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A Multi-Level Evaluation of the Relationship between Leadership Program Satisfaction, Opinion Leadership, and Intent to Participate in an Alumni Program
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Lamm, Kevan W.; Lamm, Alexa J. – Journal of Leadership Education, 2019
A census of 23 adult leadership development programs including 2,200 individuals from 262 classes investigated the influence of the group level (class) elements on individual intentions to participate in alumni programming. Individual and group level effects were evaluated, specifically, level of individual and group satisfaction as well as level…
Descriptors: Leadership Training, Alumni, Intention, Comparative Analysis
Teaching with Tupac: Building a Solid Grounding in Theory across the Social Work Education Continuum
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Elkins, Jennifer; Miller, Shari; Briggs, Harold; Skinner, Sara – Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 2015
This article describes a collaborative and emergent approach utilizing Tupac Shakur's "Brenda's Got a Baby" to leverage theory education. This song/video uses a fictionalized account of a pregnant 12-year-old African American girl to chronicle the ecological realities of life in the inner city (e.g., teen pregnancy, drug addiction and…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Grounded Theory, Social Work, Educational Theories
An Emergent Theory of Altruism and Self-Interest
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Flynn, Stephen V.; Black, Linda L. – Journal of Counseling & Development, 2011
Beliefs about altruism and self-interest of 25 participants were examined through a grounded theory methodology. Altruism was defined as the promotion of needs of others and self-interest as the promotion of needs of self. Data sources included interviews, focus group, journal analysis, artifacts, and a measure of altruism. The relationship…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Critical Theory, Altruism, Focus Groups
Anticipation and Action in Graduate-Level Design Programs: Building a Theory of Relationships among Academic Culture, Professional Identity and the Design of the Teaching Environment
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Littlejohn, Deborah Kathleen – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This research concerns the culture of design education in the context of great change in the social and professional conditions of practice. Findings illuminate interrelationships among pedagogy, professional identity and the design of the instructional setting in programs that teach visual communication and interaction design. Participants'…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Instruction, Grounded Theory, Models
A Case Study of Undergraduate Women in a Leadership Development Program at a Coeducational Institution
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Haight, Lori P. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this interpretive case study was to explore the collegiate experiences of undergraduate women participating in a cohort women's-only leadership development program at a coeducational institution. Using a framework based on Kurt Lewin's psycho-social model of behavior being the function of a person interacting with the environment…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Undergraduate Students, Females, Interviews
Environmental Sustainability as a Generative Concern: An Exploratory Study of the Narrative Identities of Leaders in the Environmental Sustainability Movement
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Chan, Tiffany Simons – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Environmental sustainability is one of the most pressing concerns of the twenty-first century, and working toward sustainability will require broad lifestyle and cultural shifts, particularly in industrialized societies. Yet despite a growing recognition of the importance of issues such as climate change, food security, transportation, and…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Leaders, Life Style, Individual Psychology