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Exploration And Implementation Of Seaport Manatee To Relieve The Supply Chain Congestion At California Ports, Diane Wells Maclennan

Theses and Dissertations

For the global economy to thrive, a stable supply chain network is imperative to provide control of the seamless flow of goods. What is detrimental to supply chain performance due to inconsistency can be costly and consequently cause out-of-stock items, deficient use of container storage capacity and faulty logistics planning. This feasibility study examined leadership decisions in the face of supply chain turbulence. The analysis introduces the congestion free SeaPort Manatee in Palmetto, Florida. It establishes how this seaport could offer an alternative sea trade path to alleviate the supply chain strain since the U.S. will most likely continue to …

Beyond Competing For Talent: An Integrative Framework For Coopetition In Talent Management In Smes, Stefan Jooss, Julia Lenz, Ralf Burbach

Articles

This paper aims to unpack how small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) can operationalise coopetition in talent management, addressing ongoing talent shortages in the hospitality industry which were intensified during the Covid-19 pandemic

The Philanthropic Process Of Private And Publicly Traded U.S. Companies, Carla Woodson

All Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects

The author looks at the essence of corporate philanthropy, analyzing the drivers of why corporations give and how these organizations assemble themselves within the face of crises. While there is significant research on the different types of corporate philanthropy and its drivers, there is very little known about the way decisions are reached by committee members and executives who oversee allocating these funds. Using a qualitative method approach with semi structured in-depth interviews of respondents who currently work in the field of corporate giving for a US based private or publicly based company. A case study of three companies reveals …

Sharing Strategies Between Higher Education Administrators And Their Information Technology Leaders, Larita Brewster

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Some senior administrators in higher education institutions lack strategies to share leadership decision-making with their information technology (IT) leaders in the quest to sustain and improve organizational performance, which is often of concern to leverage technology and improve organizational performance. Grounded in the Bolman and Deal four-frame model of leadership, the purpose of this qualitative, multiple-case study was to explore strategies used at four higher education institutions by four IT leaders and four senior administrators, to improve organizational performance in Alabama. The participants were four higher education senior administrators and four IT leaders in Alabaman higher educational institutions. Data were …

‘We And Our Stories’: Constructing Food Experiences In A Unesco Gastronomy City, Eerang Park, Kaewta Muangasame, Sangkyun Kim

Research outputs 2014 to 2021

The experiential elements of food tourism can be transformed into meaningful experiences of local food heritage and identity in the context of a UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy. From a local stakeholder perspective, six key drivers at three phases of the food experience are identified, and each driver involves several local elements that are coordinated and staged in various modes to create and develop four sequential food experiences. The pre-travel stage should focus on enhancing potential tourist’s awareness of the UNESCO designation. The on-site food experience is found to be twofold: exposure to the local food environment and the actual …

Racial Discrimination And Toxic Cultures At Work: Professional Black Employees And The Great Resignation, Annselmer Thomas Owens

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

AbstractWhite-collar Black employees were more likely to seek different jobs during the Great Resignation because of a lack of career advancement, employer failure to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion, employer’s unethical behavior, feeling disrespected, and perceived toxic work culture. As the Great Resignation’s professional, social, and ethical consequences were only emerging, scholars identified a literature gap to position Black employees’ narratives of racial discrimination and perceived toxic work culture in the literature as mechanisms for joining the Great Resignation. The purpose of this qualitative, narrative inquiry study was to gain a deeper understanding of how professional Black employees’ daily experiences …

Small Business Internal Control System Strategies To Protect Business Assets And Profitability, Edward Gabriel Earl Kuupualeialoha Keaunui

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

The absence of financial expertise and internal control systems contributes to losing business assets and profitability. Small business leaders who lack internal control systems and strategies to protect against the financial loss of business assets and profitability may be vulnerable and suffer losses. Grounded in the Committee of the Sponsoring Organization of the Treadway Commission (COSO) internal control-integrated framework, this qualitative multiple-case study explores internal control system strategies that small business leaders use to protect business assets and profitability. The participants were five small business leaders from the Western region of the United States who have successfully operated for over …

Strategies For Competing With Large Corporations Among Small Property Management Businesses, Dennis Halverson

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Small businesses in the United States play a significant role in economic growth, yet many of these enterprises fail because of their inability to compete with larger firms. Finding solutions can help small business owners develop a competitive edge, compete with larger organizations, and sustain their operations. Grounded in entrepreneurship theory and stakeholder theory, this qualitative multiple case study was conducted to explore how small property management business owners sustain their businesses when competing against larger companies. The participants were three leaders of three small property management companies in Minnesota who successfully competed against larger corporations. Data were collected through …

Challenges With Multicultural Leadership For Project Managers: A Qualitative Multiple Case Study, Harrison Nnaemeka Nnaji

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Culturally diverse teams are becoming the norm with the rising trend of globalization. The phenomenon has been associated with a rise in the number of multicultural teams with diversified team members. The central problem addressed in this study relates to inadequate understanding of challenges posed to project managers of multicultural software development teams operating in Nigeria. The purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore challenges faced by this population. Avruch’s theory of culture, the Human needs theory by Burton, and the cross-cultural adaptation theory by Kim were the conceptual frameworks for this study. Participants included 15 project …

Lived Experiences Of African American Women Engineers Regarding Employee Engagement, Organizational Support, And Organizational Commitment, Tamika Gwendolyn Riley

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

African American women are underrepresented in the engineering workforce. Limited research exists focusing on the experiences of African American women engineers. This qualitative study aimed to understand the perceived lived experiences of African American women engineers concerning employee engagement, organizational support, and organizational commitment. Relational cultural theory and feminist theory comprised the theoretical framework used to guide this descriptive phenomenological study. Data were collected using semi structured interviews with 11 African American women engineers. An inductive thematic data analysis produced 15 themes to answer the study’s three research questions. The themes that addressed the first research question, on engagement, included …

Outsourcing Interruptions And The Emergence Of Reshoring, Enrico Castillo Santos

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Over the last 25 years, offshore outsourcing has been accepted as a standard business practice, primarily for the cost advantage of operating in lower costs offshore locations. Lately, the trend is reversing; business leaders are moving their manufacturing operations back home despite the near-term negative impact of the reversal decision. This qualitative multiple case study aimed to understand the factors that influenced manufacturing business leaders of U.S.-based companies to reverse previously made offshoring decisions and reshored at a high reversal rate. In this study, I applied the conceptual framework proposed by Fratocchi et al. (2016). Data were collected from five …

Sharing Strategies Between Higher Education Administrators And Their Information Technology Leaders, Larita Brewster

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Some senior administrators in higher education institutions lack strategies to share leadership decision-making with their information technology (IT) leaders in the quest to sustain and improve organizational performance, which is often of concern to leverage technology and improve organizational performance. Grounded in the Bolman and Deal four-frame model of leadership, the purpose of this qualitative, multiple-case study was to explore strategies used at four higher education institutions by four IT leaders and four senior administrators, to improve organizational performance in Alabama. The participants were four higher education senior administrators and four IT leaders in Alabaman higher educational institutions. Data were …

Examining Purity And Green Complexity Score On Wind And Solar Stock Return, Kanokphorn Pongklang

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

No abstract provided.

A Feasibility Study On Alternative Printed Labelinspection Methods As Part Of Quality Control Forsmes In Thailand, Chutiwat Thammasiri

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

No abstract provided.

Selling, General And Administrative Cost Asymmetry In Hypergrowth Private Fintech Firms, Chawanakorn Thienboonlertrat

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

The study examines the selling, general, and administrative (SG&A) cost asymmetry between hypergrowth and non-hypergrowth stages of private fintech firms in the United Kingdom (U.K.). Results show that hypergrowth firms have significantly lower cost growth elasticity and cost multiplier elasticity, indicating asymmetry between non-hypergrowth and hypergrowth stages. The findings illustrate that a cost advantage from additional economies of scale during the hypergrowth stage contributes to cost asymmetry, supporting the idea that they can balance the finding of new opportunities with successfully reaping high-quality revenues while effectively dealing with managerial inefficiency. Equity fundraising from private equity and venture capital investors (PEVCs) …

นวัตกรรมตัวแบบอัจฉริยะในการเลือกทำเลจัดตั้งร้านธุรกิจค้าปลีกประเภทร้านอาหารและเครื่องดื่มที่ไม่มีแอลกอฮอล์เป็นหลักสำหรับมหานครขนาดใหญ่, ศิริกัญญา ติยะเจริญศรี

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

งานวิจัยฉบับนี้ได้จัดทำขึ้นเพื่อพัฒนานวัตกรรมตัวแบบอัจฉริยะในการเลือกทำเลจัดตั้งร้านอาหารและเครื่องดื่มที่ไม่มีแอลกอฮอล์เป็นหลักสำหรับมหานครขนาดใหญ่ โดยมีวัตถุประสงค์ เพื่อศึกษาและพัฒนาเกณฑ์การเลือกทำเลจัดตั้งร้านฯ พัฒนาตัวแบบอัจฉริยะฯ และนำตัวแบบดังกล่าวไปใช้ในเชิงพาณิชย์ โดยใช้วิธีวิจัยแบบผสมผสาน เริ่มต้นจากการวิจัยเชิงคุณภาพ ตรวจสอบแบบสามเส้า การวิจัยเชิงปริมาณ (สำหรับกลุ่มกิจการ ได้ใช้วิธีการทำสำมะโนประชากรและสามารถเก็บข้อมูลได้ 83 ตัวอย่าง และสำหรับกลุ่มลูกค้าเป้าหมาย ใช้วิธีการเลือกแบบกำหนดโควตา สามารถเก็บข้อมูลได้ 370 ตัวอย่าง) วิเคราะห์ผลด้วยโปรแกรม SPSS ผ่านการวิเคราะห์สถิติเชิงพรรณนา การวิเคราะห์องค์ประกอบเชิงสำรวจ และการวิเคราะห์องค์ประกอบเชิงยืนยัน หลังจากนั้นจึงนำเข้ากระบวนการวิเคราะห์ผ่านการเรียนรู้ด้วยเครื่อง ด้วยวิธีการถดถอยโลจิสติกแบบไบนารี พิจารณาควบคู่ภายใต้ความเหมาะสมต่างๆ เพื่อให้ได้ตัวแบบพยากรณ์ที่สามารถใช้งานได้ง่ายและให้ค่าความแม่นยำสูงที่สุด เพื่อนำนวัตกรรมฯ ที่ได้เข้าสู่เชิงพาณิชย์ต่อไป ผลการศึกษาได้ค้นพบปัจจัยใหม่ที่เกิดขึ้นบนบริบทของประเทศไทย คือ “ปัจจัยด้านบุคลิกภาพและความชำนาญในงานของพนักงานร้านที่มีผลต่อการเลือกเข้าใช้บริการร้านค้าฯ ของลูกค้า” สำหรับปัจจัยที่กลุ่มลูกค้าเป้าหมายมีความเห็นว่าสำคัญมากที่สุด 5 อันดับแรกในการเลือกเข้าใช้บริการร้านค้า ได้แก่ ร้านค้ามีการบริการที่ดี ร้านค้ามีความสะอาด ถูกสุขลักษณะและปลอดภัย ร้านค้ามีสินค้าที่ตรงใจ บรรยากาศภายในร้านเหมาะสมและเอื้ออำนวยให้เกิดความรื่นรมย์ในการใช้บริการ ร้านค้าอยู่ใกล้และใช้เวลาไม่มากในการเดินทางระหว่างร้านกับที่อยู่อาศัย และเมื่อสกัดองค์ประกอบแล้ว สามารถแบ่งออกเป็น 4 องค์ประกอบ ได้แก่ Store Location and Accessibility, Store Service and Environment, Brand Experience and Customer Benefit และ Store Attractiveness และสำหรับปัจจัยที่กลุ่มกิจการนำมาพิจารณาในการเลือกทำเลจัดตั้งร้านค้าฯ 5 อันดับแรก ได้แก่ อัตราผลตอบแทน/ระยะเวลาการคืนทุน งบประมาณในการก่อสร้างและบริหารงาน เป้าประสงค์ของธุรกิจ สิ่งอำนวยความสะดวกรอบทำเล และคุณลักษณะของทำเล และเมื่อสกัดองค์ประกอบสามารถแบ่งออกได้ 6 องค์ประกอบ ได้แก่ Location Advantage, Business Condition, Population Demographics, Economic Concern, Investment, Market Characteristics โดยท้ายที่สุดตัวแบบพยากรณ์ที่ได้จากการวิเคราะห์นั้นสามารถให้ค่าความแม่นยำในการทำนายได้ร้อยละ 82.14 ซึ่งมีค่ามากกว่าค่าความแม่นยำที่กลุ่มผู้ใช้งานเป้าหมายคาดหวัง สำหรับการนำนวัตกรรมเข้าสู่เชิงพาณิชย์นั้น ได้รับการออกแบบให้เป็น “การบริการที่มีผู้เชี่ยวชาญทางด้านค้าปลีกให้คำปรึกษา” กำหนดสิทธิ์การใช้งานในลักษณะ “Exclusive License” ซึ่งธุรกิจประเภทนี้มีความน่าสนใจในการดำเนินกิจการโดยพิจารณาจากผลตอบแทนของการลงทุน

From A Boy To A Leader, Alejandro Zayas

Antioch University Dissertations & Theses

The following autoethnographic dissertation examines my personal experiences of trauma, abuse, and violence. Drawing on journals, memories, and artifacts from my life, I use self-reflection to illustrate the impacts of trauma on my childhood and adulthood. My traumatic experiences of sexual abuse, childhood violence, and emotional abuse are situated within broader sociocultural contexts of masculinity, Hispanic culture, and social norms. This study illuminates possibilities for healing and transformation for myself and others with shared traumatic backgrounds. It calls for trauma-informed education, masculinity, and resiliency. Evocatively sharing my traumatic life events provides an accessible window into often silenced experiences, bearing witness …

Landscaping Wellness At Work: A Participatory Model For Worker-Centered Health, Anya Helena Piotrowski

Antioch University Dissertations & Theses

This study contributes to a body of scholarship that demonstrates the benefits and need of employee-driven and defined wellness at work processes. This participatory action research study brought together a team of employees within a remote-work, start-up organization to define and design a process for implementing wellness at work for their organization. Through a participatory process that allowed outcomes to emerge from the group, employees identified opportunities to foster embodied wellness in their organization in three core areas: organizational, personal, and cross-boundary initiatives. Through a reflective collaboration, employees generated ideas and developed a plan to address employee-identified priorities that will …

Developing Entrepreneurial Skillsets Amongst Rural Women In Uganda, Sylvia Gavigan, Thomas M. Cooney, Klavs Ciprikis

Articles

Purpose: Rural women in Africa have less entrepreneurship opportunities than men. This is mainly due to societal expectations of women, but it may also be caused by a lack of entrepreneurial knowledge and skills due to their work in agriculture-related activities. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to examine the impact of entrepreneurship training on entrepreneurial skillsets of rural women working in Uganda and how such training influences their entrepreneurial activity.

Design/methodology/approach: The primary data set for this study comes from surveys of rural women working in agriculture who participated in a specific entrepreneurship training programme in Uganda. A …

Editorial: Investigating The Effect Of The Physical Context On Customer Experience, Helen L. Bruce, Ewa Krolikowska, Tara Rooney

Articles

This editorial introduces a special issue of the Journal of Services Marketing, dedicated to articles discussing the effect of the physical context on customer experience. The editorial identifies diverse areas of extant knowledge which researchers might draw upon when investigating the effect of the physical context on customer experience. to inform future research agendas.

Evolving Market Infrastructures: The Case Of Assetization In Uk Social Housing, Thomas Wainwright, Graham Manville

All Works

Researchers in economic geography have recently turned to examine the rental sector, particularly how institutional investors have begun to reshape the provision of housing. Following the politics of financialization, the built environment and social relations surrounding residential accommodation have been reconfigured to maximize opportunities for capital accumulation. While scholars have further developed their interest in rental markets, by directing their attention to the financialization of social housing, this burgeoning area remains comparatively understudied, particularly concerning the metrics that are crucial in facilitating assetization. In our article, we seek to provide new insight into the financialization of UK housing associations, to …

A Model Of Build Back Better Utilization: Long-Term Recovery Groups And Post-Disaster Housing Recovery, Eduardo Landaeta, Jesse Richman

Political Science & Geography Faculty Publications

Housing recovery, especially for vulnerable populations, can be a challenging process. Questions regarding whether to rebuild damaged housing and whether to restore it to its previous state or to build back better must be answered. In the United States, Long-Term Recovery Groups (LTRGs) play a crucial role in channeling assistance to vulnerable community members as they embark on housing recovery. However, the experiences of LTRGs have been understudied. To address this gap, the study utilizes interviews with a diverse range of LTRG members and develops an agent-based model following the Overview, Design concepts, and Details (ODD) protocol. The results highlight …

Community College Management Strategies For Balancing The Budgets, Rachel Ann Sullivan Dodson

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

During declining revenue, community college leaders may be unable to balance their budgets effectively. Community college managers who fail to balance budgets negatively impact a college’s financial sustainability. Grounded in Burn’s transactional leadership theory, the purpose of this qualitative single case study was to explore strategies community college managers use to balance their budgets in an environment of declining revenue. Data were collected from eight semistructured community college manager interviews and company documents: enrollment data, budget data, performance-based funding model data, and the strategic plan. Thematic analysis was used to analyze the data. Four themes emerged: (a) budget alignment with …

Covid-19 Two Years On: A Review Of Covid-19-Related Empirical Research In Major Tourism And Hospitality Journals, Songshan (Sam) Huang, Xuequn Wang

Research outputs 2022 to 2026

Purpose: This study aims to provide a timely review of the COVID-19-related empirical research published in 19 quartile one (Q1) and quartile two (Q2) tourism and hospitality journals in social science citation index (SSCI).

Design/methodology/approach: A total of 407 COVID-19-related empirical papers were collected from the 19 SSCI Q1 and Q2 tourism and hospitality journals via Scopus database. Thematic content analysis was supplemented with Leximancer software to identify the research themes/subthemes, research methods and countries/regions of research.

Findings: The study found studies of COVID-19’s impact on consumer behaviour predominate in number, followed by studies on response actions and recovery strategies, …

The Evolution Of The Chief Technology Officer And The Modernization Of Technology In Education, Brian Skibinski

All Student Theses and Dissertations

The role of technology in education has changed dramatically over the past 20 years. From the advent of individual workstations to networked labs to one-to-one technologies, computers have transformed how teachers and students consume information. School districts today support hundreds if not thousands of devices and end users. Technology supports mission critical systems like financial, human resources, library, and student information systems and ensures they are integrating rostering information to numerous third-party programs like Clever, Classlink or textbook specific websites. They also support the district operations as well by assisting in or managing building automation controls which can include lighting, …

Who Invests In Crypto? Wealth, Financial Constraints, And Risk Attitudes, Darren Aiello, Scott R. Baker, Tetyana Balyuk, Marco Di Maggio, Mark J. Johnson, Jason Kotter

Faculty Publications

We provide a first look into the drivers of household cryptocurrency investing. Analyzing consumer transaction data for millions of U.S. households, we find that, except for high income early adopters, cryptocurrency investors resemble the general population. These investors span all income levels, with most dollars coming from high-income individuals, similar to equity investors. High past crypto returns and personal income shocks lead to increased cryptocurrency investments. Higher household-level inflation expectations also correlate with greater crypto investments, aligning with hedging motives. For most U.S. households, cryptocurrencies are treated like traditional assets.

Exploring Perceptions Of Travel-Eligible Individuals With Dementia And Hotel Operators, Jun Wen, Danni Zheng, Yangyang Jiang, Haifeng Hou, Ian Phau, Wei Wang

Research outputs 2022 to 2026

Although people with dementia have leisure travel needs, no scholars appear to have empirically explored how to meet this group’s needs as hotel guests. To bridge this research gap in tourism literature, the current study employed in-depth interviews to collect first-hand data from 15 travel-eligible tourists with early-stage dementia and 15 senior luxury hotel managers in China. Specifically, six key themes were extracted from Chinese hotel guests with dementia. Hotel managers’ commentary on meeting travel-eligible tourists with dementia’ needs during leisure travel led to three themes. Innovatively, this study further sheds light on possible contributions the tourism and hospitality industry …

Employability For Inclusion: The Urgent Need For A Biopsychosocial Model Perspective, Mollie Dollinger, Tim Corcoran, Denise Jackson, Sarah O'Shea

Research outputs 2022 to 2026

Definitions of disability are changing, shifting from a narrow medical diagnosis to a biopsychosocial model of disability, where disability is conceptualised as a series of relational conditions that can potentially disadvantage individuals within environments. Implications of this new understanding of disability will have significant effects in the higher education sector, where there is increasing participation of disabled students. In this paper, we discuss one aspect of these implications through the topic of graduate employability. In doing so, we generate a new concept ‘Employability for Inclusion’ that can be utilised as an equity-focused lens for universities to consider how employability initiatives …

Perceived Destination Image Cohesion: A Comparison Study Of Attractions On The Grand Canal, China, Shan Jiang, Noel Scott, Li Tao, Shiqi Xiong, Yuan Qin

Research outputs 2022 to 2026

The Grand Canal is located in the north-eastern and central-eastern plains of China, running from Beijing in the north to Zhejiang province in the south, and is the longest canal in the world (1800 km) and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. From a tourism perspective, the Grand Canal can be considered as a linear heritage attraction linking many individual heritage sites. This research was conducted with a mixed qualitative–quantitative method in the 2021–2022 period. First, in-depth interviews with an unstructured methodology of image measurements were conducted to determine attributes of the perceived destination image (PDI) of the Grand Canal as …

Benefits Of Work-Integrated Learning For Students, Denise Jackson, Elizabeth J. Cook

Research outputs 2022 to 2026

The authors aim to assist work-integrated learning (WIL) stakeholders in identifying and understanding the broad range of evidenced benefits for engaging in WIL. The chapter features a synthesis of empirical higher education research on the benefits of WIL across various dimensions of student employability. The introduction briefly considers the meaning of WIL and employability, as both are considered in this chapter, and discusses the scope and framing of the synthesis informed by a review of the relevant literature. The gathered literature is summarized in tabular form across the dimensions of employability and then discussed through the lens of Tomlinson’s graduate …