This qualitative study grounded in feminist theory uses narrative inquiry to explore the stories of 26 senior women student affairs leaders. We tell the collective story we heard participants bring forward by describing plotlines that reverberated across their accounts. We call these plotlines: "Experiencing Communication through Gendered…

This study explores the relationship between perceived employability and individual as well as organizational characteristics of employees in South Korea using hierarchical linear modeling (HLM). Gender, age, total work experience, turnover, positive psychological capital, proactive personality, social network capital and openness to changes at…

This qualitative case study of six principals and their district-level supervisors examines how principals' self-efficacy is influenced by the feedback they receive from their supervisor, as well as the ways the experience and influence of this feedback varies by the principals' gender. The messages conveyed to principals about entering formal…

This article explores how five international colleagues from the USA, Canada, China, and Japan use self-study methodologies and online journaling to systematically examine the tensions surrounding the lived experiences of feminist academics in diverse global contexts. It draws from the theoretical foundations of critical qualitative inquiry,…

The 44th annual conference of the Adult and Higher Education Alliance (AHEA) was held at the University of Central Florida in March 2020. Papers in these proceedings include the following: (1) Enhancing Pedagogy in the Virtual Classroom: An Exploration of Qualitative Student Assessment (Jeff Aulgur); (2) Does Gender Influence Major Selection?…

The fields of gender and educational leadership have been enriched recently by analyses of national case studies from non-western contexts. By contextualising women's career development, these studies highlight the importance of including experiences other than those generated from Anglo-American-Australian contexts, thus broadening our knowledge…

This study explored barriers that Korean collegiate student athletes confront with regard to pursuing careers outside of professional athletics. More specifically, the purpose of the study was to identify the barriers to Korean student athletes' career development, as well as to examine the relationships among the psychological constructs of…

We are delighted to welcome you to the International Psychological Applications Conference and Trends (InPACT) 2017, taking place in Budapest, Hungary, from 29 of April to 1 of May, 2017. Modern psychology offers a large range of scientific fields where it can be applied. The goal of understanding individuals and groups (mental functions and…

The main aim of the study was to investigate the link between child and adolescent adaptive behavior and adult psychological functioning, and the role of career orientation in this linkage. This was based on a Finnish longitudinal study, where data at ages 8, 14, and 42 were available for 118 females and 115 males. Adaptive behavior, indicated by…

The study in this article investigated how academic preparation, career development skills, parental assistance, and social/environmental barriers predicted inner-city adolescents' psychological preparation to transition into high school. Results showed that academic preparation, parents' instrumental assistance, adolescents' career development…