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Effective Nurse Recruitment Methods For Long-Term Care Facilities, Keith Laprade
Effective Nurse Recruitment Methods For Long-Term Care Facilities, Keith Laprade
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Nurse recruitment is a challenge for long-term care (LTC) leaders. Some owners of LTC businesses lack knowledge of how to attract, market, and hire qualified nurses to help ensure success. The purpose of this multiple case study was to explore the methods and strategies LTC leaders used to recruit nurses. The target population consisted of leaders of 3 LTC facilities who were responsible for recruiting nurses. This selection was based on findings that organization leaders experienced a downsizing of more than 20% of their personnel. The conceptual framework was the motivation-hygiene theory. Working conditions were influenced by Herzberg's 2-factor principles …
Strategies For Hiring Skilled Furniture Manufacturing Workers, Michael L. Simmons
Strategies For Hiring Skilled Furniture Manufacturing Workers, Michael L. Simmons
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
In April 2013, the U.S. unemployment rate was 7.6% and did not drop as quickly in the recent recession as in past recessions. The Unemployment and Job Creation Program study informed readers that many employers could not find qualified workers. The purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore hiring managers' strategies to locate and hire skilled workers in the furniture manufacturing industry. The target sample included 3 furniture manufacturers located in Huntsville, Alabama who have successfully developed and implemented strategies for hiring skilled workers. The skill shortage theory was the conceptual framework for this study. In the …
Effective Hiring Process Background Check Strategies, Christina Diane Waddell
Effective Hiring Process Background Check Strategies, Christina Diane Waddell
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Job applicants often falsify information in their application materials. Using the disparate impact theory as the conceptual framework, the purpose of this multiple case study was to identify strategies Human Resource professionals use to complete effective background checks while maintaining compliance with federal regulations. I collected data by interviewing executives of 3 organizations located in the Southwest region of the United States, who had successful strategies for performing background checks to identify falsified information in the application process. I assured the validity and reliability of the data by reviewing organizational documents and member checking of the interpretation of the data. …
Strategies To Retain Revenue Management Analysts In The U.S. Airline Industry, Curtis Raynard Williams
Strategies To Retain Revenue Management Analysts In The U.S. Airline Industry, Curtis Raynard Williams
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
The voluntary turnover of revenue management analysts in the U.S. airline industry is an issue, compelling revenue management leaders to implement retention strategies that successfully reduce employee turnover. The purpose of this qualitative single case study was to explore strategies revenue management leaders used within the last 15 years to retain revenue management analysts. The conceptual framework that grounded this study was Maertz's 8 motivational forces of job attachment and voluntary turnover. The targeted population was comprised of revenue management leaders at an airline in Dallas, Texas who had demonstrated successful strategies to reduce employee turnover. Using criterion-based sampling, 4 …
Successful Strategies For Recruitment And Hiring Of Veterans, Paul Gamble
Successful Strategies For Recruitment And Hiring Of Veterans, Paul Gamble
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Transitioning from military service to the civilian workforce is both a daunting experience and a formidable challenge for many highly skilled veterans. The purpose of this multiple case study was to explore the successful strategies of Fortune 500 business leaders for the recruitment and hiring of veterans. Person-organization fit theory formed the conceptual framework for this study. The targeted population consisted of 3 business leaders from 3 separate Fortune 500 businesses in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area with successful strategies for recruiting and hiring veterans. Data collected from interviews and supporting documents were coded and analyzed using a mind-mapping technique, …
Developing Strategies For Hiring Managers: A Case Study On Hiring Employees, Sylvia Gholston
Developing Strategies For Hiring Managers: A Case Study On Hiring Employees, Sylvia Gholston
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Gaining information about competency within hiring practices is critical for hiring managers seeking to hire skilled workers, improve employee fit, and lower hiring cost. Employee replacement cost ranges from 30% of an entry-level engineering or aeronautical employee's salary to 400% for a high-level employee in those fields. Guided by the transformational leadership theory and the decision-making theory, the purpose of this qualitative exploratory case study was to explore the hiring strategies used by 4 hiring managers to hire employees for organizational fit. The managers work within the aeronautics and engineering fields within the Southeast region of the United States, which …