This article traces three key critiques (insufficient consideration of emotions, insufficient
attention to social interaction, and insufficient theoretical foundations) of Mezirow's theory of …

In the field of global leadership, much of the research has focused on uncovering
competencies and methods for assessing competencies. The process of developing global …

This chapter describes transformative learning as a catch‐all term to describe many
disparate phenomena related to learning processes involved in human transformation. It …

International experience (IE) has been acknowledged to be the most useful method for
developing global leaders. However, not everyone benefits equally from IE. During the last …

Although the term “trigger event” is commonly accepted and frequently mentioned by many
disciplines in conjunction with sensemaking, research attention on the trigger event …

Education changes people. Or, at least, educators hope that the education they provide
changes the lives of their students for the better. But what does it mean that people change …

This study utilizes the personal critical narrative of myself, a woman from the Chaoshan
region in China, as the primary data source to explore the impact of traditional gender roles …

This chapter positions transformative learning as a metatheory and discusses the value of
metatheoretical work in order to gain insights from across the many disparate theories in the …

Purpose of the study: To evaluate whether the COVID-19 pandemic caused people to
transform their attitudes towards work. Design/methodology/approach: The study was …

Being uncomfortable by choice as a means of personal growth has been touted for
hundreds of years among scholars, philosophers, religious leaders, modern pop culture …