Self-awareness is often seen as a critical component in leadership and career success, and has therefore become a feature in MBAs, leadership development, and management education. It has become a popular “buzzword” in management literature, yet when reviewing this literature, there appears to be no consistent definition of the construct. This article reports a systematic literature review, covering how the construct of self-awareness is defined and how it differs from self-consciousness and self-knowledge within the context of management education. After screening, 31 articles were included in the review, analysis of which identified there is an overlap with how self-awareness, self-consciousness, and self-knowledge are defined. Other themes from our analysis include the identification of the components of self-awareness, how to be self-aware, and the purpose of self-awareness. The contribution of our article is the provision of clarity on the construct of self-awareness and a working definition, which can be used in the fields of leadership and management development by practitioners in education and organizations, and for future research within the context of adult development and the workplace.

自我意识通常被视为领导力和事业成功的关键因素，因此已成为MBA，领导力发展和管理教育的一个特征。在管理文献中，它已成为流行的“流行语”，然而，在回顾这些文献时，似乎对结构没有统一的定义。本文报道了一篇系统的文献综述，涵盖了如何定义自我意识的构成以及在管理教育的背景下自我意识与自我意识的区别。筛选后，该评论中包括31篇文章，对它们的分析发现，在定义自我意识，自我意识和自我知识方面存在重叠。我们分析的其他主题包括识别自我意识的组成部分，如何自我意识，和自我意识的目的。本文的贡献在于提供了关于自我意识和工作定义的清晰说明，可用于教育和组织从业人员在领导和管理发展领域，以及成人环境下的未来研究发展和工作场所。