In an effort to discover how manage

In an effort to discover how management faculty teach and transmit their understanding of theory and theory building, we undertook a two-part investigation. First, using our connections to leading scholars in the area of theory development, we conducted a search of syllabi used in Ph.D. classes in management programs. Finding relevant syllabi was actually more difficult than we thought, since few doctoral programs offer a course that focuses specifically on theory development. More commonly, professors offer a course on a specific topic (e.g., groups and group processes) and teach aspects of theory and development in the context of the specific topic. Hence, we quickly realized that we would need to read through each of the syllabi that we accessed to determine the facets of the pedagogical