Higher education

Sociology

Pedagogy

Knowledge management

Engineering

Library science

Political science

Psychology

Bibliometrics

Scholarship

Computer science

Entrepreneurship

Experiential learning

Engineering ethics

Academy of Management Proceedings

This paper identifies the most highly referenced bibliographic works in the top 250 cited business and management education (BME) journal articles by employing Hambrick's (1990) bibliometric analysis. Uncovering these bibliographic works will help BME researchers understand foundational pieces that go into building the top 250 cited BME articles from 1978 to 2016. Not surprisingly, 25 out of the 50 most highly referenced bibliographic works were also part of the top 250 BME journal list. These 50 works had eight research themes: Online Learning and Technology (23), Business Education Development (10), Entrepreneurship Education (9), Experiential Learning (3), Online Group Process (2), Learning Psychology (1), Positive Organization Scholarship (1), and Research Methods (1). Implications of our findings are discussed in the paper.

Foundational Sources For Business and Management Education Research: Works, Journals, and Themes