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Elderspeak And Identity Subversion: A Leadership Challenge In Elder Services, Patty Lou Crawford
Elderspeak And Identity Subversion: A Leadership Challenge In Elder Services, Patty Lou Crawford
Theses and Graduate Projects
Using a cross-disciplinary approach, this paper provides an important connection between elderspeak and identity subversion. Elderspeak, sometimes referred to as secondary baby talk, is a modified speech pattern marked by increased volume, simplified syntax, diminutives, collective pronouns, and terms of endearment. It subverts identity by negating ltfe experience and the individuality of an elder. Research has found that elderspeak can lead to a diminished sense of self, yet it is a significant part of the speech environment for elders in institutions that are designed to provide care. For leadership in the growing field of elder services the use of elderspeak …
Developing The Emerging Leader At Bachman's, Inc.: Curriculum Design Considerations, John Daniels
Developing The Emerging Leader At Bachman's, Inc.: Curriculum Design Considerations, John Daniels
Theses and Graduate Projects
The purpose of this project is to identify leadership principles and training strategies for inclusion in a leadership development program (LDP) tailored to the needs of the emerging leaders at Bachman's, Inc. and to develop a basic, working outline of such a curriculum. For the purposes of this project, I define emerging leaders as those individuals who have assumed their first position of authority or supervision over others. They have either been hired directly into a supervisory position, or they have been promoted from a position of production into one of supervision. In this paper, I outline a leadership development …
Employee Engagement's Impact On Organizational Performance Measures, John Robert Mason
Employee Engagement's Impact On Organizational Performance Measures, John Robert Mason
Theses and Graduate Projects
The purpose of this research paper is to determine whether or not positive employee engagement scores correlate to higher achievement of organizational goals. In order to provide context a literature review was performed to understand the current definition of employee engagement, the relationship between engagement and goals as well as an understanding of how organizational goals impact employee engagement. A correlative study between surgeon engagement scores and organizational performance measures will be performed in order to understand the relationship between the two. The results of the study will be used to aid leaders in relying on engagement in order to …
Small Migrant Nonprofit Organizations: Leadership Approaches That Connect To The Country Of Origin, Josephat Makori Nyangau
Small Migrant Nonprofit Organizations: Leadership Approaches That Connect To The Country Of Origin, Josephat Makori Nyangau
Theses and Graduate Projects
As a Kenya migrant who has observed leaders of migrant organizations play a great role both in country of origin and their host, I was motivated to undertake this study to find out the approaches migrant leaders use to connect to their country of origin. This study aimed to review literature on small migrant nonprofit organizations with emphasis on Kenyan registered migrant nonprofit organizations in Minnesota. Other migrant organizations were also explored to help bridge the gap in the literature. The literature review conducted found few registered migrant nonprofit organizations of Kenyan descent in the Minnesota registry based on their …
Comparing Leadership Practices In Internationally Focused Non-Profit Organizations, Vincent C. Haen
Comparing Leadership Practices In Internationally Focused Non-Profit Organizations, Vincent C. Haen
Theses and Graduate Projects
This study examines the effective leadership practices in non-profit international organizations. A review of the literature identifies common leadership practices. An in-depth case study examines effective leadership practices in one successful non-profit organization. This will show consistency between the review of the literature and the in-depth case studies. Effective leadership practices have been identified as: systems for engaging others, long term leadership practices, and creative collaboration.
Women, Leadership And The Enlisted Military, Nicole Lillis
Women, Leadership And The Enlisted Military, Nicole Lillis
Theses and Graduate Projects
The military has changed dramatically over the years involving more active roles for women in leadership positions, regardless of combat experience. According to the Department of Defense,7.4 million people serve in today's military and 15 percent of them are women (DOD, 2013). There are 1.2 million enlisted personnel, 250,000 of that number are officers (Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2013). Yet, relatively little research has been conducted on enlisted personnel in leadership roles, and virtually none regarding female enlisted leadership. Recent studies have shown that females face barriers in the military due to their gender and perceived stereotypes. Current literature often …
Remote Employee Engagement, Craig A. Dischinger
Remote Employee Engagement, Craig A. Dischinger
Theses and Graduate Projects
This action research project looks at employee engagement among geographically dispersed teams. The goal of this research is to better understand the theory of engagement and develop a methodology for increasing engagement for teams and individuals that work in a location outside of a main headquarters environment. The focus of this study involves three distinctly different teams. Each team has a unique headquarters environment, but shares the same responsibility of ensuring a safe and secure environment through the leadership and execution of a physical security program. However, each team is also dealing with engagement challenges related to being dispersed geographically …
Exploring The Transformational Impact Of Baccalaureate Education On Vocation A Hermeneutic Phenomenological Study Of Rn-Bsn Graduates, Libby Henslin
Exploring The Transformational Impact Of Baccalaureate Education On Vocation A Hermeneutic Phenomenological Study Of Rn-Bsn Graduates, Libby Henslin
Theses and Graduate Projects
Four-year liberal arts colleges seek to expand knowledge and prepare undergraduate sfudents for vocational service to an increasingly complex and global society. This requires colleges to lead transformatively, in keeping with their vision, mission and values, to maintain institutional integrity. As a regionally accredited, Christian affiliated liberal arts college Augsburg College should provide a baccalaureate degree that is potentially transformative. A hermeneutic phenomenological study, informed by Transfotmational Leadership Theory, was conducted by interviewing four Bachelor of Science in Nursing completion graduates to explore the change in their call to professional caring service through their educational journey. Four essential themes emerged …
Collaborative Leadership: Jane Addams And Her Circle Of Friends, Sheila V. Davies
Collaborative Leadership: Jane Addams And Her Circle Of Friends, Sheila V. Davies
Theses and Graduate Projects
Collaboration and collaborative leadership are terms used often in current leadership language. Whether in private or public enterprises, collaboration has become a "catch word" that elicits ideas of shared ownership and effective problem solving. Collaborative leadership could be a "stand alone" leadership style or it could incorporate other leadership styles to prove most effective. The manner in which it is used depends, in part, on who is using it and for what purpose. Jane Addams, a progressive leader in the early twentieth century, used collaborative leadership effectively in her social change efforts. Together with Julia Lathrop, Florence Kelley, Alice Hamilton …
Young Professionals' Organizations - Just Another Happy Hour, Sadie C. Pulk
Young Professionals' Organizations - Just Another Happy Hour, Sadie C. Pulk
Theses and Graduate Projects
Today there are an abundance of young professionals' organizations, yet there is little research on what individuals hope to gain from their participation in such groups, why they join such groups, and their concurrent leadership development. Using a review of academic literature and interviews with young professionals serving on or recently serving on an executive committee for a young professionals' organization working to end Alzheimer's disease, this action research attempts to gain an understanding of young professionals' organrzations and what leadership development opportunities can add to them. It concludes with recommended actions for the group to take.
An Implementation Plan For Integrated Dual Diagnosis Treatment, Mary Jean Dunn
An Implementation Plan For Integrated Dual Diagnosis Treatment, Mary Jean Dunn
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Recovery from substance abuse or mental illness can be a long and difficult process. lndividuals attempting to recover from both issues face an even more complex road to healing. Research shows that treatment models, which address both illnesses simultaneously, in the same setting, have the best success. Treatment models that address both issues at once are called Integrated Dual Diagnosis Treatment (IDDT). There are a number of IDDT models around the country and Minnesota has recently finalized its framework for IDDT certification. This paper examines the most corlmonly used components of IDDT models and will study the process of implementation …
Boundaries In The Workplace: A Study To Explore The Role Of Boundaries And Team Cohesion In A Predominantly Female Setting, Cynthia A. Check
Boundaries In The Workplace: A Study To Explore The Role Of Boundaries And Team Cohesion In A Predominantly Female Setting, Cynthia A. Check
Theses and Graduate Projects
This qualitative study explores the potential connection of gender, team cohesion and relational boundaries in the workplace. Information gathered through in-depth interviews was analyzed for patterns of connection between the three themes and compared to current research literature. Existing findings of factors that contribute to team cohesion were supported such as development of trust, respect, commitment to task and unified goals. Further research including gender specific studies and further definition and study of relational boundaries in the workplace would be beneficial.
Making Smooth Transition To The Workplace A Person Centered Approach, Jackie Pederson
Making Smooth Transition To The Workplace A Person Centered Approach, Jackie Pederson
Theses and Graduate Projects
The aim of this project ts to create recommendations for a better orientation to a new job or a new role withtn the same organization. Fifteen new employees within an organization were interviewed regarding what was helpful to them and what they experienced that was dfficult. Literature was reviewed that pertained to what was helpful and what was dfficult for new employees. The servant leadership model was examined as the model that might be useful to use to improve job orientation. It was chosen because of the relational, humanistic, person centered qualities it contains. A plan for orientation is,for organizations …
Training, Development & Leadership: The Need For And Feasibility Of Establishing A Commercial Banking Development Program Inside A Mid-Size Bank Headquartered In The Upper Midwest, Jolene J. Wall
Theses and Graduate Projects
The purpose of this study was to explore the need for and feasibility of establishing a Commercial Banker development program inside a mid-size Bank located in the upper Midwest. Organizations could be facing a talent shortage in the coming years as the Baby Boomer generation begins to retire. Organizations are looking for ways to develop future employees to fill employment gaps. Many organizations today are utilizing internship programs as a tool for new employee development. Internship programs allow organizations to recruit top talent from local universities, while keeping traditional recruiting and onboarding costs contained. lnternship programs are currently being utilized …
A Step Toward Authentic Leadership Through The Kaleidoscopic Lens Of Self-Awareness, Melodie Lane
A Step Toward Authentic Leadership Through The Kaleidoscopic Lens Of Self-Awareness, Melodie Lane
Theses and Graduate Projects
During the past 15 years, corporate scandals such as Enron, significant failures in the mortgage and banking industries, and the more recent economic crisis have resulted in skepticism and distrust for many of today's leaders (Erickson, 1995, Northouse,2010; May, Hodges, Chan & Avolio,2003). Numerous leadership authors have "called for a new type of genuine and values-based leadership" - Authentic leadership (Gardner, Cogliser, Davis, & Dickens, 2A11). Society wants "leaders who do not deny responsibility, hide information, and deceive others, but rather lead with authenticity and integrity" (Peus, Wesche, Streicher, Braun & Frey , 2011 , p. 331). Self-awareness is an …
More Than A Search Engine: Undergraduate Perspectives On Library Instruction, Kristine Vick
More Than A Search Engine: Undergraduate Perspectives On Library Instruction, Kristine Vick
Theses and Graduate Projects
Historically, libraries have been repositories of knowledge for scholars. Overtime, libraries have evolved into media centers that include digital access points, instructional spaces, and comfortable gathering places. As school libraries transition to accommodate the 2lst century learner, are educators meeting the needs of the college and career bound students they serve? The purpose of this qualitative study was to gain insight into the information literacy instruction that occurs in high school libraries. Specifically, how effective this instruction was in preparing students for college. This research was conducted with five undergraduates attending college in a variefy of public and private institutions. …
Kenyan Immigrant Elders' Attitudes Toward Disabilities, Josephat Makori Nyangau
Kenyan Immigrant Elders' Attitudes Toward Disabilities, Josephat Makori Nyangau
Theses and Graduate Projects
Kenyan immigrant elders' attitudes toward disabilities can best be explained in two ways: before and after emigrating. The purpose of this research study was to investigate Kenyan immigrant elders' attitude toward disabilities. Using qualitative research methods, three participants were selected to be interviewed one-on-one using specific guiding questions. Five themes emerged from the data: family attitudes toward disabilities, consideration of disabilities as diseases, views on disability categories, causes of disabilities, and the care of individuals with disabilities. Findings from this research study have the potential to enable educators to develop a better cross-cultural perspective when dealing with immigrant elders in …
Teen Pregnancy And The Latino Community: Informing A Youth Worker, Lindsey N. Boster Decker
Teen Pregnancy And The Latino Community: Informing A Youth Worker, Lindsey N. Boster Decker
Theses and Graduate Projects
Across the nation we are experiencing very high numbers of teen pregnancies within the Latino community. Time is of the essence, with schools and communities finding themselves increasingly overwhelmed with questions on how to address this issue. This research project identified some of the major risk and protective factors specific to teen pregnancy in the Latino community, some of the key behaviors and beliefs that make teen pregnancy in the Latino community a complex matter, and recommendations for educators/youth workers who encounter this circumstance in their own work. Research for this project was gained via in-depth interviews with four research …
Leadership Strategies That Foster Innovation And Creattvity In 21st Century Organizations, Patricia Dianne Carlson
Leadership Strategies That Foster Innovation And Creattvity In 21st Century Organizations, Patricia Dianne Carlson
Theses and Graduate Projects
In an increasingly change-driven world, leaders are called upon to evolve their mindsets and skill-sets to reflect and serve the demands for innovation that characterize the 2Ist century. In this research, I examined the leadership strategies that foster innovation and creativity as a stimulus for sustained competitive advantage in organizations. Creativity without innovation in an organization is a wasted effort. However, without creative ideas there is nothing to promote, feed and develop the innovation process. I focus on three critical questions: What type of organizational climate fosters innovation and creativity? What is leadership's role in fostering innovation and creativity? What …
Transformational Leadership And Profitability In A Retail Setting, Barbara Koziol
Transformational Leadership And Profitability In A Retail Setting, Barbara Koziol
Theses and Graduate Projects
Creative Kidstuff, a privately owned company with five retail locations in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area and a sixth location in West Des Moines, Iowa, experienced rapid growth in its first 15 years of business, Sales started to decline due to vendor mergers, consolidations, and bankruptcies along with increased competition from other toy retailers and the advent of on-line shopping. Transformational leadership has been shown to be effective in organizations undergoing change. My hypothesis was that there are significant leadership differences between stores which are highly profitable and those that are not. The Creative Kidstuff Employee Survey was designed with questions …
Application Of Situational Leadership Theory To Gender-Based Pay Inequality, Joseph N. Maro
Application Of Situational Leadership Theory To Gender-Based Pay Inequality, Joseph N. Maro
Theses and Graduate Projects
Women have made significant progress eliminating the equality gap with men in many areas. The one area with a persistent gap is pay. The gender wage ratio is about 81.2%. The median weekly earnings for women is about $669, compared with $824 per week for men (Hegewisch, Williams, & Henderson, 2011). The gender wage gap has an impact on women, families, and employers. It is important for leaders to understand some of the reasons for the wage gap and the impacts and be equipped to address them. The Situational Leadership theory is one tool that is available to leaders to …
Leadership In Voluntourism, Heidi Jolivette Satre
Leadership In Voluntourism, Heidi Jolivette Satre
Theses and Graduate Projects
This paper explores the opportunities for leadership development in the evolving field of VolunTourism. VolunTourism, a relatively new term within the tourism industry used to describe travelers paying to take a trip in which they spend their time volunteering, has been growing in populariry without any universally established guidelines or a program model for leaders to follow. Currently, there is a lack of research regarding the sustainability of projects and the impact of leadership sfyles on the success of VolunTourism programs. This paper also explores the opportunities for leadership development within the evolving field of VolunTourism, based on the experiences …
Perceived Needs: Small Nonprofit Boards And Leadership Development Efforts, Luisa K. Gerasimo
Perceived Needs: Small Nonprofit Boards And Leadership Development Efforts, Luisa K. Gerasimo
Theses and Graduate Projects
Nonprofits have become more important in recent decades: almost two million American charities provide important and diverse services. How they function under the leadership of nonprofit boards of directors has not been studied to the extent that corporate boards have. Some nonprofit boards do not offer new member training or an orientation to board service, which may leave some board members underprepared to lead. Do nonprofit boards that get training improve themselves and the functioning of their associated nonprofit agency? Using a review of academic literafure, personal experience working for nonprofits and serving on nonprofit boards, interviews with a board …
Strategies To Enable Young Adults To Be Financially Literate, Stephanie Ruckel
Strategies To Enable Young Adults To Be Financially Literate, Stephanie Ruckel
Theses and Graduate Projects
The purpose of this research is to identify factors that parent(s) both intentionally and unintentionally impart on their children that enable young adults to be more financially literate. I administered a three question financial literacy test to 344 students at a private, not-for-profit liberal arts institution in a Midwestern city. Each result, a score of zero to three was compared to each student's socio-demographic characteristics, family characteristics, and parental education techniques to determine potential correlation and causation for financial literacy scores. I determined factors to be studied through relevant literature and personal experience.
Employee Satisfaction And Employee Productivity: Finding The Link, Diane Slyman
Employee Satisfaction And Employee Productivity: Finding The Link, Diane Slyman
Theses and Graduate Projects
In this era of economic challenges corporate leadership struggles to do more with less, while maintaining the delicate balance between employee productivity and employee satisfaction. The focus of this research paper is to determine the degree to which employee job satisfaction truly impacts employee productivity. Can it really be as simple as to increase employee satisfaction in order to get them to produce more? The study further examines satisfaction and proiductivity measurements for a department within a healthcare administration department. While a limited sample size, the department's survey results are compared to the literature review relative to top satisfaction drivers …
Best Practices For Loinc Mapping And Maintenance, Tawni M. Reller
Best Practices For Loinc Mapping And Maintenance, Tawni M. Reller
Theses and Graduate Projects
The purpose of this action research project was to assess the current clinical laboratory industry perception of Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes (LOINC) and if best practices exist for the mapping and maintenance of them. A literature review was conducted, beginning with the creation of the LOINC nomenclature in 1994 through the current studies detailing recommended best practices and standards that are necessary to ensure success of clinical laboratory result interoperability. An original, qualitative survey was created emailed to 7,303 Iaboratorians, of whom 206 responded. The results of the survey reinforce the researcher's perception of the implementation and maintenance …
Communication Satisfaction And Part-Time Employees In A Park And Recreation Organization, Debra Lynn Derosa
Communication Satisfaction And Part-Time Employees In A Park And Recreation Organization, Debra Lynn Derosa
Theses and Graduate Projects
The purpose of this study was to investigate levels of communication satisfaction depending on work status (whether employees work on a full-time or part-time basis) in a single municipal park and recreation organization. Part-time and full-time employees were surveyed using the Down and Hazen's Communication Satisfaction Questionnaire, resulting in 40 usable responses. The results showed that both part-time and full-time employees surveyed had low levels of communication satisfaction in the researched organization. Part-time employees had slightly higher levels of communication satisfaction than the full-time employees in each of the eight communication dimensions researched. This study draws attention for organizational need …
Our Shared Table: The Emerging Future Of Food, Seed And Biodiversity, Marita Bujold
Our Shared Table: The Emerging Future Of Food, Seed And Biodiversity, Marita Bujold
Theses and Graduate Projects
Until recent decades, food was produced entirely by organic methods by farming communities who depended on adapting seeds within specific ecosystems and local ecological knowledge. This traditional approach to agriculture generated a wealth of vital genetically diverse seeds and plants. Since 1960, peasant communities have contributed 1.9 million varieties of plants to the world's seed banks. In today's food economy, one and half billion peasant farmers continue to rely on seed saving, local ecological knowledge and produce 70% of the world's food. The remaining thirty per cent of food produced by the agribusiness approach to farming that emerged in the …
Internship Program Development: Developing An Effective Internship Program For Faith Based Organizations, Kelly R. Black
Internship Program Development: Developing An Effective Internship Program For Faith Based Organizations, Kelly R. Black
Theses and Graduate Projects
This paper presents the process, methods, and findings of action research on lhe topic af internship program development within organizations. Organized and well-designed programs can improve a sludent's ability to integrate academic knowledge with practical applications, as well as improve career opportunities after graduation, while developing work place communication and problem solving skills. lnternship programs also offer non-profit organizations opportunities to develop future leaders while gaining extra support within the working environment. Information gathered from an online survey taken by past and present internship students, data from a staff focus group, along with responses from one-on-one interviews has provided important …
Relationship Between Leader Behavior And Subordinate Organizational Commitment In Higher Education Administrators, Christy L. Leduc
Relationship Between Leader Behavior And Subordinate Organizational Commitment In Higher Education Administrators, Christy L. Leduc
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Organizational commitment (OC) is the psychological link betrveen employees and their organizations that reduces the likelihood that ernployees rvill voluntarily leave. OC is an important dimension of organization effectiveness; it has been shown to impact productivity, work performance. and rurnover. It is instructive to recognize how a leader's behavior impacts the overall stress and the organizational commitment of employees. Fifty-five administrators at a private college in the Midwest completed a 56-question electlonic survey to explore the relationship arnong leaders' behavioral scores for (1a) structure-initiation and (1b) consideration as assigned by their employees and the (2) self-reported organizational commitment levels of …