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Anxiety and the New Generation in College: What Can a Professor Do?
No full textThe generation currently attending universities, the iGeneration, is unusually fearful and anxious; the paper explores anxiety in relation to these students. We first examine anxiety using the psychology and management literature as well as Scripture and then relate this to major characteristics of the iGeneration. The final section discusses classroom implementations
My Fulbright Experience: International Teaching during Times of Pandemic and War
No full textThis paper provides a first-person account of my experience in the Fulbright Scholar program and the lessons learned about teaching internationally, responding to crisis, and understanding the role of faith in seeking guidance and direction during uncertain times. My Fulbright experience took place during the 2021-2022 academic year. During my Fulbright, I was able to live in both Chisinau, Moldova, and Bucharest, Romania. I was able to visit 15 additional cities in Moldova, five additional cities in Romania, and one city in Ukraine. Teaching and research were an important part of my experience, but I learned so much more about myself, about people, about language, about culture, and about history
Incorporating Biblical Motivations into a Business Analytics Course
No full textBusiness schools have been developing data analytics courses to meet industry demand. However, a main challenge is that business students lack motivations to learn analytics. In this article, we offer suggestions and scriptural examples on how the Bible can be a rich source for Christian faculty to provide motivation for students to master the learning objectives in analytics courses as the development of a sound mind is deeply rooted in the Bible and God’s Truth
Using Stories of White-Collar Crime to Teach Accounting Students about Ethical Dilemmas and Faith Integration
No full textThis study presents a unique technique of creating awareness of white-collar crime by allowing students to interact with actual criminals via Zoom©. After hearing stories about fraud, students completed a survey and wrote reflection papers. Results show that the interaction with stories from the criminals made students more aware of ethical dilemmas and their anticipated responses. Some students articulated the importance of drawing on their Christian faith to make the right decision in these situations
A Framework for Teaching Business from a Christian Worldview
No full textBusiness faculty at Christian colleges and universities are oftentimes challenged to teach from a Christian worldview. It can be difficult to teach from a Christian worldview without a structure or framework for doing so. This article will define a Christian worldview then offer a framework consisting of five questions that can be answered through a creation, fall, redemption, and restoration narrative for business faculty to employ in their respective disciplines. This framework will be explained theoretically, and then some practical applications will be provided
Love as a Business Strategy: Resilience, Belonging and Success Book Review and Reflection
No full textTeaching students about the value of organizational culture can be a daunting task for university professors. At faith-based universities, faculty face the additional challenge of connecting faith in Christ to organizational culture and answering the questions about how our faith should be reflected in our leadership. In Love as a Business Strategy: Resilience, Belonging and Success, authors Anwar et al. (2021) lay out the plan to flip any culture into a culture of love just as they have done at Softway, a software company Anwar created in 2003 during his senior year in college at the University of Houston. This book attempts to illustrate the methods they used along with sharing the stories of their journey and lessons learned. Though this is a secular market book, the biblical connections are evident on each page, and the lessons students can learn are transformational
Advising Christian Business Students in an Age of Corporate Social Activism
No full textAttitudes conflicting with biblical teaching have become common in corporate boardrooms resulting in corporate social activism. This trend challenges Christian business professors who advise students seeking job opportunities. By applying Herrity’s proposed theory of faith integration, a framework for advising Christian business students in an age of corporate social activism will be proposed. Encouragement for business faculty to build on the proposed advising approach will also be provided
Commander or Caretaker? The Unique Role of an Interim Dean
No full textThe temporary nature of the appointment to serve as an interim dean influences the myriad duties of academic leadership, including strategic planning, faculty and staff development, academic program development, and fundraising and public relations. Whether or not the interim decides to become a candidate for the permanent position is an important consideration. This paper examines what those appointed as interim dean can expect, including challenges all deans face and those unique to interim deans
The New Testament Church as an Exemplar Organizational Culture
No full textThis article builds on management education’s emphasis on organizational culture by offering the New Testament church as an exemplar culture. The culture of the New Testament church is exposited from a study of New Testament prescriptions for the behavior of followers of Christ. Instructions and instructor resources for a classroom exercise are included in which students interact with these passages, form their own summary of New Testament culture, and make application to the workplace