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The Experiences Of Team Managers With Knowledge Sharing Within Diverse Virtual Teams, Amy Jarrell

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

As remote work rises across the United States, barriers continue to challenge virtual collaboration by obstructing knowledge sharing which affects an organization’s ability to leverage knowledge. Despite increased research on virtual teams, how virtual team managers facilitate knowledge sharing between individuals within diverse virtual teams across different time zones is not well understood. This qualitative, narrative inquiry study addressed the gap in the literature and the research question by exploring how virtual team managers in the United States describe their daily online experiences with knowledge sharing between individual team members with varied cultural perspectives working in different time zones. This …

Teachers’ Experiences Addressing Students’ Trauma-Related Behavior In The Classroom, Amanda Lynn Henry

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Trauma is not something the untrained eye can see; it can be described as a silent issue, but the effects of trauma are seen in society. Research about trauma has focused on the perspective of the student and not the interaction between the teacher and the student. The purpose of this basic qualitative study was to explore classroom teachers’ perceptions and experiences with addressing students’ trauma-related behavior. The theoretical foundation was trauma theory. Data were collected through questionnaires and in-person interviews with teachers and administrators who work in Southwest Pennsylvania. There were a total of 13 participants. Descriptive coding was …

Teachers' Perceptions Of The Role That School Administrators Play In Their Job Satisfaction, Lakeshia L. Polite

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

The role that middle or high school administrators play in the job satisfaction of teachers has not sufficiently been studied. The purpose of this basic qualitative study, guided by Herzberg's motivation-hygiene theory, was to understand the veteran teachers' perception of the role that school administrators play in their job satisfaction. The researcher sought to determine the motivating factors that school administrators focus on to increase job satisfaction and the hygiene factors that school administrators focus on to decrease job dissatisfaction. One-on-one, semistructured interviews were conducted with veteran teachers (9 female teachers and 1 male teacher). Data were analyzed with codes …

Associate Degree Nursing Graduates’ Experiences Of The Transition From Student To Nurse, Katherine Margaret Slusser

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Attrition among newly graduated nurses remains a top concern among nursing leaders in the United States. Many published studies about new graduate nurses focus on bachelors-prepared nurses or on mixed populations of nurses that include both associate and baccalaureate degree graduates. No published studies were located that focused specifically on the Associate Degree Nursing (ADN) graduate. The purpose of this qualitative, interpretive phenomenological study was to understand the experiences of transition after graduation and into professional nursing of newly employed nurses who graduated from an ADN program. The theoretical basis for this study was Meleis’s transition theory. The research question …

Strategies Nurse Managers Use To Increase Registered Nurses Retention, Andrew Sobers

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

AbstractRegistered nurse (RN) turnover significantly impacts organizational profitability and performance. The turnover of nurses also impacts business practices as it may disrupt the organization's ability to properly staff and provide efficient patient care. Further, nurse managers inability to retain RNs may result in problems such as loss of productivity and increased personnel costs. Guided by Burn's transformational leadership theory and Homan's social exchange theory, the purpose of this qualitative single case study was to explore the strategies that nurse managers use to increase RN retention. Participants were 6 nurse managers from Boston, Massachusetts who implemented RN retention strategies in their …

Risk Factors For Sexual Assault Victimization On A College Campus, Josh Studeny

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

In the United States, sexual assaults are becoming increasingly prevalent on college campuses. This study addressed the problem of increasing sexual assaults at a Northeastern university in the United States. The purpose of this qualitative study was to understand the risk factors that led to sexual assault victimization on a college campus through the students', campus police officers', and counselors' perspectives. This study incorporated Cohen and Felson's theoretical framework of the routine activity theory. The focus of the study was on perceptions of (a) risk factors that motivate offenders to commit sexual assault in a university setting, (b) risk factors …

Patterns Of Victimization Of School-Aged Children With Autism In The Rural Southern United States, Megan Rae Marie Thornton

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Individuals with disabilities experience victimization at rates higher than their typically-functioning peers. Because they are often perceived as unreliable reporters, the likelihood that victimizations of individuals with disabilities are reported is low. Data regarding the lived victimization experiences of individuals with specific disabilities are scant. Grounded in the rational choice theory and Cohen and Felson’s routine activity theory, this qualitative study investigated the victimization experiences of school-aged children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in the rural Southern US. This study involved 21 public school students between the ages of 12 and 17 who were interviewed using the Juvenile Victimization Questionnaire, …

Individual Experiences Of Criminogenic Youth Participating In Outpatient Treatment, Seth Allen Garcia

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Outpatient treatment programs for low-level criminogenic youth have been shown to positively impact behavioral trends and recidivism rates. By providing juvenile offenders the opportunity to remain in the community while receiving clinical interventions to address their maladaptive behaviors, outpatient therapy enables participating youth to identify their negative decision patterns. The purpose of this phenomenological study was to examine the individual experience of low-level criminogenic youth who successfully completed outpatient treatment. Bandura’s self-efficacy theory was used to frame the study, and audio recordings were collected during semistructured interviews with 8 participants. Subsequently, the recordings were transcribed and the data were coded …

A Phenomenological Study Of Christian Conversion And Recidivism In Ex-Prisoners, Christopher Featherstone

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Recidivism rates are high in the United States. According to the Bureau of Justice

Statistics, within 5 years of being released, 77% of ex-prisoners are arrested, with 37%

arrested within the first 6 months and 57% arrested within the first year. Past research has

indicated that religiosity functions as a protective factor in relation to criminal behaviors

that is consistent across genders and developmental periods. The purpose of this

qualitative study was to examine Christianity as a protective factor against offending. The

theoretical framework of the study, self-determination theory, with its focus on

individuals’ growth tendencies based on self-motivation and …

Strategies To Reduce Employee Turnover In Childcare Centers, Tara Jones

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Organizations across the United States pay billions of dollars annually to combat employee turnover. Organizations may pay over 250% of a departing employee’s salary. As high employee turnover negatively impacts the profitability of organizations, it is vital childcare center directors have strategies to reduce employee turnover. This qualitative multiple case study explored strategies childcare center directors have used to reduce employee turner. The research participants consisted of 4 purposefully selected childcare center directors of nonfranchised childcare centers in Houston, Texas, with more than 5 years of experience who implemented strategies to reduce employee turnover. The conceptual framework for this study …

Strategies To Retain Employees Within An Organization, Chawana Anderson

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Some organizational leaders are unable to retain talented employees, which results in productivity loss and increased costs associated with employee recruitment and training. The purpose of this qualitative single case study was to explore the strategies leaders of an oil and gas organization use to retain employees. The participants comprised 5 leaders located in Houston, Texas, with successful experience in implementing strategies to retain employees. The conceptual frameworks for this study were Argyris and Schon’s organizational learning theory and Herzberg, Mausner, and Snyderman’s 2-factor theory. Data were collected through semistructured interviews and archival company documents. Yin’s 5-step analysis guided the …