As the gap between scholarly research and practical application persists, human resource development (HRD) professionals and practitioners need help from HRD and other scholars to effectively integrate theory into practice. Despite efforts to bridge this chasm, barriers such as limited...

Imagine a nearly 70-year-old woman clad in a leather black catsuit, complete with a leather whip. This striking image confronted me at a campus-wide meeting leading up to a crucial 10-year reaffirmation visit from the regional accreditor. As a 23-year-old new faculty member, I was baffled by the...

This book begins with a fundamental question: Can women entrepreneurs serve as transformative agents in the fight against poverty? Drawing from immersive fieldwork across Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, and Latin America, it examines how women navigate entrepreneurship in contexts of scarcity,...