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Medicare, Medicaid And The Health Status Of Individuals In Washington State, Usa, Ngoc (Lisa) Nguyen

EWU Masters Thesis Collection

"This paper investigated the effect of having Medicare and Medicaid coverage upon the health status of individuals in Washington, United States. A representative data set of more than 3,000 individuals from the state of Washington was utilized to address this relationship. The findings showed that the type of insurance coverage plays an important role in explaining the health status of individuals in the Washington. The results suggested that having Medicare and Medicaid coverage are positively associated with higher health status for individuals in Washington. Those individuals with Medicare and Medicaid coverage tend to be having better health status than those …

Driving Employee Engagement Through Internal Communication; A Public Relations Perspective: A Case Study Of Cork Institute Of Technology, Ireland., Desmond P. Carroll

Theses

This study is concerned with the important role of internal communication (IC) as a driver of employee engagement and investigates how public relations (PR) might be best placed to advise on and oversee a system of managed or strategic communication within an organisation.

The literature reveals that a communications culture must pervade an organisation for effective communication to take place. Whilst early models leaned towards a predominant one-way transmission of communication, we are now witnessing a paradigm shift to a horizontal two-way system of communication and engagement.

The research methodology employed in this study was a qualitative case study which …

Should My Spouse Be My Partner? Preliminary Evidence From The Panel Study Of Income Dynamics, W. Gibb Dyer, W. Justin Dyer, Richard G. Gardner

Faculty Publications

This study examines how firm performance and family income are affected when an “owner-managed” firm transitions to a “copreneurial” business. Data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics were used to track changes in firm performance and family income from 1996 to 2006 during which time an owner-manager decided to partner with his spouse. The findings suggest that (a) involvement of one’s spouse in the business had no significant impact on firm profits and (b) working with one’s spouse had a significant impact on family income. The authors hypothesize that the lack of spousal influence on firm performance is because …

The Search For Externally Sourced Knowledge: Clusters And Alliances, Stephen Tallman

Management Faculty Publications

External sources of knowledge have become more important to firms as they have dispersed their value-adding operations around the globe and outsourced them to alliances. The global network firm has access to a rich store of external knowledge – but what do we know about accessing this treasure trove? The purpose of this paper is to summarize key ideas behind the research on alliance networks with clusters to better understand when, how, and why firms would use one or the other, or both, approaches to accessing external sources of knowledge, and to suggest new directions for both practice and scholarship.

Shared Leadership In Six Sigma Teams From The North Shore-Lij Health System, Brian J. Galli

Engineering Management & Systems Engineering Theses & Dissertations

The main goal of the research was to identify the relationships that the internal research team environment and external coaching variables had with the degree of shared leadership in the context of Six Sigma teams from the North Shore LIJ Health System. Furthermore, the research ascertained the relationships that these variables had with two performance metrics: a team's ability to complete project deliverables and satisfy customer's requirements. This research also sought to understand additional factors that affected the five variables.

The research found that while shared leadership did not positively change as a team progressed through the phases of the …

Coordinating A Supply Chain With A Manufacturer-Owned Online Channel: A Dual Channel Model Under Price Competition, Jennifer K. Ryan, Daewon Sun, Xuying Zhao

Department of Supply Chain Management and Analytics: Faculty Publications

We consider a dual channel supply chain in which a manufacturer sells a single product to end-users through both a traditional retail channel and a manufacturer-owned direct online channel. We adopt a commonly used linear demand substitution model in which the mean demand in each channel is a function of the prices in each channel.We model each channel as a news vendor problem, with price and order quantity as decision variables. In addition, the manufacturer must choose the wholesale price to charge to the independent retailer. We analyze the optimal decisions for each channel and prove the existence of a …

Reclaiming “Anthropology: The Forgotten Behavioral Science In Management History” – Commentaries, Fred Luthans, Ivana Milosevic, Beth A. Bechky, Edgar H. Schein, Susan Wright, Davydd J. Greenwood

Department of Management: Faculty Publications

Purpose – This collection of commentaries on the reprinted 1987 article by Nancy C. Morey and Fred Luthans, “Anthropology: the forgotten behavioral science in management history”, aims to reflect on the treatment of the history of anthropological work in organizational studies presented in the original article.

Design/methodology/approach – The essays are invited and peer-reviewed contributions from scholars in organizational studies and anthropology.

Findings – The scholars invited to comment on the original article have seen its value, and their contributions ground its content in contemporary issues and debates.

Originality/value – The original article was deemed “original” for its time (1987), …

Leadership Development In Academics: What Can Be Learned From Industry?, Michael S. Carriger

WCBT Faculty Publications

The article discusses management lessons that can be learned by educational leaders and administrators from the business sector. The necessity of developing the management and leadership potential of departmental chairs and deans is mentioned. Combining classroom instruction, mentoring, and leadership coaching to help staff in the transition from faculty to administration is recommended. The leadership development program of General Electric is cited as a model to emulate.

رأس المال النفسي وأثره في الاستغراق الوظيفي, كمال كاظم طاهر الحسني

Muthanna Journal of Administrative and Economics Sciences

سعى البحث إلى استكشاف ملامح رأس المال النفسي بأبعاده (الكفاءة الذاتية (Self efficacy)، التفاؤل (Optimism) ، الأمل (Hope)، والمرونة أو الاسترجاع (Resiliency) )، وتأثيره على الاستغراق الوظيفي بعناصره (الحماس (Vigor) , الإخلاص أو التفاني (Dedication), الانغماس (Absorption)). وبموجب ما تقدم يتبنى البحث الحاضر منهجا تكاملياً، ووصفاً وتحليلاً , لمتغيرات البحث , تكونت عينة البحث من (52) تدريسياً في كلية الإدارة والاقتصاد وكلية التربية الرياضية / جامعة المثنى ), و استعملت الاستبانة كأداة أساسية لجمع البيانات, استعمل البحث العديد من الوسائل الإحصائية كالانحرافات المعيارية ,المتوسطات الحسابية , معامل الاختلاف , الارتباطات وتحليل التباين ANOVA بمساعدة البرنامج الجاهز ((SPSS.var.20, توصل البحث إلى …

المحور الُمحَاسَبيّ (تقييم كفاءة إدارة مخاطر الائتمان في البنوك الإسلاميه الأردنيه), عز الدين نايف عنانزه, محمد داؤد عثمان

Muthanna Journal of Administrative and Economics Sciences

الملخص يعد النشاط الائتماني احد اهم الوظائف الرئيسيه التي تقدمها المصارف وهي من اكثر الانشطه ربحاً و خطورة، ، فلذلك جاءت هذه الدراسه لتسلط الضوء على هذه الوظيفه لدى القطاع المصرفي الاسلامي، وكان ذلك من خلال تسليط الضوء على مراحل ادارة مخاطر الائتمان في المصارف الاسلاميه بالأضافة إلى اختبار مدى كفاءة ادارة مخاطر الائتمان وربطها مع جودة المحافظ الائتمانيه في المصارف الاسلاميه خلال الازمه الماليه العالميه الاخيره.وقد بينت الدراسه نتائج تعكس الكفاءة والنجاح الملحوظ لعينة الدراسة في عمليه ادارة مخاطر الائتمان، مما انعكس ذلك ايجابياً على مؤشر الاداء للعينه، واستطاعت بنوك العينه بناء محافظ ائتمانيه ذات جوده عاليه، مما مكنها …

Blue Ocean Strategy Vs. Competitive Strategy: The Effect Of Business Strategic Choices On Firm Performance, According To The Industry Life Cycle, Young Sik Cho, Joo Y. Jung

Management Faculty Publications

The purpose of this study is to explore how blue ocean strategy and competitive strategy influence a firm's business performance differently according to its stage in the industry life cycle (ILC). We developed a theoretical research model and the measure items to capture the different attributes of the blue ocean and competitive paradigms. We collected primary data from 309 business owners and senior managers working in the U.S. through a survey research. We tested the data by performing the exploratory factor analysis (EFA), the confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and the structural equation modeling analysis (SEM) using SPSS and AMOS. The …

Conflict Management Between Employees From Different Departments : Contribution Of Organizational Identification And Controversy, Taohong Zhu

Lingnan Theses

Synthesizing theories of social identity, goal interdependence, and conflict management, this study built and tested a theoretical model in which interdepartmental goal interdependence affects conflict outcomes between different departments through constructive controversy (i.e. the open-minded discussion for mutual benefit) dynamics adopted by employees from different departments in the organization. This study also proposes that organizational identification moderates the link between interdepartmental goal interdependence and constructive controversy.

An interview sample of 129 employees from various business organizations and diverse industries in mainland China described and rated a critical incident when they had a conflict with their coworker from another department in …

History Of Accreditation: Coaprt Model, Marcia Jean Carter, Ramon Zabriskie, Lynn Anderson, Maridith Janssen

Faculty Publications

Accreditation in therapeutic recreation began with undergraduate competencies identified in 1975 through the Council on Accreditation ( COA) sponsorship by the National Recreation and Park Association. This article chronicles the adjustments in these original standards. Accreditation criteria are at the heart of defining entry-level professional competencies in the profession of therapeutic recreation while also being used as quality indicators of academic programs. Therapeutic recreation was the first specialization recognized by the Council on Accreditation of Parks, Recreation, Tourism and Related Professions [(COAPRT) formerly COA] during the 1970s. In the 1980s and 1990s, while undergoing enhancements and expansion, controversy arose over …

Book Review Of Management: A Faith-Based Perspective, By Michael E. Cafferky, Annetta M. Gibson, Charles H. Tidwell Jr.

Faculty Publications

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The Institutional-Professoriate Tension: Scholarship Identity And Academic Alignment That Impact Scholars' Productivity And Well-Being, Milagros Pereyra-Rojas

Student Scholarship

Scholars and institutions alike are concerned with academic productivity. Scholars not only further knowledge in their professional fields, they also bring visibility and prestige to themselves and their institutions, which in turn attracts research grants and more qualified faculty and graduate students. Many studies have been done on scholar productivity; however, most of them focus on individual factors such as gender, marital status, and psychological characteristics rather than intrinsic academic factors such as scholars' academic values, institutional expectations and academic alignment between the scholar and the institution. In this study, we developed measures for the different kinds of scholarship based …

Change And Discomfort In Academia: How Far Should We Stretch In Our Readiness For Change?, Laurie A. Branch

Student Scholarship

Employee attitudes and their effect on successful implementation of organizational changes continue to engross researchers and practitioners alike. In this study, we investigated the significance and nature of discomfort as it affects readiness for change in business school settings. This choice of context is deliberate. There is a strong push for change in business schools to align with market needs and there are high levels of individual and collective efficacy. Our findings indicate discomfort as a mediator explains significantly more variation in readiness than is explained by perceived collective efficacy. Surprisingly, we found that some forms of discomfort such as …

The Implications Of Solvency Ii To Insurance Companies, Lu Wang

Theses and Dissertations

Solvency II is a new regulatory standard for European insurance companies. It aims to establish a revised set of capital requirements and risk management standards that will replace the current solvency requirements within the European Union market and will take effect in 2014. The directive will impact companies located in countries beyond the European Union.

The Implications Of Worker Behavior For Staffing Decisions: Empirical Evidence And Best Practices, Tom Tan, Serguei Netessine

IT & Operations Management Research

Employees in service organizations such as restaurants are humans, and their productivity is often heterogeneous due to innate abilities, motivation, and environmental factors. However, none of these considerations are taken into account by typical workforce planning models and software packages. In this paper we describe the results of a study on how workers respond to workload, an integral work environment factor, and we provide operational insights to improve efficiency and strengthen restaurant financials. We study a comprehensive data set from a family-style restaurant chain to clarify how workload, which is defined as the number of tables or diners that a …

A Systematic Approach To Manage Missing Data In Pavement Management Systems, Mazin M. Al-Zou'bi

Open Access Theses & Dissertations

Pavements are an important part of the highway transportation infrastructure, accounting for the largest share of the overall investment. A tremendous amount of time and money is spent each year on the construction of new pavements, as well as on the maintenance and rehabilitation of existing pavements.

Transportation agencies use pavement management systems (PMS) for their maintenance and rehabilitation planning, programming, and budgeting. PMS are used to make decisions regarding when maintenance and rehabilitation should be applied. The systems also select what type of treatment should be applied for each pavement section in the network with clear estimations of the …

The Relationship Of Servant Leadership Attributes To Sales Performance Of Salespersons In The Healthcare Industry In 2011, William R. Auxier

Dissertations

Problem. Servant leadership scholars have claimed that servant-led business organizations are more financially viable, but these claims are based on anecdotal evidence. This quantitative study examines the relationship of servant leadership to revenue generation in business organizations by analyzing the predictability of servant leadership attributes on sales performance. This was accomplished by studying salespersons in the healthcare industry.

Method. One hundred ninety-four study participants completed questionnaires providing quantitative measurements of the seven factors of servant leadership: (a) developing and empowering others, (b) humility, (c) authentic leadership, (d) open participatory leadership, (e) inspiring leadership, (f) visionary leadership, and (g) courageous leadership, …