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Full-Text Articles in Leadership Studies
Far Away Waters, Ellen Welcker
Far Away Waters, Ellen Welcker
International Journal of Servant-Leadership
It s a ways to travel for gravel but no one can deny this parking lot has our undivided attention
Human Rights From Its Origins To The Twenty-First Century: A Journey Through Empathy, Love, The Will To Power, And The Will To Meaning, Toni Jiménez Luque
Human Rights From Its Origins To The Twenty-First Century: A Journey Through Empathy, Love, The Will To Power, And The Will To Meaning, Toni Jiménez Luque
International Journal of Servant-Leadership
What is servant-leadership? And what is the connection between this philosophy and set of practices with human rights design, implementation and defense? According to the Robert K. Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership s website, we are talking about a philosophy and set of practices with the aim of enriching the lives of individuals, building better organizations and ultimately creating a more just and caring world. With regards to human rights, we have a variety of definitions, but basically we understand them by the respect for the individual, the assumption that each person is a moral and rational being who deserves …
Servant-Leadership In Crisis: A Case Study Of The 2002 Evacuation Of The International Christian Academy In Cote D’Ivoire, Michael F. James
Servant-Leadership In Crisis: A Case Study Of The 2002 Evacuation Of The International Christian Academy In Cote D’Ivoire, Michael F. James
International Journal of Servant-Leadership
Imagine, if you will, that you are at dinner with your family. After dinner, you sit at the table discussing the day s events with your wife and the sounds of gunshots ring out. You realize with a sinking feeling that the kids, as they often are after dinner, are outside playing. You run to the yard only to find it empty but alight with hundreds of tracers streaming overhead. Imagine your relief when, after a frantic search, you find your children huddled in the backyard or safe in a neighbor s home. You gather your family to wait out …
Sticky Like Butter: The Language Surrounding Corporate Social Responsibility Is Uninspiring And Therefore Not Embraced, Matt Kincaid
Sticky Like Butter: The Language Surrounding Corporate Social Responsibility Is Uninspiring And Therefore Not Embraced, Matt Kincaid
International Journal of Servant-Leadership
The research discussed in this article began with an interest in examining the relationship between servant-leadership and social responsibility. In my time both owning and working within companies, I had become familiar with different perspectives and opinions on social responsibility, and had witnessed first-hand the struggles that organizations often experience in attempting to carry out effective strategies.
Learners’ Perceptions Of Servant-Leadership In Classrooms, Kong Wah Chan
Learners’ Perceptions Of Servant-Leadership In Classrooms, Kong Wah Chan
International Journal of Servant-Leadership
The term servant-leadership was coined by Robert Greenleaf (1970) through his collection of essays titled The Servant as Leader. His message is that the best leader is first a servant. Beazley (2003) described servant-leadership as an art, a calling, a way of being, and a philosophy of life. Hence, it is not modern theory of leadership and management technique but rather the process of serving, and the development of the led, who are being served. Omoh (2007) considered that the results of servant-leadership include follower-empowerment as well as mutual trust and collaboration between the servant-leader and the led. More specifically, …
The Mentoring Experiences Of Four Missouri Teachers Of The Year Through The Lens Of Servant-Leadership Characteristics, Audrey Ebbrecht, Barbara N. Martin
The Mentoring Experiences Of Four Missouri Teachers Of The Year Through The Lens Of Servant-Leadership Characteristics, Audrey Ebbrecht, Barbara N. Martin
International Journal of Servant-Leadership
Teachers are facing overwhelming pressure in today s classrooms with core standards, and high-stakes testing (Grissom, Nicholson-Crotty, & Harrington, 2014; Oliver, 2009; Phillips, 2015) resulting in many new teachers decision not to continue in the profession (Hancock & Scherff, 2010). Across the country, 23% of teachers with one to three years teaching experience either left the teaching profession or moved to another school district (Keigher & Cross, 2010).
The Accompanying Servant-Leader: Facilitating Change That Builds Engaged Partnerships, Josh P. Armstrong, Larry C. Spears
The Accompanying Servant-Leader: Facilitating Change That Builds Engaged Partnerships, Josh P. Armstrong, Larry C. Spears
International Journal of Servant-Leadership
Many of us want to make a difference in our communities, and in our personal and professional lives. We want to be leaders, bringing change to a world that seems increasingly hungry for transformation. However, one doesn t need to look very far to see examples of those leaders with good intentions, both home and abroad, who get in the way of true change (Ellerman, 2006; Moyo, 2009). Often as not, the source of failure is overemphasizing tangible results while underemphasizing process. If we are to make a sustainable difference, we must focus on accompaniment more than accomplishment.
Agape: Empowering Servant-Leader Congruence, Kyle Coe, Alice Coe
Agape: Empowering Servant-Leader Congruence, Kyle Coe, Alice Coe
International Journal of Servant-Leadership
Many have experienced situations where a leader has asked them to perform a task or exhibit certain characteristics that did not benefit the follower s growth, but that of their leader and/or organization. In these cases, leadership choices are not based on what is best for the individual follower, but more out of a self-centered mentality, facilitating a self-centered culture within departments, organizations, businesses, and potentially larger culture. The recent world financial crisis of 2008 was the result of a selfcentered culture perpetuated on a grand scale and the domino effect created by selfishly motivated leadership, for which society is …
Forgiveness And Reconciliation As An Organizational Leadership Competency Within Transitional Justice Instruments, Andrew Campbell
Forgiveness And Reconciliation As An Organizational Leadership Competency Within Transitional Justice Instruments, Andrew Campbell
International Journal of Servant-Leadership
The socio-cultural and ethnic trauma experienced by victims of human rights violations impact not only post reconstruction activities but also stable governance initiatives as transitional leaders foster national reconciliation in a post conflict environment. Scholars note that demands upon transitional leaders range from macroeconomic stabilization and generation of employment to anti-corruption and sustainability of markets; at the same time, physical and territorial security call for accountability and justice for perpetrators under the rule of law in the aftermath of human rights violations committed during conflict (Oola, 2015; Sammi, 2010; Saunders, 2011). Yet, if forgiveness and reconciliation are not included as …
He Named Me Malala: Malala’S Voice, Vision And Leadership, Carla Penha Vasconcelos
He Named Me Malala: Malala’S Voice, Vision And Leadership, Carla Penha Vasconcelos
International Journal of Servant-Leadership
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights says that Everyone has the right to education (United Nations, 1948, art. 26). According to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (2016) education is a fundamental human right and essential for the exercise of all other human rights. It promotes individual freedom and empowerment and yields important development benefits (p. 1).
The Servant-Leader In The Library: A Case Study And A Journey Towards Self-Transcendence, Jonathan Potter
The Servant-Leader In The Library: A Case Study And A Journey Towards Self-Transcendence, Jonathan Potter
International Journal of Servant-Leadership
What follows is a personal case study in servantleadership. For the sake of confidentiality and clarity, I will employ pseudonyms both for my subject (the library dean at a small but growing Catholic institution of liberal arts) and for the school itself. I first met the subject of this study, whom I will refer to as Evelyn Bentley, late in November of the year 2000, not long after she had assumed the role of Interim Dean of Library Services at the institution I will call St. Aloysius University. In April of the same year, I had given up my job …
Digitally Mediated: Exploring The Correlation Between Hyper-Reliance On Electronically-Mediated Communication, Verbal Communication Apprehension And Interpersonal Relationship Skills, Kevin R. Bertsch
Communication & Leadership Dissertations and Theses
The purpose of this thesis was to identify a possible correlation between the use of electronically-mediated communication (EMC) as the dependent variable and both verbal communication apprehension (CA) and interpersonal intimacy and closeness as independent variables. Viewed through the lens of three primary theoretical perspectives, social penetration theory, social information processing, and uncertainty reduction, two questions formed the foundation of the project. RQ1) Is hyper-reliance on electronically-mediated communication associated with a corresponding increase in verbal communication apprehension during face-to-face conversations? RQ2) Is there a correlation between hyper-reliance on electronically-mediated communication and the ability to develop close interpersonal relationships? A combination …
The Ontology Of Technology: A Heideggerian Perspective, RóIsíN Lally
The Ontology Of Technology: A Heideggerian Perspective, RóIsíN Lally
Leadership Studies Faculty Scholarship
The question concerning technology lies at the heart of human existence. As such it must take a central place in philosophy today. This importance, however, is veiled by a historical interpretation of technology as instrumental. This instrumentalism is the result of an ambiguity in the Aristotelian legacy that arises from an understanding of reality rooted in a theory of the categories, on the one hand, and a theory of causality on the other. This has left us with an ambiguous understanding of human making split by the twofold structure of artistic and representational thinking. The former is characteristic of empirical …
Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind: A Content Analysis On Media Framing Of Incarceration, Shannon Elise Ardamica-Hall
Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind: A Content Analysis On Media Framing Of Incarceration, Shannon Elise Ardamica-Hall
Communication & Leadership Dissertations and Theses
This thesis uses a content analysis in order to answer the question of how incarceration is framed by popular reality and fictional dramas focused on prisons. Employing a coding system to analyze the episodes of two popular televisions show about incarceration, this study is concerned with how and what content is being presented to the audience and how it is framed. Using Oz and Lock-up as text, the study used Entman’s (1993) four processes of framing communication. It was determined that the information and themes of incarceration in the television programs were unrealistic representations of prisoners, rehabilitation programs within the …
Improving Intercultural Dialogue Between Mining Companies And Native American Communities In Northern Nevada, Lisa A. Becker
Improving Intercultural Dialogue Between Mining Companies And Native American Communities In Northern Nevada, Lisa A. Becker
Communication & Leadership Dissertations and Theses
This study analyzed intercultural communication and cross-cultural hurdles between a multinational mining company, “the Company,” and the indigenous Western Shoshone community in Northern Nevada. Standpoint theory, as presented by Wood (2004), was the framework used to analyze the engagement methods utilized by the Company and the local tribal organizations to identify communication barriers between the two groups. This study explored an external perception of the Company and the general mining industry from tribal employees, as well as the unique perspective of those participants who bring a Native American standpoint to their position of employment within the Company. Research data was …
Inside Jokes: A Sensemaking Resource For Understanding Sarcasm And Teasing In The Workplace, Tara Gray Anderson
Inside Jokes: A Sensemaking Resource For Understanding Sarcasm And Teasing In The Workplace, Tara Gray Anderson
Communication & Leadership Dissertations and Theses
Humorous exchanges using sarcasm and teasing can be found in many workplaces despite the fact that they are often considered inappropriate. This study looked at what causes people to participate in sensemaking after engaging in these types of humor and examined how people make sense of sarcasm and teasing. The framework for this study was Sherif’s Social Judgment Theory (SJT) (1969) and Sensemaking (1995). Twenty people were interviewed about their last workplace exchange involving these types of humor and their answers were recorded and analyzed. The results showed that recipients, through sensemaking, assimilated jokes that were insulting and not humorous. …
The Implications Of Doing Gender In The Digital Dating World, Brianna May Badili
The Implications Of Doing Gender In The Digital Dating World, Brianna May Badili
Communication & Leadership Dissertations and Theses
This study investigates digital dating and how men and women function within the phenomena in terms of gendered communication. The theory of semiotics, as described by CK Ogden and Roland Barthes, was used as a frame to analyze photographs, text, and actions among men and women particularly on the application Tinder to understand the construction of gender within a digital dating world. Original research was conducted using 15 participants, 11 female and 4 male, with 15-50 minute interviews, investigating their experiences with symbols and exploring gendered communication and symbols that perpetuate ideas about gender roles within dating in online settings. …
Media Literacy Education: A Media Literacy Campaign On The Social Significance Of Media Literacy And Its Educational Need, Agnes Poliquin
Media Literacy Education: A Media Literacy Campaign On The Social Significance Of Media Literacy And Its Educational Need, Agnes Poliquin
Communication & Leadership Dissertations and Theses
Research has shown that the amount of media that today’s youth is exposed to continues to rise dramatically each year. Averaging 11 hours a day, youth are encountering new challenges like miscommunication and risking becoming a less productive citizen by the time they finish secondary school. Media literacy is a tool that combats this overexposure of media to educate, create and develop ways youth can combat this influence of mass media messages. This project promotes media literacy education, based in the use of the Jon Piaget’s constructivist learning theory and George Gerbner’s cultivation theory. The project is a media literacy …
Maximizing Organizational Value Through Social Interactions, Zach Moffett
Maximizing Organizational Value Through Social Interactions, Zach Moffett
Communication & Leadership Dissertations and Theses
This project looks into maximizing value for organizations and customers through customer service. Media richness theory was used to help the researchers understand how to best serve content to customers of a company that offers tech support channels. Video tutorials were determined to be the richest form of media just after human interaction (Face to Face). The project was designed to help content creators understand best practices around creating video tutorial content. Site visitors are asked to complete a survey after reading through the content. The survey was designed to help the researchers understand if the content is useful. For …
Revolutionary Technologies: Praxical Time As A Way Of Overcoming Reification, RóIsíN Lally
Revolutionary Technologies: Praxical Time As A Way Of Overcoming Reification, RóIsíN Lally
Leadership Studies Faculty Scholarship
This article argues that by recognizing the fundamental relationship between praxical time and dwelling as a matrix of interweaving modes of being, society can subvert the potential reification of humanity by technology. This can only be achieved through a democratic process that involves participatory agents not only at the design level but also in the event of naming future innovations. By looking at the work of Alain Badiou, it is shown how a fusion of Heideggerian-inspired phenomenology and speculative ontology is critical for the advancement of social theory, as revolutionary technologies become increasingly immersive.
The Impact Of Facebook, Twitter, And Youtube On Millennials' Political Behavior, Nicholas M. Njegomir
The Impact Of Facebook, Twitter, And Youtube On Millennials' Political Behavior, Nicholas M. Njegomir
Communication & Leadership Dissertations and Theses
Social media plays a prominent role in the daily lives of Millennials. The majority of Millennials use some form of social media, and with the amount of political content on various social media sites, it is worth examining how social media influences Millennials’ political behavior. This study focused on three social media sites: Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. This research was rooted in George Gerbner and Larry Gross’ Cultivation theory (1976), which states that long-term media exposure shapes reality. The study consisted of survey and focus group research, which attempted to determine how much time Millennials spend on each site, how …
Decoding Impressions: Understanding Appearances A Nonverbal Training Program, Michelle Lynn Spring
Decoding Impressions: Understanding Appearances A Nonverbal Training Program, Michelle Lynn Spring
Communication & Leadership Dissertations and Theses
Given the multitude of clothing options, jewelry, and adornments that exist in the modern world and the variety of colors these artifacts are available in, there is a need to understand the how appearance cues impact impressions. Saussure’s theory of Semiotics was used as the framework for this project as a means to decoding the sign structures associated with appearance cues that influence impressions. This project outlines an active training program that walks students through the semiotic theory, the elements of appearance cues and the resulting impressions that may be formed by artifact choices. The goal of this project is …
A Glimpse At Media-Framing Effects On Place Attachment In Rural Northwest Montana, Gregory D. Bruns
A Glimpse At Media-Framing Effects On Place Attachment In Rural Northwest Montana, Gregory D. Bruns
Communication & Leadership Dissertations and Theses
This study examined how outdated media framing can disturb rural place attachment. Evaluating this concept against the backdrop of south Lincoln County, Montana, which is nearing the end of a years-long EPA Superfund cleanup, over 100 regional visitors were surveyed to learn if media framing affected place-attachment sentiments. The investigation revealed that existing news stories, some up to 15 years old, may be playing a lingering and consequential role in attracting first-time destination seekers to the region, in support of framing theory. Furthermore, these findings also lend credence to the significance of sound Internet search-engine optimization practices, and provide an …
Examining How Supervisor/Employee Communication Affects Employee Intentions To Leave An Organization, Courtney R. Malengo
Examining How Supervisor/Employee Communication Affects Employee Intentions To Leave An Organization, Courtney R. Malengo
Communication & Leadership Dissertations and Theses
Americans who are full-time employees spend more hours at work than they do with family and loved ones. Management articles and research lament organizational communication woes, specifically amongst employees and their supervisors. This study explores supervisor/employee communication and the affect it has on employees’ decisions to stay or leave an organization. Specifically, the study examines how satisfied employees are with their respective supervisor and their organization, correlating findings to Deetz’s organizational communication theory and Graen & Uhl-Bien’s leader-member exchange theory. Respondents included 132 adults, 18 years and older, 58.4% were female and 41.6% were male, largely spanning the nonprofit/association and …
Call-Out Culture: How Online Shaming Affects Social Media Participation In Young Adults, Ethan M. Huffman
Call-Out Culture: How Online Shaming Affects Social Media Participation In Young Adults, Ethan M. Huffman
Communication & Leadership Dissertations and Theses
Communication via social media is important to many young adults. While participation affords benefits, it can lead to acts of online shaming. This study hypothesized that young social media users are concerned that the information they post online could cascade out of control leading to a verbal attack by an anonymous crowd. As a result, users reduce the frequency of posting content to social media after witnessing or experiencing acts of online shaming. Academic attention has not focused on social media participation, or the lack thereof, as a behavioral trait akin to organizational silence. Drawing on Morrison and Milliken’s (2000) …
A Gendered Lens Of Understanding Confidence, Abbey Johnston
A Gendered Lens Of Understanding Confidence, Abbey Johnston
Communication & Leadership Dissertations and Theses
Women make up approximately half of the U.S. workforce, yet far fewer women than men reach senior management and leadership positions. Women enter the workplace at levels similar to men, with comparable credentials and expectations, but their career paths rapidly diverge. This discrepancy among males and females can be associated, in part, to the documented difference in confidence between men and women. This study addressed the critical topic of how gender may impact an individual’s understanding and level of confidence and utilized the theoretical lenses of Mead’s (1934) Symbolic Interactionism and the Standpoint Theory of Harding (1991) and Wood (2004). …
Communication And Leadership Styles Utilized By Mill Managers Compared To Front Line Leaders, Ashley Meaghan Moore
Communication And Leadership Styles Utilized By Mill Managers Compared To Front Line Leaders, Ashley Meaghan Moore
Communication & Leadership Dissertations and Theses
Paper mills can be a dangerous place to work; therefore, effective leadership by the mill manager and front line leaders are crucial to the safety of their employees. Leaders within all mills encompass many methods of leading and communicating with their teams. However, research on the consistency in these methods across the two levels of leaders is lacking. To help fill the gap, the author engaged in a case study and collected data through an online survey and guided interviews to examine their personal experiences with their leadership and communication styles within the mill environment with Mead’s (1934) Symbolic Interactionism …
Competing For Attention: U.S. Millennial Perception Of Traditional And Social Media, Carl Neal Hudson
Competing For Attention: U.S. Millennial Perception Of Traditional And Social Media, Carl Neal Hudson
Communication & Leadership Dissertations and Theses
This study examines how U.S. Millennials view information reported by traditional and social media using Christians and Fackler’s (1993) communitarian ethics and Entman’s (1989) ideas on media “frame analysis” as a foundation for analysis. For the purposes of this study, Islamic State – a radical extremist organization rooted in the Middle East – is widely reported on both platforms and is used as a focal point for the study’s purposes. U.S. Millennials who participated in this study address their concerns with how information is reported in today’s 24/7 news coverage and constant outreach from organizations that report on world events. …
Extroversion And Media Richness: An Analysis Of Media Preferences Of High Extroverts Within Sales Organizations, Donna M. Dudek
Extroversion And Media Richness: An Analysis Of Media Preferences Of High Extroverts Within Sales Organizations, Donna M. Dudek
Communication & Leadership Dissertations and Theses
Personality traits and vocational acumen have been the source of research in recent years. Using personality measures such as the Five Factor model, researchers have sought to find common traits which may predict success in critical organizational roles. Communication needs and desires, including media richness choices, have also been the subject of past research. The purpose of this thesis is to tie these two themes together. Using a survey instrument containing both a personality inventory and a questionnaire examining media preferences in different scenarios, the author gathered data from sales professionals, client service professionals, and managers to evaluate similarities and …
This Is Not A Cage Match, Joseph C. Shepard
This Is Not A Cage Match, Joseph C. Shepard
Communication & Leadership Dissertations and Theses
During the 2016 presidential election season, Senator Ted Cruz’s use of social media to promote his campaign and build up a grassroots following was masterful. This case study explores Cruz’s digital outreach efforts in the shadow of GOP rival Donald Trump’s commanding use of traditional earned media. This case study views the Cruz campaign’s digital outreach strategy through the lens of the Agenda Setting theory of communication, which seeks to explain the mass media’s ability to influence what the important issues are to the public, and through the reverse agenda setting effect, meaning if the airtime is unavailable through traditional …