Central Connecticut State University

Permission meets pressure: institutional risk, CEO self-monitoring and extreme strategic change

Purpose Explain why some multinationals pursue extreme strategic shifts whereas others opt for incremental change by testing how national institutions and CEO behavior interact. Design/methodology/approach We merge institutional-discretion theory with upper-echelons logic in a mo...

Leaders’ empathy in crisis: untangling the value of emotional empathy and perspective-taking

Purpose This study examines the distinct influence of CEOs’ cognitive and emotional empathy responses to an environmental crisis. Grounded in König et al.’s (2020) theory of empathetic leadership, our research aims to untangle how different dimensions of empathy impact leaders' d...

Interpreting Divergent Child Obesity Surveillance Signals During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Comparing Parent-Reported NSCH and Measured NHANES, United States, 2016–2023

This study assessed whether parent-reported national surveillance identified the change in child obesity that measured surveillance indicated across the COVID-19 pandemic. Using six waves of the National Survey of Children’s Health (NSCH; 2016–2023; n = 153,656) and two National...

Kids These Days! A Cross-Temporal Meta-Analysis of Changes in Emotional and Behavioral Problems of Population-Based Samples Over the Past Decades

Abstract There is a general belief that mental health problems are increasing in younger generations, though little objective comparisons exist. The current meta-analysis examines changes in subclinical mean-level overall symptom burden and shifts in specific domains among popula...

Engaging Youth in STEAM Through Benjamin Banneker–Inspired Community Learning Experiences

Out-of-school learning spaces offer a powerful opportunity to immerse learners in culturally responsive STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics) learning experiences. The three STEAM learning experiences presented in this article are interdisciplinary and p...