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Change Fatigue, Job Satisfaction, And Organizational Commitment Among Nurses, Melissa Kapping
Change Fatigue, Job Satisfaction, And Organizational Commitment Among Nurses, Melissa Kapping
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
The healthcare environment is complex and ever-changing, which has a direct impact on the nurse. The effects of the constant change to the nurse may result in the development of change fatigue, which causes the loss of trust in the organization, a feeling of resentment, and a sense of apprehension while depleting the individual’s reserves. The purpose of this correlational study guided by Lazarus and Folkman’s stress and coping theory was to determine if there is a relationship between (a) job satisfaction and change fatigue and (b) organizational commitment and change fatigue in nurses who work in an outpatient clinical …
Elementary School Principals’ Perspectives On Teacher Retention And Effective Leadership, Tiffany Antrez Jones
Elementary School Principals’ Perspectives On Teacher Retention And Effective Leadership, Tiffany Antrez Jones
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Low teacher retention negatively influences overall school culture, community, and student achievement. More specifics about what principals are doing to enhance teacher retention are needed. The purpose of this qualitative case study was to understand how elementary school principals address challenges when trying to retain teachers and the leadership practices principals believe encourage teachers to remain in the profession. The conceptual framework included Burns’ transformational leadership theory and Fullan and Quinn’s coherence model. Ten experienced elementary principals with higher retention rates within a suburban school district in the southern United States participated in semistructured interviews in which they were asked …
The Relationship Between Family-Friendly Workplace Policies And Accountant Turnover, Katie Landgraf
The Relationship Between Family-Friendly Workplace Policies And Accountant Turnover, Katie Landgraf
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Prolonged high turnover rates have caused a shortage of accountants; unfortunately, managers have not successfully taken action to avoid these circumstances. Reducing the high turnover is necessary for accountant managers to replenish the accountant shortage, reduce turnover costs, and protect the accounting industry’s reputation for supporting its employees. Grounded in the social exchange theory, the purpose of this quantitative correlational study was to examine the relationship between childcare support, alternative work schedules, and work–family culture and accountant turnover intention. The participants comprised 185 accountants who responded to a National Study of a Changing Workforce questionnaire. The results of the multiple …
Strategies To Reduce Voluntary Employee Turnover In Big-Box Retailers, Destiny Cheyenne Harper-Lane
Strategies To Reduce Voluntary Employee Turnover In Big-Box Retailers, Destiny Cheyenne Harper-Lane
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Each year, more than 33 million employees in the United States voluntarily quit their jobs. Voluntary employee turnover is prevalent in the big-box retail industry, thus making it an important focus for managers. Grounded in transformational leadership theory, the purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore strategies big-box retail managers used to reduce voluntary employee turnover. The participants comprised 14 managers from 11 different retailers with proven employee retention best practices from big-box retail locations in San Antonio, Texas. Data collection involved semi-structured interviews, company documents, company websites, and the Bureau of Labor Statistics website. Four themes …
The Relationship Between A Supervisor’S Emotional Intelligence, Employee Engagement, And Turnover Intention, Sloan Leane Rawhoof
The Relationship Between A Supervisor’S Emotional Intelligence, Employee Engagement, And Turnover Intention, Sloan Leane Rawhoof
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Employee turnover costs employers billions of dollars annually, negatively impacting an organization’s bottom line. Business leaders must align employee engagement and supervisor emotional intelligence to reduce turnover and improve profitability. Grounded in employee engagement theory, the purpose of this quantitative correlational study was to examine the relationships between employee engagement, supervisor emotional intelligence, and turnover intention. Data were collected from 74 hourly employees and seven supervisors in a manufacturing company in Georgia using two paper surveys for hourly employees and one online survey for supervisors. Multiple regression analysis was performed on the data, assumptions were evaluated, and no violations were …
Change Fatigue, Job Satisfaction, And Organizational Commitment Among Nurses, Melissa Kapping
Change Fatigue, Job Satisfaction, And Organizational Commitment Among Nurses, Melissa Kapping
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
The healthcare environment is complex and ever-changing, which has a direct impact on the nurse. The effects of the constant change to the nurse may result in the development of change fatigue, which causes the loss of trust in the organization, a feeling of resentment, and a sense of apprehension while depleting the individual’s reserves. The purpose of this correlational study guided by Lazarus and Folkman’s stress and coping theory was to determine if there is a relationship between (a) job satisfaction and change fatigue and (b) organizational commitment and change fatigue in nurses who work in an outpatient clinical …
Job Burnout And Turnover Intentions Among Telecommuting Call Center Agents, Gigianna Griffin
Job Burnout And Turnover Intentions Among Telecommuting Call Center Agents, Gigianna Griffin
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Telecommuters have been shown to have higher job satisfaction and job performance and lower turnover intentions and job-related stress than office-based workers. The association between telecommuting, job burnout, and turnover intentions of call center agents has not been fully investigated. The purpose of this study was to determine if telecommuting is associated with job burnout, and turnover intentions among call center agents. Maslach and Jackson’s burnout theory was used as the theoretical framework. Data were obtained from a convenience sample of 89 nontelecommuter and 63 telecommuter call center agents in the United States via an online survey. This nonexperimental correlational …
Nursing Home Nurse Turnover And The Association To Workload, Absenteeism, And Number Of Beds, Justin Ryan Gracieux
Nursing Home Nurse Turnover And The Association To Workload, Absenteeism, And Number Of Beds, Justin Ryan Gracieux
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
The aging population in the United States has resulted in an increased need for quality nursing home care, which includes a stable nursing staff and reduced workforce instability. The purpose of this quantitative correlational study was to examine the relationship between direct care nursing staff turnover rates for RNs, licensed vocational nurses (LVNs), and certified nursing assistants (CNAs) concerning workload, absenteeism, and number of beds in Texas nursing homes. The relational coordination theory provided the theoretical framework for understanding the underlying issues and communication needs that may relate to staff turnover. Secondary data from 11,336 direct resident care nursing staff …
Strategies Healthcare Leaders Use To Reduce Employee Burnout, Ashley Ann Smith
Strategies Healthcare Leaders Use To Reduce Employee Burnout, Ashley Ann Smith
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Healthcare workers are at an increased risk of being affected by burnout, which leads to decreased productivity, decreased job engagement, and increased organizational turnover. Employee burnout is a problem for healthcare leaders as burnout leads to decreased productivity and increased organizational turnover. The purpose of this qualitative multiple case study, guided by the job-demand resource theory, was to explore strategies healthcare leaders use to reduce employee burnout. Interviews were conducted with four healthcare leaders in the United States with at least 3 years of management experience who implemented strategies to reduce employee burnout at their organizations; a review of organizational …
Improving Staff Retention In Adolescent Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facilities, Tasha C. Moses
Improving Staff Retention In Adolescent Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facilities, Tasha C. Moses
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
AbstractHigh direct care staff (DCS) turnover in psychiatric residential treatment facilities presents significant organizational challenges. Insufficient DCS levels and high turnover rates can undermine an organization’s ability to provide quality care to residents who have acute psychiatric symptoms, maintain a safe environment, and achieve strategic goals. This case study was grounded in the Baldrige Excellence Framework and focused on the DCS retention challenges experienced by a psychiatric residential treatment facility in the southeastern United States. Sources of data included semi structured interviews with seven organizational leaders, a review of organizational archival records, and an academic literature review. Thematic content analysis …
Improving Small Business Hiring Practices In The Millennial Era, Marc Lawrence Bellucci
Improving Small Business Hiring Practices In The Millennial Era, Marc Lawrence Bellucci
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
By 2025, Millennials will likely make up 75% of the workforce, making them the fastest growing group and the quickest to change jobs; subsequently, human resource managers struggle to retain these young, skilled workers. This study is important to human resource managers because without strengthening the Millennial workforce, human resource managers could experience high Millennial turnover leading to decreased performance. Grounded in organizational performance theory, the purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore strategies human resource managers use to acquire and retain Millennials to maximize organizational performance. Participants consisted of 5 human resource managers from 5 small …
Influence Of Supervisor Support And Resilience On Productivity And Turnover Intentions In Pediatric Health Care, Adrienne Y. Martin
Influence Of Supervisor Support And Resilience On Productivity And Turnover Intentions In Pediatric Health Care, Adrienne Y. Martin
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Workplace violence has become a critical safety issue in the health care setting, often leading to increased stress levels and employees that feel unsupported and inadequately prepared; which leads to increased turnover, and subsequently, diminished overall organizational productivity and poorer patient outcomes. The purpose of this study was to examine whether supervisor support and resilience affect productivity and turnover intent related to professional role and work experience following workplace violence in the pediatric health care setting. Organizational support theory and the framework of the resilience model provided the theoretical structure for this study. Data were collected through anonymous surveys with …
A Phenomenological Study Of Factors Influencing Senor Female United States Marine Corps Officer Retention Decisions, Angel Rae Smith
A Phenomenological Study Of Factors Influencing Senor Female United States Marine Corps Officer Retention Decisions, Angel Rae Smith
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
The study showed factors that influenced senior female U.S. Marine Corps' (USMC) officer retention decisions. The qualitative study was based on the interpretivism research philosophy and Mobley's model of turnover and employed a phenomenological research design to identify themes regarding participants' perceptions of their lived experiences involving their professions and factors that affected their mandates to remain on active duty. The study included 11 women volunteers who had either earned membership in General Officer (GO) ranks or were competitive for within the USMC as a colonel (CV); they were recruited through purposive sampling, and data were collected through interviews. Data …
Personality, Job Satisfaction, And Turnover In Long-Term Care Nursing Assistants, Sarah Elizabeth Shanks
Personality, Job Satisfaction, And Turnover In Long-Term Care Nursing Assistants, Sarah Elizabeth Shanks
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
There is a clear association between nursing assistant (NA) turnover and resident outcomes which may be caused by poor compensation, organizational culture, and staffing mix. However, very limited literature is available exploring intrinsic variables of NAs, specifically personality, leading to turnover. Guided by the five-factor personality theory and Herzberg’s two-factor motivation hygiene theory, the purpose of this quantitative study was to examine the relationship between the five-factor personality traits of open-mindedness, conscientiousness, agreeableness, extraversion, and neuroticism; length of employment; and job satisfaction among NAs working in long-term care. The Nursing Home Certified Nursing Assistant Job Satisfaction Questionnaire was used to …
Using Employee-Development As A Solution To Employee Turnover, Jason Ellis
Using Employee-Development As A Solution To Employee Turnover, Jason Ellis
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
The failure to retain key employees is an expense that can lead to decreased productivity, profits, and efficiency. The improvement of employee-development practices is integral for business leaders who are focused on reducing an employee’s likelihood of leaving the company. Grounded in job-embeddedness theory, the purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore the employee-development strategies leaders use to improve employee retention and reduce cost resulting from turnover. The participants included 6 managers from 2 companies in Connecticut who had experience with employee-development policies to improve retention. The data collection process included semistructured interviews and public documents collected …
Strategies For Reducing Voluntary Employee Turnover In The Food Service Industry, Jerahn D. Hyman
Strategies For Reducing Voluntary Employee Turnover In The Food Service Industry, Jerahn D. Hyman
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Owners of small food service businesses experience high levels of voluntary employee turnover causing loss of productivity and profit. Grounded in the transformational leadership theory, the purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore strategies that foodservice business owners used to reduce voluntary employee turnover. A purposeful sample of 5 business owners of small food service businesses in the Midwest region of the United States participated in the study. Data were collected from semi-structured interviews as well as reviewing internal company documents such as employee surveys, training materials, and documented procedures. Data were analyzed using thematic analysis with …
Identifying Intrinsic Needs And How They Effect Millennials’ Organizational Commitment, William Norman Jacobs
Identifying Intrinsic Needs And How They Effect Millennials’ Organizational Commitment, William Norman Jacobs
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
By 2025, 75% of the U.S. labor workforce will be composed of Millennials as Generation X managers leave the workforce. The influx of Millennials in the workforce has led to leaders of organizations encountering a serious challenge in terms of how to retain and motivate Millennials who on average change jobs every 2 years. The purpose of this qualitative phenomenological study was to explore the lived experiences of Millennials in the workforce in relation to their intrinsic needs in the workplace and organizational commitment. The research question that guided the research was: What are the lived experiences of Millennials in …
Financial Advisor Retention Strategies, Anthony Latere Williams
Financial Advisor Retention Strategies, Anthony Latere Williams
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Ineffective retention strategies can negatively impact business productivity and profitability. Financial advisor managers who struggle to maintain productivity and profitability because of ineffective retention strategies are at a high risk of failure. Grounded in Herzberg's two-factor theory, the purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore strategies successful financial advisor managers used to retain financial advisor employees and maximize productivity and profitability. The participants comprised 5 financial advisor managers from 5 different financial service firms in Houston who effectively used retention strategies to maximize productivity and profitability. Data were collected from semistructured interviews and company website documents. Yin's …
Stress And Burnout: Empathy, Engagement, And Retention In Healthcare Support Staff, Burnette Vidal
Stress And Burnout: Empathy, Engagement, And Retention In Healthcare Support Staff, Burnette Vidal
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Research on stress and burnout and their influence on empathy, engagement, and retention, in healthcare support staff is scarce in the literature. The theoretical framework for this study was the conservation of resources (COR) theory which claims that when people are stressed, emotionally exhausted, and experiencing burnout, they protect and preserve their physical and mental resources from becoming depleted by reducing their effort and withdrawing from work. The key research question was: Does burnout mediate the relationship between stress and empathy, engagement, and turnover intentions in healthcare support staff working in a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)? This quantitative, non-experimental, …
Managerial Practices That Contribute To Mitigating Nursing Turnover Intentions, Marcy Adams
Managerial Practices That Contribute To Mitigating Nursing Turnover Intentions, Marcy Adams
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
The U.S. health care industry incurs a high level of employee turnover year over year, which results in significant costs for organizations in the sector. Specific to the field of nursing, some pharmaceutical health care managers lack effective management strategies to successfully mitigate nursing turnover intentions to reduce organizational losses. The purpose of this single case study was to explore the strategies health care managers used to mitigate nursing turnover intentions. The conceptual framework was social exchange theory. Data were collected using semistructured interviews. The targeted population included 9 managers from a pharmaceutical company in the state of New Jersey …
Wellness Paradigms In Predicting Stress And Burnout Among Beginning Expatriate Teachers, Kimala Proctor
Wellness Paradigms In Predicting Stress And Burnout Among Beginning Expatriate Teachers, Kimala Proctor
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Research indicates that the current teacher shortage is in part due to stress and burnout. A topic that has not been examined is beginning expatriate English medium teachers (EMTs) with 5 years or less of teaching experience in the United Arab Emirates and the relationship between using individualized, self-initiated wellness paradigms and stress, job burnout, and intent to leave the teaching profession. The transactional model of stress and coping, Maslach's multidimensional theory of burnout, and the health promotion model were used to evaluate the moderating effects of the EMTs' burnout and stress levels on their wellness and intent to leave. …
Strategies Healthcare Managers Use To Reduce Employee Turnover, Christopher Sean Atkins
Strategies Healthcare Managers Use To Reduce Employee Turnover, Christopher Sean Atkins
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Healthcare managers who are unaware of the various strategies that exist for reducing turnover could adversely affect patient care, organizational morale and performance, and the achievement of organizational goals. The purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore strategies healthcare supervisors used to reduce employee turnover. The participants comprised 3 senior healthcare managers located in central Texas responsible for hiring, firing, training, supervising, and successfully using strategies to reduce employee turnover. Herzberg's motivation-hygiene theory provided the conceptual framework. Data were collected from semistructured interviews and a review of company documents. Thematic analysis of the data resulted in 5 …
Strategies Healthcare Managers Use To Reduce Employee Turnover, Christopher Sean Atkins
Strategies Healthcare Managers Use To Reduce Employee Turnover, Christopher Sean Atkins
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Healthcare managers who are unaware of the various strategies that exist for reducing turnover could adversely affect patient care, organizational morale and performance, and the achievement of organizational goals. The purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore strategies healthcare supervisors used to reduce employee turnover. The participants comprised 3 senior healthcare managers located in central Texas responsible for hiring, firing, training, supervising, and successfully using strategies to reduce employee turnover. Herzberg's motivation-hygiene theory provided the conceptual framework. Data were collected from semistructured interviews and a review of company documents. Thematic analysis of the data resulted in 5 …
Strategies Investment Banking Leaders Use To Retain Frontline Employees, Kenya Monica Walton
Strategies Investment Banking Leaders Use To Retain Frontline Employees, Kenya Monica Walton
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Banking leaders face the loss of profitability because of low employee retention in their organizations. Retention issues negatively affect business operations and market performance. The purpose of this multiple case study was to explore strategies that investment-banking leaders use to retain frontline employees. Herzberg's 2-factor theory was the conceptual framework for this study. Data were collected through semistructured interviews with 5 banking leaders in New York and through a review of company documents on retention strategies. The data were analyzed using Yin's 5-step process of compiling, disassembling, reassembling, interpreting, and concluding data. The 3 themes that emerged from data analysis …
Health Care Leaders' Strategies To Reduce Nursing Turnover, John Clayton Phelps
Health Care Leaders' Strategies To Reduce Nursing Turnover, John Clayton Phelps
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Health care leaders who lack effective nurse turnover strategies can negatively affect patient quality of care, productivity, and profitability. The purpose of this single case study was to explore strategies health care leaders used to reduce nursing turnover in a health care organization. The conceptual framework for this study was Herzberg's 2-factor theory. Data were collected from semistructured interviews with 4 health care leaders in the West Texas region who had a history of reducing nurse turnover for a minimum of 5 years from the date of hire, and from review of organizational documents related to the strategies to reduce …
Strategies For Reducing Nonprofit Organizations' Employee Turnover, Tamara Michelle Searight
Strategies For Reducing Nonprofit Organizations' Employee Turnover, Tamara Michelle Searight
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Employee turnover is an inherent challenge encountered by managers at nonprofit organizations. The purpose of this single case study was to explore the strategies some community-based organization managers used to reduce employee turnover in western New York. Five organizational managers were selected who had successfully implemented strategies to reduce employee turnover. Herzberg's 2-factor theory was the conceptual framework for this doctoral study. Data collection occurred through semistructured interviews and review of organizational documents. Data analysis involved collecting data, organizing the data into codes and themes, and interpreting and revealing information about the themes. Member checking and methodological triangulation increased the …
Implementing A Self-Scheduling Model To Decrease Nurse Turnover In Medical-Surgical Nursing, Rebecca Fuentes
Implementing A Self-Scheduling Model To Decrease Nurse Turnover In Medical-Surgical Nursing, Rebecca Fuentes
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Nurses may experience job stress and burnout due to the amount of hours worked and demanding schedules. At one hospital, nurse turnover rates were high in medical-surgical units. Surveys and interviews conducted by hospital administration found that the bedside nurses were dissatisfied with scheduling practices and that this dissatisfaction could lead to heightened turnover. The purpose of this project was to determine if the implementation of a self-scheduling model would decrease nurse turnover on a medical-surgical nursing unit. This quality improvement project focused on facilitating the empowerment of nurses through a self-scheduling model; it followed the quality improvement steps of …
Program Evaluation Of The Rn Clinical Learning And Development Specialist, Brittany Montecuollo
Program Evaluation Of The Rn Clinical Learning And Development Specialist, Brittany Montecuollo
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
The purpose of this project was to evaluate the impact of a quality improvement strategy to implement an RN clinical learning and development specialist (CLDS) with the intent to reduce high turnover in novice nurses and low nurse engagement. The CLDS served as expert, role-model, coach, and mentor. Benner's model of novice-to-expert was used as the conceptual framework to monitor progression of nurses mentored by the CLDS. The Institute for Healthcare Improvement model for improvement was reviewed to assess the effectiveness of the CLDS on turnover rates and nurse engagement. At the time of program evaluation, the CLDS role had …
Effective Strategies To Increase Employee Retention In Higher Education Institutions, Atiya Towns
Effective Strategies To Increase Employee Retention In Higher Education Institutions, Atiya Towns
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Many university leaders lack the knowledge necessary to retain skilled employees and decrease employee turnover. The purpose of this multiple case study was to explore strategies that leaders of colleges/universities in the United States used to retain skilled employees. Research participants included 7 leaders in higher education in central Florida who had at least 1 year of managerial experience in academic or human resources administration and were able to provide information on evaluating the effectiveness of approaches to employee retention. The conceptual framework was the behavioral leadership theory of Skinner. Data were collected using semistructured face-to-face interviews, phone interviews, and …
Residential Counselor Turnover: The Effects Of Burnout, Vicarious Trauma, Environment, And Self-Care, Kristine Edmonds
Residential Counselor Turnover: The Effects Of Burnout, Vicarious Trauma, Environment, And Self-Care, Kristine Edmonds
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Most youth receiving care in residential treatment centers (RTCs) have experienced significant childhood trauma and require intensive mental health treatment to recover from their traumatic childhood experiences. Staff turnover is one factor that can negatively affect outcomes for these children and adolescents. Understanding factors that predict the turnover of professional counselors providing counseling to youth in RTCs can help counselors, supervisors, and counselor educators address barriers to staff retention. The purpose of this quantitative cross-sectional study was to explore the relationship between the turnover of professional counselors providing counseling to youth in RTCs and their perception of the work environment, …