“Building Leaders at Every Level”, an initiative developed at the College Board, was one of several responses to increase racial and ethnic representation in the senior leadership pipeline. Building Leaders at Every Level is a nine-month leadership pilot program that provides pa…
The purpose of this project is to equip a selected group of concerned Malaysian Christians to Communicate the Gospel with Muslim seekers. The facilitator conducted five five-hour seminars on the following topics: (1) introduction of the theological rationale and theoretical pres…
Previous studies related to manager effectiveness and organizational culture have determined that emotional intelligence (EI) is a critical predictor of intercultural adjustment and business success. However, few investigators have examined the relationship between EI and nation…
A major trend in economic development in recent years has been the increasing emphasis on political economy. Institutions, and the political environment they create, are now thought to be important not just for enabling effective government policy, but also for providing the env…
The primary objective of this study was to develop an understanding of the role of intuition, a so-called “hidden intelligence,” in the decision-making styles of leaders, using Nigeria and the United States as models of study. The study was undertaken to determine if there is a …
This research project explores the impact of administering outside financial assistance on the interpersonal relationships of Indonesian church leaders with their peers. The study group consists of church and theological school leaders within The Wesleyan Church of Indonesia who…
In this dissertation I present a tractable two-level bargaining game involving three actors: a leader; a domestic actor that is able to constrain the leader; and an unconstrained foreign state. The actors attempt to divide a good or to settle a policy conflict, I study how varia…
The purpose of this study was to describe and explain the Saudi national culture and its effects on organizational and administrative roles in the Saudi public schools. National culture has been shown to be a key factor in the direction of administrative practices. Hofstede's (1…
Weekly Reader—an educational and news-oriented publication used in American elementary schools—was originally titled My Weekly Reader. It was first published in September, 1928, by American Education Publications, in Columbus, Ohio. Initially, there was only one version, which e…
The purpose of this study was to determine the administrative behaviors of effective educational leaders as exemplified by leaders of Saudi Arabian Coast Guard Training Institutions, using a survey research method. The research tool was a questionnaire that was sent to the leade…
The purpose of this study was to examine the role of supervisors as educational leaders in nine private schools in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. It examines the administrative and leadership duties as viewed by teachers, supervisors and inspectresses. The study categorie…
This work is an anatomy of the nationalist challenge to incumbent power in the Soviet Union Republics and of its continuing reverberations in the successor states during the tumultuous years from 1988–1994. It is a study of commonality and variation. Similarities are readily app…
My thesis argues that shared anxieties embedded in representations of transnational migration fortified societal orientations in Britain and Australia. The language of political leaders in liberal democratic societies frequently interpret the transnational movement of people in …
This research study explored relationships among leader self-awareness, trust, and student learning in an effort to potentially contribute to the development of educational leadership programs. Participants in this qualitative study included eight randomly identified elementary …
Emotional intelligence is a popular construct among the public due to the claim that it has the potential to increase work satisfaction, better relationships, and improve deviant behaviors. Since it was first brought to scientific attention by Salovey and Mayer (1990) and later …
This dissertation demonstrates a previously undocumented aspect of John F. Kennedy's Cold War strategy. At the start of his administration Kennedy launched a personal policy initiative to court African nationalist leaders. This policy was designed as a strategy to improve U.S.-A…
This dissertation is a history of an English mission, the Anglican Universities' Mission to Central Africa (UMCA), in what is now southeastern Tanzania, both before and after European colonization. It is a mission history, however, that focuses on the African leadership and thei…
In the developing world, where political institutions are weak, leaders play a particularly important role in bringing about or preventing change. In political science literature, however, there is little acknowledgement of the ways in which they can shape major socio-political …
There is an increasing distrust against leaders throughout the world. Especially in Turkey, where the polarization has been emerged, community really suffered from abusing leaders. Both political and appointed leaders implemented wrong policies by looking down on people. These l…