Business without the Math: Competing Discourses and the Struggle to Develop an Undergraduate Leadership Program

Patricia Genoe McLaren, Rosemary A. McGowan, Kris Gerhardt, Lamine Diallo, Akbar Saeed

Journal of Leadership Education

ISSN: 1552-9045

Open Access. Article publication date: 15 June 2013

Issue publication date: 15 June 2013

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Abstract

Despite widespread acknowledgement of the importance of leadership education, undergraduate leadership degree programs in Canada are limited and, in some cases, struggling for survival. This case study examines the ways in which competing discourses of careerism, postsecondary corporatization, liberal arts education, and business education impact an undergraduate leadership program’s sustainability.

Citation

McLaren, P.G., McGowan, R.A., Gerhardt, K., Diallo, L. and Saeed, A. (2013), "Business without the Math: Competing Discourses and the Struggle to Develop an Undergraduate Leadership Program", Journal of Leadership Education, Vol. 12 No. 2, pp. 1-17. https://doi.org/10.12806/V12/I2/R1

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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