The composition of the American workforce is quickly shifting, with Millennials assuming leadership positions early in their careers due to Baby Boomer generation retirements and the relatively small Generation-X population. Using an exploratory narrative case study design, I empirically documented the leader identity development of seven…

Grit, defined as perseverance and passion for long-term goals, has garnered attention in educational research for its potential to predict academic achievement and well-being. Despite this, its psychometric properties and applicability across diverse populations remain underexplored. This study aims to validate the Grit-O scale and explore its…

Emotional intelligence gained interest in the early 1990s from researchers in hopes of assessing how understanding and developing emotions can help individuals be "healthy, rich, successful, loved, and happy" (Mayer et al., 2001, p. xi). Because of the expanded interest, increasing implications began occurring at the postsecondary level…

Emotional intelligence gained interest in the early 1990s from researchers in hopes of assessing how understanding and developing emotions can help individuals be "healthy, rich, successful, loved, and happy" (Mayer et al., 2001, p. xi). Because of the expanded interest, increasing implications began occurring at the postsecondary level…

Emotional intelligence gained interest in the early 1990s from researchers in hopes of assessing how understanding and developing emotions can help individuals be "healthy, rich, successful, loved, and happy" (Mayer et al., 2001, p. xi). Because of the expanded interest, increasing implications began occurring at the postsecondary level…

Emotional intelligence gained interest in the early 1990s from researchers in hopes of assessing how understanding and developing emotions can help individuals be "healthy, rich, successful, loved, and happy" (Mayer et al., 2001, p. xi). Because of the expanded interest, increasing implications began occurring at the postsecondary level…

Emotional intelligence gained interest in the early 1990s from researchers in hopes of assessing how understanding and developing emotions can help individuals be "healthy, rich, successful, loved, and happy" (Mayer et al., 2001, p. xi). Because of the expanded interest, increasing implications began occurring at the postsecondary level…

The purpose of this qualitative study intends to understand the concepts of self-authorship and the influence of masculinity upon self-authorship in the lived experiences of Christian men who attend a faith-based, liberal arts institution of higher education. Marcia Baxter Magolda's (2008) study on self-authorship shaped the conceptual framework…

This research applied current thinking in the fields of positive education, positive youth development, and global education to a culturally-relevant, social-emotional learning curriculum. The Kenya Education Empowerment Project (KEEP) curriculum facilitated social-emotional learning through dialogically-based classroom lessons and opportunities…

The profession of athletic training has opened its doors to women, who now slightly outnumber men in the profession (Shingles, 2001; WATC, 1997, 2005). Unfortunately, this representation does not carry over into positions of high rank. The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine the lived experiences of female head athletic trainers in…

The idea that individual behavior is the result of society's influence on individual self-concept beliefs reflects more than a century of theory and research. Therefore, this study focuses on self-concept as a construct of primordial human characteristics such as emotion, aspiration, love, conflict, anger, jealousy, contradiction, guilt, and…