Adult Learning Theory and Leadership Development

By Scott J. Allen, John Carroll University

This article highlights four theories of adult learning and links them to leadership development initiatives.

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The Personal is Political: How Followers of the Women's Liberation Movement Contributed to Social and Cultural Change in the 1970s

By Lois Ruskai Melina, Gonzaga University

American women's identity, roles, and relationships began to shift in the seventies. This article describes how individual women, even if considered followers rather than activist leaders, influenced change.

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When Values Backfire: Leadership, Attribution, and Disenchantment in a Values-Driven Organization

Original publication by Sandra E. Cha and Amy C. Edmondson
In The Leadership Quarterly

Synopsis by Michael Shambon, Claremont McKenna College, '09

What happens to a company and its staff when the leader exhibits principles or behaviors that employees perceive as hypocritical?

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Leadership as (Un)usual: How to Display Competence In Times of Crisis

Original publication by Erika Hayes James and Lynn Perry Wooten
In Organizational Dynamics

Synopsis by Athena Bernkopf, Claremont McKenna College, '09

This article emphasizes the importance of learning to develop a "business-anew paradigm" which restructures the institution to make it stronger on all levels.

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