Niall Hegarty

Adult Learners as Graduate Students: Underlying Motivation in Completing Graduate Programs.

Abstract The majority of graduate part-time programs are fueled by adult learners seeking to enhance their human capital and advance professional careers. In contrast, degree-granting programs seek to impart knowledge and advance learning in a particular discipline. At this intersection lies the individual students motivation to satisfy their personal goals while also satisfying a colleges knowledge requirement in a specific area. The primary focus of this article is to highlight the absence of research and measurement of this student population. Student motivation is examined and motivation characteristics are identified that assist the adult learner complete graduate school education. The article also serves as a guide to program developers in understanding this student body.

Components of Ethical Leadership and Their Importance in Sustaining Organizations Over the Long Term

This article identifies components of ethical leadership and then aligns them with the style of leadership that includes them. The importance of such an article comes at a time when ethical practices or lack thereof seems to be increasingly prevalent in many organizations’ execution of their business practices. These organizations quite often have an ethics statement outlining required behavior of employees and tout their commitment to employees, society, and the customer, yet we continue to see major infractions of these codes of ethics. All this comes at a high financial cost to organizations. In order to avoid such fines, and damage to brand equity, we propose ethical components which must permeate the organization to ensure appropriate behavior which neither breaks legal requirements, disengages the employee, or alienates the customer.