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Strategies To Sustain Road Freight Small And Medium Enterprises In South Africa, Sitsabo Kuhlase
Strategies To Sustain Road Freight Small And Medium Enterprises In South Africa, Sitsabo Kuhlase
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
In 2019, 2.65 million small and medium enterprises (SMEs) were registered in South Africa, of which 70% are estimated to fail within the first 5 years due to inadequate sustainability strategies during slow economic growth. Anchored on the resource-based view (RBV) theory, the purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore strategies that owners of road freight SMEs use to sustain their businesses during slow economic growth. Data collection included six semistructured face-to-face and virtual interviews and a review of their company documents. The data were analyzed using thematic analysis, and four themes emerged: marketing and customer relationship, …
Exploring Leadership Strategies To Enhance Worker Performance, Charles J. Oloo Kodi
Exploring Leadership Strategies To Enhance Worker Performance, Charles J. Oloo Kodi
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
AbstractMultiple leadership strategies have been used by some organizations in the US to improve worker performance. A literature gap still exists regarding how transformational leadership style may enhance worker performance in Connecticut state manufacturing industries. The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the perceptions of organizational leaders about how best to improve the knowledge and the effectiveness of transformational leadership styles. Transformational theory and contingency theories were chosen to serve as the theoretical foundation for the conceptual framework of this study. The research question examined the perceptions of employees of a manufacturing organization located in Connecticut about how …
Forward-Looking Strategies For Safely Adopting Digital Transformation In Aviation, Melissa King
Forward-Looking Strategies For Safely Adopting Digital Transformation In Aviation, Melissa King
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Aviation leaders in the U.S. federal government face challenges in adopting technical evolution and advancing modernization while adhering to the rigor of a deeply entrenched safety culture. The purpose of this qualitative modified Delphi study was to determine how a panel of 21 aerospace experts based in Washington, DC viewed strategies for adopting to new technologies while ensuring safety. The management concepts that framed the study were safety culture and digital transformation. The study addressed the research question of how a panel of aviation experts viewed the desirability, feasibility, and importance of forward-looking strategies for adopting digital transformation while adhering …
Knowledge Management Strategies In Support Of Succession Planning, Jared Kunath
Knowledge Management Strategies In Support Of Succession Planning, Jared Kunath
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Leader succession is a persistent strategic concern for U.S. federal agencies. The resultant loss of institutional knowledge as members retire, are replaced or are promoted significantly impacts the organization’s performance. Grounded in knowledge management theory, the purpose of this qualitative single case study was to explore strategies federal leaders use to emplace effective knowledge management programs to support succession planning. The six participants were middle and senior-level leaders of a U.S. federal agency located in Texas who had at least 5 years of experience managing their organization’s knowledge systems during succession planning and succession events. Data were collected using semistructured …
Hand Hygiene Education For Nursing Homes, David La Rosa-Presume
Hand Hygiene Education For Nursing Homes, David La Rosa-Presume
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
In the health care sector, hand hygiene has been identified as one of the most appropriate approaches to preventing health-associated infections or nosocomial infections. A nursing home in the western United States had repeated survey findings showed that their hand hygiene compliance rates did not meet the expectations of the Long-Term Care Institute. This project was aimed to develop and implement an education program to improve hand hygiene compliance in a nursing home setting. The project practice question asked whether an education program would increase staff’s knowledge of hand hygiene methods within a skilled nursing facility. The Joint Commission’s Targeted …
How Teachers Write, Understand, And Carry Out The Transition Plan, Erin Lowe
How Teachers Write, Understand, And Carry Out The Transition Plan, Erin Lowe
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
This project study focused on the writing and implementation of the transition plan that gives students with disabilities the proper guidelines and tools to help them in life after high school. Guided by the human capital theory in education, the purpose of this study was to gain an understanding of how high school special education teachers understand and implement the transition plan. The research questions comprised of how teachers write and utilize the transition plan for each of their students. The project study design follows the basic qualitative design and includes purposeful sampling of 12 high school special education teachers …
Prison Medical Professionals’ Perspectives On Dignity In Death For End-Of-Life Inmates, Charlene Lupo
Prison Medical Professionals’ Perspectives On Dignity In Death For End-Of-Life Inmates, Charlene Lupo
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Health care requirements of older persons in prison are complicated, and many may require palliative care before their term is completed. The purpose of this qualitative interpretative phenomenological analysis was to explore perspectives on dignity in death for end-of-life inmates through the lens of nine prison medical professionals. Concepts of dignity provided the conceptual framework for the study. Data were collected from one-to-one audio-recorded Zoom interviews and reflective literature articles. Axial coding and thematic data analysis were used to identify five themes: committed to their vocation, lack of services in administering proper health care, institutional barriers prohibiting death with dignity, …
Design Thinking For Innovation Within Manufacturing Smes: A Multiple Case Study, Jarno Manzke
Design Thinking For Innovation Within Manufacturing Smes: A Multiple Case Study, Jarno Manzke
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Manufacturing small and medium enterprise (SME) leaders have sparse information on using design thinking to support their firm’s business sustainability and competitive advantage. The purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to describe design thinking experts’ views on how manufacturing SME leaders may successfully drive design thinking within their firm as an innovation strategy to support business sustainability and competitive advantage. A multiple case study design was used to collect data from a purposeful sample of seven design thinking experts. Semistructured interviews, archival data, and reflective field notes drove credibility of the findings through data triangulation. This study was …
Implementation Strategies For Organizational Change Initiatives, Laura Massie
Implementation Strategies For Organizational Change Initiatives, Laura Massie
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Change initiatives within the higher education industry often fail because leaders are not successful in implementing change strategies. Higher education leaders who lack successful implementation strategies decrease employee productivity and increase educational costs for students. Grounded in Kotter’s (1995) eight-step model of change, the purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore strategies senior-level executives in higher education use to implement organizational change initiatives. The participants were four leaders of two higher education organizations in West Virginia who successfully implemented change initiatives in finance operations. Data were collected from virtual semistructured interviews and organization documents. Yin’s 5 step …
Fiscal Capacity And Decision Making Flexibility And The Title Iv-E Waiver, Laura Ann Mayate-Deandreis
Fiscal Capacity And Decision Making Flexibility And The Title Iv-E Waiver, Laura Ann Mayate-Deandreis
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Public managers must reconcile fiscal constraints within a confined decision-making environment. This study was conducted to examine the extent to which policy tools, such as the Title IV-E waiver demonstration, facilitate cost control and increased decision-making flexibility. The central question guiding the study was whether policy tools enable public managers to effectively meet policy goals within inelastic fiscal and regulatory environments. Choice theories provided a theoretical framework to examine the multidimensional aspects of decision making and policy prioritization. An exploratory case study approach was employed to compare the change in fiscal capacity and flexibility of California counties participating in the …
Early College High School, Dual Enrollment, Traditional College, And Time To Obtain A 2-Year Degree, Christopher D. Mccraw
Early College High School, Dual Enrollment, Traditional College, And Time To Obtain A 2-Year Degree, Christopher D. Mccraw
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Early college high school (ECHS) and dual enrollment programs offer opportunities for students to work toward their 2-year degree while still in high school. The problem for this study was that the ECHS and dual enrollment programs had not been compared to see if they facilitated 2-year college degree completion compared to one another and to a traditional college program. The problem was urgent because there was a need to evaluate two different ECHS screening methods, assuming significantly less time to degree completion for the ECHS students. The purpose of this quantitative project study was to determine if the time …
Experiences Of African American Parents Of Special Needs Students And School Decisions, Jennifer Selena Mccray
Experiences Of African American Parents Of Special Needs Students And School Decisions, Jennifer Selena Mccray
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
AbstractMany individuals prefer the ability to choose options as opposed to being directed toward a certain path. School choice programs in the United States allow parents to exercise their democratic right to choose what is best for their children with respect to choosing a school for them to receive their education. The problem is that many African American parents have lost faith and trust in public education due to low school safety, lack of quality education, and social/emotional issues with public schools. The purpose of this descriptive phenomenological study was to explore the perceptions of African American parents concerning students’ …
Perceived Transformational Leadership Styles And Job Satisfaction Among Probation Officers, Joann Ruth Mcgee
Perceived Transformational Leadership Styles And Job Satisfaction Among Probation Officers, Joann Ruth Mcgee
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
As the field of probation service work evolves, so does the role of the probation officer. The problem addressed in this study is that probation officers are experiencing more complexities related to job satisfaction, however there exists limited amount of research on probation leadership and probation officers overall job satisfaction. The purpose of this quantitative study was to investigate whether there is a relationship between the level of job satisfaction of probation officers and supervisors' transformational leadership style. Malsow's hierarchy of need theory and Bass and Avolio's full-range leadership model was utilized as the theoretical framework for the research. The …
Relationships Among Burden, Quality Of Life, And Self-Efficcy In Careegivers Of An Older Family Member, Dr. Marietta Margaret Miller
Relationships Among Burden, Quality Of Life, And Self-Efficcy In Careegivers Of An Older Family Member, Dr. Marietta Margaret Miller
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
AbstractInformal caregivers of a family member who has been dementia diagnosed play a substantial personal, social, and economic role in the care of their family member. However, this type of caregiving can have detrimental effects on a caregiver’s psychological, financial, physical, social, and emotional well-being. This quantitative study addressed possible relationships between caregiver burden and quality of life, and caregiver burden and self-efficacy as measured by the Zarit Burden Interview, the World Health Organization Quality of Life-BREF, and the Caregiver Self-Efficacy Scale. The theory of transactional stress and the stress process model provided the theoretical foundation. The participants of this …
Lived Experiences Of Nurse Leaders, Catherine Jeannette Mohammed
Lived Experiences Of Nurse Leaders, Catherine Jeannette Mohammed
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
AbstractThe National Academy of Medicine (NAM) has called for more leadership, more accountability, and increased education and training of health care leaders. The NAM has demanded that nurses participate in health care policy making, increase their knowledge of research and data collection, advise leaders across the business world, train and educate seamlessly, and practice to the full extent of their licensure. The purpose of this qualitative phenomenological study was to explore the lived experiences of 12 influential nurse leaders from the state of Arizona. Transformational leadership theory provided the framework for the study. Semi-structured interview data were transcribed, coded, and …
Compassion And Empathy: Comparing Police Officers With And Without Military Experience, Harlyn Alexander Montealegre
Compassion And Empathy: Comparing Police Officers With And Without Military Experience, Harlyn Alexander Montealegre
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Interpersonal characteristics, including compassion and empathy, are an essential part of the relationship that police officers have with local communities. Historically, recruitment departments of law enforcement agencies have favored military veterans as candidates because of the similarities between the two professions, such as weapon handling and organizational structure. However, it is possible that prior military experience may negatively impact characteristics of compassion and empathy, given that military personnel are often exposed to conditions (e.g., combat) that can degrade compassion and empathy. The purpose of this study was to compare levels of compassion and empathy between police officers with and without …
A Study Of Racialized Identity Among Single, White Mothers Of Biracial Children, Shonjala Moore
A Study Of Racialized Identity Among Single, White Mothers Of Biracial Children, Shonjala Moore
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
A limited amount of research addresses the challenges single, White, birth mothers of Black-White biracial children have experienced with racialized identity within their kinships and social networks. In this transcendental, descriptive, phenomenological study, the lived experiences of eight single, White, birth mothers of Black-White biracial children were investigated to address that research gap. The conceptual framework was Helms’s Black and White racial identity theory. After thematic analysis of semistructured interview data, five themes emerged to describe the experiences of the single, White, birth mothers of Black-White biracial children: (a) the mother’s insight, (b) racism, (c) attitude about a Black partner, …
Teachers’ Perspectives Of What They Need From School Administration To Teach Remotely, Destiny Pietra Moretto
Teachers’ Perspectives Of What They Need From School Administration To Teach Remotely, Destiny Pietra Moretto
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic caused an educational shift from traditional teaching to remote teaching. Teachers struggled to adapt to the changes because they were unable to properly prepare, yet administrators expected them to continue successfully teaching from home. Using Garrison et al.’s community of inquiry model, the purpose of this basic qualitative study was to explore the perspectives of early childhood teachers regarding teaching remotely during a pandemic and what they need from school administration to teach children remotely. Semistructured interviews were conducted with 10 early childhood teachers with experience teaching remotely during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic …
Job Satisfaction Among Nurse Practitioners Who Work At Retail Health Care Centers, Karen Morrissey
Job Satisfaction Among Nurse Practitioners Who Work At Retail Health Care Centers, Karen Morrissey
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Retail health care clinics (RHCCs) were designed to ease the shortage of access to primary care by having nurse practitioners (NPs) provide quality care to patients on a walk-in approach. RHCCs can be stressful work environments and when NPs become dissatisfied, they may leave RHCCs which creates a shortage of primary care access. The purpose of this descriptive study, guided by Herzberg’s dual-factor theory, was to determine if there was a relationship between: (a) challenge/autonomy, and professional growth and job satisfaction among NPs who work at RHCCs and (b) intrapractice partnership/collegiality, professional, social and community interaction, time and benefits and …
Parents’ Perceptions Of Kinesthetic Learning And Academic Performance Among Students With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Beverly Mount
Parents’ Perceptions Of Kinesthetic Learning And Academic Performance Among Students With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Beverly Mount
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Students with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) struggle academically more than students without ADHD. Although kinesthetic learning, a motor and tactile style of experiential learning, has been found to benefit students generally, parents’ perceptions of it as an educational intervention for students with ADHD has not been examined. The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore parents’ perceptions of kinesthetic learning and academic performance among students with ADHD. The experiential learning theory, which posits that learning occurs through experience, was the theoretical framework for the study. Eleven parents participated in an open-ended question interview ranging from 7 to 22 …
Factors Of Experience And Training And Physician Intention To Adopt Telemedicine, Tina Mozhayski
Factors Of Experience And Training And Physician Intention To Adopt Telemedicine, Tina Mozhayski
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Despite the increased role of telemedicine services, physicians’ intention to adopt telemedicine for the long term remains disproportionately low; further, little research has focused on the factors behind these intentions. The purpose of this study was to determine and compare the effects of two causal factors: previous experience of physicians in telemedicine and company telemedicine training, on physicians’ intention to adopt telemedicine. The Davis’s technology acceptance model was used as a theoretical framework for this study, which included analytical data of health care regulatory organizations, medical professional alliances, and secondary statistical data of a marketing company with experience in conducting …
Youth And Family Factors Affecting Completion Of A Diversion Program, Teresita Nuguid
Youth And Family Factors Affecting Completion Of A Diversion Program, Teresita Nuguid
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
The Florida Department of Juvenile Justice (FDJJ) has launched several diversion programs for at-risk youth in the state of Florida. Prior studies revealed the efficacy of diversion programming in helping mentally ill individuals, the community, and the criminal justice system. This study addressed a gap in the literature regarding how youth and family factors and characteristics can determine program completion. The purpose of this quantitative study was to investigate youth and family factors and characteristics associated with program completion for participants in diversion programs in the state of Florida. The family systems theory used for this study supports the idea …
Weight Change And Hyponatremia As Predictors Of Polydipsia Among Persons With Schizophrenia, Kingsley Okechukwu Nwachukwu
Weight Change And Hyponatremia As Predictors Of Polydipsia Among Persons With Schizophrenia, Kingsley Okechukwu Nwachukwu
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
AbstractPolydipsia is found in 20% of inpatients with chronic severe mental disorders. Of this, 80% are diagnosed with chronic schizophrenia, hence polydipsia is strongly associated with chronic schizophrenia. Despite the prevalence and serious health complications of coexisting polydipsia in this population, its current method of detection is flawed. The purpose of this quantitative study was to accurately identify comorbid polydipsia in schizophrenia using periodic weight change and hyponatremia. The Wilson’s complexity theory and primary data were used to attempt to explain the relationship between weight change and hyponatremia and polydipsia, in a cross-sectional study design. The dependent variable was polydipsia, …
Juvenile Probation Officers' Perceptions Of Strategies To Reduce Juvenile Delinquency In Maryland, Ebenezer Nwaedozie Obonna
Juvenile Probation Officers' Perceptions Of Strategies To Reduce Juvenile Delinquency In Maryland, Ebenezer Nwaedozie Obonna
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
AbstractYoung offenders aged 10 to 17 years have increasingly become involved with the juvenile justice system, causing concerns about their future prospects and their role in positively contributing to the prosperity of society, particularly in Maryland. The purpose of this qualitative descriptive study was to provide detailed descriptions of the strategies that stakeholders in the juvenile criminal justice system and the offenders can use to reduce youth crime in Maryland. Cognitive-behavioral therapy theory provided the framework for the study. Data were collected from semistructured interviews with 11 probation officers from Maryland. Findings from thematic analysis demonstrated that some juvenile justice …
An Evaluation Of A Drug Policy At A Federal University In Southeastern Nigeria, Linus N. Okahia
An Evaluation Of A Drug Policy At A Federal University In Southeastern Nigeria, Linus N. Okahia
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Drug abuse among university students has become a public health problem. The prevalence of drug abuse has negatively impacted the students, causing serious health outcomes. Finding a solution has the potential to benefit both students and society. Various intervention strategies have been adopted but the results have varied. The purpose of this qualitative case study was to evaluate the administrators’ and students’ perceptions of anti-drug-use policy at a federal university in Southeastern Nigeria to determine its effectiveness on drug abuse prevention among students. The policy feedback theory (PFT), which helps to understand and analyze the policy process, was the explanatory …
Examining Clinical Behaviors That Demonstrate Intersectionality And Cultural Humility In Mental Health Treatment, Loretta Kosi Okeke
Examining Clinical Behaviors That Demonstrate Intersectionality And Cultural Humility In Mental Health Treatment, Loretta Kosi Okeke
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
AbstractCultural humility is an ethical standard within the social work profession. As the United States becomes more diverse, there are increasing rates of failure to implement cultural humility in social work practice in mental health settings. The purpose of this generic qualitative study was to examine how clinical social workers demonstrate cultural humility and intersectionality in mental health settings. The theoretical basis on which the research was conducted includes the person-centered theory and the feminist theories, which provided a strong framework for understanding the influences of cultural dynamics and intersectionality on the quality of patient outcomes in mental health care. …
Successful Strategies For Adopting Electronic Medical Records Systems At Hospitals, Vazi Okhandiar
Successful Strategies For Adopting Electronic Medical Records Systems At Hospitals, Vazi Okhandiar
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Some healthcare leaders lack strategies to successfully implement electronic medical record (EMR) systems to improve patient care efficiency and effectiveness. Grounded in the technology acceptance model, the purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore strategies healthcare leaders use to implement EMR systems. The participants comprised five healthcare leaders who implemented EMRs in U.S. hospitals. Data were collected using semistructured interviews, government websites, and relevant documents and analyzed using Yin’s five-step data analysis method. Three themes emerged: (a) adequate training, (b) workflow analysis, and (c) technical support. A key recommendation is for management to provide customized training to …
Relationship Between Information System Success Model Dimensions And Electronic Health Records Use, Gloria Oshegbo
Relationship Between Information System Success Model Dimensions And Electronic Health Records Use, Gloria Oshegbo
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
The rise in the use of electronic health records (EHRs) in health care facilities necessitates a standardized tool for evaluating their effectiveness. Delone and McLean’s information system success model (ISSM) was the theoretical foundation, which consists of seven dimensions namely system, information, service qualities, user satisfaction, use, system usefulness, and net benefits. The purpose of this study was to examine EHRs’ efficiency and identify ISSM dimensions that influenced net benefits, the dependent variable. The research questions examined the relationship between dimensions of ISSM and the dimensions that affect net benefits. Participants were recruited using purposeful sampling via social media and …
Staff Education Program: Increasing Nursing Knowledge Of Exclusive Breastfeeding, Leigh Anne Panek
Staff Education Program: Increasing Nursing Knowledge Of Exclusive Breastfeeding, Leigh Anne Panek
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
AbstractIn the initial postpartum period, exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) improves women's and children's health status and outcomes. Gaps in nursing practice that decrease the rate of EBF during hospitalization at this site were identified by the lactation consultant using a standard chart audit during the last two years. The purpose of this Doctor of Nursing Practice education project was to provide a comprehensive education program that included the purpose, philosophy, nursing practice, and evaluation tools for increasing the EBF rates to meet the Joint Commission’s standard of improvement for perinatal care core measures. A formal educational program that included didactic and …
Risk Factors Associated With Access To Intermittent Preventive Treatment For Malaria Among Pregnant Women In Uganda, Mayanja Simon Peter
Risk Factors Associated With Access To Intermittent Preventive Treatment For Malaria Among Pregnant Women In Uganda, Mayanja Simon Peter
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy (IPTp) is an intervention consisting of the full course of therapeutic antimalarial medicine administered to pregnant women during routine antenatal visits regardless of whether the woman is infected with malaria. The use of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy using sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (IPTp-SP) has been reportedly low in most of the malaria endemic areas, including Uganda. The coverage of IPTp in Uganda has been estimated to be as low as 17%. An in-depth secondary data analysis using the 2016 Uganda Department of Health Services survey was conducted to understand the causal relationships between …