Submissions from 2023
Assessing Career Development Curriculum Within a Business Capstone, Molly Wickam
This study sought to assess how career development curriculum embedded in business capstones provides learning experiences that bridge college to career. Experiential learning theory, andragogy, and Social Cognitive Career Theory were used ...
Books from 2022
Centered on Jesus: A Lenten Devotional from the Faculty of Bethel University, Christopher Gehrz, Esther Shull, Carl Albing, Rebekah Bain, Andy Bramsen, Susan Leigh Brooks, Jeannine K. Brown, Michael Crawford, Julie Anne De Haan, Joy Doan, Dale Durie, Julie Finnern, Barrett Fisher, Joel Frederickson, Laura Gilbertson, Rhonda Gilbraith, Ann Holland, Stephen Hunt, Rachel Jorgensen, Patricia Kelly, Denise Muir Kjesbo, Marion H. Larson, Erik Leafblad, Elisabeth E. Lefebvre, Jim Lewis, Joyce LeMay, Alison Lo, Gary A. Long, Christopher Moore, Katherine Nevins, Pauline E. Nichols, Meredith Nyberg, Chad Osgood, Jeanine Parolini, Richard Peterson, Dan Ritchie, Matt Runion, Robin Rylaarsdam, Kristin E. Sandau, Sara L. H. Shady, Angela Shannon, Marta Shaw, Paula A.G. Soneral, Peter T. Vogt, Laura Wennstrom, Gloria Wiese, Brandon Winters, Yu-li Chang Zacher, and Nick Zeimet
For the 2022 season of Lent, Bethel faculty and staff members collaborated to pen Centered on Jesus: A Lenten Devotional from the Faculty of Bethel University. The daily devotionals in Centered on Jesus are intended to help the Bethel commu...
Purpose and Autonomous Functioning in College Students, Michelle Steffenhagen
This study sought to understand the relationship between a sense of purpose and autonomous functioning in college students. Further, the results were compared with the independent variables of gender, volunteerism, and faith community parti...
Conscious Capitalism: An Emerging Economic Philosophy for Higher Purpose in Business, Molly Wickam
An enhanced economic philosophy, conscious capitalism, is ascending in the United States and gaining traction in helping corporations redefine their approach to business. This article analyzes and evaluates conscious capitalism, integrates ...
Advancing the Mindset of Design Thinking in Secondary and Post-Secondary Business Education, Molly Wickam, Lacey Finley, and Karla Saeger
Little is known about the use of design thinking in business education. This descriptive, quantitative study was situated in a theoretical framework of social constructivism and experiential learning, and sought to discover to what extent s...
Submissions from 2021
An Investigation of How the Partnership for 21st Century Framework Reflects Innovation in MBA Programs, Lacey Finley, Karla Saeger, and Molly Wickam
There is lack of understanding about effective teaching methods for innovation education in business schools and programs. A non-experimental, descriptive study of American ACBSP-accredited business schools and programs was designed to surv...
The Lived Experience of College Students with Intellectual Disabilities, Mary Lindell, Jessica Daniels, and Mary Schulze Michener
Within a private university in the United States, BUILD is a two-year program for individuals with intellectual disabilities. BUILD provides inclusive opportunities in coursework, employment, residential, and social activities with traditio...
Comparing Entrepreneurial Spirit in Job Descriptions Seeking Business Undergraduates and Graduates, Karla Saeger, Molly Wickam, and Lacey Finley
Employers hiring candidates with a Master of Business Administration (MBA) indicate that the Entrepreneurial Spirit (ES) concepts of teamwork, creativity, innovation and adaptability are important. This replication study examined the ES con...
Submissions from 2020
Henry Ford’s Dishonest Business Practices during the Holocaust: A Two-Day Lesson for High School Business Students, Molly J. Wickam
Secondary business education has a unique opportunity to complement social studies education with business-specific teaching about the Holocaust. Opportunities exist to teach students how business leaders such as Henry Ford collaborated wit...
Assessing alignment of entrepreneurial spirit to job descriptions seeking business administration or management undergraduates, Molly J. Wickam, Lacey R. Finley, and Karla Saeger
This study assessed alignment between concepts included in current definitions of Entrepreneurial Spirit and job descriptions written by employers seeking undergraduate business administration or management degrees. In addition, a research-...
Submissions from 2017
Employability Skills with Purpose: Service Learning in Graduate Business Education, Molly J. Wickam
Problem: This non-experimental, mixed-methods, comparative, descriptive studyexamined outcomes of students’ development of employability skills through service learning participation in capstones embedded in MBA programs and assessed whethe...