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Strategies To Reduce Risks Associated With Corporate Social Responsibility Lending, Victor Johnson
Strategies To Reduce Risks Associated With Corporate Social Responsibility Lending, Victor Johnson
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Bank managers have transacted six trillion dollars of new loans in low and moderate income (LMI) communities because of the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) mandate. CRA originated mortgages accounted for over 42% of the defaulted loans because of limited risk strategies. Based on the Aguilera conceptual framework, the purpose of this exploratory single case study was to explore the strategies CSR bank managers used to reduce the risks associated with lending in LMI communities. Data were collected and analyzed from semistructured interviews of five bank managers working in one financial organization located within the U.S. Northeast. Data also included the …
Relationship Between Perceived Contribution, Professional Respect, And Employee Engagement, Rafael Eustacio Guarin
Relationship Between Perceived Contribution, Professional Respect, And Employee Engagement, Rafael Eustacio Guarin
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Disengaged employees are a threat to a company's survival in a highly competitive world. Despite employee engagement benefits, the mediation of interactions between leaders and followers and the specific drivers of engagement remain poorly understood. This correlational study was grounded on leader member exchange (LMX) theory and examined the relationship between 2 dimensions of LMX (perceived contribution and professional respect) and employee engagement. In this study, 68 manufacturing employees from the southern region of the United States responded to 2 surveys to measure the LMX dimensions and the level of employee engagement. Using multiple regression analysis, the existence of a …
Strategies For Using Analytics To Improve Human Resource Management, Rosaline Uduak Etukudo
Strategies For Using Analytics To Improve Human Resource Management, Rosaline Uduak Etukudo
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
The use of analytics in human resource (HR) management has proven successful in improving company performance by reducing workforce costs, improving the quality of recruitment, improving talent management and employee engagement, and generally improving productivity. The purpose of this qualitative, multiple-case study was to explore how HR managers use analytics to improve company performance using the contextually based human resource theory as the conceptual framework. The target population comprised a purposeful sample of 5 HR managers in Washington DC; the United States; and Lagos, Nigeria, who had experience using analytics for HR management. Data were collected through semistructured interviews using …