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Physician Retention Strategies In Small Military Treatment Facilities, Stacey Sherrice Amos
Physician Retention Strategies In Small Military Treatment Facilities, Stacey Sherrice Amos
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
During a time of increasing physician shortages, health care leaders must identify successful physician retention strategies. Health care leaders are concerned with physician retention, as a lack of physicians minimizes patient access to care. Grounded in the stakeholder theory, the purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore strategies health care leaders in small military treatment facilities in rural areas use to improve physician retention. The participants were five health care leaders from different Army military treatment facilities located in rural areas throughout the continental United States who had more than four months of experience in physician shortages …
Military Veterans’ Perceptions Of Barriers To College Completion Using The G.I. Bill, Richard Scott Baskas
Military Veterans’ Perceptions Of Barriers To College Completion Using The G.I. Bill, Richard Scott Baskas
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Most military veterans who reside in a central U.S. city have not entirely used their Montgomery G.I. Bill (MGIB) education benefits to advance their careers. But there is limited research on veterans’ views of the effect of certain barriers on academic persistence. This study addressed this lack of information on barriers preventing military veterans from fully using the benefits of the MGIB. Clark and Caffarella’s transition theory was used in this case study to explore the perceptions of eight military veterans on reason they dropped out of college or never used the MGIB to attend college. The research questions focused …
Lived Experiences Of Returning Service Members Reintegrating With Their Children On The Autism Spectrum, Bridget Hennessy
Lived Experiences Of Returning Service Members Reintegrating With Their Children On The Autism Spectrum, Bridget Hennessy
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Military deployments of a caregiver have a powerful and potentially damaging impact of the attachment bond between the service member and their child with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Research has shown that children with ASD react to their caregiver’s departure, that they direct more social behavior to the caregiver than to a stranger, and that many of them increase their proximity seeking behavior after separation from the caregiver. Military children with ASD were underrepresented in previous attachment and reintegration research. This qualitative study explored the lived of experience of the military caregiver attaching or reattaching to their child with ASD …
Employer Strategies For Military Spouse Retention, Shanna Smith
Employer Strategies For Military Spouse Retention, Shanna Smith
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Employee turnover is extremely costly to organizations, which concerns business leaders in the United States because organizations invest time and money in resources such as recruiting, hiring, onboarding, and training. Grounded in systems theory, the purpose of this multiple case study was to explore strategies employers use to retain military spouse talent. The sample consisted of nine business leaders from large companies in San Antonio, Texas, known for successful talent retention initiatives for military spouses. Data were collected from semistructured interviews with business leaders and publicly available organizational documents. Data analysis was guided by thematic analysis, member checking, and methodological …
Implementation Strategies For Modeling And Simulation In Military Organizations, Cody Lynn Taylor
Implementation Strategies For Modeling And Simulation In Military Organizations, Cody Lynn Taylor
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Some IT project managers working for U.S. military organizations are struggling to implement modern modeling and simulation (M&S) technology. Implementation strategies are needed to help IT practitioners deliver meaningful simulations and models that ultimately help senior leaders make logical and science-based decisions. Grounded in the extended technology acceptance model, the purpose of this qualitative multiple-case study was to explore strategies some IT project managers supporting U.S. military organizations use to implement modern M&S technology. The participants included 10 civil servants who successfully implemented modeling and simulation technology for military organizations located in the United States eastern region. Data was collected …
Experiences Of Counselors Providing Therapy To Transgender Veterans, Breanne Thomas
Experiences Of Counselors Providing Therapy To Transgender Veterans, Breanne Thomas
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
This research study question focused on licensed mental health counselors’ experiences when providing therapy to transgender veterans. The purpose of this qualitative research study was to gain insight into the experiences of counselors providing treatment to transgender veteran clients to improve the retainability of transgender veterans seeking mental health care. This study used the research design of hermeneutics to analyze and interpret data gained from in-person interviews. The study sample included eight licensed professional counselors (LPC) who actively see clients and have seen transgender veteran clients. Interviews were recorded, reviewed by the researcher, transcribed using a transcription service; NVivo software …
Retired Military Officers’ Length Of Service And Loss Of Social Identity In Second Careers, Moriah Elizabeth Thomas
Retired Military Officers’ Length Of Service And Loss Of Social Identity In Second Careers, Moriah Elizabeth Thomas
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Many past researchers have reported problematic issues and challenges with militarypersonnel transitioning to civilian life and to the civilian workplace. The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the lived experiences of 20 retired military officers who had between 24 and 42 years of military service regarding how they may have experienced the losses of social identity and organizational socialization and how those losses may have impacted their second careers in civilian organizations. Data for this study were collected via semistructured interviews and the use of interview protocols. The conceptual framework consisted of a combination of social identity theory …