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How Organizational Factors Reinforce Or Deter Hostile Workplace Behaviors In The Military: A Grounded Theory Approach, Christina Staebell

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

Organizational culture is the main predictor of hostile workplace behaviors such as discrimination, harassment, and bullying. Psychological safety, inclusive workplace culture, and bystander intervention all show promising effects on deterring hostile workplace behaviors. No research exists that explores military members' perceptions of how the military organizational culture influences the presence of these constructs and how these constructs influence one another and hostile workplace behaviors. The following grounded theory study explored military members' perceptions of how the military organizational culture influences the occurrence of hostile workplace behaviors. The role of psychological safety, inclusive workplace culture, and bystander intervention on hostile workplace …

The Price We Pay: An Integrative Review Exploring The Effects Of Wellness Culture On Nurse Burnout Rates, Rebekah Lillian Vance

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

The purpose of this integrative review is to identify cultural factors contributing to nurse burnout and to explore the strategies and effectiveness of wellness culture and cultural changes on nurse burnout rates. Nurse burnout has been attributed to a myriad of factors and has been identified in nursing since the 1970s. While other professions with similar burnout issues have investigated and implemented culture-wide changes to address burnout, nursing has remained stagnant in the field of burnout research, often applying single interventions that fall short of creating significant, lasting change. An integrative review of nursing, peer-reviewed literature was conducted in an …

Servant Leader Choral Conductor: The Effect Of Servant Leadership In Community Choirs And Community Partnerships, Zachary Debois Cooke

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

Despite servant leadership primarily establishing itself as an appropriate leadership style, there is little research on how servant leadership affects community choirs in music education. Community choirs are prevalent in music education due to the number of individuals seeking choral experiences and community gatherings to sing and express their musicality. This hermeneutic qualitative phenomenological study explores the leadership styles of community choir choral conductors and their perspectives on servant leadership. By surveying current choral conductors of community choirs and community partnerships, this qualitative study identifies the overarching leadership styles and servant leadership qualities that are consciously considered or not implemented …

Missional Leadership: An Instructional Program To Cultivate Leaders Of A Missional Church, Conner Mathias Brew

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

The purpose of this action research project is to design, execute, and evaluate a small group instructional framework that cultivates a missional culture focused on communal discipleship at MVMNT Church, a local church in the Association of Related Churches network, while also addressing a gap in scholarship surrounding the interrelation of discipleship and the missional church. Using a mixed-methods approach, this study leveraged inductive thematic analysis of semi-structured interviews with survey data to validate the lack of discipleship activity at MVMNT Church and moderate-to-low comprehension of topics related to mission, discipleship, and leadership in the church. This project recommended and …

Health Policy: Food Allergy Restaurant Education Law, Joanna Ko

Doctor of Nursing Practice Projects

Food allergies are a rising public health concern with no indication of deceleration. The purpose of this Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) project is to enact an Arkansas state law to protect the food allergy community in dining out at restaurants to increase quality of life and decrease adverse allergic reactions. The current Arkansas state legislation for restaurant food allergy employee training is absent and action needs to be taken to safeguard the food allergy community from life-threatening reactions. The methodology involved contacting the six states that have previously implemented similar food allergy legislation. It encompassed performing a thorough search …

Department Of Defense Project Management Team Leaders: Team Dynamics And Teamwork Strategies During Complex Construction Projects, Shane Frey

Dissertations

Purpose: This qualitative multi-case study explored the challenges, strategies, and recommendations that DOD project management team leaders experienced as they made complex decisions leading successful construction projects based on Parker’s (2008) model.

Methodology: A qualitative multi-case study research design described the challenges, strategies, and recommendations Department of Defense project management team leaders used as they made complex decisions leading successful construction projects.

Findings: Close examination of data collected from interviews and artifacts yielded 117 frequencies for DOD project management team leader's team characteristics, and six themes regarding the lived experiences, challenges, strategies, and recommendations. Five key findings and one unexpected …

Scaling Work-Based Learning: Quality Criteria For Continuous Improvement And Equity, Dania Ibrahim, Heather Penczak, Emily Won

Practitioner Toolkits and Resources

No abstract provided.

Quality Criteria For College And Career Pathways Implementation, Laura Monteagudo, Emily Rusca, Liam Lawson

Practitioner Toolkits and Resources

No abstract provided.

The Oneal Project - Eresources Fusion Friday, Courtney Fuson

Library Faculty Scholarship

An overview of the ONEAL Project, its mission, the curriculum and research so far. ONEAL stands for Open Negotiation Education for Academic Librarians and is a project generously funded by IMLS grant RE-252353-OLS-22.

School Counselors’ Perceptions And Descriptions Of Their Career Counseling Efforts For Non-Honor Roll Students In Career Management, Sherlette C. Burkhalter

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

High-quality career counseling is freely available at U.S. high schools. However, many students choose not to participate in career planning programs, despite being assigned to a school counselor for guidance. There is a projected increase in demand for school counselors; however, there needs to be more literature regarding whether high school students are taking advantage of career planning and how counselors cope with and manage their role in implementing career counseling programs. The purpose of this study was to explore school counselors’ perceptions and descriptions of their career counseling efforts for non-honor roll students in career management. The theoretical framework …

Employees Speak Up: Engaging Voices From The Human Services Field, Henry J. Davis, Janna C. Heyman, Linda White-Ryan, Dana Marlowe

The Journal of Values-Based Leadership

This qualitative study aims to understand the perceptions and experiences of human services professionals working within urban communities with respect to their work experiences, compensation, and work-life balance. Focus groups were used to collect data from direct service staff and executive leadership from diverse agencies. This study examined the words and stories, generating the following overarching themes: (1) dedication to agency model and communities served; (2) compensation and responsibilities; (3) reality of work-life balance; and (4) desire for professional growth and personal growth. The results show that while employees expressed personal fulfillment with their work, the issues of compensation, workload, …

Leadershift Today: Balancing Ego And Altruism, Joan F. Marques

The Journal of Values-Based Leadership

This article addresses a behavioral dichotomy that seems to be a prerequisite in proper leadership performance in today’s world, especially in organizational settings that cultivate a culture of wellness and reciprocal progress. While the involved concepts - ego and altruism - are generally familiar human traits, the need for a shift from one to the other once leadership has been attained, has not been discussed as such before. This article therefore aims to evoke within leaders the awareness of the need to shift their mindset, and therefore their behavior, from ego-driven to collective-focused once elevated into a leadership position. The …

Exploring Recognition, Rewards, And The Multi-Generational Workforce During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Sara J. Hollenbeck

Doctor of Education Program Dissertations

This study sheds light on the importance of rewards and recognition programs in improving employee engagement and highlights the need for organizations to rethink their rewards and recognition strategies to better meet the needs of multi-generational employees. One problem found in organizations was that many current multi-generational employees had low engagement due, in part, to outdated rewards and recognition programs (Agarwal et al., 2018; North, 2017; O.C. Tanner Institute, 2021). There was a gap in research regarding multi-generational employees in multiple professions and their perceptions of rewards and recognition and how those monetary and non-monetary rewards could affect their engagement …

Dimensions Of Mentoring Among Female Managers – An Explanatory Factor Analysis Based On The Global Measure Of Mentoring Practices, Klaudia Blachnicka

European Management Studies

Purpose: The objective of the article is to identify the dimensions of mentoring experienced by female managers. The recognition of the mentoring dimensions serves a significant role in enhancing the understanding of the support received by the mentee and facilitating an accurate evaluation of mentoring within the managerial context, especially in the Polish socio-economic conditions.

Design/methodology/approach:The paper presents the results of an exploratory factor analysis based on data, acquired through an online questionnaire, from 370 female managers at basic, middle and senior levels of management. 18 items Global Measure of Mentoring Practices were used to examine the extent of …

A Decade Of Earth-Centered Scholarship And Activism, Elizabeth Allison

CIIS Faculty Publications

Origin stories reveal the myriad causes that converge to birth a new initiative. On the occasion of its tenth anniversary, this essay looks back to document the context and intellectual lineage out of which the Ecology, Spirituality, and Religion graduate program at the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) emerged in 2013, and suggests some possibilities for the future of transdisciplinary education and the fields of religion and ecology (e.g. Tucker and Grim 2001), religion and nature (e.g. B. Taylor 2010), and spiritual ecology (e.g. Sponsel 2012) more broadly.

Institutional Change And Employee Commitment In The United States Space Force, Daniel M. Dempsey

M.S. in Leadership

Change is desirable by organizations seeking to increase their competitive advantage and the United States Space Force is not immune to those same demands. As the United States’ newest military service, the Space Force initiated sweeping changes in an attempt to modernize how space operations are performed. Each of these changes imposed themselves upon stakeholders across the Space Force enterprise and my project sought understanding about their effects. With an increasing rate during the preceding decades, literary publications show linkages between the success or failure of an organization’s desired change outcomes and the level of commitment demonstrated by its employees. …

Employee Recruitment Policy

Human Resources Policies

Recruitment for faculty and staff should be completed in accordance with the procedures set forth by the Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO), approved by the President in consultation with Legal Affairs, and the appropriate leadership level (i.e., Vice President). Recruitment should also be in compliance with Board of Regents (BOR), state, and federal policies, regulations, and laws.

Early Identification Of Postpartum Depression Symptoms During The Antenatal Period Using The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale, Cherie Didier

DNP and Student Works

This quantitative quality improvement project aimed to assess the effectiveness of implementing the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) during the prenatal period in an obstetrical clinic in Memphis, TN. The primary research question was to investigate whether prenatal screening for postpartum depression (PPD) using the EPDS is effective in identifying at-risk individuals and improving maternal mental health outcomes.

A Micro-Internship Model For Engaging High School Students: A Pilot Of The Illinois Math Badging Initiative, Dania Ibrahim

Practitioner Toolkits and Resources

No abstract provided.

Examining The Digital Literacy Competencies And Practices Of Generation Z Employees In Higher Education, Ashlea L. Wilson

Human Resource Development Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to examine the digital literacy of Gen Z employees in higher education and provide implications for HRD research and practice and contribute to the HRD literature on Gen Z employees in the 21st century workforce. Three research questions guided my study: How do Gen Z employees in higher education experience digital literacy? What digital literacy skills gaps exist in Gen Z employees in higher education? And what can higher education institutions do to close the digital literacy gap for Gen Z employees entering the workforce? To examine the lived experiences of Gen Z employees’ …

The Impact Of Digital Transformation On Improving Audit Quality In Palestine: Empirical Evidence, Iskandar Nashwan

Journal of the Arab American University مجلة الجامعة العربية الامريكية للبحوث

The objective of this study was to determine the impact of digital transformation on improving audit quality through its important stages of planning, implementation, and reporting. The data was collected using the descriptive analytical approach based on a questionnaire. The study was applied to the study population of all auditors working in different accounting and auditing firms in the Gaza Strip, where the number of those firms reached 48 accounting and auditing firms, with 144 auditors working according to the records of the Union of Accountants and Auditors in Gaza Strip. As a result, purposive sampling was used due to …

Successful Strategies Government Executive Stakeholders Use To Mitigate Higher Project Costs And User Adoption Failure Rates, Kimberly Rauscher

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

U.S. government agency projects are under intense scrutiny due to historical reporting of overspending and significant delays; however, only 13% of U.S. government information technology projects over $6M succeed, costing taxpayers money. Grounded in the theory of constraints, the purpose of this qualitative, pragmatic inquiry was to explore strategies that U.S. government executive stakeholders use to mitigate higher project costs and user adoption failure rates. The participants included three U.S. government agency executive stakeholders in Raleigh, North Carolina, the United States, who successfully implemented strategies to mitigate higher project costs and user adoption failure rates. Data were collected data using …

Ecological Factors And Minority Young Adults’ Trust In Law Enforcement, Jason Boswell

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Throughout the past decade, studies have shown that the relationship between police organizations and community members has developed mistrust as more citizens begin to document misconduct by law enforcement officers. Studies have also proven that community members trust the police when they feel the police are fair and just. Distrust of law enforcement undermines the legitimacy of police officers, and without this trust legitimacy, police officers lose their ability and authority to perform their jobs effectively. To help bridge the gap between minority communities and law enforcement agencies, this qualitative phenomenological study was conducted to examine the trust within law …

Introduction: Leading Social Change From The Lived Experience Of Intersectionality, Margaret Grogan, Aubrey H. Wang

Education Faculty Books and Book Chapters

This introductory chapter explains why education leadership for social change is an urgent priority and how principals, superintendents and other leaders who identify as anti-racist, inclusive, and activist can conceptualize their work. To frame the examples of Critical Leadership Praxis (CLP), (Pak & Ravitch, 2021) that the seven practitioner-scholars write about, Grogan and Wang describe the current context of leadership expectations and review the development of leadership theories alternative to the mainstream discourse. They outline current theories of intersectionality, and consider how storytelling and counter stories can illuminate the value of lived experiences of multiple marginality. This introduction also describes …

Air Force Institute Of Technology Research Report 2022, Air Force Institute Of Technology

AFIT Documents

This report summarizes the research activities of the Air Force Institute of Technology's Graduate School of Engineering and Management, as well as AFIT's research centers. It describes research interests and faculty expertise; list student theses/dissertations; identifies research sponsors and contributions; and outlines the procedure for contacting entities within the Institution.

Air Force Institute Of Technology Research Report 2021, Air Force Institute Of Technology

AFIT Documents

This report summarizes the research activities of the Air Force Institute of Technology's Graduate School of Engineering and Management, as well as AFIT's research centers. It describes research interests and faculty expertise; list student theses/dissertations; identifies research sponsors and contributions; and outlines the procedure for contacting entities within the Institution.

How Leaders Make Sense Of Esg To Lead Sustainable Businesses: Multiple Case Studies, Tiffany M. Crosby

PhD in Organizational Leadership

This multiple case qualitative research study involved an exploration of ESG leadership in four publicly-traded Midwestern U.S. sustainability-oriented companies to determine what the process of leading ESG looks like, how sustainability leaders integrate environmental, social, and economic goals, and how an organization’s internal and external affect sustainability leadership. Numerous quantitative studies have linked prevailing behavioral leadership theories to improved financial performance outcomes for sustainability-oriented companies, but qualitative research into ESG leadership practices has been limited, creating a gap that is addressed through this study. Using a conceptual framework grounded in upper-echelon and stakeholder theories, the ESG leadership practices of an …

Effective Leadership And Its Impact On The Educational Community, Betti Shahin, Susan Rowan, Toleen Mazloum, Nadia Kawar

Journal of Educational Leadership in Action

Background: In the contemporary era characterized by globalization and rapid technological advancement, education is a paramount force driving human progress, with academic performance as an essential metric for its efficacy. Researchers have diligently investigated various factors affecting academic performance, encompassing environmental and student-centered variables. Objective: This paper undertakes a distinctive exploration, directing attention to the nuanced impact of the principal's leadership on the overall performance of the educational community, including educators and students. Delving into factors beyond conventional metrics, such as the principal's leadership style, classroom size, teacher's salary, and faculty development and mentoring, the study unravels the complex dynamics …

Symbols For Schools: Types Of School Nicknames, How They Are Formed, And Implications For Leaders, Andrew Hudacs

Journal of Educational Leadership in Action

School nicknames are powerful symbols representing the shared values and culture of their respective communities. This descriptive mixed method-study attempts to illuminate patterns in current school nicknames and examine ways that school leaders and communities approach changes to their nicknames. Nicknames from 1108 postsecondary schools were identified and analyzed with mixed methods to form a classification system that was then used to measure relationships between nicknames and school characteristics. A thematic text analysis of institutional nickname descriptions shows that the origins of nicknames vary, both in their inspirations (from presidential committees to sports journalists) and their process of selection (from …

Study On The Structural Influence Mechanism Of Robot Construction On Real Estate Project Costs: Moderating Effect Of Management Change, Xiujuan Wei

Dissertations and Theses Collection (Open Access)

Cost control in construction is crucial for the survival of real estate enterprises. Especially in the context of cyclical downturns in the real estate industry, it is essential to achieve cost reduction and efficiency improvement in real estate projects. Currently, the widespread application of robotics technology may hold the key to achieving this goal. Robotics technology is widely recognized for its ability to automate tasks and reduce labor costs. However, it also brings about transformative impacts on management, organization, production, and processes, which can paradoxically increase project costs. Unfortunately, there is a lack of research focusing on the impact of …