Corporate Sexual Harassment Policies: Effective Strategic Human Resource Management

To avoid successful sexual harassment claims against them, companies must work to prevent harassment from occurring through an effective sexual harassment policy, work to train employees through well designed programs for all levels of the organization, and promptly respond to any employee complaint.  This article provides guidance for employers in these activities

“Regarding Lupe”: A one-act play where two cultures collide on the road to a Latina’s performance appraisal

This article presents an original academic play, “Regarding Lupe,” that explores traditional and emerging Latina cultural values and how cross-cultural differences may affect a performance appraisal process. The dramatic structure of the play, inspired by Crandall and Eshleman’s Justification/Suppression Model of Prejudice (JSM), represents a novel and vivid way to engage students in learning why even an acculturated Latina executive may face stereotypes, prejudice, and unintentional discrimination in performance appraisal at work. Here we share the play and offer theoretical and cross-cultural information to facilitate the debriefing. We hope to contribute not only to the teaching and learning of diversity and discrimination, but also to an appreciation of the innovative pedagogical potential of academic plays

Leadership: Three Approaches to Learning

This paper describes three approaches to teaching leadership at the advanced level for adult learners.  The three approaches address competence or skill building and authenticity or self-development.  Each approach offers a variety of materials to draw from and provides concrete examples of learning activities

A Taxonomy Of Participation In Online Courses

One of the main challenges in web-based education is to encourage student participation. Although many instructors would like to increase participation in their online courses, there is no established body of knowledge on the various forms such participation may take.  This paper will propose a taxonomy for classifying different types of participation in online courses, discuss pedagogical issues involved in increasing participation, and suggest testable hypotheses for future research