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Global attention around sexual and gender minority rights has risen significantly within the past decade, in large part thanks to the tireless efforts of transnational lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and intersex persons (LGBTI) activists. Yet, while…

Purpose This study aims to investigate the effect of high insider ownership on firms’ internal controls over financial reporting. In particular, it examines how high insider ownership affects the likelihood of an adverse Sarbanes–Oxley Act Section…

The introduction to federal income taxation of individuals is a course commonly offered as part of most accounting programs. After review of the resources and textbooks available for this course, it is evident that content coverage is similar and…

This study examines the effects of mandatory expensing of stock options on corporate investment after the passage of SFAS-123R. First, we find an increase in corporate investment such as R&D investment and capital expenditure in the…

Prior research on classification shifting finds that managers opportunistically shift core operating expenses down the income statement into the non-recurring expenses category to improve earnings metrics that are not based on Generally Accepted…

We employ a Cox proportional hazard model to examine the effect of observed mortgage defaults within a neighborhood on homeowners’ strategic default decisions, using multiple datasets from the Fresno-Clovis metropolitan area in California between…

Although welfare reform has not been one of the most highly visible policy agendas for the Trump administration, restricting access to public assistance programs has been a part of proposals and actions in a number of areas. The Trump…

In an experiment where subjects can allocate their wealth between cash and two risky assets, we analyze path-dependent portfolio choices. The experiment is designed to isolate cases where subjects have no prior experiences, and cases where subjects…

Two research streams examine how social movements operate both “in and around” organizations. We probe the empirical spaces between these streams, asking how activism situated in multi-organizational contexts contributes to transformative social…

Purpose of the Study: Research shows that the use of computer simulations to enhance student learning experiences is beneficial in several ways. Because benefits are universally expected, some instructors may use computer simulations as a…

The improvement of attitudes towards people with disabilities has led to studies focusing on the impact of interventions. This review systematically analyzes and synthesizes the use of interventions to influence attitudes toward people with…

This study explored the relationship between high school sophomores’ purpose orientations and their postsecondary completion a decade later by examining the data from the Educational Longitudinal Study of 2002. Among four types of purpose (career,…

This study examined whether first-time full-time freshman students’ sense of purpose predicted their progress towards a degree. Freshman students (N = 421, 62.2% females) completed self-report measures of sense of purpose and academic…

The purpose of the present study was to extend a study by Yukhymenko-Lescroart and Sharma (2019,“The Relationship Between Faculty Members’ Passion for Work and Well-Being”) to test the relationship between passion for work and well-being using a…

Engagement with counselors has been documented to positively impact the success of male students of color in community colleges. However, there is limited understanding of this engagement experience from the counselor perspective. This study…

Purpose In this paper, the authors draw on theories of critical pedagogy to interrogate recent trends in online education scholarship, calling for more humanizing pedagogies. By using vignettes from their own teaching experiences, the paper…

A diverse, urban district’s Personalized Learning Initiative (PLI), committed to transforming instructional tasks through integration of technology, created spaces for collaboration, voice, and choice for the PLI teachers and students. The teachers…

Pre- and in-service teachers’ professional development is critical in the lifelong learning era. This case study explores 27 pre- and in-service teachers’ reasons for selecting a MOOC, their learning experiences, and their perceptions of the value…

To extend the existing research examining multiple text comprehension and its assessment, we developed a verification task approach to assessing of information that was explicitly and implicitly presented within and across nine texts. A nonparametric…

Based on the multidimensional conceptualization of purpose, the sense of purpose scale is designed to measure three distinct constructs: awareness of purpose, altruistic purpose, and awakening to purpose. Building on previous work, the present study…