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Do we have time for this?: Time and critical management education

Kars-Unluoglu, Selen; Mangion-Thornley, Karine

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Selen Kars Selen.Kars@uwe.ac.uk
Associate Professor in Organisation Studies



Contributors

Clare Rigg
Editor

Kiran Trehan
Editor

Abstract

We examine what happens to critical management education (CME) and its educators where intense measurement and regulation of time in higher education leave little room for ‘temporal autonomy’ which are crucial for critical processes of management education such as creative pause, reflection, and critique. We explore the temporal dynamics of CME in the neoliberal university, drawing on our experiences through a collaborative auto-ethnographic study where we utilised the story completion method. Our analysis reveals the transfiguration of educators’ identities and practices emerging from the confrontation with time as a ruler who marks and measures standards of value for activities and who commands as an oppressive sovereign. We suggest that slowing down the pace in the classroom constitutes a form of resistance against the domineering temporal structures. We find that engaging and relieving tensions through supportive peer relations can support navigating the pressures posed by time acceleration and compression.

Online Publication Date Apr 14, 2025
Publication Date Apr 14, 2025
Deposit Date Apr 14, 2025
Publicly Available Date Apr 15, 2026
Publisher Edward Elgar Publishing
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Book Title Research Handbook of Critical Management Education
Chapter Number 17
ISBN 9781035308651
Keywords Time; Critical management education; Commodification; Agency; Story completion
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This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals:

SDG 4 - Quality Education

Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all

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