Human Flourishing in Business Education: From Individual Purpose to Collective Impact

Thomas J. Fewer; Meg L. Small; Linda Bixby

doi:10.1177/00076503251340762

Human Flourishing in Business Education: From Individual Purpose to Collective Impact

Thomas J. Fewer
, Meg L. Small
, Linda Bixby

Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center (PRC)

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2 Scopus citations

Abstract

Business schools are called upon to prepare purpose-driven leaders, yet current approaches have been criticized for perpetuating negative externalities. We propose a radical redesign of business education, rooted in human flourishing, to drive collective impact by unlocking individual purpose.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1056-1061
Number of pages	6
Journal	Business and Society
Volume	65
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/00076503251340762
State	Published - May 2026

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Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)

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