According to Ibarra, et al (2010) leadership development requires re-creation of identity. For this article we examined a leadership development program, searching for evidence that identity change had occurred. Specifically, we collected data at a military academy where leadership development...

We present a case study that investigated the effects of an open gender transition within a US military organization. The research subject, a retired military officer and civil servant, made a gender transition while remaining in the same job with the same chain of command and within the same...

Seventeen years after 10 USC 654 banned openly gay service members on the grounds of negative impacts to unit cohesion, military effectiveness, morale, good order and discipline, the United States officially military ended "don't ask, don't tell." During this period, significant evidence emerged...

Leaders have the potential to be the agents of virtue or vice in organizations because they shape and influence the collective moral character of the organization. As such, we believe that the study of bad character, as a complement to the study of virtue, has value for leadership education and...

On December 22, the Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010 was signed into law providing the the legal path to give equal protection to all service members regardless of sexual orientation. As was the case with race and gender, the further expansion of the military social aperture to accept...

On December 15, 2010 by a vote of 250-175, the US House of Representatives passed a bill to repeal the 17-year old law banning homosexuals from serving openly in the US armed forces. Three days later, the bill passed a US Senate vote with a 65-31 majority, and on December 22, President Barack...

The United States Armed Services have long been heralded as organizational exemplars of embracing diversity and overcoming discrimination. By adhering to a social doctrine of "less discrimination" and "more tolerance of others," military organizations have led the way with the integration of...