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Experienced Barriers To Tacit Knowledge Sharing In Anglophone West Africa, Vivienne Ameh Ogbonna Jan 2020

Experienced Barriers To Tacit Knowledge Sharing In Anglophone West Africa, Vivienne Ameh Ogbonna

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Public sector projects in Africa fail because of the absence, poor quality, and inadequate exchange of tacit knowledge through the project life cycle. The purpose of this research was to understand the barriers team members experience in sharing their ideas, skills, and know-how that is necessary to prevent waste and achieve successful projects. The conceptual framework for this interpretative phenomenological study was from the theory of reasoned action and the theory of planned behavior. The framework served as the lens to identify and interpret the lived experience on tacit knowledge sharing of 13 project managers on public sector projects in …

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Strategies African American Stepfathers Use To Build Positive Relationships With Their Stepdaughters, Shauntele Peynado-Rogers Jan 2020

Strategies African American Stepfathers Use To Build Positive Relationships With Their Stepdaughters, Shauntele Peynado-Rogers

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Researchers have shown that strained relationships between stepfathers and their stepchildren contribute to family dysfunction and stress. As the number of blended families in the United States continues to rise, it is important to determine how stepparents develop positive relationships with their stepchildren. The purpose of this study was to determine what strategies African American stepfathers use to develop positive, supporting relationships with their school aged stepdaughters. Family systems theory guided this research. The generic qualitative approach was used to conduct the study. Purposeful sampling resulted in data being collected from 7 participants using semi structured interviews. Colaizzi's 7-step method …

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Practice Improvement: Intimate Partner Violence Screening Implementation, Enitan Salawu Jan 2020

Practice Improvement: Intimate Partner Violence Screening Implementation, Enitan Salawu

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a significant public health problem in the United States and worldwide. A recent U.S. crime report indicated that close to half of all homicides involve women victims of current or former intimate partners. The purpose of this doctoral project was to develop a training program to educate clinicians in the primary care setting on IPV screening. Participants received education on the Hurt, Insult, Threaten, Scream (HITS) screening tool to identify IPV survivors with available referral resources. The practice-focused question involved clinicians' level of knowledge regarding using the HITS tool kit to screen for IPV in …

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Assisted Living Facility Employee Turnover Reduction Strategies, Karen Marie Searle Jan 2020

Assisted Living Facility Employee Turnover Reduction Strategies, Karen Marie Searle

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Employee turnover is a critical problem in the healthcare industry. Employee turnover negatively impacts an organization's profits and replacement costs, such as training, onboarding, and developing new healthcare employees. Guided in the concept of transformational leadership theory, the purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore strategies assisted living facility managers use to reduce employee turnover. Using semistructured interviews to collect data, the targeted population encompassed 6 organizational managers from 3 southeastern Pennsylvania assisted living facilities who successfully reduced employee turnover. Data were analyzed using thematic analysis. Four central themes emerged: effective communication and feedback, onboarding and employee …

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General Chemistry Students' Perceived Self-Efficacy After Completing Project-Based Service-Learning Activities, Sarah Quast Sliker Jan 2020

General Chemistry Students' Perceived Self-Efficacy After Completing Project-Based Service-Learning Activities, Sarah Quast Sliker

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

A New England community college reported that 60% of General Chemistry college students, who were science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) majors, did not advance in the STEM curriculum. To potentially increase student persistence in STEM curriculum, this qualitative case study project explored the self-efficacy perceptions of General Chemistry students after participating in project-based service-learning with elementary-school students. Bandura's social cognitive theory provided the conceptual framework for the study, supporting an understanding of learner self-efficacy. Research questions focused on chemistry students perceived self-efficacy after interactions with elementary-school students, teamwork, and the development of a project. Semistructured interviews with 10 participants …

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Evaluation Of Telehealth Applications For Patients Seeking Hospice Care, Victoria Emma Surujlall Jan 2020

Evaluation Of Telehealth Applications For Patients Seeking Hospice Care, Victoria Emma Surujlall

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Telehealth (TH) is one of the newest avenues for improving accessibility and healthcare accommodations for patients with chronic health issues and terminal illness. The purpose of a quality improvement (QI) initiative at the project site was to align current evidence-based practice to address the disparities in the admissions process experienced by patients seeking hospice care from remote locations. The health belief model and Roger's diffusion of innovation theory were used to inform this doctor of nursing QI evaluation project to determine whether using a standardized evidence-based intake assessment process delivered by TH would increase accessibility for patients seeking hospice services. …

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New Venture Modeling Strategies For Information Technology Business Startups, Jude Thomas Jan 2020

New Venture Modeling Strategies For Information Technology Business Startups, Jude Thomas

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Information technology (IT) startup owners often lack new venture modeling strategies to sustain their businesses beyond 5 years. Information technology startup owners with backgrounds in software development, IT project management, and computer engineering need to know about the strategies discovered in the study to make operational, modeling, and project level decisions that ensure sustained organizational profitability. Grounded in Kim and Mauborgne's blue ocean theory, the purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore new venture modeling strategies some information technology startup owners use to sustain their businesses beyond 5 years. Study participants comprised 3 IT startup business owners …

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Provider Perspectives Of Equine Assisted Psychotherapy For Social Skills, Rachel Young Jan 2020

Provider Perspectives Of Equine Assisted Psychotherapy For Social Skills, Rachel Young

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Animal assisted therapy has been used for years and has been researched primarily for autism but researchers have not focused specifically on the experiences of children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and their social skills after involvement in animal assisted therapy. Children with ADHD frequently struggle expressing their emotions and communicating effectively, primarily in social settings, which can have an extensive impact on their functioning that can extend into adulthood. The theoretical attachment framework from Ainsworth and Bowlby, when applied through the retrospective multiple case study model allowed for a greater understanding of the experiences of children involved in …

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Investigating How Teachers Meet State Standards For Multicultural Curriculum, Richard Olufemi Adelani Jan 2020

Investigating How Teachers Meet State Standards For Multicultural Curriculum, Richard Olufemi Adelani

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

The problem of this study was the lack of evidence on how teachers, who teach world languages and English language learners in middle and high schools in a local district, use multicultural resources to supplement state of New Jersey core curriculum students learning standards and meet the cultural and linguistic needs of students they teach. School library online circulation files showed that few world languages teachers checked out library resources for their classrooms between August 2014 and May 2018. The purpose of this case study was to investigate how teachers supplement core curriculum to meet state standards regarding cultural diversity. …

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Predictors Of Use Of Pap Tests Among Ghanaian Immigrant Women In Ohio, Baaba Forson Jan 2020

Predictors Of Use Of Pap Tests Among Ghanaian Immigrant Women In Ohio, Baaba Forson

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

In the United States, cervical cancer disproportionately affects members of ethnic minorities, including immigrant women from Ghana. Overall cervical cancer incidence and mortality rates have declined in the United States due to opportunistic screening with Pap tests; however, rates have not declined for Black women and immigrant women, who continue to experience higher than average mortality rates. Immigrant women, including Ghanaian women, use screening less than nonimmigrant women. Several factors including poor acculturation, low educational level, certain personal attitudes, and lack of health insurance are known to reduce participation in screening. Using the theory of planned behavior as a guide, …

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Clinical Practice Guideline: Maintaining Skin Integrity In The Surgical Patient, Erin Renne Price Jan 2020

Clinical Practice Guideline: Maintaining Skin Integrity In The Surgical Patient, Erin Renne Price

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

The purpose of this project was to develop clinical practice guidelines for intraoperative positioning that will help prevent deep tissue injury and skin breakdown. Maintaining skin integrity in the surgical patient by preventing deep tissue injuries and skin breakdown is an identified gap in practice for surgical patients in the Operating Room environment that a clinical practice guideline could positively impact. To assist in achieving the development of a clinical practice guideline to maintain skin integrity, Benner’s novice to expert theory addressing the educational needs for novice operating room nurses was applied. The clinical practice guideline, based on evidence, should …

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The Impact Of Public Consultation On Business Growth In The Virgin Islands, Arliene T. Penn Jan 2020

The Impact Of Public Consultation On Business Growth In The Virgin Islands, Arliene T. Penn

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Consistent public consultation in the making of policies and regulations is a problem in the Virgin Islands, affecting small businesses across the territory. Small business owners and the public have challenged the government to be more accountable and transparent in drafting and implementing legislation and regulations. The stakeholders are mainly concerned with those pieces of legislation and regulations that have a behavioral, social, or economic impact on their business, and, in turn, society. There is a lack of research on how the presence or absence of public input in the rulemaking process of business regulations impacts the economic growth and …

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Coping And Support Strategies Portrayed In Rheumatoid Arthritis Illness Blogs, Folasade Bolanle Alagbada Jan 2020

Coping And Support Strategies Portrayed In Rheumatoid Arthritis Illness Blogs, Folasade Bolanle Alagbada

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

The symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), such as pain, fatigue, stiffness, and inflammation, limit individuals’ abilities to care for themselves, participate in social events, and complete tasks associated with gender norms. RA is a chronic and debilitating disease that people struggle to cope with physically, mentally, emotionally, socially, and financially, but many have not established effective coping and support strategies. The purpose of this hermeneutic phenomenological qualitative study guided by a combination of Orem’s theory of self-care and Watson’s theory of the human caring was to explore the coping mechanisms and support strategies of women and men with RA as …

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The Long-Term Biopsychosocial Effects Of Children Reared In Blended Families, Kerene T. Brown Jan 2020

The Long-Term Biopsychosocial Effects Of Children Reared In Blended Families, Kerene T. Brown

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Family dynamics have experienced an immense transformation in the last 4 decades. Children are less likely to live in a 2-parent household with parents that are both biologically related to them due to various factors. Blended families (especially the children) face many adversities during the initial stages of formation and rarely receive specialized intervention when compared to nuclear families. The purpose of this basic qualitative study was to understand the long-term biopsychosocial effects experienced by young adults who lived in a blended family household. In addition, what services or interventions were offered to newly established blended family systems were also …

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Student Nurse Perceptions Of Horizontal Violence During Clinical Hospital Rotations, Phoebe Marie Burda Jan 2020

Student Nurse Perceptions Of Horizontal Violence During Clinical Hospital Rotations, Phoebe Marie Burda

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

The nursing profession is facing its largest professional nurse deficit in history. With nursing schools unable to produce enough new nurses to replace the number of nurses retiring, it becomes increasingly important to retain as many nurses as possible within the profession. Nursing research literature has reported that up to 60% of newly registered nurses will leave their first job within their first year of practice citing horizontal violence as a contributing factor. The literature does not address if or how early student nurses might perceive exposure to horizontal violence. The purpose of this qualitative, interpretive, phenomenological study was to …

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Transfer Of Ownership Strategies For Small Businesses, Kim Leanne Karioja Jan 2020

Transfer Of Ownership Strategies For Small Businesses, Kim Leanne Karioja

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Small- and medium-sized businesses are the backbone of a country’s economic success. But some small business owners lack strategies to successfully transfer their business to a new owner, increasing the probability that the business will cease to exist. Because baby boomer small business owners are retiring at a high rate, long-term local economic sustainability may be affected. Grounded in resource-based view theory, the purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore strategies small business owners used to transfer their business to a new owner. The participants were 6 small business owners who successfully transferred their business to a …

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Corporate Social Responsibility And Sustainability In For-Profit Industry, Rasheed Olasimbo Kazzim Jan 2020

Corporate Social Responsibility And Sustainability In For-Profit Industry, Rasheed Olasimbo Kazzim

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has been recognized as a standard business practice. However, many companies give little attention to nontraditional stakeholders, which includes the community and the environment. The purpose of this qualitative phenomenological study was to explore and describe corporate business leaders’ lived experiences with the implementation of CSR and sustainability initiatives in the for-profit industry of the Warri region of Delta State area in Nigeria. The research question addressed the lived experiences of corporate leaders in the profit-making industry and the key elements that pertain to community expectations, interpretations, and understanding of the characteristics of CSR. Data were …

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Principals’ Perceptions Of Fostering A School Culture For Elementary Trauma-Exposed Students, Laura Ann Kelly Jan 2020

Principals’ Perceptions Of Fostering A School Culture For Elementary Trauma-Exposed Students, Laura Ann Kelly

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Experiencing trauma can affect children’s ability to achieve academically. School principals are responsible for creating a positive school culture to support all children academically, yet there is limited knowledge of how principals create such a culture for children exposed to trauma. The purpose of this basic qualitative study was to understand the practices of elementary school administrators in fostering a safe and trustworthy school culture that supports academic achievement for students who have experienced trauma. Maslow’s conceptual framework of human motivation informed this study, and research questions centered on how elementary principals perceive practices necessary to create and maintain a …

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Primary Care Physicians’ Knowledge And Perception Of The Impact Of Health Literacy On Patient Care, Lutrisha S. King Jan 2020

Primary Care Physicians’ Knowledge And Perception Of The Impact Of Health Literacy On Patient Care, Lutrisha S. King

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Until recently, many health literacy studies were completed from the patient and nurse perspective, while few focused on the physician perspective, specifically the primary care physician. The purpose of this study was to provide insight into the health literacy knowledge and education of primary care physicians and determine the association, if any, between physicians’ perceptions of patients’ limited health literacy and physicians’ use of health literacy communication techniques. The knowledge, attitudes, and practice (KAP) framework directed this study. This framework posits that knowledge informs or influences attitudes, which leads to practices. The KAP framework was employed to answer the research …

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Examining Experiences Of Sex Offender Program Professionals Working In Civil Commitment Programs, William Donald King Jan 2020

Examining Experiences Of Sex Offender Program Professionals Working In Civil Commitment Programs, William Donald King

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Criminal justice systems have attempted to include psychiatric history as a component for consideration when it comes to punishment and rehabilitation. Criminal justice systems have created various programs to address the psychological components of some behaviors to address specific actions. These programs are intended to consider an individual’s psychological history and address the underlying causes to eliminate future criminal behavior. This study focused on professionals working in civil commitment programs for sexually violent predators. The purpose of this phenomenological study was to explore the lived experiences of professionals working in these programs and gain an understanding of their attitudes, perspectives, …

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Health Care Maltreatment And Perioperative Suicidality Among Transgender Persons: A Phenomenological Investigation, Alma Theresa Knight Jan 2020

Health Care Maltreatment And Perioperative Suicidality Among Transgender Persons: A Phenomenological Investigation, Alma Theresa Knight

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

AbstractThe goal of this phenomenological study was to investigate the phenomenon of transgender suicide and how health provider transgender health knowledge deficits may have contributed to this public health disparity. The constructs of the Social-Ecological Suicide Prevention Model, the Perioperative Medicine Model, and the Perioperative Patient-Focused Model is the Tri-Model framework used to guide this research project in proposing the research question, the sub-questions, and contributed to the analysis of the results. This Triad-Model is also proposed as a framework to eradicate the health provider transgender health knowledge gap; to improve transgender health care delivery; enable physicians and nurses to …

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A Phenomenological Study On Adoption Disclosure Experienced By Adult Adoptees, Carmen H. Leggett Jan 2020

A Phenomenological Study On Adoption Disclosure Experienced By Adult Adoptees, Carmen H. Leggett

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

AbstractThis research addressed the psychological experiences that adoption disclosure has on adoptees and their systems. In this phenomenological study eight interviews were conducted that consisted of four females and four males guided by general systems theory. Interviews were conducted via video conference, telephone, and email/telephone. Data saturation was achieved after the fourth interview as no new information had surfaced and similar responses were being echoed repeatedly from the participants. However, the interviews continued because the stories being shared by the participants were invaluable and to ensure the sampling criteria of eight participants was met. The interviews were transcribed, and several …

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Microvascular Disease And Chronic Kidney Disease In Persons With Diabetes In Grenada, Jennifer Elizabeth Lewis Jan 2020

Microvascular Disease And Chronic Kidney Disease In Persons With Diabetes In Grenada, Jennifer Elizabeth Lewis

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a set of pathophysiological reactions that impact the functionality of the kidney. The association between microvascular disease (MVD) and CKD as it relates to diabetes is important to the evaluation of organizational effectiveness in-hospital services planning as well as improving health outcomes. The purpose of this quantitative, cross-sectional study was to determine if there is an association between MVD and CKD severity in persons with diabetes. Using the socioecological model, the association between gender, age group, cigarette smoke, cigarette smoke frequency, alcoholic drink, alcoholic drink frequency, hypertension, albumin-to-creatinine ratio (ACR) severity, cholesterol, sickling (i.e. persons …

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Adolescent Suicidal Ideation And Parental Perception, Parenting Style, And Parental Denial, Julie Mann Jan 2020

Adolescent Suicidal Ideation And Parental Perception, Parenting Style, And Parental Denial, Julie Mann

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Adolescent suicidal ideation is a substantial health concern in the United States, from both mental and physical perspectives. Parent-child connectedness (PCC) ostensibly plays a considerable role in reducing the problem. Along with parents of youth who are struggling with suicide, mental health care providers and school administrators would appreciate understanding more effective strategies for eliminating adolescent suicidal ideation. This cross-sectional, quantitative study sought a statistically significant relationship between PCC measured as parental perception, parenting style, and parental denial (independent variables) and the dependent variable of adolescent suicidal ideation. Bandura’s social cognitive theory, Baumrind’s parenting style theory, and Mowder’s parent development …

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Exploring Predictive Variables Of Burnout In Students Attending Eastern Caribbean Medical Schools, Denise Deloris Lewis Jan 2020

Exploring Predictive Variables Of Burnout In Students Attending Eastern Caribbean Medical Schools, Denise Deloris Lewis

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

The medical students of the Eastern Caribbean medical schools form a cohort of international students completing their clinical years of training on the Islands. They experience a degree of burnout though to a lesser extent than indicted in the literature. The Maslach Burnout Inventory General Survey Student (MBI-GS(S) and a structured questionnaire of sociodemographic qualities and the medical education process items, were used to assess the relationship between the predictive variables and burnout. An N=96 was obtained from the student population. The data collected was analyzed using a series of multiple linear regression. The findings of the linear regression were …

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Use Of Machine Learning To Predict Ethical Drift In Law Enforcement, Ryan Mann Jan 2020

Use Of Machine Learning To Predict Ethical Drift In Law Enforcement, Ryan Mann

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

U.S. law enforcement agencies are facing a legitimacy crisis. Incidents of police misconduct are the subject of widespread media coverage. Officer conduct continues to be a problem despite effectiveness of candidate screening. Underlying causes of ethical drift must be understood to reduce police misconduct. The purpose of this nonexperimental quantitative study was to examine the relationship between police ethical drift and agency size, officer age, officer gender, and officer education level. Ethical drift was the conceptual framework. Archival secondary data from local law enforcement agencies and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission were obtained …

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Relationship Between Nonprofit Leadership Intention, Leadership Development Programs, And Succession Planning Documentation, Denise March Jan 2020

Relationship Between Nonprofit Leadership Intention, Leadership Development Programs, And Succession Planning Documentation, Denise March

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Understanding the importance of efficient and effective leadership transition to retain organizational intelligence can mitigate the risks of significant disruption. The problem for nonprofits is the potential loss of organizational intelligence, funding, and continuity as baby boomers retire and transition out of their leadership roles without effectively addressing leadership transition and an impending leadership deficit. The purpose of this quantitative descriptive correlational study was to examine the relationship between leadership intention factors, succession planning documentation, and leadership development programs. The research questions pertained to the relationship between leadership intention factors, succession planning documentation, and leadership development programs. Ajzen’s theory of …

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Exploring Family-Centered Care From The Perspectives Of Home-Health Physical Therapists, James Mathews Jan 2020

Exploring Family-Centered Care From The Perspectives Of Home-Health Physical Therapists, James Mathews

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Older adults may need, or desire, caregiver and family involvement to avoid hospitalizations and institutionalizations. The caregivers of these older adults have the highest rates of burnout, injury, and turnover. Family-centered care (FCC) involves collaboration between healthcare practitioners, patients, family members, and caregivers. FCC is both established and effective in pediatric care settings. There is a paucity of evidence on how FCC is applied to older adult populations. Home health physical therapists (HHPTs) work with older adults in their homes and train both family members on how to safely handle and manage the care-dependent older adult. The purpose of this …

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Exploring The Challenges Of Reentry Among Female Former Offenders, Crystal B. Mciver Jan 2020

Exploring The Challenges Of Reentry Among Female Former Offenders, Crystal B. Mciver

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

AbstractThe incarceration rate of female in the United States is growing faster than the rate of male ex-offenders. This purpose of this generic qualitative study was to understand female ex-offenders’ perceptions of reentry programs. The ecological system theory was used to explore how family support, federal and state financial support, and the economic conditions of the neighborhood ex-offenders were returning to influenced their return to society. Data were collected via semistructured interviews with female ex-offenders who had completed a reentry program and had not recidivated for 1 year. The use of Yin’s 5-step process for data analysis provided the following …

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Community Awareness Strategies To Increase Donations To Sustain Nonprofit Organizations' Operations, Susan Irene Mckeon Jan 2020

Community Awareness Strategies To Increase Donations To Sustain Nonprofit Organizations' Operations, Susan Irene Mckeon

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Many nonprofit organization (NPO) leaders who face financial challenges due to reduced government funding and increased competition lack community awareness strategies to increase donations to sustain operations. Grounded in the resource-based view of competitive advantage theory, this qualitative single case study explored community awareness strategies NPO leaders use to increase donations to sustain NPO operations. The study participants were three senior leaders from a charitable organization with 37 service locations throughout Scotland, United Kingdom. Data used as evidence for the study consisted of personal conversations, semistructured interviews, publicly available documents, and organizational document data. Thematic analysis of data showed the …

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