Role of leaders' positive mindset in mitigating the effects of crises on organizations: The case of Canadian organizations.

Maintaining a positive mindset is important for leadership effectiveness and may even be more important in times of a crisis because such a mindset contributes to organizational survival and resilience. In this study, we examined whether leaders' positive mindset helped to mitigate the harmful effects of the COVID-19 crisis on organizations and if so, how. To address this issue, we conducted an empirical study through LinkedIn with 165 participants working in various organizations in Canada.

Correction: Measuring attitudes towards biology major and non-major: Effect of students' gender, group composition, and learning environment.

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Measuring attitudes towards biology major and non-major: Effect of students' gender, group composition, and learning environment.

This study examined the effect of collaborative learning (CL) versus traditional lecture-based learning (TL) pedagogies and gender group composition in effecting positive or negative attitudes of biology major and nonmajor men and women students. The experimental research method was administered in experimental and control groups to test the hypotheses. Students' attitudes refer to their positive or negative feelings and inclinations to learn biology.