Books published by Information Age Publishing

Explores the life stories of women of colour who have persevered in STEM workplace settings. The authors use various critical theories to situate and make visible the lives of women of colour in such disciplines and workplace contexts as mathematics, science, engineering, NASA, academia, government agencies, and others.

Explores the life stories of women of colour who have persevered in STEM workplace settings. The authors use various critical theories to situate and make visible the lives of women of colour in such disciplines and workplace contexts as mathematics, science, engineering, NASA, academia, government agencies, and others.

Offers a new approach to imagination which brings its emotional, social, cultural, contextual and existential characteristics to the fore. This book offers a conceptual history of imagination, an array of theoretical approaches, imagination's use in psychologist's thinking and a number of new research areas. It offers a re-enchantment of the concept of imagination and the discipline of psychology.

Focuses on a number of important issues in HRM and OB, including performance appraisal, political skill, gratitude, psychological contracts, the philosophical underpinnings of HRM, pay and compensation messages, and electronic human resource management. This book will be useful to researchers and doctoral students in the fields of HRM, OB, and Industrial and Organizational Psychology.

This book - a collection of memoirs written by Women of Color is shared to inspire and motivate readers. The authors of these precious, soulful stories are from across the globe and represent various backgrounds and professions. What these women have in common, though, is their drive to tell their story. Stories of pain, discovery, strength, and stories of beginnings.

Focuses on a number of important issues in HRM and OB, including performance appraisal, political skill, gratitude, psychological contracts, the philosophical underpinnings of HRM, pay and compensation messages, and electronic human resource management. This book will be useful to researchers and doctoral students in the fields of HRM, OB, and Industrial and Organizational Psychology.

Provides parents and others who are interested in the operation of public schools an alternative way of looking at publically supported education and the issues surrounding better educational practice. While no attempt is made to be comprehensive, the 13 chapters cover a broad range of issues facing schools.

Provides readers interesting new ideas about women and leadership, and highlights the diverse epistemologies that can contribute to theorizing about women leaders. Some chapters represent typical social scientific practices and processes, while others represent newer knowledge forms and ways of knowing.

A comprehensive reference book for libraries, scholars, and comparative and international studies researchers. This volume contains 33 chapters on all major educational topics, including research using all qualitative and quantitative methodologies, with research from 23 countries and all inhabited continents.

A comprehensive reference book for libraries, scholars, and comparative and international studies researchers. This volume contains 33 chapters on all major educational topics, including research using all qualitative and quantitative methodologies, with research from 23 countries and all inhabited continents.

Provides a clear and concise portrait of the general role of faculty from a distinctively evangelical Christian perspective. The authors use the meta narrative of being formed by the cross to describe the "cruciform" role of professors as teachers in the classroom, mentors to the students, scholars within the academy, and servants of the church and community.

Unlike most other books about technology in early childhood, this book focuses specifically on infants and toddlers. It explores why and how infant and toddler teachers need to be techwise in order to understand the implications of screenmedia for children's learning and development.

Highlights the work of researchers, educators, and teacher educators that displays new possibilities for ongoing teacher development and positive social and educational changes. This book engages in critical and narrative exploration of intercultural teaching, intercultural competence, and the relationship between the work of educators in different countries and teaching for diversity.

Highlights the work of researchers, educators, and teacher educators that displays new possibilities for ongoing teacher development and positive social and educational changes. This book engages in critical and narrative exploration of intercultural teaching, intercultural competence, and the relationship between the work of educators in different countries and teaching for diversity.

Addresses the conceptual, relational and formational questions around the phenomena of creativity and spirituality from a multidisciplinary perspective. The book will be valuable for educators in all disciplines of higher education because it justifies and explicates training in creativity and spirituality within all areas of higher education.

Addresses the conceptual, relational and formational questions around the phenomena of creativity and spirituality from a multidisciplinary perspective. The book will be valuable for educators in all disciplines of higher education because it justifies and explicates training in creativity and spirituality within all areas of higher education.

Presents a collection of teacher educators' cross-cultural perspectives on the formation of knowledge through the internationalization of teacher education. Each chapter contributes to ongoing discussions about the process of internationalization in teacher education, and the impact of crossing ideological boundaries on the practice of teaching and teacher education.

Presents a collection of teacher educators' cross-cultural perspectives on the formation of knowledge through the internationalization of teacher education. Each chapter contributes to ongoing discussions about the process of internationalization in teacher education, and the impact of crossing ideological boundaries on the practice of teaching and teacher education.

Contains contributions by lscholars in the field of behavioural strategy research. The ten chapters cover a number of significant issues relating to the decision making processes, practices, and perspectives in the field, covering topics such as failures in acquisitions, entrepreneurs under ambiguity, metacognition, neural correlates of emotion, knowledge flows, and behavioral responses.

Contains contributions by lscholars in the field of behavioural strategy research. The ten chapters cover a number of significant issues relating to the decision making processes, practices, and perspectives in the field, covering topics such as failures in acquisitions, entrepreneurs under ambiguity, metacognition, neural correlates of emotion, knowledge flows, and behavioral responses.