Business Renaissance Quarterly

A Closer Look at a Business Renaissance Executive: An Interview with Sandy Bleifer

In an interview, real estate sales agent and broker Sandy Bleifer, founder of DownTown Enterprises and DownTown LA Realty Inc, talked about being a business renaissance executive. Bleifer thinks she is known as a person with a lot of insider, in-depth knowledge of her territory: downtown. What she considers her greatest achievement so far is establishing the Fashion Business Incubator which supports start-up and early stage apparel businesses. It was a "side trip" to her real estate activitie...

A Closer Look at a Business Renaissance Executive: An Interview with Masayoshi 'Mike' Yamano

In an interview, Masayoshi Yamano, President and Chairman of the Board of Yamano Gakuen; President of Yamano International Beauty Association; Chancellor of the Yamano College of Aesthetics; Principal of Yamano Japanese Language School; and Principal of Yamano Medical College, talked about being a business renaissance executive. Yamano doesn't think he is outstanding -- yet. The only reason he might consider calling himself "outstanding" is that there is no other businessman in the beauty bus...

A Closer Look at a Business Renaissance Executive: An Interview with Satinder Dhiman

In an interview, Satinder Dhiman, Associate Dean, School of Business, and Professor of Management, Woodbury University, Burbank, CA, talked about being a business renaissance executive. On what makes him a business renaissance executive, Dhiman said it all starts with what he calls "pure motivation." The intention to help others should be inspired by the pure motivation of just helping others. As a teacher and as a leader, Dhiman tries to approach his work as an "offering." Dhiman thinks his ...

Exploring the Link Between Spirituality and Sustainability

In a well-attended session on Saturday, February 20 2010, the Business Renaissance Institute organized its first of four dialogue sessions for 2010. True to the spiritual mindset, the organizers decided upon a highly interactive, potluck based approach, in which each participant was invited as a guest speaker and was awarded 5 minutes to share his or her perspectives on the link between spirituality and sustainability with others. The focus points varied from implementing spiritual practices ...

Slow Career: Mapping Out a Slow & Sustainable Lifework Process

The Slow Career approach is based on the "Slow Movement," which includes "Slow Food," "Slow Money," and "Slow Design." Individuals who experience Slow Career recognize that a shift in career (i.e., being ready to move on or change direction, being downsized, not earning a sufficient salary, or failing to get a promotion) is a signal that provides them with the impetus to develop stronger life/career understanding in order to meet the demands of the workplace, employment market, and life in ge...

The Educational Footprint of Corporate Executives

Unlike other professions, there has never been a regulatory body mandating a common education for business executives. Despite a robust body of research describing the educational attributes of executives, there is very little literature highlighting characteristics from a predictive-odds perspective. It would not seem unusual to learn that business is the major of greatest prevalence; yet, considering there are many more business majors each year than English majors is it truly the degree of...

Measuring High Level Motivation and Goal Attainment Among Christian Undergraduate Students: An Empirical Assessment and Model

Students at a private Christian university took part in a study focusing on high-level motivation and goal commitment. Using path analysis, this study mapped out two-paths. The first path to motivation and, therefore, goal commitment was through self-efficacy. The second path to goal commitment required a more supportive course. Spiritual, peer, family and leadership support combined to create a more encouraging sequence of action toward motivation and goal dedication.

An Empirical Study On Work Attitudes in Government Service

A large amount of literature indicates that psychological contracts affect the feelings an individual has toward their job, their involvements in the organization, and the emotional connections (work attitudes). This research samples administrative personnel in government because they play an important role in administration and workflows of government. This research refers to the classifications of psychological contracts by Raja, Johns & Ntalianis (2004), i.e. transactional contracts an...