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How Leaders Use The Construct Of Culture To Influence Change Resistance: A Study Of A Planned Change Initiative In A Combined Government And Military Organization, Derek R. Noether Edd

Dissertations

The construct of organizational culture has been used to interpret various aspects of organizational life, including organizational leadership and organizational change. The literature indicates that leaders can influence organizational change by attending to and modifying an organization's cultural dimensions. Much of this literature, however, is theoretical and speculative, and the empirical work that does exist has focused mostly on business. The purpose of this case study was to develop an understanding of how leaders in a combined government and military organization used the notion of culture during a two-and-a-half year planned change initiative. The study explored the strategies and mental …

The Courage To Change: Striving For Magnet Hospital Recognition, Janet M. Jones Edd

Dissertations

In the ever-changing environment of health care, good leaders are of utmost importance to the effective functioning of the hospital. Leadership in the hospital setting requires innovativeness and courage. This means the passion to discover, create and experience the unknown. Until recently why some hospitals attract and retain good nurses while others do not was unknown. The magnet hospital concept identified attributes that supported the professional practice of nursing which, in turn increased nurse recruitment and retention. The objective of this study was to compare Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) perceptions of their innovativeness and leadership …

To Be Or Not To Be: Status Of Guam's Middle Schools, Judith T. Won Pat Edd

Dissertations

In an effort to help middle school programs respond to the unique developmental needs of their students, in 1995 the National Middle School Association issued their influential list of twelve essential characteristics for a developmentally sound middle school. Although this paper spawned a significant amount of research regarding the importance of these essential characteristics, there has been little, if any, research in the last decade describing the extent to which these characteristics have been implemented in middle schools outside of the continental United States. To remedy this situation, this study surveyed all 471 middle school teachers on Guam as well …

How School Counselors Gain Support To Implement Comprehensive Guidance And Counseling Programs, Jo Ann Grant Edd

Dissertations

The school counseling field is evolving from a focus on ancillary activities to a commitment to comprehensive guidance and counseling programs. Understanding strategies school counselors have used in gaining support from key stakeholders to implement comprehensive guidance and counseling programs can be a valuable addition to the literature of school counseling. The present study investigated how elementary and secondary school counselors gained support when implementing comprehensive guidance and counseling programs based on the National Standards for School Counseling Programs. A qualitative methodology was used in the study. The findings revealed that: (a) counselors studied believed their role in gaining support …

Omesubel A Ureor: Workforce Development In Palau From Pre-Contact To 1999, Patrick Ubal Tellei Edd

Dissertations

After being a ward of many nations for over 250 years, the Republic of Palau gained its independence on October 1, 1994. One of the many challenges facing this young nation is the workforce preparation of its people to engage in nation building. After many years of being subjugated by foreign governments, the people have developed a taste of material consumerism. This has driven people away from their subsistence way of life in favor of a market driven economy which calls for infrastructure development that cannot be accomplished if there is a nonexistent skilled workforce to undertake this challenge. To …

Asian American Females In Educational Leadership In K-12 Public Schools, Dina Castillo Pacis Edd

Dissertations

The research on educational leadership has largely excluded the perspectives of women and minorities. As school age populations become increasingly diverse, the need for principals from diverse backgrounds also increases. However, the research data shows that females and ethnic minorities are underrepresented in educational leadership positions. In an effort to address the lack of minority females in educational leadership, particularly Asian American females, more research needs to be conducted on their perceived barriers to upward mobility, as well as their perceptions of educational leadership. Only when the voices of Asian American female minority administrators are heard, will they be better …

Linking Succession Planning To Employee Training: A Study Of Federal Employees, Douglas E. Fenner Edd

Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to examine whether differences emerged in federal male and female middle managers and supervisors' perceptions concerning organizational career development culture, succession planning components used for linking employee-training activities, reasons for succession planning and barriers impacting succession planning within their organization. Quantitative methodology supported this research study. A test-retest of the eighty-two-statement survey instrument was conducted for reliability among 40 participants (20 male and 20 female). The survey was then administered to 300 federal middle managers and supervisors (150 male and 150 female). Participants' grade level ranged from general schedule (GS) GS-12 to GS-15. Of …

Charismatic Leadership And Conductors: Can Charisma Be Learned?, Douglas J. Miller

Theses and Graduate Projects

This study will use a current charismatic leadership model to determine if the unique characteristics of three famous orchestral conductors can lend insight into improving the efficacy of all musical conductors. The charismatic elements of each conductor's leadership will be examined and compared to the charismatic leadership model. The results of this comparison will be used to recommend areas for augmenting the educational curriculum for the development of greater charisma in young conductors.

Go Where The Fish Are, C. William Pollard

C. William Pollard Papers

Pollard delivered this meditation on Luke 5 at the 2005 Council for Christian Colleges and Universities President's Conference in Washington, D.C. In it he contends that one can learn much about leadership from following the example of Christ.

Ua3/9/5 Dedication Complex For Engineering & Biological Sciences, Wku President's Office

WKU Administration Documents

Talking points used by WKU president Gary Ransdell at the dedication of the Complex for Engineering & Biological Sciences.

Re-Imagining Power In Leadership: Reflection, Integration, And Servant-Leadership, Karel S. San Juan

International Journal of Servant-Leadership

Leadership is imbued with the idea of power. Think about leadership, and soon after you will think of power as well. This is because power is a compelling aspect of leadership. Think about power-and you evoke several images. Power is a different and an independent phenomenon. It surrounds our everyday life in a ubiquitous and pervasive way-physical power, solar power, social power, spiritual power, and so on. It elicits impressions of greatness and grandeur, strength and stamina, energy and engagement. It evokes ideas like force, control, persuasion, authority, influence, impact, and charisma.

A Journal Of Devotion, Larry Spears

International Journal of Servant-Leadership

With the publication of this first academic journal devoted to research and writing on servant-leadership, we hope to take significant step forward in the ongoiong evolution of servant-leadership. Much as the burgeoning field of philanthropic studies was some ten or fifteen years ago, the study of servant-leadership is now poised for a similar kind of development. The International Journal of Servant-leadership, a collaboration between Gonzaga University and The Greenleaf Center, has been established to help lead the way in the further development of servant-leadership as a legitimate and powerful field for study, research, teaching and publishing.

Servant-Leadership, A Way Of Life, Shann Ferch

International Journal of Servant-Leadership

What is it about a child's voice, a child's smiling face and exuberant laughter, that reminds us of the mystery and wonder of existence? Something of freedom is found in that smile, and peace, the simple unburdened essence of being young and alive. Yet so often this essence is clouded in adulthood, becoming increasingly more elusive, and for some seemingly unreachable. At times our lives can be so filled with rapid motion, entanglements, pressure, and confusion we find it difficult to breathe.

Film Review: “Thus Have We Made The World”: Using The Film The Mission To Explore The Choice For Servant-Leadership, Michael Lieberman Carey

International Journal of Servant-Leadership

Michael Lieberman Carey finds the 1986 film The Mission (directed by Roland Joffe) to present "Robert Greenleaf's concept that 'the great leader is seen as a servant first, and that simple fact is the key to his greatness,'" and "illustrates [Spears'] ten characteristics of servant-leadership," listening, empathy, healing, awareness, persuasion, conceptualization, foresight, stewardship, committment to the growth of people, and building community.

Servant-Leadership In A Changing Culture: Reflection On The Brazilian Context, Robson Marinho

International Journal of Servant-Leadership

As in any other society, the principles of servant-leadership have an incontestable appeal to Brazilian corporate environment, but the term servant may not sound terribly attractive to people from the Brazilian culture. In fact, this is one of the struggles we face when spreading the servant-leadership philosophy among business corporations and Brazilian society at large. Recently, in a class on Leadership Teamwork for Masters students at University of Santo Amaro, in Sao Paulo, I strategically decided to explore the servant-leadership concept as the foundation of the course, so I outlined the topic on the course syllabus. As I introduced the …

Servant-Leadership And The Art Of Teaching, Joshua B. Powers, John W. Moore

International Journal of Servant-Leadership

If ever there was an archetypical teacher, it would be Henry Higgins. Adorned in his tweed smoking jacket, with pipes in his pocket, this professor of phonetics displays an unabashed arrogance through much of My Fair Lady. He lectures the cockney Eliza Doolittle on the finer points of diction with the requisite disinterestedness of the research scientist, as if she is little different from the common laboratory rat. Yet, by the end of this memorable play we are entranced by the irrepressible Eliza, who proves Higgins wrong about her true capabilities and his own self-importance, and teaches him a thing …

African American Leaders: Guardians Of Public Values—An Interview With James Joseph, Juana Bordas

International Journal of Servant-Leadership

Robert Greenleaf saw the rock upon which a good society would be built as people caring for and serving one another. While he noted that in previous times this was largely person-to-person, he expanded this thesis and charged large institutions with the task of building a just and loving society-one that would offer greater creative opportunities to its people. A prophetic and compassionate man, Greenleaf saw the underlying power shift being advocated for by social movements of the late twentieth century as having far-reaching implications and changes for leadership. In a prophetic and alarming statement he proposed that today's privileged …

Ua12/2/16 Spirit Masters Scrapbook, Wku Spirit Masters

Student Organizations

Scrapbook of WKU Spirit Masters activities in 2004-2005.

Ua1d Lee Robertson Personnel File, Wku Human Relations

WKU Administration Documents

Biographical clippings regarding Lee Robertson.

From Paternalism To The Servant Organization: Expanding The Organizational Leadership Assessment (Ola) Model, Jim Laub

International Journal of Servant-Leadership

Servant-leadership is becoming an increasingly accepted term in the leadership and organizational literature. When the likes of Peter Senge (1997), Stephen Covey ( 1994 ), Margaret Wheatley ( 1994 ), and Ronald Heifetz ( 1994) give credence to and promote the term, we notice that the idea of servant-leadership is gaining a profound and wide audience. Leaders, writers and researchers who have espoused this idea of leadership have done so for many reasons. Some do so because they believe that it is the right way to view leadership. Those with this view are drawn to servant-leadership because of its moral …

A Study Of Somali Women In The Secular Work Setting, Maria R. Morland

Theses and Graduate Projects

This research study gives an overview of Somali culture and religion, and immigration to Minnesota. The study is based on quantitative research and qualitative data from interviews with five Somali Muslim women (aged 20-39) in the secular work setting. The study was conducted to learn about the experience of Somali women in the workplace relative to their religious practices. The women expressed some alienation but not discrimination in the workplace. This study provides valuable information for leaders and employers who employ Somalis. If the leadership of an organization has knowledge of the typical conflicts that might occur with Somalis in …

Leaving It All Behind, James A. Autry

International Journal of Servant-Leadership

A poem by James A. Autry

If At First You Don't Succeed, Stephen Prosser

International Journal of Servant-Leadership

This inaugural lecture is dedicated to the three most important women in my life (presented in strict chronological order!): my mother, Enid Mair Prosser; my sister, Jill Ellis; and my wife, Lesley. All of them have given me more than one chance to succeed.

The Servant-Leader: From Hero To Host—An Interview With Margaret Wheatley, Larry C. Spears, John Noble

International Journal of Servant-Leadership

On November 15, 2001, Larry C. Spears, CEO of the Greenleaf Center for Servant-Leadership in Indianapolis, and John Noble, Director of the Greenleaf Centre-United Kingdom, met with Margaret Wheatley in Indianapolis, Indiana. What follows is a record of the conversation that took place.

The Effect Of Embedded Metacognitive Prompts And Probes On Students’ Awareness In A Multimedia Lesson For Elementary School Students, Wendy Janine Parcel Edd

Dissertations

In a study he called The Effect of Embedded Metacognitive Cues and Probes on Use of Learner Control Features in an On-line Lesson for Elementary Students, Watson (2001) found that minimal prompting by an online tutorial increased 5th grade students’ comprehension of how much they understood. While Watson’s findings demonstrated a significant difference in the ability of prompted and non-prompted students to accurately predict their own performance on posttests, actual scores were not greater than those of control students until the results were analyzed by gender. The purpose of this study was to replicate and extend Watson’s study to determine …

Intuitive Decision Making And Leadership Style Among Healthcare Executives In The United States, Cherie Whiting

Dissertations

The purpose of this two-phased, sequential, exploratory, mixed-methods study was to survey a sample of Fellows in the American College of Healthcare Executives in the United States and then interview selected individuals who scored in the highly intuitive category on the intuition survey to explore how they made intuitive decisions. In the first phase, quantitative research questions addressed the relationship between leadership style and the potential to make intuitive decisions, as well as the relationship and interaction between the potential to make intuitive decisions and age, gender, and size of company. In the second phase, qualitative interviews were used to …

Living Waters: An Invitation To Contemplative Spirituality For The Quail Springs Church Of Christ, Wyatt E. Fenno

Doctor of Ministry Theses and Dissertations

This project addressed an acknowledged need for ministry action to promote and facilitate communal spiritual formation in the present and future life of the Quail Springs Church of Christ. The focus of the project was to present a model of contemplative spirituality determined to be accessible to the ministry context at Quail Springs. In addressing the problem of community fragmentation at Quail Springs, this model was offered as a means of grace to deepen faith and strengthen relationships in church life at Quail Springs. A pilot group of six women and six men served as the working group for this …

Mestizaje And Law Making As Interrelated Processes In Indigenous Identity Formation In Northeastern Brazil: “After The Conflict Came The History”, Jan Hoffman French

Sociology and Anthropology Faculty Publications

This article explores issues of authenticity, legal discourse, and local requirements of belonging by considering the recent surge of indigenous recognitions in northeastern Brazil. It investigates how race and ethnicity are implicated in the recognition process in Brazil, based on a successful struggle for indigenous identity and access to land by a group of African-descended rural workers. This article argues that the relationship between two processes – law making and indigenous identity formation – is crucial to understanding how the notion of mixed heritage is both reinforced and disentangled. It illustrates how these two processes interact over time and how …

Visionary Thinker And Wordsmith Par Excellence, David E. Wilkins

Jepson School of Leadership Studies articles, book chapters and other publications

I was part of a small cohort of Native students, thrilled at the possibility of studying with a man we affectionately, and with some trepidation, referred to as "the Godfather" of Indian politics, policy and law. We called ourselves "Vine's Disciples," not because he was a religious figure, but because we sensed that in having the privilege and opportunity studying with the individual we all considered the most gifted of our time, that we would receive profound lessons in what was required of us as we sought to become active and informed defenders of indigenous nationhood.

What an influence he …

[Introduction To] The Quest For Moral Leaders: Essays On Leadership Ethics, Joanne B. Ciulla, Terry L. Price, Susan E. Murphy

Bookshelf

The quest for moral leaders is both a personal quest that takes place in the hearts and minds of leaders and a pursuit by individuals, groups, organizations, communities and societies for leaders who are both ethical and effective. The contributors to this volume, all top scholars in leadership studies and ethics, provide a nuanced discussion of the complex ethical relationships that lie at the core of leadership.