Volume 5, Issue 1 (2019) Leadership, Spirituality, Well-being, and Holistic Approaches
This special issue features articles by leading and emerging scholars, as well as scholar-practitioners with a particular focus on global and local diverse perspectives around the world. In tandem with the philosophy of the Journal of Research Initiatives, this edition allows new and established forms of knowledge to emerge from people around the world, and provides a platform for more voices to be heard in academia and beyond. Among the diverse, holistic perspectives presented in this issue is a discussion of prosocial leadership as a means to personal flourishing, holistic methods of nurturing the balanced integration of human and social development in educational environments, and decolonization of European culture worldwide. The concepts introduced and/or developed in these studies may shed light on potential applications, various viewpoints, and new directions in the field of leadership studies, diversity, mindfulness, and beyond. We sincerely hope that these articles can contribute to the decolonization of academia, spark curiosity, and lead the readers to reexamine their mindsets toward emerging forms of scholarship, in particular, those emerging from underrepresented groups in global and local contexts.Research Articles
Relationships Between Cognitive Engagement and Self-Efficacy for High School Students Who Participate in Service-Learning
Ceola Ross Baber, Paula E. Faulkner, and Dana Lyles
Mindfulness and Well-Being: A Mixed Methods Study of Bilingual Guided Meditation In Higher Education
Chieh Li, Qinghong Ann Cai, Simone Elias, and Linda Wilson-Jones
Distributed Leadership: Theorizing a Mindful Engagement Component
Arij Rached and Simone Elias
Conceptual Articles
Prosocial Leadership: The Transformative Power of Others Directed Leadership Behavior
Timothy G. Ewest
Domination of European Culture in All Over The World
Md. Ruhul Amin
Language Diversity in the Greek Educational System: Promoting Multilingual Classroom Policies
Xanthippi Foulidi, Marianthi Oikonomakou, and Evangelos C. Papakitsos
Leadership Theories and United States Demographic Shifts: Responsiveness in the Workplace
Sherry H. Latten and Jonathan Perez
Best Practice
Guest Editors
- Simone Elias
- Abilene Christian University
- Ann Cai
- Northeastern University
- Peter Williams
- Abilene Christian University
- Tova Sanders
- Northeastern University
- Brian Cole
- Abilene Christian University
- Sherry Latten
- Abilene Christian University
- Jonathan Perez
- Tarrant County College District
- Charles Lowery
- Ohio University - Main Campus
- Cindy Gissy
- West Virginia University at Parkersburg
- Mohamed Ali
- Grand Canyon University
- Irene Garcia-Benavides
- Abilene Christian University
- Edward Cromarty
- Northeastern University
- Paula Faulkner
- North Carolina A & T State University
- Kareem Hinds
- Abilene Christian University
- Anna K. Lee
- North Carolina A & T State University
- Cassandra Sachar
- Bloomsburg University
- Mayrion Washington
- JeffriAnne Wilder
- National Center for Women & Information Technology
- Sally A. Zengaro
- Delta State University
Managing Editors
Issue Reviewers
Special Thanks
The guest editors would like to thank Dr. Linda Wilson- Jones, Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Research Initiatives for allowing diverse perspectives to emerge in this issue. We also would like to express our appreciation to all the leading and emerging authors, scholars, and scholar-practitioners for their thought-provoking contributions. We also acknowledge and thank the research fellows, Sherry H. Latten and Jonathan Perez, for their hard work in the development and production of this issue, as well as their commitment to developing as open-minded scholar-practitioners in their respective fields. Last but not least, our heartfelt thanks to all reviewers for not only improving the quality of the manuscripts but also respecting the authors’ voices.