Management Teaching Review
Volume 10, Issue 4 – December 2025
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Explore the newest collection of experiential exercises, innovative classroom applications, and reflective perspectives in leadership education.
Editor’s Corner
Todd Wiggen
Free access | pp. 388-391
A reflection on leadership development and the evolving future of management education.
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Experiential Exercises
Authors: Athena Wooldridge, Brook Purdum, Stephanie Jones
Students experience Goleman’s leadership styles through role-play to examine communication and decision-making. (pp. 392-411)
Wooldridge, A., Purdum, B., & Jones, S. (2025). Exploring Goleman’s Leadership Styles Through Role-Playing. Management Teaching Review, 10(4), 392-411. https://doi.org/10.1177/23792981251348399 (Original work published 2025)
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Authors: Daniel M. Peat, Jaclyn Perrmann-Graham, John Ross
A vacation-planning simulation highlighting leader-member exchange and team dynamics. (pp. 412-427)
Peat, D. M., Perrmann-Graham, J., & Ross, J. (2025). Planning the Trip: Navigating Teams and Leader–Member Relationships Through Experiential Role-Play. Management Teaching Review, 10(4), 412-427. https://doi.org/10.1177/23792981251337461 (Original work published 2025)
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Authors: Rita J. Shea-Van Fossen, Leslie Cauthen Tworoger
Hands-on team activity fostering creativity and innovation. (pp. 428-437)
Shea-Van Fossen, R. J., & Tworoger, L. C. (2024). Developing Creative Teams and Cultures: A Team-Based Exercise. Management Teaching Review, 10(4), 428-437. https://doi.org/10.1177/23792981241304445 (Original work published 2025)
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Authors: John Ross, Marcus Valenzuela, Deirdre Dixon
Reflective exercise identifying and prioritizing key leadership traits. (pp. 438-449)
Ross, J., Valenzuela, M., & Dixon, D. (2024). Which Leadership Traits Matter Most? An Activity in Leadership Development. Management Teaching Review, 10(4), 438-449. https://doi.org/10.1177/23792981241290805 (Original work published 2025)
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Authors: Natalie C. Cotton-Nessler, Melissa J. Knott
A friendly competition exploring participative, directive, and transformational leadership. (pp. 450-464)
Cotton-Nessler, N. C., & Knott, M. J. (2024). Dynamic Planes: A Classroom Competition as an Introduction to Leadership. Management Teaching Review, 10(4), 450-464. https://doi.org/10.1177/23792981241279054 (Original work published 2025)
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Authors: Jonathan A. Shaffer
Teams race to complete puzzles under pressure to reveal insights about teamwork and rewards. (pp. 465-476)
Shaffer, J. A. (2024). The (Not-So) Easy Puzzle Competition: An Exercise in Planning and Rewarding Teamwork. Management Teaching Review, 10(4), 465-476. https://doi.org/10.1177/23792981241270685 (Original work published 2025)
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Open Access!
Authors: Wenjuan Guo, Junnan Cui, Lucy Arendt, Jamie O’Brien
A cautionary case study on transformational leadership gone wrong. (Open Access, pp. 477-490)
Guo, W., Cui, J., Arendt, L., & O’Brien, J. (2024). Limitations and Potential Dark Sides of Transformational Leadership: The Case of the Founder and Former CEO of Theranos. Management Teaching Review, 10(4), 477-490. https://doi.org/10.1177/23792981241267758 (Original work published 2025)
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Open Access!
Authors: Ian Stewart
LEGO®-based activity linking team-role and development theories. (Open Access, pp. 491-505)
Stewart, I. (2024). A LEGO Teamwork Game to Experience Belbin and Tuckman in Real-Time. Management Teaching Review, 10(4), 491-505. https://doi.org/10.1177/23792981241267733 (Original work published 2025)
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Authors: Mortaza Zare, Joseph Stauffer
Uses The Office episode ‘The Inner Circle’ to teach leader-member exchange theory. (pp. 506-516)
Zare, M., & Stauffer, J. (2024). Woo-Hoo! I’m in the Inner Circle: An Experiential Exercise to Illustrate LMX Theory and In-Group/Out-Group Dynamics. Management Teaching Review, 10(4), 506-516. https://doi.org/10.1177/23792981241267727 (Original work published 2025)
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Authors: R. Gabrielle Swab
Demonstrates distributed leadership through an interactive cupcake exercise. (pp. 517-527)
Swab, R. G. (2024). Using Cupcake Decorating to Teach Shared and Emerging Leadership. Management Teaching Review, 10(4), 517-527. https://doi.org/10.1177/23792981241264809 (Original work published 2025)
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Authors: Pratigya Sigdyal, Lori Paris, Marvin Molina Rodriguez
CBT-based activity for improving oral communication and presentations. (pp. 528-537)
Sigdyal, P., Paris, L., & Rodriguez, M. M. (2024). Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in the Management Classroom: An Experiential Exercise to Improve Oral Communication. Management Teaching Review, 10(4), 528-537. https://doi.org/10.1177/23792981241266549 (Original work published 2025)
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Authors: Chin-Yen Alice Liu
A structured online project to build quantitative reasoning and teamwork. (pp. 538-558)
Liu, C.-Y. A. (2024). Who Says We Can’t: Collaborative and Cooperative Learning Through an Asynchronous Online Group Project. Management Teaching Review, 10(4), 538-558. https://doi.org/10.1177/23792981241295762 (Original work published 2025)
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Authors: Noor Ashouri, Gabriela Cuconato, Sharon F. Ehasz, Francisco J. Moreno, Benjamin G. Perkins
A visual-task exercise highlighting communication and interdependence. (pp. 559-575)
Ashouri, N., Cuconato, G., Ehasz, S. F., Moreno, F. J., Perkins, B. G., Alley, L., De La Haye, D., Feddeck, M. V., Gupta, A., Hite-Womack, S., May, K., & Smith, S. G. (2024). Picture Perfect: A Task Interdependence and Communication Experiential Activity for Teams. Management Teaching Review, 10(4), 559-575. https://doi.org/10.1177/23792981241283733 (Original work published 2025)
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Authors: Kimberly Rocheville, Jill Buccheri
Adapted card game to foster trust, engagement, and belonging in the classroom. (pp. 576-595)
Rocheville, K., & Buccheri, J. (2025). We’re Not Really Strangers: A Card Game for Building Trust and Classroom Community. Management Teaching Review, 10(4), 576-595. https://doi.org/10.1177/23792981251336177 (Original work published 2025)
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