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Working Toward Human-Centered, Reparative Change Through Print Collection Development At The University Of Denver, Jennifer Bowers, Katherine Crowe, Peggy Keeran, Jack M. Maness, Denisse Solis, Shannon Tharp

University Libraries: Faculty Scholarship

In 2014, the DU Libraries began to address a lack of work by and about the Cheyenne and Arapaho people in its collections, and moved toward reparative change in response to historical traumas suffered by Indigenous Peoples. The history of this work and its origins—which led to the creation of the Libraries’ Collection Diversification Task Force (CDTF) and now informs the Libraries’ collection development philosophy and operational inclusivity—are discussed in the “Developments Leading to the Collection Diversification Task Force” section of this chapter. Further on, the “Collection Diversification Task Force” section clarifies methodology, recommendations, and self-discovery on the part of …

Transforming Campus Climate For Diversity: Accreditation Liaison Officer Perceptions And Beliefs Regarding The Impact Of Regional Accreditation On Institutional Change, David H. Sundby

LMU Theses and Dissertations

Despite attention given to the increasing diversity in higher education, greater barriers to college access and degree attainment exist for many minoritized groups in comparison to dominant groups. Research illustrates that campus climate for diversity, a systemic concept, plays a critical role in the success of minoritized groups. Additionally, institutional accreditation is a critical process, and it may be a catalyst for systemic change. However, there is little research on the relationship between the regional accreditation process and institutional change, with even less research on the impact of accreditation on campus climate for diversity.

To address this gap in literature, …

Advancing Workplace Diversity: Weathering The Storm To Create A Path Toward Diversity, Equity, And Inclusion, Lisa T. Toler

All Faculty and Staff Scholarship

The inherent culture communicated within an organization influences and affects the practices the organization takes, and, in turn, employee performance (Ritchie, 2000). The purpose of this book chapter is to identify what characteristics can bring visibility to the career experiences of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) through a critical examination of the literature on organizational culture, leadership, and organizational behavior in the context of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI). The resulting outcome of such an outlook on career experiences for the BIPOC community is important in creating and sustaining fair practices in diversity, equity, and inclusion in order …

The Impact Of A Change In Leadership, Taylor Collins

DNP Projects

Abstract

Background: Unmitigated stress in nursing results in moral distress, burnout, turnover and poor patient outcomes. Authentic leaders can improve the nurses’ work environment and satisfaction by improving communication and implementing supportive measures.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine whether a change in executive leadership at BSW Grapevine Medical Center reduced nursing job stress as evidenced by improved nurse satisfaction, nurse retention, nurse engagement, patient satisfaction and care outcomes.

Conceptual Framework: Watson’s Theory of Human Caring

Design: This study is a quantitative, descriptive retrospective measurement of two points in time, before and after …

ความสัมพันธ์ระหว่างภาวะผู้นำแบบเสริมอำนาจกับความสามารถในการปรับตัวด้านอาชีพ โดยมีความงอกงามในงานเป็นตัวแปรส่งผ่าน, กฤตยา จรัสพรธัญญา

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

กระแสการเปลี่ยนแปลงของสภาพการณ์ทางเศรษฐกิจและสังคมในปัจจุบัน สร้างความท้าทายต่อการปรับตัวทางอาชีพแก่บุคลากร งานวิจัยที่ผ่านมาพบความสำคัญของภาวะผู้นำของหัวหน้าและการรับรู้ความงอกงามในงานของพนักงาน มีส่วนผลักดันให้บุคลากรนำทรัพยากรทางจิตเชิงบวกของตน มาพัฒนาเป็นความสามารถในการปรับตัว เพื่อรับมือกับการเปลี่ยนแปลงในสายอาชีพ โดยเฉพาะพนักงานในกลุ่มสายงานบริการ ซึ่งมีหน้าที่ลำดับแรกคือปฏิสัมพันธ์กับผู้มาขอรับบริการ ที่มีความต้องการหลากหลาย จึงต้องเรียนรู้ที่จะปรับวิธีการทำงาน การวิจัยครั้งนี้มีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อศึกษาความสัมพันธ์ระหว่างภาวะผู้นำแบบเสริมอำนาจ กับความสามารถในการปรับตัวด้านอาชีพ โดยมีความงอกงามในงานเป็นตัวแปรส่งผ่าน ใช้รูปแบบการวิจัยเชิงปริมาณ โดยเก็บข้อมูลผ่านแบบสอบถามออนไลน์จากพนักงานในสายงานบริการ เช่น นักการตลาดและพนักงานไอที ที่ปฏิบัติงานในองค์การภาคเอกชนในประเทศไทย จำนวน 241 คน จากการวิเคราะห์ข้อมูลด้วยสถิติการถดถอย พบว่า ภาวะผู้นำทำนายความสามารถในการปรับตัวด้านอาชีพในเชิงบวก (β = .28, p < .001) ผ่านตัวแปรความงอกงามในงานซึ่งเป็นการส่งผ่านแบบสมบูรณ์ (full mediation) (effect = .19, se = .06, 95% CI: .09, .32) ผลการวิจัยเผยให้เห็นว่า หัวหน้างานที่เน้นให้อำนาจการตัดสินใจในหน้าที่ความรับผิดชอบของพนักงานแต่ละคน จะช่วยให้เกิดความงอกงามในงาน รับรู้ถึงพลังชีวิตและการเรียนรู้ อันจะนำไปสู่ความสามารถในการปรับตัวด้านอาชีพ ดังนั้นเพื่อให้พนักงานในสายงานบริการเพิ่มขีดความสามารถในการปรับตัวต่อการเปลี่ยนแปลงในอาชีพ องค์การควรส่งเสริมให้พนักงานมีความงอกงามในงาน ผ่านการพัฒนารูปแบบผู้นำแบบเสริมอำนาจในกลุ่มหัวหน้างาน

ความสัมพันธ์ระหว่างภาระงานต่อความเหนื่อยล้าในการทำงาน โดยมีงานที่มีความหมายเป็นตัวแปรกำกับ ในพนักงานรับฝากพัสดุ องค์การขนส่งและโลจิสติกส์แห่งหนึ่งในกรุงเทพมหานคร, พรพิเศษ ศศิวิมล

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

งานวิจัยนี้มีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อศึกษาความสัมพันธ์ระหว่างภาระงานต่อความเหนื่อยล้าในการทำงาน และศึกษาอิทธิพลกำกับของงานที่มีความหมายต่อความสัมพันธ์ระหว่างภาระงานกับความเหนื่อยล้าในการทำงาน กลุ่มตัวอย่างเป็นพนักงานรับฝากพัสดุ องค์การขนส่งและโลจิสติกส์แห่งหนึ่งในกรุงเทพมหานคร จำนวน 441 คน รวบรวมข้อมูลโดยใช้แบบสอบถาม ประกอบด้วย (1) ข้อคำถามข้อมูลทั่วไป เช่น เพศ อายุงาน (2) มาตรวัดภาระงาน (workload scale) 3 ด้าน ได้แก่ ด้านร่างกาย จิตใจ และอารมณ์ (3) มาตรวัดงานที่มีความหมาย (the Work and Meaning Inventory scale: WAMI scale) และ (4) มาตรวัดความเหนื่อยล้าในการทำงาน (the Three-Dimensional Work Fatigue Inventory: 3D-WFI scale) 3 ด้าน ได้แก่ ด้านร่างกาย จิตใจ และอารมณ์ ผลการวิเคราะห์พบว่า งานที่มีความหมายมีอิทธิพลกำกับทางลบต่อความสัมพันธ์ระหว่างภาระงานทางจิตใจกับความเหนื่อยล้าในการทำงานด้านจิตใจ (β = -.24, p < .05) และมีอิทธิพลกำกับทางลบต่อความสัมพันธ์ระหว่างภาระงานทางจิตใจกับความเหนื่อยล้าในการทำงานด้านอารมณ์ (β = -.26, p < .05) อย่างมีนัยสำคัญ งานวิจัยนี้ยืนยันสมมติฐานหลักที่ว่า การที่พนักงานรับรู้ถึงคุณค่าและงานที่มีความหมายจะช่วยลดความเหนื่อยล้าในการทำงานด้านจิตใจและอารมณ์ อันเกิดจากความตึงเครียดของภาระงานทางด้านจิตใจได้ ดังนั้น องค์การควรมีการสนับสนุนในด้านการรับรู้ถึงงานที่มีความหมายของพนักงาน เพื่อช่วยลดความเสี่ยงต่อการเกิดความเหนื่อยล้าในการทำงานโดยเฉพาะด้านจิตใจและด้านอารมณ์

ผลของโปรแกรมการปรับงานต่องานที่มีความหมายโดยมีความสอดคล้องระหว่างบุคคลและงาน เป็นตัวแปรส่งผ่าน, อภินัทธ์ ตรีวิโรจน์

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

งานวิจัยนี้มีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อศึกษาผลของโปรแกรมการปรับงานต่องานที่มีความหมาย โดยมีความสอดคล้องระหว่างบุคคลและงานเป็นตัวแปรส่งผ่าน โดยตั้งสมมติฐานว่า พฤติกรรมการปรับงาน ความสอดคล้องระหว่างบุคคลและงาน และงานที่มีความหมายของผู้เข้าร่วมโปรแกรมการปรับงาน จะมีระดับเพิ่มขึ้นหลังได้รับโปรแกรมการปรับงาน การวิจัยนี้ใช้วิธีวิจัยกึ่ง ทดลองในสนาม แบบเปรียบเทียบผลก่อนและหลังรับโปรแกรมการปรับงาน และเปรียบเทียบระหว่างกลุ่มทดลองและกลุ่มควบคุม (two group pretest-posttest design) โดยมีกลุ่มตัวอย่างคือ พนักงานบริษัทแห่งหนึ่งในเขตกรุงเทพมหานคร จำนวน 54 คน แบ่งเป็นกลุ่มทดลอง 26 คน และกลุ่มควบคุม 28 คน กลุ่มทดลองได้รับโปรแกรมการปรับงานที่ออกแบบโดยมีพื้นฐานแนวคิดจากรูปแบบโปรแกรมฝึกฝนการปรับงาน (The Job Crafting Exercise) และใช้เนื้อหาในการปรับงานตามแนวคิดการปรับงานเพื่อสร้างสมดุลระหว่างข้อเรียกร้องและทรัพยากรในงาน (JD-R Model) ผลการวิเคราะห์ข้อมูลด้วยสถิติทดสอบความแปรปรวนซ้ำ (RM ANOVA) และสถิติทดสอบที (Independent t test) พบว่า ระดับของพฤติกรรมการปรับงาน ความสอดคล้องระหว่างบุคคลและงาน และงานที่มีความหมาย ในกลุ่มทดลอง เพิ่มขึ้นอย่างมีนัยสำคัญทางสถิติหลังรับโปรแกรม ในทางกลับกัน ค่าคะแนนของตัวแปรทั้ง 3 ไม่เพิ่มขึ้นอย่างมีนัยสำคัญในกลุ่มควบคุม นอกจากนั้น ผลของการทดสอบอิทธิพลส่งผ่านโดยใช้ PROCESS macro ยังพบอิทธิพลทางอ้อม (Indirect effect) ของโปรแกรมการปรับงานต่องานที่มีความหมาย โดยมีความสอดคล้องระหว่างบุคคลและงานเป็นตัวแปรส่งผ่านอย่างสมบูรณ์ (Full mediation) จึงสรุปได้ว่า โปรแกรมการปรับงานสามารถเพิ่มระดับงานที่มีความหมายได้โดยมีความสอดคล้องระหว่างบุคคลและงานเป็นตัวแปรส่งผ่าน

A Select Group: When Do Parties In Consensual Democracies Expand Their Leadership Selectorates?, James Godowic

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

This dissertation seeks to answer the question of when do parties in consensual parliamentary systems expand the group of people who can pick the party leader? Previous literature has offered two opposing theories of change. One is rooted in the exogenous factor of electoral performance as a catalyst for parties to change. The other focuses on the endogenous factor of internal party struggles between the party leadership and ideological activists occupying positions in the mid-level of the party. Using a regression analysis of six consensual parliamentary democracies and process tracing of six political parties in the previously unexamined case of …

Communicating Organizational Vision And Values To A Multigenerational Workforce, Jose M. Peralta

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Differences in values, motives, and beliefs of members of a multigenerational workforce can negatively impact organizational sustainability. Business leaders who cannot communicate organizational vision and values to a multigenerational workforce risk reduced organizational sustainability. Grounded in generational cohort theory, communication accommodation theory, and organizational culture theory, the purpose of this multiple case study was to explore strategies that leaders of multigenerational workforces within the financial industry use to communicate organizational values and vision for a sustainable work environment. Participants comprised five financial organization leaders in New York City who successfully implemented communication strategies to communicate organizational vision and values for …

Falling Angels: A Qualiative Study Exploring Nonprofit's Organizational Practice, Lorraine Coker

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Veterans are more susceptible to homelessness as well as to physical and psychological problems than other groups because of their high exposure to combat-related trauma and geographic dislocation due to military deployment. This administrative study addressed struggles that the Falling Angels nonprofit organization faced with implementing its mission to serve all homeless veterans in a midwestern American state while preparing to expand housing services to accommodate homeless women veterans. The study was created to explore and describe how this organization employs homeless or displaced veterans. The research question was used to explore overall organizational performance of management by analyzing participants’ …

Exploring Citizen Security In The Nigeria Federated State: Lagos State Neighbourhood Safety Agency In Perspective, Adesoji Olaitan Ogunsanya

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

AbstractThe research problem of this study was centered on the state of insecurity in Lagos State and the intervention of the Lagos State Neighbourhood Safety Agency. Evidence from previous studies supported the use of community policing, police reform, training of security personnel, and collaboration amongst security agencies as measures to address issues of insecurity in Lagos State. The purpose of this qualitative research was to examine the impact of the Lagos Neighbourhood Safety Agency on the security challenges of the state and generate additional discourse. Institutional theory was used as the theoretical foundation for this research with a purposive sampling …

A Lebanese Health Care Organization’S Strategies To Secure Sustainable Funding, Dania Mahmoud Al Assadi

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Fundraising and donations are the main sources of revenue for behavioral health care nonprofit organizations (NPOs) worldwide. Economic, political, social, or health crises impact fundraising and donation sources for behavioral health care NPOs. This qualitative case study addressed strategies that senior leaders of a Lebanese behavioral health care NPO could use in times of crisis. The study also addressed the behavioral health leaders’ experience managing a funding crisis. The Baldrige conceptual framework was used to assess the organization’s effectiveness in seven key areas. Interviews with the senior leaders and analysis of the organization’s archival data were used to inform the …

Exploring The Customization Of Lean Six Sigma For Adoption In Public Organizations, Jeffrey Allen Farrell

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Lean Six Sigma is a hybrid process improvement strategy employed to increase quality, speed, and efficiency in business processes. However, over 60% of organizations that attempt to adopt Lean Six Sigma fail, leading to a loss of resources and reluctance to engage in future improvement efforts. The purpose of this qualitative exploratory multiple case study was to understand how leaders customize Lean Six Sigma for organizational factors found in public agencies in the United States. This study was framed first by a definition of Lean Six Sigma that distinguished four separate elements and then the contingency theory of organizations. Semistructured …

Catalysts To Transformational Leadership Between Managers And Analysts In Public Service, Eugene Davis Stevenson Iii

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Transformational leadership (TL) is the ability of a leader to convince a subordinate or follower to adopt organizational goals as their goals. Transformational leaders utilize intellectual stimulation, individualized consideration, inspirational motivation, and idealized influence to engage and mold their employees. Within the sphere of public management, current leadership research acknowledges the effect of TL but is still incomplete or inconsistent on how to catalyze TL consistently. The focus of this study was how TL is used between managers and analysts within California state public service. The theoretical framework for this study is complexity theory. Complexity theory states that the world …

Emotion Regulation, Affective, Continuous, And Normative Commitment For Turnover Intentions Among Degree-Seeking Employees, Danette Colleen Sutter

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Multiple researchers have investigated employee turnover related to affective, continuous, and normative commitment, and none reported the predictive power of emotion regulation reappraisal on these components of commitment with turnover intentions among degree-seeking employees. The purpose of this quantitative survey research study was to explore emotion regulation reappraisal and its predictive power for organizational commitment associated with degree-seeking employees' intentions to quit jobs. In this study, a small sample of N = 18 degree-seeking employees took part in survey methodology. Multiple regressions were performed to calculate the variance of independent variables, emotion regulation and affective, continuous, and normative commitment associated …

Chief Officers’ Perspectives Of Traffic Incident Management Standards Following A Line-Of-Duty Fatality, Charles David Hughes

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

AbstractAccording to the United States Fire Administration, an average of five firefighters are killed annually at scenes of roadway incidents. The purpose of this study was to explore chief fire officers’ perceptions of incident management policies and standards for the prevention of firefighter line-of-duty deaths resulting from secondary collisions. Their perceptions may contribute to the efficacy and appropriateness of incident management policies and standards and may also lead to recommendations to improve compliance. The research question was to understand what chief fire officers’ perceptions of incident management policies and standards for preventing firefighter line-of-duty-deaths from secondary collisions. The theoretical framework …

Leadership Influence On Dispatcher Access Of Trauma Recovery Resources, Ariel R. Place

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Emergency dispatchers experience duty-related trauma exposure that can lead to reduced work engagement, compromised employee health, and increased organizational costs. Leadership is crucial in providing guidance and support to first responders following traumatic events. This study’s purpose was to understand how one public service organization’s (PSO) leaders influence emergency dispatchers’ access to trauma-recovery resources. The Baldrige Excellence Framework provided the framework for this qualitative case study. Semi-structured interviews with the public service organization partner site (PSOPS) leaders were conducted and archival data and documents were reviewed and analyzed to gain a clearer picture of PSOPS leaders’ personal perspectives of and …

Perspectives On Cyber Security For Offshore Oil And Gas Assets, Iosif Progoulakis, Nikitas Nikitakos, Paul Rohmeyer, Barry Bunin, Dimitrios Dalaklis, Stavros Karamperidis

Articles

In an ever-evolving technological industry, the oil and gas sector is already moving forward through the adaptation of Industry 4.0 and the adaptation of advanced cyber technologies through Oil and Gas 4.0. As IT/OT (information technology/operational technology) systems are evolving technologically, so are the cyber security threats faced by the offshore oil and gas assets. This paper aims to raise the awareness of cyber security threats and the organizational and technical measures that need to be adopted by the oil and gas industry for remote and complex assets in the upstream sector. A comprehensive literature review covering the areas of …

Video Meetings In A Pandemic Era: Emotional Exhaustion, Stressors, And Coping, Betty J. Johnson

Antioch University Dissertations & Theses

In the first quarter of 2020, societal upheavals related to the COVID-19 pandemic included employers’ work-from-home mandates and an almost overnight adoption of video meetings to replace in-person meetings no longer possible due to contagion fears and social distancing requirements. This exploratory study aimed to address, in part, the scientific knowledge gap about video meetings as a source of emotional labor. The study used mixed methods to explore three hypotheses concerning how the contemporary use of video meetings related to emotional exhaustion, stressors, and coping. Data were gathered through an online survey questionnaire. Emotional exhaustion, the dependent variable in the …

Shifting Paradigms: Using Action Research To Redefine Engagement In Faith Formation In Unitarian Universalism, Amy Huntereece

Antioch University Dissertations & Theses

The issues that this research addressed were the changes related to engagement in religious education (RE) in the Unitarian Universalist (UU) church in the past several decades. To address this problem, the purpose of this research was to innovatively problem-solve with other religious professionals and consider how to redefine engagement to support families in their faith formation. The research aims to answer the question: How could UU RE professionals more effectively engage families in faith formation opportunities designed to meet the desired outcomes of RE parents/caregivers? To gather data, interviews with seven Millennial and Generation X parents/caregivers from the Baja …

An Emotional Intelligence Model Of Entrepreneurial Coping Strategies, Saurav Pathak, Sonia Goltz

Michigan Tech Publications, Part 1

Purpose: The purpose of this article is to recognize emotional intelligence (EI) as a specific emotional competency possessed by entrepreneurs that facilitates their coping with stressors that arise in their day-to-day work. Highlighting the problem-focused and emotion-focused coping strategies employed by entrepreneurs, the paper establishes that EI in entrepreneurs enables the onset of acceptance of the stressful situation and optimism that a stressful situation can be solved.

Design: The paper reviews literature on the topics related to links between EI, entrepreneurial behaviors and entrepreneurial coping. Subsequently, acceptance-avoidance motivation theory is used to posit that entrepreneurs' EI serves as an antecedent …

The Impact Of Place-Based Policy: Evidence From A Multiple Synthetic Control Analysis Of The Northeastern Revitalization Program In China, Justin T. Callais, Linan Peng

School of Business and Leadership Working Papers

We examine the effect of a well-known place-based policy in China, the Northeastern Revitalization Program. In 2003, the State Council of the People’s Republic of China initiated the program in northeastern China by removing an agricultural tax, enhancing the urban social security system, facilitating foreign investments, and restructuring state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in the region. Using a budding case-study approach (the synthetic control method), we find that the program had no significant effect on GDP per capita in all three regions. Liaoning had slightly worse GDP per capita post-treatment, as well as Heilongjiang (albeit to a less extent). While the multiple …

School Social Work Leadership Self-Efficacy And Perceptions Of Multidisciplinary Collaboration, Megan Pendley

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

School social workers employ a variety of interventions to meet the needs of students, staff, and families. Serving as the vital link between the school, student, and community, school social workers are well positioned for leadership opportunities. Yet, school social workers continue to be marginalized and under recognized for their leadership capabilities and unique contributions to interdisciplinary collaboration in the school setting. Informed by transformational leadership theory and self-efficacy theory, this study was conducted to examine the relationship between leadership self-efficacy and perceptions of interdisciplinary collaboration of school social workers as measured by the leader efficacy questionnaire and the index …

Territoriality As A Factor In Nursing Incivility, Carolyn Wright

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

AbstractIncivility and hazing in health care results in unsafe environments, not only for the nurse but also for the client, facility, and other health professionals. The project site, a privately owned medical clinic, has a high employee turnover rate with exit interviews indicating bullying and incivility from long-term nursing staff toward new employees as critical reasons for employee resignation. The literature offers minimal information regarding territoriality, a concept associated with aggressive (i.e., alpha) behaviors in animals and humans and incivility in nursing. The purpose of the project was to identify whether territoriality was a behavioral factor that may have contributed …

An Examination Of The Absence Of A Comprehensive Smokefree Law In Georgia On College And University Campuses, Nakki Price

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

AbstractCigarette smoking is the number one preventable cause of death and disability in the United States. Although there are policies that govern the use of tobacco products, there are jurisdictions that do not employ these policies. Comprehensive smokefree laws govern private-sector entities and prohibit smoking in public places, specifically restaurants, bars, and workplaces. While states have the authority to implement these laws, some include exceptions that limit the intention of the law. Colleges and universities are specific communities for learning and serve as housing for students and an employer for the greater community. There is a gap in the literature …

Exploring The Need For Sustainable Reform Of Local Government To Build Administrative Capacity In Jamaica, Mario Antonio Perez Woode

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

The lack of labor and financial resources in local Jamaican governments’ corporation negatively impacts senior management government officials’ sustainability efforts. Grounded in Buchanan’s and Tullock’s public choice theory, the purpose of this qualitative phenomenological study was to explore the lived experiences and perceptions of 20 randomly selected Jamaican senior management government officials from two local government corporations concerning the financial and human resource capacity issues. Data were collected using semistructured interviews, government documents, and public and government legislative data. The data were analyzed using the Smith and Osborn interpretative phenomenological analysis, and the Moustakas modified van Kaam 7-step analysis method. …

Intelligence Readiness And Operational Capability Of The National Guard Within The U.S., Jose Felipe Perez

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

The National Guard has a highly specialized and operable intelligence force that can be useful to the communities it serves, and how that intelligence can be best used has been the focus of scholars in recent years. Researchers have demonstrated, however, that such integration of intelligence is a daunting task due to many barriers and misconceptions. Researchers have as yet been unable to establish how this might best be accomplished and those barriers diminished. The purpose of this qualitative case study was to define the National Guard’s potential roles and examine their possible integration into the domestic Intelligence Community. Theories …

The Pertinence Of Risk Management In Behavioral Healthcare Organizations, Mary Darden-Robinson

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

The role of risk management in healthcare settings addressing physical issues has been a focus for scholars since the 1950s. Researchers have demonstrated that effective risk mitigation in physical healthcare settings can decrease medical errors, poor patient care, and litigation. Although there has been a significant focus on the implications of risk management in these settings, there is less research related to this relationship within the context of behavioral healthcare. The purpose of this study was to explore risk-management processes in the setting of a midsized for-profit behavioral health organization on the East Coast of the United States. The Baldrige …

Counseling System Documentation And The Relationship Between Treatment Plans And Client Outcomes, Moraima N. Frangiosa

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

The purpose of this qualitative study was to provide a method for evaluating counseling services delivered to patients during treatment. The evaluation of the study required the use of methods that are repeatable and effective that would allow a clinic to continue using them over time to grow a database of valuable information about counseling and patient outcomes. The new database would allow the clinic to change counseling methods and approaches of delivery to promote organizational change. The evidence-based practice (EBP) for counseling therapy would encourage the connection between public administration and public policy in the health care system. Public …

The Perceptions Of Bank Employees On Performance Target, Yusuf Abubakar Ibrahim

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

AbstractPerformance target is one of the tools of performance management used to influence bank employees’ performance in the Nigerian banking sector. Bank managers may have exerted pressure on employees due to recent pressure in Nigeria’s economy, which has a reciprocal effect on Nigeria’s banking sector. The research problem addressed issues related to performance targets, disparity in job satisfaction, and stress-related issues in the workplace. The purpose of this qualitative phenomenological study was to explore the lived experiences of workplace-related stress of permanent bank employees working under the current performance targets in the Nigerian banking sector. The research questions focused on …