of research about organizational behavior and human resource management topics. Through bounded exploration in these activities, students are encouraged to think about workplace topics that interest them, find research summaries about this topic, and create their own hypotheses about people at work. These small activities can help to bridge the gap between research and practice by making research consumption more accessible to today's students and tomorrow's managers.
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Hinojosa, Amanda S.
(2025)
"Structured Activities to Introduce Management Research to Undergraduate Business Students,"
International Journal for Business Education: Vol. 166:
No.
1, Article 4.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.61403/2164-2885.1145
Available at:
https://ir.library.illinoisstate.edu/ijbe/vol166/iss1/4
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