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Successful Marketing Strategies For Sustaining Nigerian Small And Medium Enterprises, Eberechukwu Christina Agbogun Jan 2022

Successful Marketing Strategies For Sustaining Nigerian Small And Medium Enterprises, Eberechukwu Christina Agbogun

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Owners of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) constantly face challenges to sustain their businesses. More than 80% of SMEs in Nigeria fail within the first 5 years of operation. SME owners are concerned with the high failure rate of businesses within the first years of operation, which could negatively impact business sustainability, employment, and economic growth. Grounded in the resource-advantage theory of competition and the social marketing strategic model, the purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore the marketing strategies five chief executive officers from five Nigerian SMEs used to sustain their businesses beyond 5 years. Data …

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Decreasing Ambiguity For Public Administrators Implementing The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act Of 1976, Barbara Ahmed Jan 2022

Decreasing Ambiguity For Public Administrators Implementing The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act Of 1976, Barbara Ahmed

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Abstract The U.S. Congress created and adopted the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA) to address foreign diplomatic immunity matters. The purpose of this generic qualitative study was to analyze the policy implications of implementing FISA by public administrators. Mettler and SoRelle’s policy feedback theory provided the theoretical foundation for this study. The area of interest for this study was the 50 U.S. states with a focus on two metropolitan areas that include a large diplomatic contingent. Data collected were 180 legal cases brought against foreign diplomats from 2016-2021. In addition, legal cases were retrieved from a legal database and analyzed …

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Understanding The Involvement Of Parents Of Children With Disabilities In Island Rural Communities, Catherine Ava Ali Jan 2022

Understanding The Involvement Of Parents Of Children With Disabilities In Island Rural Communities, Catherine Ava Ali

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Research shows that parental involvement in children's school life has a positive impact on children's academic and social success, especially for children with disabilities (CWD), and even more so for CWD in island rural communities. The involvement of parents of CWD in primary schools in rural communities in Trinidad and Tobago has not been studied previously. This qualitative case study was conducted to gain a deeper understanding of why parents of CWD in three primary schools in adjacent rural southern communities in an education district in Trinidad do or do not become involved in their children’s education. At the same …

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Telemedicine Services And Patient Satisfaction, Sunday Omotayo Alle Jan 2022

Telemedicine Services And Patient Satisfaction, Sunday Omotayo Alle

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

AbstractPatient satisfaction associated with the use of telemedicine for patient care may be subjective as it may not reflect the patients' comfort and willingness to use telemedicine. Even though current perceptions of telemedicine may be positive, the challenge is knowing what constitutes the ingredients of patient satisfaction, particularly regarding age. This study examined two research questions concerning whether a patient’s age (independent variable) affected their comfort and willingness (dependent variable) to use telemedicine for their care. The health belief model was the theoretical framework and related to an individual's perception of their health behaviors and their willingness to change their …

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Issues Facing Veterans In Higher Education, Charles Amankwaa Jan 2022

Issues Facing Veterans In Higher Education, Charles Amankwaa

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

The American GI Forum (AGIF) contains several programs and initiatives, with thesignificant focus being on supporting students. There is a need to better understand their needs as students so that the organization can better serve them. This study focused on the issues facing veteran students in higher education and the strategies that AGIF can adopt to better improve veteran students’ experiences while in university. The primary theory that guided this study was the appreciative education framework because it offered the theoretical infrastructure for educational practice by advocating for an adaptable, transformational, and interactive framework and was applicable to guiding organizational …

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Strategies Small Business Owners Use To Improve Profitability In The Plastic Recycling, Chukwudi Alexander Amene Jan 2022

Strategies Small Business Owners Use To Improve Profitability In The Plastic Recycling, Chukwudi Alexander Amene

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Low plastic recycling levels impact the profitability of plastic recycling businesses. Business owners of small plastic recycling businesses have limited resources, and the plastic recycling industry is still in its developmental stages. Grounded in transformational leadership theory, the purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore strategies used by owners of small plastic recycling businesses to improve their profitability. The participants were nine small business owners of the plastic recycling sector of southwest Nigeria who successfully improved their business profitability. Data were collected using semistructured interviews. Through thematic analysis, three themes were identified: (a) develop strategies for sourcing …

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Critical Thinking To Creative Problem-Solving In Engineering And Management, Baher Amouzgar Jan 2022

Critical Thinking To Creative Problem-Solving In Engineering And Management, Baher Amouzgar

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Organizations advance and grow by solving problems one at a time, and management graduates should possess critical thinking and problem-solving capacities to be effective business managers and creative engineers. The problem was that critical thinking and creative problem solving are operationally ill-defined in engineering and management education. The purpose of this grounded theory study was to discover how, if at all, the engineering and management scholar-practitioner community in British Columbia, Canada, perceives the concepts of critical thinking and creative problem-solving. A three-prong critical thinking conceptual framework was used as template for defining and relating the two key concepts of the …

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Effects Of Educational Curricula On Recidivism In A Community-Based Correctional Facility, Todd Angello Jan 2022

Effects Of Educational Curricula On Recidivism In A Community-Based Correctional Facility, Todd Angello

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Recidivism in a community-based correctional facility (CBCF) was high. The average recidivism rate was 32.7%; however, in a Northeast Midwest U.S. state, the CBCF was 44%. The purpose of this quantitative correlational study was to examine the effects of three educational curricula on recidivism at one CBCF. The Positive Reentry for Midwestern State Offenders certificate courses (vocational), the credit-bearing courses (college), the ASPIRE General Education Degree (GED), and no additional courses taken were tested on their predictive power of recidivism. The theoretical framework was Hirschi’s social bond theory. A binomial logistic regression was conducted to determine the effects of each …

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Relationship Between Demographic Characteristics And Self-Perceived Wellness Of Military Veterans, Oluwatosin Mariam Roselin Animashaun Jan 2022

Relationship Between Demographic Characteristics And Self-Perceived Wellness Of Military Veterans, Oluwatosin Mariam Roselin Animashaun

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

An estimated 200,000 U.S. service members transition to civilian life each year and experience life-altering changes that can negatively affect how they function, their abilities, and their overall wellness. The purpose of this quantitative correlational study was to examine the relationship between demographics and wellness (RQ1) and differences in wellness between combat and noncombat veterans when controlling for the number of years since discharge (RQ2). Data were collected using the General Well-being Schedule, and a sample of 144 veterans participated. The results were explored through the framework of military transition theory. Statistical analyses used included multiple linear regression and ANCOVA. …

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Educators’ Perceptions Of The Reading Initiative For Student Excellence Professional Development, Arkadia Johnson Armour Jan 2022

Educators’ Perceptions Of The Reading Initiative For Student Excellence Professional Development, Arkadia Johnson Armour

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Grade 3–5 students in southeastern Arkansas are reading below grade level despite the efforts of educators. The study explored educator perceptions of the Reading Initiative for Student Excellence (R.I.S.E.) professional development, in which educators learn about Science of Reading (SOR) instructional strategies and how to implement them in the classroom. The conceptual framework used for the study was Bandura's social cognitive theory. Research questions addressed how the R.I.S.E. professional development improved teaching methods to support students' reading achievement in low socioeconomic schools, as well as educators' perceptions of the R.I.S.E. professional development to support student achievement in low socioeconomic schools. …

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Music Artists’ Online Streaming Business Strategies, Angela S. Arnold Jan 2022

Music Artists’ Online Streaming Business Strategies, Angela S. Arnold

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Music artists’ incomes are directly affected by online music streaming technology advancements. A lack of business strategy, when faced with online music streaming, can lead to an inability to maintain a steady revenue stream among music artists. Rooted in the conceptual framework of disruptive innovation, the purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore online streaming business strategies music artists use to maintain a steady revenue stream. Data were collected from semistructured interviews with six music artists in the New York City area who maintained a steady revenue stream in the past 5 years and focus group responses …

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Effect Of Covid-19 On Comprehensive Predictor Exam Scores And Nursing Program Scores And First Generation College Students, Heather Marie Austin Jan 2022

Effect Of Covid-19 On Comprehensive Predictor Exam Scores And Nursing Program Scores And First Generation College Students, Heather Marie Austin

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

The COVID-19 pandemic forced nursing education programs to change traditional face-to-face teaching to virtual education and simulated experiences. Therefore, research is needed to determine how this change affected nursing students’ academic performance and their performance on standardized exams. The purpose of this three-part study, guided by Knowles’s adult learning theory, was to determine if there was a difference in Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN) students’ performance on: (a) Assessment Technology Institute (ATI) Comprehensive Predictor (CP) scores, (b) end of program scores, and for (c) CP scores for first generation students before the COVID-19 pandemic compared with nursing students’ scores …

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Association Between Staff Patient Safety Grade Mean Rating Score, The Person And Community Engagement Domain Score, And The Hospital Value Based Purchasing Total Performance Score, Tamara Lynn Awald Jan 2022

Association Between Staff Patient Safety Grade Mean Rating Score, The Person And Community Engagement Domain Score, And The Hospital Value Based Purchasing Total Performance Score, Tamara Lynn Awald

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

AbstractIt is essential for hospitals to focus on improving indicators that positively influence patient experience and clinical outcomes and thereby improve clinical and financial organizational outcomes. The purpose of the study was to examine the association between the staff Patient Safety Grade Mean Rating Score, Person and Community Engagement Domain Score, and the Value Based Purchasing Total Performance Score. The theoretical framework used in this study is the Donabedian model specifically regarding providing structure, process, and outcomes framework relative to the evaluation of care. The research questions examined the association between staff Patient Safety Grade Mean Rating Score, the Person …

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Prophylactic Antimalarial Intermittent Preventive Therapy In Pregnancy And Birth Weight In Togo, Epiphane Awokou Jan 2022

Prophylactic Antimalarial Intermittent Preventive Therapy In Pregnancy And Birth Weight In Togo, Epiphane Awokou

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

In Togo, prophylactic antimalarial intermittent preventive therapy in pregnancy (IPTp) is provided to disrupt suboptimal pathways leading to the issue of low birth weight. However, there is a lack of nationally representative data on the determinants of this adverse birth outcome. The purpose of this quantitative cross-sectional study was to determine pregnancy-related determinants of low birth weight through a nationally representative dataset. Bronfenbrenner’s ecological systems model guided this study to explore potential associations between the covariates IPTp, utilization of long-lasting insecticidal bed nets, age of pregnant women, socioeconomic status of pregnant women, and gravidity type of pregnant women and the …

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Stakeholders’ Perspectives On Social Intervention Policy To Curb Street Children Influx In Ghana, Ismaila Hansmittson Awudu Jan 2022

Stakeholders’ Perspectives On Social Intervention Policy To Curb Street Children Influx In Ghana, Ismaila Hansmittson Awudu

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Increasing street children influx in Accra, Ghana, is a challenge to the government, policymakers, and citizens despite the Child and Family Welfare Policy (CFWP) of the Ghana Ministry of Gender, Children, and Social Protection to address this social problem. In 2018, an estimated 90,000 children lived on the streets in the Greater Accra Region. The purpose of this generic qualitative study was to explore stakeholders’ perspectives on social intervention policies and programs and the effectiveness of the CWFP in curbing street children influx. Policy feedback theory was the theoretical foundation for the research. Semi-structured face-to-face interviews were conducted with nine …

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Critical Care Nurses’ Experiences Of Compassion Satisfaction During A Pandemic, Michael W. Bailey Jan 2022

Critical Care Nurses’ Experiences Of Compassion Satisfaction During A Pandemic, Michael W. Bailey

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Nursing shortages caused by burnout (BO) and compassion fatigue (CF) are a concern for nursing leaders in the United States. Researchers have discussed the mediating effect compassion satisfaction (CS) has on BO and CF in current studies; however, no qualitative studies have analyzed the experiences of nurses with CS. A combination of the compassion fatigue resilience model and Roy’s adaptation model were used to guide this study that examined critical care nurses’ lived experiences with CS during the COVID-19 pandemic. Convenience sampling was used to recruit the critical care nurses who participated in semistructured interviews. Data saturation was met after …

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High School Teachers' Perceptions And Experiences With Interventions To Address Disruptive Student Behavior, Denise Bailey Jan 2022

High School Teachers' Perceptions And Experiences With Interventions To Address Disruptive Student Behavior, Denise Bailey

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

AbstractU.S. high school teachers are challenged with disruptive student behavior and struggle to implement available interventions to reduce these behaviors in the classroom. This basic qualitative design was conducted to examine high school teachers’ challenges with using current interventions and their perceptions on how to improve them to better reduce disruptive student behaviors in the classroom. The conceptual framework was based on Canter’s assertive discipline theory, which addresses teachers’ management of student behavior and provides concepts and strategies for improving disruptive behavior. Data were collected through semistructured interviews with nine teachers of Grades 9 to 11 from two different high …

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Officers' Perceived Safety After A Law Enforcement Line Of Duty Death, Crystal Baird Jan 2022

Officers' Perceived Safety After A Law Enforcement Line Of Duty Death, Crystal Baird

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Every year, several line of duty deaths occur among law enforcement personnel in the United States. Risk factors, community influences, types of violence, and diverse calls for service could affect an officer’s perception of safety. Given the number of line of duty deaths, officers’ perceived safety is an important avenue for further research. The purpose of this qualitative phenomenological study was to explore whether a line of duty death affected the perceived safety of officers in small, rural police departments in the state of Texas. A social constructivism perspective was used to understand the world in which the participating officers …

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Strategies To Create And Sustain Work-Life Balance In The Hospitality Industry, Elizabeth Balbickram Jan 2022

Strategies To Create And Sustain Work-Life Balance In The Hospitality Industry, Elizabeth Balbickram

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Employee turnover results in adverse business outcomes. Hospitality industry leaders who do not encourage an organizational culture supportive of work-life balance risk reduced profitability resulting from employee turnover. Grounded in path-goal theory, the purpose of this qualitative single case study was to explore strategies hospitality industry leaders use to create and sustain organizational cultures supportive of employee work-life balance. The participants were eight upper-level leaders of one lodging chain in Orlando, Florida, who successfully implemented strategies to create and sustain work-life balance for their employees. Data were collected from semistructured interviews and a review of organization personnel handbooks and training …

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Individual Contributor Experiences Of Task Uncertainty And Task Interdependence Under Different Structures, Andrew R. Barbeau Jan 2022

Individual Contributor Experiences Of Task Uncertainty And Task Interdependence Under Different Structures, Andrew R. Barbeau

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Approximately 84% of North American individual contributors work in organizations with functionally specialized structures where task uncertainty (TU) and task interdependence (TI) undermine cross-functional task execution. However, there is a lack of research into the TU and TI experiences of individual contributors under different organizational structures. It is important that senior leaders have this missing knowledge to inform structural decisions. The purpose of this generic qualitative, exploratory, snowball sampling study is to explore how individual contributors experience TU and TI following a reorganization from a functional to a horizontal organizational structure. In the current study, the research questions explored were …

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Impact Of The Covid-19 Outbreak On Adolescent Schoolgirls’ Education In Rural Sierra Leone, Mohamed Hassimiu Barrie Jan 2022

Impact Of The Covid-19 Outbreak On Adolescent Schoolgirls’ Education In Rural Sierra Leone, Mohamed Hassimiu Barrie

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Since 1990, Sierra Leone has experienced several major emergencies that required global attention: a decade-long rebel war, Ebola and COVID-19 outbreaks. Each disproportionately affected schoolgirls’ educations. In 2021, the government of Sierra Leone introduced the Radical Inclusion Policy to support the education of girls and lift a policy that banned pregnant girls from attending mainstream schools to allow thousands of schoolgirls who were impregnated during the Ebola and COVID-19 outbreaks to return to schools. The purpose of this qualitative phenomenological study was to explore the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on the education of adolescent schoolgirls in rural Sierra Leone, …

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Economic Challenges Faced By African American Teenage Parents While Parenting During The Coronavirus Pandemic, Peace A. Barrigah Jan 2022

Economic Challenges Faced By African American Teenage Parents While Parenting During The Coronavirus Pandemic, Peace A. Barrigah

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

U.S. African American teenage parents are at a disproportionately high risk of experiencing stressors associated with the financial demands of parenting during the COVID-19 pandemic. The purpose of this qualitative descriptive study was to explore the socioeconomic challenges that African American teenage parents living in U.S. northeastern state face during events such the COVID-19 pandemic that limit the provision of human services, which the research question was designed to answer. The framework used in this study was social learning theory. A sample of 10 Black teenage parents residing in the northeastern United States were recruited. Data were collected through interviews …

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Relationship Between Recruitment Practice, Employer Knowledge, And Applicant Attraction, Annette Williams Barrineau Jan 2022

Relationship Between Recruitment Practice, Employer Knowledge, And Applicant Attraction, Annette Williams Barrineau

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Attracting quality job applicants is a chief recruiting concern. Resources managers recognize that attracting and retaining the most talented workforce contributes to a company’s success and financial survival. Grounded in media richness theory, the purposes of this quantitative quasi-experimental study were to (1) examine the effects of recruitment practice (print, web, or print and web) on employer knowledge (employer familiarity, employer reputation, and job information) and applicant attraction, and (2) to assess the relationships between employer knowledge (employer familiarity, employer reputation, job information), media richness, and applicant attraction. The participants were 186 students attending a Florida higher education institution who …

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Teacher Perceptions Of Disproportionate Suspensions Between Minority And White Students, Tanika Rachelle Barr Jan 2022

Teacher Perceptions Of Disproportionate Suspensions Between Minority And White Students, Tanika Rachelle Barr

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Throughout public schools in the United States, minority students continue to receive more disciplinary consequences compared to other groups of students. The problem addressed in this study was the persistence of discipline disproportionality between minority students and White students at a public U.S. middle school, even with recent efforts such as the implementation of the positive behavior interventions and supports (PBIS) framework. Guided by the theory of behaviorism, the purpose of this basic qualitative study was to investigate teachers’ perceptions about the persistence of this discipline disproportionality between minority and White students and ways to improve the use of PBIS …

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Patient Harm And Malpractice Payments In Inpatient Settings According To Type Of Medication Administration Error, Kalyn Jo Barton Jan 2022

Patient Harm And Malpractice Payments In Inpatient Settings According To Type Of Medication Administration Error, Kalyn Jo Barton

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

While preventable, medication administration error rates surpass most estimates and result in poor quality care. Researchers have demonstrated that interventions have been identified, new technology has been deployed, and training and education have increased, yet the errors persist. Researchers have yet been able to establish the most prevalent, harmful, and costly types of medication administration errors. The purpose of this quantitative study was to identify trends in medication administration errors committed in inpatient settings, specific to the type of error, patient outcomes, and malpractice payment amounts. Donabedian’s model for healthcare quality, derived from the three categories of structure, process, and …

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College Students’ Perceptions Of The Importance Of Student Engagement In Online Courses, Alicia Beasley Jan 2022

College Students’ Perceptions Of The Importance Of Student Engagement In Online Courses, Alicia Beasley

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Researchers have identified high dropout rates in online courses for the past several years with few strategies for improvement. The problem addressed in this basic qualitative study was that peer socialization and engagement are challenges in online courses. The purpose of this study was to understand how far utilizing social media improved student socialization and engagement in online courses thus resulting in increased student success. This study used the conceptual framework of engagement theory, which states that students must be meaningfully engaged in learning activities through interaction with others and worthwhile tasks. The research questions addressed student perceptions about the …

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Law Enforcement And Racial Profiling Among African Americans And Hispanics In The United States America, Jeremy Christopher Bell Jan 2022

Law Enforcement And Racial Profiling Among African Americans And Hispanics In The United States America, Jeremy Christopher Bell

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

AbstractRacial profiling among African Americans and Hispanics brings significant challenges to police conduct in providing police service to minority groups. Recent events of racial profiling committed by law enforcement officers bring negative perceptions toward police officers. African Americans and Hispanics are among the highest population groups arrested and mistreated by law enforcement officers. The purpose of this qualitative phenomenological study was to examine the lived experience of racial profiling among African Americans and Hispanics against police officers. The research question for this study examined the lived experience of African Americans/ Hispanics over 18 who were racially profiled by police officers. …

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Effect Of Simulation Learning On Graduate Student Attitudes Toward Interprofessional Teams And The Team Approach To Care, Norman Cadiz Belleza Jan 2022

Effect Of Simulation Learning On Graduate Student Attitudes Toward Interprofessional Teams And The Team Approach To Care, Norman Cadiz Belleza

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

According to health care reports, more than 250,000 deaths annually are attributed to medical error, prompting interprofessional education (IPE) initiatives as one way to improve healthcare delivery. The problem is that little is known about the effect of simulation learning with standardized patients on occupational therapy (OT) and physical therapy (PT) students’ attitudes toward IPE. The purpose of this causal-comparative study using a pretest–posttest nonequivalent control group design was to investigate the difference in posttest scores on the Students’ Perceptions of Interprofessional Clinical Education—Version 2 (SPICE-R2) between first-term graduate OT and PT students who participated in a simulation and those …

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Strategies For Eliminating Workplace Bullying In Long-Term Nursing Care Institutions, Marc A. Bell Jan 2022

Strategies For Eliminating Workplace Bullying In Long-Term Nursing Care Institutions, Marc A. Bell

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Employee-to-employee workplace bullying continues to emerge in long-term nursing care institutions. Workplace bullying can lead to financial loss, high employee turnover, toxicity, and health problems which pose a disruptive challenge for some long-term nursing care leaders. Grounded in Weiss and Cropanzano’s affective events theory, the purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore strategies long-term nursing care leaders use to eliminate employee-to-employee workplace bullying. The participants comprised six leaders from three long-term nursing care institutions in the United States Midwest region who successfully used strategies to eliminate employee-to-employee workplace bullying. The data were collected from semistructured interviews, company …

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Readiness Of Adolescent And Young Sickle Cell Patients To Transition From Pediatric To Adult Care, Tanisha D. Belton Jan 2022

Readiness Of Adolescent And Young Sickle Cell Patients To Transition From Pediatric To Adult Care, Tanisha D. Belton

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Patients with sickle cell disease (SCD) face many challenges as they enter adulthood; therefore, preparing for the transition to adult care is crucial. Assessing the knowledge and skills adolescents and young adults (AYAs) possess before transitioning to adult care can aid in the success of their transition. However, a gap exists regarding factors attributed to guiding patients’ sense of readiness. The purpose of this quantitative study, driven by the theory of self-care management of SCD, was to examine the self-perceived readiness of SCD patients as they prepare to transition to adult care. Cross-sectional survey data were collected from 68 sickle …

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