Management and Organizational StudiesHigher Education and EmployabilityManagement and Marketing Education

Tom Calvard, Ajnesh Prasad

2026.1.31MANAGEMENT LEARNING

DOI: 10.1177/13505076261419498

Abstract

In this piece, embracing ‘imperfectionism’ is offered as an idea for members of the Management Learning community to consider. As academics are subjected to growing professional demands – and as institutional pressures push them towards becoming the ‘ideal academic’ – imperfectionism presents an alternative (and more constructive) path to a sustainable career.

Citation format

CALVARD, Tom; PRASAD, Ajnesh. Management learning and evolving ideals: Embracing imperfectionism? MANAGEMENT LEARNING, 2026, 57(1): 3–7.