ERIC Number: EJ1367432
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 10
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ISSN: ISSN-0883-2323
EISSN: EISSN-1940-3356
An Exploratory Study of How Business Schools Approach AACSB's Societal Impact Standards
Kabadayi, Sertan; Jason-DiBartolo, Greer
Journal of Education for Business, v97 n8 p521-530 2022
AACSB adopted new and revised standards in 2020 that require business schools to demonstrate positive societal impact through internal and external activities. While many schools are already engaged in such activities, there seems to be no agreed-upon conceptualization or measurement of societal impact. This paper aims to help business schools organize, measure, and demonstrate their efforts to create positive societal impact and thus meet the updated AACSB standards. By using data from semi-structured interviews, this paper identifies different dimensions of positive societal impact and offers enablers and barriers in business school efforts to create such societal impact.
Descriptors: Business Schools, Standards, Social Change, Barriers, Measurement, Administrator Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes, College Faculty, Administrators, Foreign Countries, Institutional Mission, Strategic Planning, College Curriculum, School Activities, School Community Relationship
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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