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Transformational Leadership And Quality In Head Start Programs, Carol L. Morrison Jan 2018

Transformational Leadership And Quality In Head Start Programs, Carol L. Morrison

All Capstone Projects

This study examines the leadership style of Head Start and Early Head Start leaders in the context of program quality. The study was designed to answer the question: Does transformational leadership contribute to quality in Head Start/Early Head Start programs?

The study used a quantitative design within a transformational leadership theory framework. Head Start/Early Head Start directors, education coordinators, site/center directors and chief executive officers received an email request to answer a brief (10- to 15-minute) survey. Questions included the education level of the leader, leader’s years of experience, program site accreditation by the National Association for the Education of …

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An Historical Analysis Of Women’S Emergence Into Intercollegiate Athletic Leadership: Eastern Michigan University, A Case Study, Cheyenne Luzynski Jan 2018

An Historical Analysis Of Women’S Emergence Into Intercollegiate Athletic Leadership: Eastern Michigan University, A Case Study, Cheyenne Luzynski

Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations

The implementation of Title IX has increased women’s participation rates in intercollegiate athletics tenfold, yet women’s representation in athletic leadership remains marginal compared to men. As such, the purpose of this study was to understand the social construction of gender as it relates to intercollegiate athletic leadership at Eastern Michigan University. The study explored the history of sporting activities as a mechanism to shape and perpetuate masculine and feminine culture. These values (i.e, competitiveness and cooperativeness) were institutionalized in higher education as sex-segregated physical education and athletic functions. This historical case study applied organizational and institutional theory analyzing the institutional, …

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The Influence Of Employee's Perceptions Of Top Management Support, Information Technology Competence, Technology Strategy, Organizational Climate, And Organization's Nationality On Information Systems Security, And Quality Success, Saud Fawwaz Alsahli Jan 2018

The Influence Of Employee's Perceptions Of Top Management Support, Information Technology Competence, Technology Strategy, Organizational Climate, And Organization's Nationality On Information Systems Security, And Quality Success, Saud Fawwaz Alsahli

Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations

This research investigated the relationship between levels of top management, information technology, competence, technology strategy, and organizational climate within an organization and organization’s success of information systems. The study conducted a quantitative study of 120 employees working for two organizations within the Ministry of Interior in Saudi Arabia and determine whether organizational attributes affect changes in information systems success. In addition, an American organization (40 employees) was used as a comparison. The analysis of the study found that top management support, information technology competence, technology strategy, and organizational climate were strongly correlated with information systems success in Saudi organizations. In …

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Strategies To Influence A Quality And Compliance Culture, Betsy Macht, Anne Davis Jan 2018

Strategies To Influence A Quality And Compliance Culture, Betsy Macht, Anne Davis

International Journal of Applied Management and Technology

Sales of defective or substandard products carry a potential risk of unintended effects on the consumer. The purpose of this single-case study was to explore the strategies to influence a culture of quality and compliance. Findings identified the value of weaving quality and compliance into a unified matrix to establish a holistic approach to endowing the organizational culture with the behaviors and habits that drive quality and compliance across business unit boundaries. To treat any aspect of quality and compliance as a separate element of the culture may undermine the overall effectiveness of quality and compliance programs, leaving room for …

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Improving The Process Of Anatomical Specimen Transportation Over Long Distances Using Lean Methodologies: A Case Study, Michael E. Mazzotta Jan 2018

Improving The Process Of Anatomical Specimen Transportation Over Long Distances Using Lean Methodologies: A Case Study, Michael E. Mazzotta

MUSC Theses and Dissertations

Industry experts agree the health care industry in the United States has been fraught with rising costs and wastes for many years. The purpose of this study was to investigate and examine the potential benefits of applying Lean methods to improve specimen transportation over long distances. Lean processing has been used in manufacturing for decades and has recently been adapted for use in health care. Lean addresses waste, efficiency, process flow, and bottleneck issues. Lean was selected over Six Sigma because Lean based projects are more straightforward, less costly to implement and increase the efficiency to reduce waste that may …

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Traits Of Leadership For Efficacious Communication Of Project Management In Software Industry Of Pakistan, Muhammad Ibrahim Abdullah, Muddassar Sarfraz, Syed Murtaza Hussain Kazmi Jan 2018

Traits Of Leadership For Efficacious Communication Of Project Management In Software Industry Of Pakistan, Muhammad Ibrahim Abdullah, Muddassar Sarfraz, Syed Murtaza Hussain Kazmi

Khazar Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences

This study aims at exploring the essential personas a project manager as a leader must possess for an effective communication. This study has been conducted in the context of Pakistani Software industry and the data was collected by running a self-administrated online survey distributed to the employees: managers and subordinates. Latest studies are focusing on Trustworthiness and old studies have presented Transformation and Transaction Leaders‟ traits. Communication is vital, and its importance cannot be denied. Communication must possess Trustworthiness, Fairness and Candidness factors which this study highlights and stresses to be as the most important traits of a PM. Pakistani …

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Pastoral Well-Being & Beyond: Three Streams Of Pastoral Health And Personal Development, Brandon J. Morrow Jan 2018

Pastoral Well-Being & Beyond: Three Streams Of Pastoral Health And Personal Development, Brandon J. Morrow

Doctor of Ministry

Every year, the North American church experiences an overwhelming percentage of pastors who leave the ministry, citing internal and external pressures for their decisions to abandon what they once perceived as their divine calling. Many pastors are forced into a personal development strategy that is neither helpful, nor holistic, pursuing scads of resources outside of Christian and theological disciplines, many of which are misapplied. These drastically affect the long-term health of pastors and their overall health and effectiveness in ministry. How can pastors develop a personal development strategy that adequately accounts for the major areas of health in the life …

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User Response To Mandatory It Use: A Coping Theory Perspective, Anol Bhattacherjee, Christopher J. Davis, Amy J. Connolly, Neset Hikmet Jan 2018

User Response To Mandatory It Use: A Coping Theory Perspective, Anol Bhattacherjee, Christopher J. Davis, Amy J. Connolly, Neset Hikmet

School of Information Systems and Management Faculty Publications

The introduction of a new information technology (IT) into a workplace often engenders a wide range of responses among users. These responses encompass a variety of emotions, such as excitement, indifference, skepticism, and fear, and behaviors, such as user engagement, avoidance, and workarounds, that are often manifested concurrently in the same work environment. We present a taxonomy of these responses in the context of mandated IT use by classifying user responses as engaged, compliant, reluctant, or deviant. Using a coping theoretic lens, we offer seven propositions to describe the causal factors and processes that drive specific IT user responses and …

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Big Theories In Small Places: Lean/Six Sigma In The Small To Medium Size Nonprofit – Can They Work?, John Lochner Jan 2018

Big Theories In Small Places: Lean/Six Sigma In The Small To Medium Size Nonprofit – Can They Work?, John Lochner

School of Business Student Theses and Dissertations

There is an increasing emphasis by donors and the public towards accountability and demonstration of results in the nonprofit sector. Quantitative measures are increasingly expected from donors of the nonprofit organization, whether individuals or larger foundations, to demonstrate value and generate further support. As such, there have been many efforts to introduce practices of private sector management theory, specifically performance management theories, to the non-profit sector. Enterprise Performance Management, Business Process Management, Total Quality Management, Balanced Scorecard, and other programs of this type are all the trend to enable the more agile, responsive, effective organization. These initiatives have however focused …

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A Program Evaluation Of The Impact Of The Positive Behavioral Intervention And Supports Program On An Urban High School, Brittany M. Ray Jan 2018

A Program Evaluation Of The Impact Of The Positive Behavioral Intervention And Supports Program On An Urban High School, Brittany M. Ray

Doctor of Education Dissertations

This dissertation was designed to observe the impact of Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) on a large urban high school. This study attempted to answer the following question: Is the School-Wide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (SWPBIS) program an effective model to meaningfully decrease student misbehavior and disruptions in a large urban high school as determined by the number of office discipline referrals (ODRs), in-school suspension (ISS) reports, out-of-school suspension (OSS) reports, and truancy reports? What are the differences in disciplinary data from the 2014-2015 to 2016-2017 school years? Overall, the study examined SWPBIS to determine if it is …

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Human Essence: Toward A Relational Reconstruction, Kenneth J. Gergen Jan 2018

Human Essence: Toward A Relational Reconstruction, Kenneth J. Gergen

Psychology Faculty Works

This chapter opens with a social constructionist perspective on human essences. As proposed, essences are not given in nature, but constructed within cultural traditions. Thus, the major challenge is not that of “getting it right” about the essence, but generating accounts that may contribute to society. A criterion of reflective pragmatism is proposed in which questions of contribution and critique prevail. In this light the chapter places in critical light the bio-cognitive and neurological explanations of human nature, especially focusing on the ideological and political implications of these orientations. In contrast, discussion opens on relational conceptions of human essence. Several …

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The Social Construction Of Reality: Traces And Transformation, Kenneth J. Gergen Jan 2018

The Social Construction Of Reality: Traces And Transformation, Kenneth J. Gergen

Psychology Faculty Works

Gergen provides a reflection on the intellectual context in which The Social Construction of Reality emerged and the subsequent transformation taking place in assumptions and practices. As he proposes, while the Berger and Luckmann thesis provided a major catalyst to the emerging dialogues, subsequent developments in critical theory, literary and rhetorical theory and the history of science added vital dimensions to understanding. The earlier emphasis on social phenomenology was largely eclipsed by a concern with the linguistic construction of reality; discussions of social structure and individual experience were largely replaced by a focus on the social or dialogic construction of …

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Organizational Identification Of Personnel During A Major Restructuring: The Case Of The Agricultural Training Institute, Andrew D. Gasmen, Rowena Dt. Baconguis, Maria Ana T. Quimbo Jan 2018

Organizational Identification Of Personnel During A Major Restructuring: The Case Of The Agricultural Training Institute, Andrew D. Gasmen, Rowena Dt. Baconguis, Maria Ana T. Quimbo

Journal of Public Affairs and Development

Earlier studies found that extension organizations enjoy strong organizational identification (OID) among their personnel. However, organizational change often negatively impacts on personnel OID and subsequently on organizational performance. To explore these two contrasting views in the Philippine context, this study was conducted to examine the personnel OID of the Agricultural Training Institute (ATI), the country’s lead extension agency, while undergoing rationalization. A survey was conducted among staff members of ATI Central Office and Region IV-A Training Center. Responses were analyzed along OID’s cognitive and affective components in different demographic and employment characteristics and comparatively in five categories of personnel. Results …

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Pediatric Early Intervention Improvement Through Utilization Of The Parents' Evaluation Of Developmental Status Screening Tool, Shannon Tillar Thompson Jan 2018

Pediatric Early Intervention Improvement Through Utilization Of The Parents' Evaluation Of Developmental Status Screening Tool, Shannon Tillar Thompson

Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)

Developmental delays are commonly identified in roughly 12% of children in the United States. While the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has recommended “standardized developmental screening tests” to be given at the 9, 18, and 30 (or 24 month) well child visits since 2006, its use is not widely practiced. This delay in identification of developmental delays decreases the likelihood that children will be enrolled in early intervention services, which worsens outcomes in cognitive, social, and emotional functioning, and leads to higher future healthcare costs. A gap analysis of a San Diego, California community health clinic highlighted the lack of …

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The Use Of Outside Agents To Improve Special Education Service Delivery: A Mixed-Methods Analysis, Christine E. Young Jan 2018

The Use Of Outside Agents To Improve Special Education Service Delivery: A Mixed-Methods Analysis, Christine E. Young

Theses and Dissertations

Under the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, states created statewide systems of support, in collaboration with existing agencies, to deliver targeted assistance to districts and schools identified as in need of support. With limited personnel and resources, state education agencies partnered with outside agents to address the needs of a growing number of low-performing schools. Support and services for low-performing schools were designed to increase opportunities for schools to meet academic content and achievement standards for all students. Strong outside agents (skilled in systems change, knowledge of interventions and capacity for relationship-building) have been shown to produce changes …

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Modeling The Psychiatric Aspects Of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome And Induced Stress, Danielle Peecher Jan 2018

Modeling The Psychiatric Aspects Of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome And Induced Stress, Danielle Peecher

All Master's Theses

Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is an endocrine disorder in women that is characterized by excess testosterone and is associated with increased risk of infertility. Women with PCOS also show higher rates of depression and anxiety. Modeling PCOS in mice via administration of dihydrotestosterone (DHT) results in physiological alterations that are consistent with the physiological symptoms of PCOS in women. While some studies have investigated behavioral changes in PCOS mouse models, findings have varied. Thus, the current research examined whether a PCOS model with an additional stress factor resulted in behavioral changes. To create a stress condition, subjects were implanted with …

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Forming Resilient Rostered Ministers: A Proposed Model For First Call Ministry Formation For The North/West Lower Michigan Synod-Elca, Christian A. Timm Jan 2018

Forming Resilient Rostered Ministers: A Proposed Model For First Call Ministry Formation For The North/West Lower Michigan Synod-Elca, Christian A. Timm

Doctor of Ministry

According to the Gospels, Jesus of Nazareth selected twelve men to be his disciples. Three years later, one of the twelve had betrayed Jesus and ended his own liferepresenting an apostolic attrition rate of eight percent. One challenge to Christian denominations today is the attrition rate of trained pastors and deacons serving in congregational settings. Research suggests that up to 50 percent of pastors leave congregational ministry within ten years of their ordination. Other sources dispute these figures. Although up to 20% may leave congregational ministry in favor of specialized ministries, further study, or retirement, a significant number report leaving …

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Physio-Cognitive Risk Factors That Affect Human Performance In Aviation, Daniel Kwasi Adjekum Jan 2018

Physio-Cognitive Risk Factors That Affect Human Performance In Aviation, Daniel Kwasi Adjekum

Aviation Faculty Publications

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2018-2019 Undergraduate Bulletin, Rochester Institute Of Technology Jan 2018

2018-2019 Undergraduate Bulletin, Rochester Institute Of Technology

RIT Digital Archives

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Gold Standard For Green Spiders: Proposals For Excellence In Sustainability At The University Of Richmond, Harleen Bal, Quinn Egner, Ganon Hingst, Ashley James, Mary Kate Jaromin, Caroline Jones, Maria Psarakis, Callie Rountree-Jablin, Peter D. Smallwood Jan 2018

Gold Standard For Green Spiders: Proposals For Excellence In Sustainability At The University Of Richmond, Harleen Bal, Quinn Egner, Ganon Hingst, Ashley James, Mary Kate Jaromin, Caroline Jones, Maria Psarakis, Callie Rountree-Jablin, Peter D. Smallwood

Environmental Studies Senior Seminar Projects

The University of Richmond should commit to achieving the Gold Standard rating by the AASHE Campus Sustainability Index by 2024. Gold Standard for Green Spiders includes eight proposals that taken together, will move UR up from our current silver rating to gold. This volume also includes short summaries of the sustainability programs of eight of the top ten most sustainable liberal arts colleges in the nation. The eight student authors of these chapters completed their works as part of the Environmental Studies Senior Seminar course, the capstone course for Environmental Studies majors.

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An Analysis Of Skill-Biased Technical Change Across Demographic Groups, Madison Lindsay Jan 2018

An Analysis Of Skill-Biased Technical Change Across Demographic Groups, Madison Lindsay

Honors Theses

I adopt a measure of task-based routineness from Autor and Dorn (2013) to investigate the effects of routineness on various demographic groups. I analyze data from the Current Population Surveys between 1976 and 2017 to determine which groups, separated by race, gender, and age, are most strongly affected by routine-biased technological change. My findings suggest that women are most negatively affected by occupational routineness. Further, both women’s concentration in highly routine occupations and women’s educational attainment trends from 1976 to 2017 could explain women’s increasing susceptibility to changes in routineness.

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Human Resource Strategies And Sustainability In Small Businesses, Christopher Rice Jan 2018

Human Resource Strategies And Sustainability In Small Businesses, Christopher Rice

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Research shows that due to a lack of strategy in managing human resources (HR), small businesses frequently close within the first 5 years of operation. The purpose of this multiple case study was to explore the strategies that HR managers used to maintain business operations for longer than the first 5 years. The targeted population comprised 2 owners of small business in North Carolina who used HR strategies successfully to sustain their businesses for longer than 5 years. Data collection methods included face-to-face, semistructured interviews and the review of the company documents associated with owners of the businesses and their …

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Strategies For Integrating And Sustaining Disruptive Innovations In Small Businesses, Robert Allen Jan 2018

Strategies For Integrating And Sustaining Disruptive Innovations In Small Businesses, Robert Allen

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

The evolution of technology has led to a need for business leaders to embrace disruptive technology for the purpose of capturing new markets and remaining competitive. Multiple challenges have been faced by business leaders in the processes of integrating and sustaining disruptive innovations, resulting in the failure to achieve expected efficiency and profitability. The purpose of this multiple case study was to explore strategies used by business leaders to integrate and sustain disruptive innovations. The conceptual frameworks were Roger's diffusion of innovation theory and Christensen's disruptive innovation theory. Semistructured interviews were administered to 10 business leaders and employees from institutions …

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Educating Primary Care Nurses On Phosphorus Management In Chronic Kidney Disease Patients, Lilian Somuah Jan 2018

Educating Primary Care Nurses On Phosphorus Management In Chronic Kidney Disease Patients, Lilian Somuah

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Fifteen percent of adults in the United States have been diagnosed with chronic kidney disease (CKD). CKD is the slow, progressive, and irreversible loss of kidney function. The most effective means of controlling CKD is by managing dietary phosphorus intake. It is important that staff nurses be educated about effective patient education tools to improve dietary phosphorus management. The purpose of this project was to educate primary care nurses about phosphorus management in CKD patients through the introduction of the phosphorus pyramid as a visual tool. The project sought to understand if an educational intervention regarding phosphorus management in CKD …

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Transformational Leadership Behaviors Of Public Sector Leaders In Barbados, Shantal Maxine Munro-Knight Jan 2018

Transformational Leadership Behaviors Of Public Sector Leaders In Barbados, Shantal Maxine Munro-Knight

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Senior officials in the public service in Barbados, who are charged with the responsibility of leading and managing government ministries and departments, play a critical role in fostering reform initiatives. Few empirical studies have examined specific leadership behaviors in the context of managing change in Barbados. The purpose of this qualitative case study was to identify the specific leadership behaviors of senior officials in public service and to explore the use of transformative leadership by public sector administrators to effect reform initiatives. With Bass and Avolio's full-range leadership theory (FRLT) as the theoretical framework, the research question for this study …

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Subsidiary Development Of New Technologies: Managing Technological Changes In Multinational And Geographic Space, Anupama Phene, Stephen Tallman Jan 2018

Subsidiary Development Of New Technologies: Managing Technological Changes In Multinational And Geographic Space, Anupama Phene, Stephen Tallman

Management Faculty Publications

This study explores the co-evolution of the subsidiaries of the multinational firm with their global organizations and geographic locations. We examine when and how subsidiaries make sense of and respond to technological changes in these environments to expand their scope and develop new technologies. Using the concept of local search, we propose that technological changes in a subsidiary’s parent firm and host country, in areas specific to the subsidiary’s expertise and at the broad industry level, have differential effects on subsidiary development of new technologies. We further propose that subsidiary innovative capability acts as a moderator, enabling subsidiaries to respond …

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Strategies To Decrease Business Failure In Small And Medium-Sized Enterprises, Pantiva Navamarat Jan 2018

Strategies To Decrease Business Failure In Small And Medium-Sized Enterprises, Pantiva Navamarat

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

In Southeast Asia, many small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) fail each year; in 2010, SME failure rate exceeded 50%. The purpose of this multiple case study was to explore strategies that some SME business leaders use to decrease the failure rate of SMEs in Southeast Asia. The target population consisted of 5 SME business leaders in Southeast Asia who demonstrated success in using strategies to decrease the failure rate of SMEs. The conceptual framework for this study was the Ulrich model, which supports the notion that a human resource manager needs to be involved in overall organizational decision making as …

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Strategies To Improve Business Performance With Information From Social Media, Taylor Chan Jan 2018

Strategies To Improve Business Performance With Information From Social Media, Taylor Chan

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

In the past 3 decades, China has experienced rapid economic growth. The China retail market reached renminbi (RMB) 29,651 billion in 2016, up by 10.4% from 2015. Using traditional ways that developed before the Internet era to acquire information regarding customers' changing preferences for products and services in a fast-moving business world is insufficient to support management in the retail industry to make informed strategic decisions. The purpose of this multiple case study was to explore successful customer-centric strategies that business leaders used to improve business performance with marketing information acquired from social media. The population comprised business leaders from …

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Strategies To Implement Succession Planning In A Nonprofit, Talecia Y. Parks Jan 2018

Strategies To Implement Succession Planning In A Nonprofit, Talecia Y. Parks

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Surveys of nonprofit organizations conducted between 2004 and 2014 showed that 74% of the 6,923 leaders surveyed did not have a succession plan. In this qualitative single case study, the human capital theory was used as a guide to explore strategies used to implement a succession plan by 3 nonprofit leaders in a single nonprofit organization in a large metropolitan city in Southeastern Georgia. The participants were selected based on their implementation of succession plan strategies and geographical location. Semistructured interviews and document review were used to collect the data, which were analyzed using Yin's 5-step approach. Three themes emerged: …

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Cultural Integration In Organizational Partnership With Statutory And Quasi Implications, Adeline Ukachi Emihe Jan 2018

Cultural Integration In Organizational Partnership With Statutory And Quasi Implications, Adeline Ukachi Emihe

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

The current academic literature is inadequate on the possibility of applying a typological model of effective cultural integration within the context of public-private partnerships, particularly when governments collaborate with multinational corporations. Using Schein's organizational cultural framework as the foundation, the purpose of this case study of a partnership between a West African government and a multinational petroleum corporation is to understand clearly how synergistic cultural integration coupled with statutory requirements could catalyze public-private partnership success. Data for this study came from interviews with American or Nigerian individuals who were familiar with the partnership in the West African country, a review …

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