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Leadership Strategies For Reducing Unethical Practices By Organizational Leaders In The United States Foodservice Industry, John Badu Anang Sep 2024

Leadership Strategies For Reducing Unethical Practices By Organizational Leaders In The United States Foodservice Industry, John Badu Anang

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Public confidence in organizational leadership is dwindling due to recurring scandals within large corporations. Despite recent ethical failures, many organizations have yet to implement effective strategies to foster ethical leadership and transform their corporate cultures. Lack of ethical leadership is particularly concerning in vital sectors such as the foodservice industry, where unethical leadership can harm consumers and the environment. An exploratory multiple-case study design was used to examine what leadership strategies some organizational leaders in the U.S. foodservice industry could use to reduce unethical practices. Participants were adults with managerial or supervisory roles in the U.S. foodservice industry for at …

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Exploring Spouses And Significant Others Of Registrants Social Support While Navigating Possible Challenges With The Sex Offender Registry, Audrey Y. Smith Sep 2024

Exploring Spouses And Significant Others Of Registrants Social Support While Navigating Possible Challenges With The Sex Offender Registry, Audrey Y. Smith

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Individuals convicted of sex offenses who require registration with criminal justice authorities are called registrants. Spouses and significant others of registrants suffer many of the same collateral consequences because of their association with the registrant. The purpose of this generic qualitative study was to understand the perceptions held by spouses and significant others of sex offender registrants regarding their social support and support engagement when navigating through the impact of the sex offender registry. The theoretical framework for this study was Doka’s disenfranchised grief theory. The data were collected from six anonymous individuals who were spouses or significant others of …

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Empowering Teachers: Cultivating Agency In A Post-Pandemic Educational Landscape, Clifford Davis Jr. Sep 2024

Empowering Teachers: Cultivating Agency In A Post-Pandemic Educational Landscape, Clifford Davis Jr.

Journal of Educational Research and Practice

Creating an environment where teachers feel trusted and responsible is not just a suggestion but a necessity. In this essay, I underline the indispensable role of school leaders in balancing autonomy and accountability and acknowledge the fact that empowered teachers are the cornerstone of engaging and successful learning environments. I discuss the crucial role of teacher agency in fostering effective education and strongly advocate for the primacy of trust building, collaboration, tailored professional development, and teacher leadership within schools and districts. It is expected that restoring teacher agency will yield positive student outcomes like clear goal setting and expectations, supportive …

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Policy Tools For Youth Development In African American Communities, Adedapo Oladipo Adeyanju Sep 2024

Policy Tools For Youth Development In African American Communities, Adedapo Oladipo Adeyanju

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Many African American adolescents live in disadvantaged neighborhoods due to decades-long segregationist housing policies. Living in these settings have isolated them from mainstream society and put them at risk for developmental issues and engagement in risky behaviors and violent crime as young adults. The purpose of this study was to examine past experiences of public housing beneficiaries exposed to concentrated poverty and their perceptions of how their neighborhood characteristics affect adolescent development. Research questions examined how housing policies have inhibited development or isolated Black youths to specific housing programs, affecting their opportunities to be better citizens. The theoretical framework for …

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Parents’ Perception Of Family Dynamics When Their Children Use Video Games Excessively, Joseph Benjamin Collins Sep 2024

Parents’ Perception Of Family Dynamics When Their Children Use Video Games Excessively, Joseph Benjamin Collins

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Excessive video game use among youth has been linked to communication problems within families and disrupted family dynamics, notably reducing time spent with family members and reinforcing withdrawal from family activities and other recreational pursuits. While quantitative research has addressed the connection between children’s excessive video gaming and its negative impact on family dynamics, a deeper understanding of parents' perceptions remained needed. This study aimed to explore how parents described family dynamics when their children engaged in excessive gaming, using attachment theory as the theoretical framework. Data were collected through semistructured interviews with 12 parents, and thematic analysis was used …

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Stakeholder Expectations Using Co-Teaching To Improve Mathematics Instruction For Students With Disabilities, Leslie Wigginton Schnars Sep 2024

Stakeholder Expectations Using Co-Teaching To Improve Mathematics Instruction For Students With Disabilities, Leslie Wigginton Schnars

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

When special education was first introduced into the general education environment, students were served in separate classrooms. Throughout the years, special education services have evolved and students with mild to moderate disabilities are now educated alongside their non-disabled peers. The foundation of the social interdependence theory is that outcomes are often determined by individual interactions and the interdependence structured in specific situations. For this interdependence to be present, more than one person must be involved and changes in one person must impact change in the others participating. This is part of the foundation of co-teaching. While there is a great …

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Health Risk Factors Of Female African American Informal Caregivers For Alzheimer’S Disease Patients In Low-Income Communities, Rosaline Elaine Elliott Sep 2024

Health Risk Factors Of Female African American Informal Caregivers For Alzheimer’S Disease Patients In Low-Income Communities, Rosaline Elaine Elliott

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

By 2050, 152 million people worldwide, primarily low-income populations, will have Alzheimer's disease (AD). African American (AA) women informal caregivers are primary caregivers in low-income neighborhoods, and they suffer from burnout and poor health, including physical and mental fatigue, despair, anxiety, hypertension, and stressors that can lead to heart attacks, strokes, or premature mortality. The Informal Caregiver Integrative Model (ICIM) theoretical framework was used to survey 120 participants using SurveyMonkey was administered to collect data for this cross-sectional quantitative study. The multiple hierarchical regression analyses revealed caregiving appraisal had no significant impact on burnout. A higher quality of the caregiver-care …

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Strategies For Implementing Organizational Change In The Construction Industry, Ivette Dejesus Sep 2024

Strategies For Implementing Organizational Change In The Construction Industry, Ivette Dejesus

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Construction business leaders are concerned with failed change initiatives as they have the potential to affect profitability. Grounded in five-P theory, the purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore the strategies that some leaders in construction companies use to implement change initiatives successfully. The participants consisted of five business leaders from three construction companies who have successfully implemented change initiatives within their organization. Data were collected using semi-structured interviews and a collection of organizational documents. Through thematic analysis, five themes emerged: (a) goal setting and planning, (b) effective communication, (c) stakeholder involvement, (d) effective resource and cost …

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Volunteer Engagement Strategies To Increase Use Of Knowledge Assets In Small Nonprofits, Samantha Tyler Sep 2024

Volunteer Engagement Strategies To Increase Use Of Knowledge Assets In Small Nonprofits, Samantha Tyler

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Volunteers play a critical role in supporting nonprofit organizations, and when engaged, volunteers drive organizational growth and positive social impact. Small nonprofit volunteer workforce leaders are concerned with volunteer engagement to mitigate attrition and increase knowledge assets, ensuring quality organization performance. Grounded in stakeholder theory and supported by Vroom’s expectancy theory and knowledge transfer theory, the purpose of this qualitative single case study was to explore volunteer engagement strategies that leaders of a small nonprofit organization used to increase knowledge assets and organization performance. The participants were three leaders of a single western U.S. nonprofit organization: one executive director and …

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Successful Strategies Used By Information Technology Talent Acquisition Managers To Retain Niche Employees, Lucie Tuttle Sep 2024

Successful Strategies Used By Information Technology Talent Acquisition Managers To Retain Niche Employees, Lucie Tuttle

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Ineffective retention strategies for niche information technology (IT) employees can negatively impact business technological capabilities. Talent acquisition managers who struggle to retain niche IT employees beyond 2 years are at a high risk of business instability. Grounded in the job characteristics model, job characteristics theory, and expectancy theory, the purpose of this pragmatic qualitative inquiry was to explore strategies IT talent acquisition managers use to retain niche employees beyond 2 years. The participants were six IT talent acquisition managers who had effectively implemented strategies to retain niche employees beyond 2 years. Data were collected using semistructured interviews, public websites, and …

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Mental Health During The Covid-19 Pandemic In Trinidad: An Analysis Of Depression, Anxiety, And Stress Among Essential Workers, Bernadette Marson, Gerard A. Hutchinson Sep 2024

Mental Health During The Covid-19 Pandemic In Trinidad: An Analysis Of Depression, Anxiety, And Stress Among Essential Workers, Bernadette Marson, Gerard A. Hutchinson

Journal of Social, Behavioral, and Health Sciences

Research shows that some essential workers, such as healthcare workers, social workers, and first responders (including police officers, paramedics, and firefighters), are at greater risk for developing both short- and long-term mental health problems (Berger et al., 2012; Canady, 2022; Grey et al., 2020; Haugen et al., 2012; Mohamed et al., 2022; Petrie et al., 2018). The most prevalent of these include anxiety, depression, and stress, as well as other social and cognitive problems—with stress causing harmful effects on mental health and potentially resulting in anxiety and depression, which may then disrupt an individual’s social relationships, family life, and work. …

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Post-Pandemic Strategic Planning For Urban Behavioral Health Organizations, Clarence Mccray Sep 2024

Post-Pandemic Strategic Planning For Urban Behavioral Health Organizations, Clarence Mccray

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

The importance of strategic planning and program development must be addressed; organizations with comprehensive strategic plans can use these documents as a road map to the goals the organizations need to grow and meet the community’s needs. This qualitative case study examined the organization’s need to establish a strategic plan to assist in navigating the ever-changing needs of their community and workforce needs. Additionally, the organization sought to implement the six principles of trauma-informed care throughout its services to the community and all its staff members. This study utilized the Baldrige Performance Excellence Framework to assess the organization’s readiness and …

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Effects Of The Covid-19 Vaccine Mandate On Healthcare Workers’ Decisions To Refuse Vaccination And Quit Their Jobs From Canadian Hospitals, Henry Bwang Ewane Sep 2024

Effects Of The Covid-19 Vaccine Mandate On Healthcare Workers’ Decisions To Refuse Vaccination And Quit Their Jobs From Canadian Hospitals, Henry Bwang Ewane

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

COVID-19 vaccine uptake and compliance implementation challenges exist among some Canadian healthcare workers (HCWs), including hospital administrators, despite free vaccination as a preventive measure to control the spread. Earlier studies have examined COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and refusal among Canadian HCWs, but not how the -19 vaccine and vaccine mandates may have influenced their decisions to refuse vaccination and quit their jobs. This qualitative phenomenological study involved exploring how Canadian hospital HCWs’ lived experiences with the COVID-19 vaccine and vaccine mandates affected their decisions to refuse COVID-19 vaccination and quit their jobs. The theory of reasoned action was used to guide …

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Mitigating Patient Violence Within Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities, Jeremiah Smith Sep 2024

Mitigating Patient Violence Within Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities, Jeremiah Smith

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Psychiatric facilities have a high rate of violence against staff and patients, resulting in negative consequences for the organization. The purpose of this integrative review is to search the existing body of knowledge regarding violence risk assessment (VRA) tools and their ability to function as a resource used to monitor conditions (patient behaviors) within the psychiatric environment in efforts to mitigate patient violence. VRA tools have been found to minimize violence in the workplace by enhancing staff awareness and serving as a resource used to collect information and assist in implementing effective interventions. An integrative review was conducted consisting of …

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Improving Emergency Department Utilization Rates And Quality Of Health Among Uninsured Hispanics, Astrid M. Escalante Leon Sep 2024

Improving Emergency Department Utilization Rates And Quality Of Health Among Uninsured Hispanics, Astrid M. Escalante Leon

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Solutions are needed to address the overutilization of emergency departments (EDs) for ongoing and non-emergency conditions among uninsured Hispanic patients. The purpose of this review was to synthesize available evidence related to hospital utilization rates for non-emergency conditions and quality of health and to provide strategies for leaders to reduce ED utilization rates for uninsured Hispanics. An integrative review was conducted of existing literature published between 2020 and 2024. Thematic analysis identified four significant themes: (a) insurance coverage, (b) high-risk uninsured patients, (c) ED, and (d) healthcare payment models. The 12 subthemes identified were (a) non-expansion Medicaid states, (b) delay …

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Examining Turnover Intent Among Young Federal Employees: Organizational Support, Satisfaction, Psychological Safety, And Burnout Interplay, Lyndsey Tuft Sep 2024

Examining Turnover Intent Among Young Federal Employees: Organizational Support, Satisfaction, Psychological Safety, And Burnout Interplay, Lyndsey Tuft

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

This study examined factors influencing turnover intentions among federal employees under 40 years old, focusing on perceived organizational support, employee satisfaction, psychological safety, and burnout. The theory that grounded this study included the organizational support theory. Structural equation modeling was applied to archival 2022 Office of Personnel Management’s Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey data. Key results revealed strong positive associations between perceived organizational support and employee satisfaction, with both factors significantly negatively related to turnover intentions. Psychological safety and burnout showed statistically significant but small moderation effects, limited by model fit issues and multicollinearity. Unexpectedly, burnout positively associated with employee satisfaction …

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Training Strategies To Mitigate Residential Youth Care Employee Turnover And Increase Care Quality, Fatima Sylvertooth Sep 2024

Training Strategies To Mitigate Residential Youth Care Employee Turnover And Increase Care Quality, Fatima Sylvertooth

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

High employee turnover in residential youth care facilities has the potential to decrease the accomplishment of the facilities’ organizational goals. Business owners are concerned with employee intent to leave, as it is the number-one predictor of employee turnover. Grounded in job embeddedness theory, this qualitative pragmatic inquiry was conducted to explore training strategies some residential facility leaders use to mitigate employee turnover and increase care quality. The study participants were eight residential youth care leaders in the state of Michigan who use successful strategies to mitigate employee turnover in residential youth care facilities. Data were collected using semistructured interviews. Through …

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Motivational Strategies To Increase Employee Productivity In Small Businesses, Joshua R. Edwards Sep 2024

Motivational Strategies To Increase Employee Productivity In Small Businesses, Joshua R. Edwards

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

In a turbulent economy, small business owners are the driving force to propel innovation and create abundant opportunities for success. Small business owners must identify motivational strategies to maintain and increase employee productivity. Employee productivity is essential to small business owners to avoid high turnover and increase organizational profits. Grounded in Herzberg’s two-factor theory, the purpose of this qualitative pragmatic inquiry study was to explore motivational strategies small business owners use to increase employee productivity. Participants were six small business owners from the Pee Dee region of South Carolina who used effective motivational strategies to increase employee productivity. Data were …

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The Impact Of Communication Apps On College Students' Experiences Of Distance Learning, Jennifer Leigh Miller Sep 2024

The Impact Of Communication Apps On College Students' Experiences Of Distance Learning, Jennifer Leigh Miller

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Students in online higher education courses face issues with communication with peers and instructors, which often leads to various learner struggles and a less than quality learner experience. The purpose of this project study was to examine the problem of communication in online higher education courses and the role of communication apps in shaping the learner experience. Situated learning theory provided a framework to examine this issue. The research questions explored the perceptions of online college students regarding the use of communication technology apps with instructors and peers and how the use of communication technology apps contributes to communication and …

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Employee Retention In Child Welfare, Stormie Hayes Sep 2024

Employee Retention In Child Welfare, Stormie Hayes

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Low employee retention rates have been a persistent issue in a county department within a government agency located in the upstate of South Carolina. The State of South Carolina attempted to alleviate the turnover rate within the state’s social service offices by increasing case managers’ annual salaries. Although the increase in salary was an incentive, it failed to address the root of the low retention problem. The purpose of the study was to learn strategies that a child welfare office can utilize to retain child welfare staff. The issue-based strategic model was utilized as the conceptual framework which allows the …

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Law Enforcement Executive Selection Process In North Texas, Herbert Robert Ashford Sep 2024

Law Enforcement Executive Selection Process In North Texas, Herbert Robert Ashford

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Poor community–police relationships impact both communities and police because the community may feel unfairly targeted for enforcement. This qualitative study investigated what attributes are essential to executive law enforcement success. The theoretical framework was the person-organization fit theory as it applies to public service motivation. Data were collected from chief law enforcement executives and their direct reports from eight municipal law enforcement agencies in the Dallas County area of the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington Metropolitan Area through an open-ended qualitative questionnaire; the sample population consisted of 19 police executives. The results were analyzed using NVivo software and hand coding. The results were …

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Strategies To Mitigate Supply Chain Disruptions In Manufacturing Enterprises, Aikins Brobbey Sep 2024

Strategies To Mitigate Supply Chain Disruptions In Manufacturing Enterprises, Aikins Brobbey

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Some business leaders of manufacturing enterprises lack strategies to mitigate supply chain disruptions to prevent financial loss. Business leaders need strategies to mitigate such disruptions to return their organizations to normal operational status. Grounded in stakeholder theory, the purpose of this qualitative multiple-case study was to identify and explore successful strategies business leaders of manufacturing enterprises in southern Ghana use to mitigate supply chain disruptions. The participants were six business leaders who had experienced and successfully mitigated supply chain disruptions over the past 5 years. The data sources were semistructured interviews, direct observation, and organizational records. Reflexive thematic analysis yielded …

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Transformational Leadership, Leader Change Attitude, And Economic Sustainability In Manufacturing Companies Operating In Canada, Catherine Lewis Sep 2024

Transformational Leadership, Leader Change Attitude, And Economic Sustainability In Manufacturing Companies Operating In Canada, Catherine Lewis

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Some business leaders in medium-sized manufacturing companies operating in Canada do not understand the relationship between leadership style, leader change attitude, and economic sustainability. Grounded in transformational leadership theory, the purpose of this quantitative correlation study was to examine the relationship between a composite of transformational leadership attributes and the long-term economic sustainability of their respective organization. Additionally, the study sought to test whether leader change attitude was a moderating variable in the relationship between leadership style and economic sustainability. The participants were 160 leaders of medium-sized manufacturing organizations operating in Canada who completed the Multifaceted Leadership Questionnaire, the Leader …

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Strategies For Using Emotional Intelligence In Healthcare To Decrease Turnover, Elvira G. Wolford Sep 2024

Strategies For Using Emotional Intelligence In Healthcare To Decrease Turnover, Elvira G. Wolford

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Some healthcare organizational leaders lack strategies for using emotional intelligence (EI) to improve employee engagement, job satisfaction, and retention. Solving this problem is pivotal for healthcare leaders, as it can result in positive work environments, increase employee satisfaction, reduce turnover, and enhance patient care, benefiting healthcare employees, patients, and stakeholders. Grounded in the EI framework, the purpose of this qualitative pragmatic inquiry was to explore EI strategies business leaders in healthcare use to improve employee engagement, job satisfaction, and retention. Data were collected using semistructured interviews with six business healthcare leaders who successfully implemented EI strategies to reduce employee turnover …

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Understanding The Stressors Of Mothers Who Have Transitioned Out Of Prison, Latoya Cain Sep 2024

Understanding The Stressors Of Mothers Who Have Transitioned Out Of Prison, Latoya Cain

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

This study was conducted to explore the experiences and perceptions of eight mental health clinicians on the stressors that mothers transitioning from prison face as they try to integrate into the community. The participant sample for this study consisted of eight mental health clinicians who have experience working with mothers who are transitioning out of incarceration. Participants were between 30 and 50 years of age. All eight participants were actively employed as mental health professionals and had experience working with women/mothers that were incarcerated and were reintegrating back into the community. All eight participants had1-11 years’ experience working with women/mothers …

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Child Protective Services Workers' Decision Making And Risk Management, Heath Nicholas Landress Sep 2024

Child Protective Services Workers' Decision Making And Risk Management, Heath Nicholas Landress

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

The role of those who work in child protective services (CPS) is to ensure children's safety and well-being. This study explored eight CPS professionals’ perceptions of risk assessment in child protection cases and their ideas of barriers and facilitators they encountered in their decision-making in the field. Through a force field analysis, using Lewin's change theory, content analysis of narrative data collected using open ended surveys revealed child welfare professionals’ experiences with the driving and restraining forces in child risk assessment. Findings highlighted continuing needs in the areas of training, cultural contexts, and ways for better collaboration and information to …

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Teacher Challenges For Implementing Response To Intervention Using Distance Learning, Krystiana Bonheur Sep 2024

Teacher Challenges For Implementing Response To Intervention Using Distance Learning, Krystiana Bonheur

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

The COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020 resulted in widespread school closures, leading to a rapid transition from traditional face-to-face instruction to distance learning. Educators who used this traditionally face-to-face multi-tiered instructional framework to provide services to students with disabilities faced obstacles with implementation due to the transition to distance learning. This qualitative, phenomenological approach study explored the challenges and strategies of implementing Response to Intervention during the COVID-19 epidemic. Using the theoretical framework of social learning theory and the situated cognition theory, this research explored the implementation of RTI during the COVID-19 school closures from the perspective of new and …

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Employee Retention Plan For A Maryland Nonprofit Organization, Frant Kembou Sep 2024

Employee Retention Plan For A Maryland Nonprofit Organization, Frant Kembou

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Nonprofit organizations (NPOs) face many challenges impacting their program implementation and mission accomplishment. CTL is a NPO operating in Maryland. Like many other NPOs, CTL faces an employee retention problem that affects its ability to complete its social activities and benefit the communities it serves. The practice-focused research question of this study was focused on developing strategies and methods to improve employee retention at CTL. This professional administrative study involved exploring strategies and methods to improve employee retention at CTL using a general qualitative method. Herzberg’s two-factor theory was the conceptual framework for the study. Data were collected using semi-structured …

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The Lived Experiences Of Developing A Strong Black Woman Schema For Resilient Black Women With Adverse Childhood Experiences, Lindsey Erin Dickson Sep 2024

The Lived Experiences Of Developing A Strong Black Woman Schema For Resilient Black Women With Adverse Childhood Experiences, Lindsey Erin Dickson

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) encompass a spectrum of adversities that can impact mental and physical health in adulthood, particularly in Black women. Although there was a substantial body of research on the consequences of ACEs and the coping strategies employed by Black women, there remained a gap in understanding the nuanced experiences of those who develop a Strong Black Woman (SBW) schema. The purpose of this qualitative phenomenological study was to explore the lived experiences of developing an SBW schema among resilient Black women who had faced ACEs. The research was grounded in resilience theory and SBW schema and provided …

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Strategies To Lower Employee Turnover In The Retail Industry, Mark Alexander Coombs Sep 2024

Strategies To Lower Employee Turnover In The Retail Industry, Mark Alexander Coombs

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Employee turnover poses significant challenges for small retail business owners, impacting operational efficiency, customer service quality, and financial stability. Grounded in Herzberg’s two-factor theory, the purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore strategies small business owners in the retail industry used to reduce and sustain lower employee turnover in the South-Central region of the United States. Six small business owners from the retail sector participated in the study. Data were collected through audio-recorded interviews and analyzed using thematic analysis. Six key themes emerged: honesty and clear expectations, open-door policy, respect and recognition, employee empowerment, competitive compensation, and …

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