Let’s All Go to the Movies, Together: A Social Cognitive Perspective on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Management Education Video Clips

Abstract

While video clips have undoubtedly advanced the practice of management education, social cognitive theory suggests that new sources of video clips may augment ongoing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I) efforts in management classrooms and organizations. In this article, we begin by reviewing social cognitive theory research that points to links between video clips and DE&I outcomes that are part of many management classes and training curricula. Based on this social cognitive theory perspective, we discuss how management educators might foster learning and inclusion in management classrooms and organizations by incorporating video clips with a greater variety of demographic populations in managerial and organizationally impactful roles. To this end, we also provide a list of video resources that can be used to refresh or supplement the resources currently being used in undergraduate, graduate, online (synchronous and asynchronous), executive education, and corporate training courses that may present more homogeneous casts.

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“…The use of films as visual media for case studies is also gaining popularity in organizational behavior courses. Creating visual cases over texts helps to engage current students who are more visually oriented (Liu et al. , 2023; Wilier, 1995).…”

“…The use of films as visual media for case studies is also gaining popularity in organizational behavior courses. Creating visual cases over texts helps to engage current students who are more visually oriented (Liu et al, 2023;Wilier, 1995). Hence, the movie format of a case can motivate students to provide more indepth information about an organization and its problems than written cases.…”

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“…Many scholars have written about the efficacy of using film in management education (e.g., Letiche & Moriceau, 2019;Smith, 2009). Generally, when film is incorporated in management courses, it is in the form of film clips that are carefully selected to succinctly illustrate a specific topic, such as diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), toxic leadership, or cross-cultural issues (e.g., Edwards et al, 2015;Liu et al, 2022;Pandey, 2012). We join with others who have called for films to be included as key course texts, and considered in their entirety, as this is especially useful for probing complicated and nuanced topics (e.g., Huczynski & Buchanan, 2004;Smith, 2009); by considering how film can be used in a course on contemporary careers, our approach extends and complements theirs in three key ways.…”