Cultural competency and intercultural communication have gained more attention in the global workforce market as employers increasingly find intercultural communication skills in short supply among graduate hires. This study explored college students' awareness of their intercultural communication experiences. This study aimed to assess students'…

In the United States, the K12 public school district's task is educating our country's youth. This task is supported by educators, bus drivers, maintenance and construction staff, information technology staff, financial staff, and executive staff, to mention a few of the district features that support our educational responsibilities to our youth.…

The lack of learning transfer is a significant issue facing many organizations across the United States. Senior leaders and managers must be ready to support the development of their employees to see an increased return on investment. The purpose of this interpretative phenomenological analysis study was to explore how employees perceived the…

Each year, many teachers leave the field of education. These teachers cite various reasons for leaving the profession including salary, frustration, stress, and little opportunity for professional growth. Additionally, teachers cite a lack of strong leadership and a lack of job satisfaction as the main reasons for leaving the profession. This…

Each year, many teachers leave the field of education. These teachers cite various reasons for leaving the profession including salary, frustration, stress, and little opportunity for professional growth. Additionally, teachers cite a lack of strong leadership and a lack of job satisfaction as the main reasons for leaving the profession. This…

Each year, many teachers leave the field of education. These teachers cite various reasons for leaving the profession including salary, frustration, stress, and little opportunity for professional growth. Additionally, teachers cite a lack of strong leadership and a lack of job satisfaction as the main reasons for leaving the profession. This…

City Colleges of Chicago undergo policy changes. In 2010, a reform sought to install accountability and transition City Colleges of Chicago into compliance with government funding requests through Reinvention. Reinvention, in the public view, was hailed as a necessity for a system that could not sustain on its own. It used a shock-system…

There is a serious problem worldwide as a result of the continuing decline in teacher retention rates. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States fell short of the required teaching staff; this decrease perpetuated the national special education teacher shortage. The COVID-19 pandemic brought education to the forefront of many homes and…

The purpose of this study was to investigate the root cause of the increased rate of employee turnover at a higher educational institution and how to retain their current employees. The importance of this study was to help the educational institution reduce their employee turnover so they do not continue to struggle to find new talent to replace…

This study aimed to identify the factors that affect the job satisfaction and retention of special education teachers. The researcher sought to determine the factors affecting job satisfaction and retention among special education teachers in the Midlands of South Carolina and suggestions for improvement within those areas to assist in retaining…

Principals in the United States are faced with challenging and complex roles as the leaders of our schools. Levels of district, state, and federal mandates and accountability measures coupled with the demands of supporting students, parents, and teachers on a multitude of levels create a job that is almost impossible to keep up with. In addition,…

As the world economy and ways of working move in the direction of globalization (Ebrahim et al., 2009), organizations continue to look at ways to move employees into a virtual space (Malhorta et al., 2017). However, overall levels of engagement and job satisfaction tend to be lower in virtual teams (Gurtner et al., 2007), due to a number of…

This study seeks to identify the specific challenges that female high school principals in Mississippi State face in their leadership roles. It will use four main domains: organizational challenges, physical challenges, social challenges, and personal challenges to unearth the problem. The primary research question, "What are the barriers and…

This qualitative multiple case study aimed to understand how special education paraprofessionals, who work with students with low-incidence disabilities, experience stress and resilience through a compassion fatigue conceptual lens. I explored paraprofessional perspectives on stress factors relevant to workload and student challenges, along with…

The purpose of this quantitative non-experimental comparative study was to examine differences within subdimensions of work ethic among Gen X, Gen Y, and Gen Z employees who worked in a remote setting between March 11, 2020, and May 11, 2023, during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. The two theories guiding this study, within the…