Toward a Relational-Developmental Model of Character Development

Leadership Theories: Toward a Relational Model

Introduction Within the context of my Ph.D. dissertation, I am interested in (1) the impact of superiors' management skills and subordinates' working skills on the building of their (hierarchical) relationship and (2) the impact this hierarchical relationship has upon the mental health of workers (i.e. both superiors and subordinates). Research to date has revealed the potentially negative cons...

Toward a unified model of developmental timing

Animal development requires temporal coordination between recurrent processes and sequential events, but the underlying timing mechanisms are not yet understood. The molting cycle of C. elegans provides an ideal system to study this basic problem. We recently characterized LIN-42, which is related to the circadian clock protein PERIOD, as a key component of the developmental timer underlying rh...

Developing Leaders of Character at the United States Military Academy: A Relational Developmental Systems Analysis

A paucity of literature exists on the processes of character development within diverse contexts. In this article, the authors use the United States Military Academy at West Point (USMA) as a sample case for understanding character development processes within an institution of higher education. The authors present a discussion of relational developmental systems theories and relevant research ...

Toward a Relational Humanism

A Combinatorial Approach toward Factors Empowering Developmental Coaches and Deputies

The present research has aimed to present a model for and identify the dimensions and components of empowering developmental coaches and deputies in high schools. Taking a mixed, exploratory approach, the research used the strategy derived from grounded theory in the qualitative section, while a descriptive-survey method was used in the quantitative section. The statistical population for the f...