Tennessee Wesleyan College

About: Tennessee Wesleyan College is a education organization based out in Athens, Tennessee, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Psychological intervention & Intervention (counseling). The organization has 24 authors who have published 36 publications receiving 477 citations.

Invited Reaction: Development and Exploratory Validation of an Organizational Efficacy Scale

Abstract: Without reservation, in the preceding article (Bohn, 2010) the author has captured a deficiency, as he quotes, of “over two decades” in the human resource development (HRD) field. Although many have examined noteworthy items within the self-efficacy model as a means of assessing the functionality of organizations, a true depiction of organizational efficacy has not surfaced until now. Prior to this validation, many in the HRD field had long pondered the employee perspective of efficacy for its impact upon organizational effectiveness. In reality, all that remained after each study was individual self-efficacy levels without anything to bridge the gap to organization results. A scale for examining the confidence within an organization is most sufficient for determining the reasons for varying levels of organizational output, not only on a product basis but also from a human performance perspective. The organizational efficacy tool described is an extension of collective efficacy measures, and narrows collective efficacy to specific business populations. Although we have known that efficacy predicts performance, we now know how efficacy in organizations influences specific business performance results. This, indeed, corresponds to the work of Bandura and those of his persuasion to develop instruments that match with the situations of measurement. As a result, the financial analysts, at this point, should leap for joy because of the closer tie between human resource development initiatives and return-oninvestment evaluations for the holistic organization. The utility of the organizational efficacy is far reaching in that organizations have many forms and bases for doing business, and thus the scale developed here can be used to examine a variety of businesses—from the smallest art museum to the largest airplane manufacturer. Therefore, diminishing returns from this scale are not in the near future. The efforts made to clarify and distinguish self-efficacy, collective efficacy, and organizational efficacy do wonders to invite the reader to reflect upon why

A Luther Wesley Could Appreciate? Toward Convergence on Sanctification

Abstract: He understood Luther to say that forgiven sinners are free to go on sinning. God condemns sin but offers no change in sinners’ affections. They cannot help what they do. God’s relationship to them is completely external and merely permissive, children constantly the object of God’s ire in the law and God’s prodigal forgiveness in the gospel. Is there anything more? In 1741, roughly in mid-career, Wesley got around to reading Luther’s Epistle to the Galatians. He recorded his response in his journal:

Ways To Help Gifted Students Like Social Studies

Abstract: Some of the generally accepted characteristics of gifted children are: interest in biography, a high degree of social sensitivity, a strong social conscience, and intense feelings for victims of social injustice. One would think that this combination of what appears to be an inherent interest in people and social relationships both past and present, in fact the whole content of social studies, would serve to make this an area inherently interesting to gifted students.