bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Making Principles of Marketing Case Studies Tangible Through Computer-Aided Interactivity
Authors: O'Connor Maggie , Girard Tulay , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

A web-based principles of marketing case study module was developed over a two year period between marketing students and faculty and instructional design students, staff, and faculty. The module was tested with five sections of principles of marketing students to find out whether or not students perceive a difference in learning marketing concepts and problem-solving skills when working on a paper case with no interactivity versus a Web-based case study module with computer-aided interactivity. This study further investigated whether students find a web-based case more enjoyable than a paper case and if students are more likely to be interested in marketing as a field of study after using a web-based case study module than if they had only done a paper case. Although students indicated that the web-based interactive module enabled them to learn the marketing concepts significantly more easily than the paper case study, other findings showed unexpected results.
Assessing Student Entrepreneurial Capacity: Implications For Rural Communities and Higher Education
Authors: Martin Mary , Schwaller Henry , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

During the 1990s, the U.S. experienced a shift in job creation: large U.S. businesses laid off approximately 10 million workers, while entrepreneurs and small businesses created 20 million jobs during the same decade. Given this shift in job creation, it is clear that entrepreneurship is the new foundation of the U.S. economy. Rural communities, in particular, should be concerned about stimulating entrepreneurship given current challenges, such as declining and aging populations, loss of traditional industry, and declining wages. Entrepreneurial development is vital to the future success and growth of rural economies. The purpose of this study is to report the results of a survey which measured the entrepreneurial capacity of students at a university in rural Kansas. We then draw conclusions about the role universities can play in developing students to become entrepreneurs and creating innovative communities.
Validation of an Emotional Intelligence Scale: A case of an African Sample
Authors: Dooba Ibraheem , null null , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

There has been serious effort to develop scales to measure emotional intelligence since the firstmeasure of an aspect of emotional intelligence – the perception of affective content in ambiguousvisual stimuli (Mayer, DiPaolo, & Salovey, 1990) – was reported in a scientific journal (Mayer, Caruso,& Salovey, 2000). The studies were done in relation with a number of variables such as academicachievement (Newsome, Day, and Catano, 2000); leadership (Humphrey, 2002); personality (Lopes,Salovey, and Straus, 2003; Newsome et al. 2000); sex (Charbonneau and Nicol, 2002; Saklofske,Austin, and Minski, 2003), and IQ (Saklofske et al., 2003).
The State, Bureaucracy And Corruption In Nigeria
Authors: Arowolo Dare , null null , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

The transformation of societies to capitalism has introduced complexity into activities of man. Oncecapitalism transformed the traditional way of life, factors such as effectiveness of competition, freedomof movement and the absence of any system of social security compelled the state to assumeresponsibility for the protection and welfare of the individual (Jacoby, 1973:147). To help the stateachieve this, it has become imperative to have a seeming standing power evolving from, but placingitself above, the society. Such power that alienates itself more and more from the society is beingexercised on behalf of the state by certain institutions, structures and agencies, the bureaucracy beingthe most important (Arowolo, 2004:2).
Electronic Performance Monitoring and Motivation: A Behavioral Modification Perspective
Authors: Alder G. Stoney , null null , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

The increasing use of electronic monitoring has resulted in considerable debate among the public, labor groups, business groups, and increasingly among academicians. However, electronic monitoring research to date has been lacking and contradictory. This paper applies organizational behavior modification theories to argue that, when properly implemented, electronic monitoring can be an effective motivational tool. Organizational decisions regarding purpose and disclosure of monitoring, feedback source and monitoring related standards are theorized to affect the relationship between monitoring and employee motivation.
Basic Social Values In Modern Nigerian School System
Authors: Okpilike E. , null null , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

A careful study of current event in modern Nigerian scene, religious institutions and of course all othersectors of the society clearly show that there is an unbalanced equation as regards the input and outputof societal values in the school system. It is either there is a reduction of the necessary and compulsorysocietal values which must be introduced and imbibed in the school system or that there is a wantondisregard, disrespect, or negligence of the excellent societal values already introduced or madeavailable to the Nigeria school system. In these two probabilities the society receives the blame if theformer probability is the case while the school deserves the blame if the latter is the case Enomah(2003).
Dealing With Difficult Co-Workers
Authors: Dale Kathy , null null , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

An article providing tips for those dealing with difficult co-workers.
Instructional Designers as Leaders in Professional Learning Communities: Catalysts for Transformative Change
Authors: Smith Shari , null null , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

When it comes to gifted and talented education, once a student has been identified as gifted,educators make it a priority to push them to higher levels of thinking. Higher thinking is one of thedesires of these gifted students, however the emotional needs of gifted students can often be lost asthey are driven to focus on their academic abilities (Johnson, 2001). Often times the assumption aboutgifted students is that they come from a two parent home and that they will make good grades nomatter what. The following modified verbatim examples will show the impact of not meeting theemotional needs of gifted students. The first case study, by Kayleen Williams, points out how giftedstudents often comedown on themselves too hard when they come across their first academicchallenge (Edmunds, 2005). The following three case studies, by Emily Sketch, Nima Tahai and KristiRutter, show how gifted students often have to find a source of motivation after being engaged in giftedprograms for a relatively long period. The final case study, by Kelli Cohen, reveals how a student almostcompleted his graduate studies with unidentified social problems. They will also demonstrate thetransformation that takes place when the person within the gifted child is ministered to.
A Mentoring Process to Support Teachers’ Growth and Retention
Authors: Bell David , Thomas Earl , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

As educational consultants one of the pressing needs that we find administrators often recognize is theneed for mentoring new and veteran teachers. Despite their concerns mentoring is often not part of theschool system or it is executed in a haphazard manner. For example, when principals are asked todescribe the current teacher mentoring system they often report that they just assign new teachers withveteran teachers who are willing to take on an additional responsibility. This suggests there is a lack ofattention given to the importance of the quality relationship that must be established between mentorteacher and new teacher protégé. Most importantly, there appears to be a lack of attention given to theprocess for supporting and mentoring new teachers.
Leader Development and Emotional Competence: Authentic Leadership, Self-Awareness, and Personal Integrity
Authors: Keller Nathan , Quick James , Macik-Frey Marilyn , Gray David
Published: February 2023

Can leadership be taught? (Doh, 2003) The dramatic growth of leadership academies, institutes, and programs from political science to business and psychology to reserve officer training corps for U.S. military services makes this a compelling question. We say "yes" and then: How can it be taught? And how are leaders developed? Ours is a developmental theory for teaching leaders and suggests that emotional competence is at the heart of developing authentic leaders with personal integrity.
Performance Implications of Customer Relationship Management Strategy and Market orientation organizational Capabilities
Authors: Carpano Claudio , Martin Michael , Martin Mary , Ndofor Hermann
Published: February 2023

Customer relationship management can be a costly solution to implement and many of these initiatives fail to deliver their intended results. Several reasons may exist that explain why such programs fail, and this study attempts to explain CRM in terms of its use as a company strategy that when combined with the market orientation of a firm, can lead to improved company performance. By using contingency theory to develop that a "match" between culture and strategy allows a firm to better perform, an attempt will be made to establish a relationship between CRM strategy implementation and market orientation. A methodology whereby U. S. banks where surveyed is described and the results of the hypothesis test reported. Finally, implications and conclusions are provided.
Influence and Relationship of Birth Order and Secondary School Students’ Academic Achievement
Authors: Ositoye A. , Adeyemi Muyiwa , Onabarniro Ade , null null
Published: February 2023

Academic achievement or the level of academic success is the main concern of all stakeholders ofeducation. High achievement has, however, become a great task before the students but it is sad toobserve that poor academic achievement were recorded both at the secondary and tertiary levels ofeducation in Nigeria (Tenibiaje, 2009).
The Effect of Standardized Testing on Historical Literacy and Educational Reform in the U.S.
Authors: Maranto Julie , null null , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

Public education in America has an impressive history of success in equipping students with literacy that extends back to the earliest days of our nation. Education was a high priority for the original settlers in America who, motivated by their religious convictions, eagerly sought mastery and dissemination of literacy skills throughout the population. For most of the Protestant settlers, their beliefs derived from the doctrines of the Reformation and they considered the ability to read as a fundamental necessity for grounding citizens in the tenets of their faith as well as their government.
Remedial Solution Proposed Via Brain Research
Authors: Miles Michael , null null , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

Students enter higher education requiring remediation before they can be expected to be successful asthey progress through their courses. The students enter from many different high schools with a varietyof personal backgrounds. It is the job of leadership in institutions of higher education to suggestattributes of general education programs that are likely to be successful in increasing student learningand enhancing the likelihood of transferring knowledge from developmental classes to later programsof study.
Polychronic Leader: What Would Leadership Research Look Like If We Considered Polychronicity?
Authors: Palmer David , null null , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

This paper proposes that research in the area of leadership would be enriched and enhanced by the explicit consideration of temporal variables, specifically polychronicity. Effective leadership involves engagement with multiple tasks, activities, and constituencies, often simultaneously. As a construct concerned with multiple task engagement and time use preferences, polychronicity is ideally situated to inform future research studies conducted to investigate a variety of extant leadership theories and traditions.
From Undecided To Decided: Validating The Career Decision Making Process
Authors: McClellan Jeffrey , Moser Clint , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

"What do I need to do to choose a career?" This question echoes frequently in the ears of all those whowork with students as career advisors and counselors. Many of these professionals have developedelaborate processes based on research and experience for assisting students to move towardsincreased decisiveness. As a result, there is a large body of literature, both academic andprofessional, that discusses and describes the process of career decision making and the variablesthat contribute to decidedness. The purpose of this study is to determine to what extent the variousbehaviors, characteristics, and the development of specific types of career related knowledgeprescribed within this career selection literature actually correlate with students’ perceived levels ofdecidedness.
Trends toward Alternative Teaching Certification and Compensation in Special Education: Considerations and Implications for Traditional Teacher Preparation Programs
Authors: Quigney Theresa , null null , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

Within a framework of trust markets, this study compares expenses, instructional expenses, andrevenues per FTE of not-for-profit and for-profit postsecondary institutions using IPEDS data. Medianexpenses per FTE at not-for-profit institutions were double those at the for-profit institutions. Medianrevenue beyond instructional expenses increased at the 4-year-and-above level institutions whiledecreasing at other levels. Percent of revenue allocated to instructional expenses, other expenses, andexcess revenue is presented. Surprisingly, 4-year-and-above, not-for-profit institutions generate moreexcess revenue per FTE than 4-year-and-above for-profit institutions. Implications of the nondistributionconstraint for trust markets and the policy implications of these findings are discussed.
Reliable Sources: Recruiting and Developing Evaluators, External to the University Community
Authors: Watkins Paul , Roberts Ruth , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

Wiggins and McTighe (2005, 18) challenge educators to think critically about acceptable assessmentevidence by asking: "How will we know if students have achieved the desired results? What will weaccept as evidence of student understanding and proficiency?" (p 18). Teacher education programsmust face these important questions and affirm that answers are both valid and equitable. This articleexplores the benefits of evaluator training in the scoring of high-stakes work samplings produced byteacher preparation candidates.
The Role of CIO's In Strategic Decision Making and It Usage: An Empirical Examination
Authors: Leonard Jennifer , Dooley Robert , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

In this study, we examine the relationship between CIO involvement in strategy formulation and how IT is perceived within the organization. We use the top management team literature to theorize that the higher the level of CIO strategic involvement the more likely the firm is to view IT as strategically important and we support these results with a sample of Fortune 500 firms. These findings have significant implications as many see the CIO’s role in the organization by many as a key factor in the ability of a firm to benefit strategically from IT.
Teachers’ Perceptions of Good and Bad Leaders in Seven Cultures
Authors: Zepp Raymond , Eckstein Daniel , Khalid Mona , Li Chi-Sing
Published: February 2023

Educational practices are becoming increasingly globalized, and as a result, countries around theworld are implementing reforms along the lines of American and European practices, although thecultural implications of these changes are not always being fully realized. Only recently have educationalthinkers begun to address cultural issues in educational leadership.
Family Structure Characteristics and Academic Success: Supporting the Work of School Counselors
Authors: Perkins Gerra , Milstead Kayla , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

The family is a child’s primary context for socialization and greatly affects a child’s well-being.Historical contexts show that families have been evolving for centuries due to social and economicfactors, thus resulting in various family structures. A stable, traditional family structure is mostconducive to academic success (Tillman, 2007). Much research has found that children raised in anon-traditional home are at a disadvantage (Astone & McLanahan, 1991; Halpern-Meekin & Tach,2008). The research on the consequences of single-parent families suggests children of single parentfamilies are more likely to be impoverished, to break the law, to abuse drugs, to do poorly in school, tobecome pregnant before the age of twenty, and to have emotional and behavioral problems. Inaddition, these negative effects are not short-term, but carry into adulthood and manifest themselves inproblems in relationships and occupation. However, single-parent families resulting from widowhoodshow less harmful effects than divorced or non-union birth households. Although the presence ofanother adult may bring increased financial and time resources, research indicates children in stepfamiliesmay be at an even greater disadvantage than children residing in stable single-parent homes.Lastly, cohabitating families often create less defined family roles, lower levels of parental support,supervision, and involvement, and greater family conflict (Tillman, 2007).
Where does it say I have to do that? How can secondary schools enact assessment policy for students with disabilities?
Authors: Duke Jennifer , null null , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

The importance of effective leaders has always been a key aspect to humankind development forbetterment and to make progress. As ever and as always, companies look for success and the‘bottom line’ is always uppermost in the minds of managers and leaders; however the current times andchallenges are somewhat different and on a different scale to previous times, which requires significantchanges from management and leaders in order to maintain ongoing success in organisations. Suchnewly introduced significant changes might result in painful and traumatic changes in the jobs and livesof the employees in the company; however such changes will always be perceived by management aspositive changes for the company. Such changes are traditionally about the ongoing search for marketsand in addition expanding markets both locally and regionally with the inclusion of new technologies; insummary the move to attempt the ultimate – expansion and the move to globalization. Employees are‘somewhere’ in these processes, however they are can easily and are often somewhat overlooked.
Collaborative Action Learning and Leadership: A Feminist/Indigenous Model for Higher Education
Authors: Witt Judy , Arrows Four , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

An article discussion the intersectionality of feminism, traditional Indigenous models of leadership, and modern leadership studies.
Leaders and Leadership Roles in Relation to Effective Management of the Human Resources
Authors: Inyang John , null null , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

The term leader is defined as a person initiating interaction with other members of a group, a personwho moves the group towards group goal. The dictionary definition of a leader is ‘one who leads orgoes first’. In other words one who first perceives the group’s needs far ahead of others and thereforeplans and enlists the cooperation of others in its implementation. A person is a leader in any socialsituation in which his ideas and actions influence the thoughts and behaviours of others. The concept ofa ‘leader’ therefore implies role-playing for some time. To be called a leader, one must be performingleading roles repeatedly under varying conditions (English Dictionary 1987 ; Gibb 1965).
The external shareholders’ impressions regarding corporate reputation in educational organizations
Authors: Karak Turgut , null null , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

A good reputation can create barriers to competition and inhibit the mobility of rival companies, attractthe best supply chain and business partners, create a premium value for a company’s products andservices (Sherman 1999, 10). On the one hand, reputation is valuable; it has bottom-line effects onfirms. On the other hand, reputation buffers firms from the immediate reaction of stakeholders in theirenvironment when controversial events occur (Schultz et al 2000, 79).
Characterizing the Touchstones of Educational Leadership: An Analysis of Distinguished Applied Doctorate Programs
Authors: Carlson Julie , Mitchell Donald , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

Organizations are ever-present feature of a modern society. We look toward organization for food,education, employment, entertainment, healthcare, transportation and protection of basic rights. Nearlyevery aspect of modern life is influenced in one way or another by organization. Organizations aresocial entities that enable people to work together to achieve objectives. Job satisfaction refers tocertain experiences and qualities that are related to the ways a person thinks and feels. The feeling ofworthwhileness, which an individual has in particular in an occupational position, can be called jobsatisfaction.
Instructional Costs and Tuition Revenues
Authors: Yamoah David , null null , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

A variety of tax reform initiatives have impacted on the ability of New Jersey and some states in theUnited States to fund public higher education. Public Higher Education faces competition for limitedstate resources from a variety of state mandatory spending measures including health, criminal justiceand elementary and secondary education. In addition, concern about the cost of higher education hasresulted in demand for accountability in the use of public funds, which has lead to the need to establishrelationship between funding and cost of providing higher education.
The Impact of Administrative Demand, Work Schedule and Environmental Factors on Job Stress Among Private Owned Universities in Nigeria
Authors: Adeoye Ayodele , Afolabi Oluwafikayomi , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

Job life is one of the important parts of our daily lives which cause a great deal of stress. Job stresshas become a prominent topic in behavioural science research. Researchers reviews (Brief, Schuler&Van Sell 1983; Quick & Quick 1984) confirm positive relationships between job stress, physical andpsychiatric sympatomatology. Job stress is considered to be a factor that may affect organizationaleffectiveness through lowering employee performance (McGrath, 1976), absenteeism, tardiness, andturnover (Johnson, 1980).
Predicting Adequate Yearly Progress: Leaving Explanation Behind
Authors: Moore Jenifer , null null , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

The purpose of this research was to determine if the variables included in the Mississippi Report Cardutilized for the calculation of AYP can be used to predict whether or not Mississippi LEAs will attainadequate yearly progress in reading and math using the logistic regression technique.This study demonstrated that using the variables utilized for the calculation of AYP, a predictive modelcan be successfully utilized to classify Mississippi LEAs that will and will not attain AYP in reading andmath with an accuracy greater than that which can be attributed to chance.
Sharing Responsibility for the Learning of Students: A Case Study
Authors: Scott Pamela , null null , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

The educational gap in student achievement is steadily broadening among the various disaggregatedgroups throughout our nation’s public schools. School administrators, teachers, politicians, and otherstakeholders are scampering about trying to find a solution to this ever-growing problem. Unfortunately,they are looking for the answer in all the wrong places. In fact, the answer to this crisis in America’spublic school system lies in a series of questions. School administrators and teachers need only toaddress the following in order to effectively provide students with a quality education: What do raceand ethnicity have to do with students’ ability to read and write? How does gender factor into studentsacademic potential? How can an interest in the same-sex prevent a student from learning? What isthe educational relevance of labeling students as economically disadvantaged? With the advancementin technology and a plethora of available resources, how is it possible to allow language barriers tostifle student achievement? Does such categorization cast these students into the proverbial corner oflow achievers before they have a chance to prove otherwise? Instead of allowing pre-assessmentsand diagnostic exams to inform them of students’ academic strengths and weaknesses, principals andteachers have allowed these biases to cripple the learning process in America’s public school system.In essence, one can succinctly summarize the aforementioned questions into one answer: Is it diversitythat adversely impacts student achievement or the discriminatory beliefs of school administrators andteachers that serve as monumental stumbling blocks to the right of every American student to beafforded a quality, public education that is culturally, mentally, emotionally, socially, and physicallyinclusive?
Presence of Informed Trading In Options Markets: An Experiment Using Monte Carlo Simulation
Authors: Bhuyan Rafiqul , Robbani Mohammad , Van Yuxing , null null
Published: February 2023

Using Monte Carlo Simulation we show that informed trading take place in the options market. Our results indicate that at-the-money option contracts are less likely to be information based trades. Using Black-Scholes model to evaluate call and put options, we find that with positive and negative information shocks, informed investors are better off trading out-of-the-money and/or in-the-money-options. This is clear evidence that investors with inside or superior information would take advantage of options' leverage effect, Black (1975). Our analysis sheds light on the direction to revisit the models proposed by Easley et al (1998) and Chan et al (2002). We argue that, to examine the role of option volume, the out-of-the-money and/or in-the-money option volumes should be considered as well.
The Chinese Principal Leadership Capacities as Perceived by Master Teachers
Authors: Naijar Lotfollah , null null , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

The study addressed the following questions: (1) What are Chinese master teachers’ perceptions oftheir principals’ leadership capacities related to the American ELCC (2002) educational leadershipprogram standards? (2) Do teachers’ demographic factors of gender, age, and years of teachingexperience predict the perceptions of their principals’ leadership capacities? (3) Do principals’demographic factors of gender, age, years of leadership experience, and education attainment predictthe teachers’ perceptions of the principals’ leadership capacities?
Virtual Schools: An Ethical Option
Authors: Nicholson Nancy , Nelms Judy , Mariano Caroline , Jabbot Kathy
Published: February 2023

An odyssey of civil rights in education has been taking place in America over the last 16 years. Theschool choice issue has heated up in the last decade and a half, traversing the years from 1990, withthe first urban school choice program in Wisconsin, to 2006, with a suit filed against Los AngelesUnified Schools for lack of cooperation in informing parents of educational options available. The coreargument is that parents, not government, should have the primary responsibility and economic powerto determine where and how their children should be educated. This is a basic ethical, philosophical,and human rights concern, and is an essential American freedom.
Enhancing Communication Within Multi-Generational organizations
Authors: Sage Andrew , Adams Moss , Andenoro Anthony , null null
Published: February 2023

In order to capture the essence of employee dynamics within the ever-changing landscape of modern organizations, a naturalistic inquiry using a holistic approach was employed. This technique emphasized the millennial generation’s communication strengths as compared to those of previous generation workers. The perceptions of millennial students, millennial workers, multi-generational managers, university professors, and IT professionals were analyzed through a constant, comparative analysis and grouped so that grounded theory was allowed to emerge. The products of this inquiry include practical solutions aimed at reducing the uncertainty for multi-generational managers, specifically regarding the supervision of younger generation workers. In addition, the results of this study suggest that traditional business communication practices, when coupled with an increased use of information and communication technologies that are specifically designed to bolster collaboration and interpersonal communication, have the potential to maximize internal and external communication effectiveness. The data collected within this study provided an overview of the underlying values and perceptions behind millennial behavior. This synopsis, captured through millennial focus groups and face-to-face interviews, acquiesces to the literature surrounding the millennial generation. As outwardly portrayed, the individuals within this study are technically advanced, goal-oriented people who want the freedom and balance to work efficiently and effectively. In addition, the millennials used herein respect the traditional organizational structure, but only to the limit that its hierarchical nature does not stunt innovation achieved through adaptability and collaboration.
Outside The Lines: Exploring Student Use of Web-Based Vicarious Learning About Financial Markets
Authors: Ford Matthew , null null , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

This study considers web-based expert commentary as a mechanism for college student learning about financial markets. Social cognitive theory suggests that students may team vicariously by observing the thought processes expressed in the writings of well chosen web-based role models and adopting similar patterns of thought over time. An exploratory study using undergraduate business school students investigated the change in measures of financial market awareness after exposure to web-based commentary. Significant learning effects were evident, particularly when exposure was augmented by structure that guided the learning experience. Although more research is required, these findings suggest the utility of web-based expert commentary for learning vicariously at the collegiate level.
Perceived causes of Teacher Dissatisfaction in Sekondi –Takoradi District of Ghana.
Authors: George Dampson , null null , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

A teacher’s job satisfaction is one of the most essential issues for educational systems around theworld. Next to pupils, teachers are the largest, most extensive, crucial and key to improving quality inany educational system (Afe, 2001; Stuart, 2002). This paper focuses on the third world country ofGhana where according to Bame 1992 and Akoto -Danso (2006) teachers are often in short supply.Akoto- Danso documented that enrolment into basic schools in Ghana has gone up by 17% from 3.7million to a record of 4.3 million.
Leadership and Job Satisfaction
Authors: Brooke Stephanie , null null , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

The objective of this research is to understand the impact of leadership style on employee job satisfaction in an effort to improve leader-employee relations in nonprofit child care settings. Since turnover rates, separation costs, vacancy costs, and training costs are high in child care centers (Vickers, 2002), providing strategies for increasing job satisfaction will lead to a more stable environment for children and their families, promote positive leader member relations, and strengthen the organizational climate. Since leadership style can critically influence employee satisfaction, this study is of significant importance in promoting social change. Specifically, it focuses on a unique industry, nonprofit child care agencies, a little researched area in terms of leadership style.
organizational Conflict: Strategy, Leadership, Resolution Framework, and Managerial Implications
Authors: Chea Ashford , null null , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

This paper examines the concept, nature and characteristics of organizational conflict, and presented the relevant theoretical framework that serves as the conceptual foundation for his analyses, analyzes the sources of organizational conflict, discusses the role of leadership styles in managing organizational conflict, reviews models of conflict management strategies, and offers a framework for au effective functional conflict resolution system in organizations and outlined the implications for managers.
The Role of Educational Leaders in Implementing a Culturally Responsive Pedagogy Designed to Increase the Learning Opportunities for Diverse Students
Authors: Andrews Frank , null null , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

While there has been a dramatic shift in the demographic educational landscape of the UnitedStates, to a more culturally diverse student population, the characteristics of teachers andeducational leaders have remained largely homogeneous. Classroom teachers and schoolprincipals remain predominately White, approximately 90%, and 84% respectively (National Centerfor Education Statistics, as cited in Taylor & Whittaker, 2003). According to many experts, thedifferences between school and home culture result in lower rates of academic achievement fordiverse learners. This article focuses on the challenge facing educational leaders to respond to thisdemographic shift by leading the implementation of a more culturally inclusive pedagogy that willimprove the learning opportunities of diverse students.
y cant they rite?: Integrating Writing Assessment Across the Undergraduate Political Science Major
Authors: Mills Shala , Bennett Bryan , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

Historically, student assessment in the Political Science Department at Fort Hays State University wasleft to the individual faculty member to embed into his or her courses via exams and writingassignments. Our curriculum and learning objectives were based largely on faculty interest in particularcourses and on broad perspectives of what substantive knowledge a political science major shoulddemonstrate. Over the years, writing courses such as advanced research methods and upper divisiontheory courses served as unofficial capstone experiences. As such, approaches and expectationsvaried depending upon who was delivering the course.
Student Identification Across School Levels
Authors: Mitchell Roxanne , null null , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

Failure to identify with school has been suggested as one explanation for why some studentspersistently fail to meet academic expectations. Identification with school has been conceptualized asinvolving a sense of belonging and a valuing of school and school related outcomes (Voelkl 1997).Students who fail to identify with school often experience a host of problems ranging from behavioralproblems, social and emotional withdrawal, and academic failure. These students are also at-risk fordelinquency and dropping out of school (Finn 1989, Finn & Voelkl 1993, Voelkl 1997). Empiricalresearch thus far has attempted to explain this failure to identify with school as being the result ofcultural expectations, prior experience with success in school, the structural environment of the school,the regulatory environment of the school, stereotype threat, poverty, and peer-pressure (Finn 1989, Finn& Voelkl 1993, Fordham 1996, Steele 1992, Voelkl 1997).
Teacher Migration From High-Performing Middle Schools: A Case Study
Authors: Conley Richard , null null , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

I recently conducted fieldwork to explore the dynamics of teacher migration and understand how itrelates to teachers’ perceptions and attitudes. The research was conducted through the eyes of a sixthgrade language arts/social studies’ teacher working in a middle school I will refer to as PLC(Professional Learning Community) Middle School. By spending extensive time and conductingmultiple interviews with the teacher and other staff members, I was able to explore some of the reasonsand conditions why teachers leave schools, particularly high-performing schools to teach in other high performingschools. Attending weekly meetings at all levels and content areas with migrating teachers,combined with interviews and document collection, allowed me to further understand the gap that existsbetween what a high-performing school professes to be and how it actually is perceived by its ownteachers. This gap is what proves to be disconcerting and frustrating for teachers who are satisfiedwith teaching but consider relocation to meet further personal and professional challenges.
Background Checks and Fingerprinting in Public School Systems
Authors: Salmans Mindy , null null , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

Data collected by the American Association of University Women indicated that students who arevictims of educator sexual misconduct reported that they suffered emotional, educational, anddevelopmental or health effects (Shakeshaft, 2004). At least one third of students reported behaviorsthat would negatively affect academic achievement. Larry Lezotte, Wilbur Brookeover, and RonEdmonds found in their research that a safe and orderly environment was one lead indicator of schooleffectiveness, defined by high student achievement for all students (Lezotte, 2000). Therefore, if weknow that a safe and orderly environment is essential to an effective school and we know that incidentsof sexual misconduct by teachers against students are occurring, then it seems reasonable to questionwhether the current safeguards used by states are sufficient to ensure a safe and orderly environmentfor all students.
Mega Champs Field Trip: A Lesson in Character Development
Authors: Akinyanju Kim , Allen Korrie , Lorek Edward , null null
Published: February 2023

The existence of a policy does not necessarily mean that a school will ‘enact’ it (Fulcher, 1997).Queensland Government’s current P-12 Curriculum Framework provides schools with a direction toachieve "a curriculum for all". However, experience with working with secondary school staff is that theyare commonly unaware of the implications of this policy to their everyday work. In fact, they usuallyrespond to any references by the writer to a "curriculum for all" (meaning providing a curriculum for allstudents in their class, including those with disabilities) with "Where does it say I have to do that?"Meaning, "…where is that in writing?"
Promise and Possibility: Building collegial opportunities for scholarship
Authors: Lucey Thomas , null null , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

The professoriate is a highly individualized endeavor where scholars work independently on projects oftheir choosing. High stakes issues of retentions and promotions require new faculty members todocument a public expertise in scholarship. In one sense, academics are scholarly gamesmen(Maccoby 1976) who attempt to create a scholarly presence while interpreting their colleagues’patterns of actions and motivations. Such interpretations are created in an environment of "hollowedcollegiality" (Massey, Wilger, and Colbeck, 1994) where superficial evidence of active participationoften masquerades as community. For many new faculty members, connecting their work to a largercommunity of scholars can be an intimidating and lonely pursuit.
An Evaluation of Nomadic Education Programme in Nigeria
Authors: Osokoya Israel , Atinmo Morayo , Ajayi S.A. , Sarumi A.
Published: February 2023

The global consensus is that education is a process that helps the whole human being, physically,mentally morally, socially and technologically. This enables one to function in any environment in whichone may find oneself. Education also performs a major role in equipping the individual with the skillsand knowledge which would help to transform any economy. Thus, it is the greatest investment that anynation can make for the quick development of its economic, political, sociological and humanresources. Believing that education is the cornerstone for national development, Nigeria has adaptededucation as the "principal instrument par excellence" for effective national development. Herphilosophy of education is based on the integration of the individual into sound and effective citizenshipwith equal educational opportunities at all levels through the formal and non-formal school system. Moreimportantly, the government of Nigeria believes that the provision of functional education is the primarymeans of upgrading the socioeconomic condition of the rural population. Such rural populations,particularly the nomadic pastoralists and the migrant fishermen are difficult to educate. This is reflectedby their participation in existing formal and non-formal education programmes which are abysmallylow; their literacy rate ranged between 0.2% and 2.0% (Tahir, 2003).
Sustainable Teacher Development Programmes For Effective Teaching In Public And Private Secondary Schools In Abia State, Nigeria
Authors: Madumere-Obike null , null null , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

Effective implementation of any programme, especially that of improving the performance of theteacher, no doubt depends largely on continuous development and update of relevant educationalmaterials. While many nations around the world have embraced, the need for education to achievesustainability, only limited progress has been made at the level of secondary education, especially inAbia State. This limited progress emanate from many sources. In some cases, lack of vision orawareness has impeded progress, in others; it is lack of policy or funding. It then requires thegovernment at all levels addressing issues that are specific to the immediate or local conditions. Forexample, the quality of relationships between the school principals and the teachers is an area thatrequires attention.
Evidence-Based Decision-Making in Teacher Preparation
Authors: Crabtree-Groff Kristen , null null , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

Cooperative Learning, Flexible Grouping, and Scaffolding to name a few. Each of these strategiesasks teachers to make instructional decisions based on the collection and analysis of data. In addition,classroom management practices, authentic assessment and student growth measures necessitateclear evidence gathering. As teacher candidates progress through their programs, they shouldencounter evidence-based decision-making — multiple means of collecting evidence, analyzing theevidence, setting goals, and evaluating results – throughout their coursework. We ask our teachercandidates to be reflective practitioners, in essence we ask them to use information to make evidence baseddecisions. The current pressures of accountability and the vision of supporting the learning of allstudents require evidence-based decision-making as a tool in any teacher’s repertoire.
Faculty Perceptions of Occupational Therapy
Authors: Cosgrove Jennifer , null null , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

The purpose of this research study was to investigate faculty perceptions of occupational therapyprogram director leader behavior and the impact of that behavior upon the job satisfaction ofoccupational therapy faculty.
Women’s Access to Senior Management Positions in the University of Abuja – Nigeria
Authors: Ilo Isaiah , null null , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

Most of the research on women in higher education management has been conducted in the Westernsetting, particularly in the UK, USA, Canada and Australia. Similar studies have also been done inAsia, with reference to Thailand, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Malaysia, and in a few cases in Africa,with reference to South Africa and Kenya. Little has been done on the subject in Nigeria. In one of suchworks on a related issue, Oloruntoba & Ajayi (2006) used data on the research outputs of 219academics in three Nigerian agricultural universities to compare gender with research attainment. Thefindings showed that research attainment is slightly higher for male academics than for female, andacademic qualifications and rank are significantly associated with gender. The study also observedthat more male academic staff are employed at top management positions, while the majority of femaleacademic staff occupy middle management and entry levels. In another case, Nom, Onyeka &Jummai(2008) studied gender imbalance in access to higher education and employment in universities. Thestudy, based upon available data from the National Open University of Nigeria, found that genderimbalance existed in student enrolments and staff recruitment in the institution.
Table of Contents - Spring 2009
Authors: null Fort Hays State University College of Education , null null , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

Academic Leadership Journal Spring 2009 table of contents
"The Management of Creativity", Managing the Creative Mind: A Business Elective
Authors: Maresco Peter , Gerlach John , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

The immediate problem facing the authors was replacing someone with the background and stature of Joseph Abboud with an individual or, as it eventually worked out, four individuals with differing creative backgrounds and levels of success that would be of benefit to the students (in the spring 2006 semester the course was offered to undergraduate business students) enrolled in the course. Replacing Abboud proved to be not as difficult as the authors originally imagined. Within a period of three weeks, four individuals with diverse backgrounds in film, music, sports entertainment, and entrepreneurship were identified and agreed to take part in the newly redesigned course. In hindsight, these individuals created a dynamic new learning environment for the students enrolled in this course, one they could not have benefited from previously. It should be kept in mind that the purpose of the class was, and continues to be, to offer business students the opportunity to hear from successful individuals from various creative disciplines and to offer students opportunities to hear of the challenges they faced and continue to face with regard to financing and marketing their respective businesses and careers. It is not unusual for individuals with creative backgrounds to have little or any experience or knowledge of the challenges with regard to financing and marketing their ideas. This, once again, was the onus for the development and continuation of this class.