JOAA: Did you have any teacher, professor, or colleague who influenced your learning experience and development in any particular way? Wigfield: I was inspired by several professors and mentors. I took my first undergraduate child development class from Joseph McV. Hunt at the University of Illinois, and he later helped mentor my undergraduate honors thesis. His excitement about research and th...

School leaders are key factors in implementation of information and communication technology (ICT) in schools. They need to understand the capacities of the new technologies, to have a personal proficiency in their use, and be able to promote a school culture which encourages exploration of new techniques in teaching, learning and management. However, there is less information about the current...

Article history: Received 4 September 2012 Received in revised form 7 April 2013 Accepted 10 April 2013 Available online 2 May 2013 Challenging an implicit assumption of universal applicability, we propose that a subset of transformational leader behaviors may hamper organizational outcomes for a unique yet growing segment of the workforce: employees on the autism spectrum. Specifically, we tes...

BACKGROUND Workforce and leadership development are central to the future of public health. However, public health has been slow to translate and apply leadership models from other professions and to incorporate local perspectives in understanding public health leadership. PURPOSE This study utilized the full-range leadership model in order to examine public health leadership. Specifically, i...

background: outstanding leadership is one of the important and vital concepts in management and educational leadership debates especially in educational organizations such as universities. thus, effective educational leadership and adopting an appropriate tool to assess leadership in education are crucial in these institutions. the present study was conducted to develop an instrument for measur...

Douglas Bratthall was an inspirational cariologist known for his playful curiosity, thoughtful inquisitiveness, incisive scholarship, and energetic leadership. He became a time, mind, and global traveler who viewed his career path as an exotic safari. This 'Discovery!' report identifies where his era's burning issues have led and how they were shaped by his contributions.

iii DEDICATION Thanks to my wife Kelly, for without her I would not be here. Thanks to my father Larry, my mother Lovice, and my brothers Glenn and Paul, for their insight and encouragement. Antonio Palacios who have been at the same time helpful and inspirational in the research of the thesis. Special Thanks to Dr. Jose Castillo for his continued support.