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 ...
Education and Innovation Requirements for Design Thinking Jobs, Molly Wickam
Abstract Design thinking is a problem-solving approach based on design theory, design-cognition, social constructivism, and reflection. Since business and industry are seeking employees with design thinking knowledge and skills in order to ...
Submissions from 2022
A Reconciliatory Approach to Marketing: A Case of the Marginalized, Mauvalyn Bowen
This paper shares some reflections and research, informed by faith and Biblical principles, to cast a fresh vision for ways that marketing can be reconciliatory instead of adversarial, and God-honoring instead of self-glorifying. It then co...
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...
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
Jamaican micro/small entrepreneurs: A comparative assessment of their motivations and problems, Mauvalyn M. Bowen
The purpose of the paper is to assess the motivations and challenges faced by three groups of micro and small entrepreneurs in Jamaica, as well as factors that might contribute to their success. Success was operationally defined in the stud...
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...
Proposing a Higher Model: Stewardly Leadership, Leslie J Sam Helgerson
This paper introduces Stewardly Leadership and provides an overview of Democratic, Collaborative, and Servant Leadership, and then argues that the lack of ultimate accountability is a key vulnerability in those models. It goes on to demonst...
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
Business Education: How Culture and Leadership Impact Organizational Outcomes, Joyce LeMay and Chris Kaiser
Leadership and organizational culture influence the outcomes of any business. Many companies look at various information to measure results but may not know how to manage the information or interpret it in a way to make ethical and effectiv...
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 2019
Entrepreneurial Skills for the 21st Century Workplace: The SME Sector, Mauvalyn Manzia Bowen and Karen R. Johnson
The foundation of graduates' employability is based on skills and by extension, workers. Due to the high levels of unemployment among young people, entrepreneurial skills for graduates and the workforce becomes an imperative to scholars and...
Faculty Development for Online Teaching, Karen R. Johnson, Gertrude I. Hewapathirana, and Mauvalyn M. Bowen
Despite dramatic increase in online education and the benefits associated with this instructional pedagogy, many challenges exist with the design and delivery of online learning. Faculty play a critical role in the process of quality online...
Books from 2018
Entrepreneurship for Caribbean Students – Second Edition, Lystra Stephens-James, Mauvalyn M. Bowen, Cuthbert C. Joseph, Franklyn Gittens, Paul Pounder, K’adamawe K’nife, Denis Mitchell, and Keith McDonald
Entrepreneurship for Caribbean Students – Second Edition enables students to master all subject areas in the latest syllabus, including growth of entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship in the Caribbean, social entrepreneurship, e-commerce and b...
Submissions from 2011
Promoting Successful College-to-Workplace Transitions: Examples from Bethel University, Charles Hannema, Joyce LeMay, Bethany Opsata, and Stephen Whiting
Life is filled with transitions. One of the toughest is from college to the workplace. Many graduates experience culture shock as they move from the comfort of a Christian college to the reality of the business world. This paper will look a...