Digital Commons Network^™

Chapter 10: Improving Organizational Commitment To Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, And Belonging, Abeni El-Amin Ph.D.

Management Faculty Publications

This chapter aims to provide useful information about the implementation of diversity equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) to improve organizational performance. This chapter provides a conceptual framework for organizational leaders who desire additional awareness and knowledge regarding the nature, extent, and impact of diverse employees’ barriers. Further, the purpose of this endeavor is to demonstrate that the persistent lack of recruitment, promotion, and retention of diverse employees is due to systemic, structural, organizational, institutional, cultural, and societal obstacles. Further, the theory of generative interactions (TGI) supports how obstacles must be acknowledged and eliminated through increased awareness of the issues linked …

Chapter 7: The Business Case For Implementing A Diversity And Inclusion Quality-Based Strategy, Abeni El-Amin Ph.D.

Management Faculty Publications

Diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) strategy consists of theories, concepts, and methods that managers can use to ensure organizations achieve profitability and long-term growth. A DEIB strategy utilizing quality management principles helps leaders make better decisions to improve competitive position and create value for its key stakeholders. This chapter provides managers and leaders a perspective on organizational development. Further, DEIB strategic thinking applies to organizations regardless of their activities. This chapter introduces DEIB leaders to the main theories, concepts, and models of strategic analysis from a quality perspective and emphasizes their role in diversity management practices.

Chapter 12: A Shared Vision For Online Teaching Effectiveness Of K-12 Steam Minority Teachers, Abeni El-Amin Ph.D., Saundra Johnson Austin

Management Faculty Publications

This chapter presents a model to improve the online teaching effectiveness of K-12 science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics (STEAM) educators who teach underrepresented minority (URM) students. Further, K-12 institutions must consider the imperative by creating a STEAM professional advocacy network (SPAN) through which the online teaching effectiveness of K-12 STEAM teachers is improved. Ultimately, SPAN seeks to broaden the participation of URM students in STEAM from high-need, racially diverse learning environments nationwide. There is an initiated three-phase process through SPAN that begins with a pre-launch phase to convene an advisory board. The three phases of SPAN are program implementation, …

Chapter 1: Organizational Climate Change: Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, And Belonging, Abeni El-Amin Ph.D.

Management Faculty Publications

Increasing knowledge and understanding of diversity and inclusion is a continuous process. Appropriately, the organizational chief diversity officer (CDO) provides leadership by implementing strategic business and planning process solutions. The CDO’s role presents a unique opportunity for organizations to support the CDO with an onboarding and mentoring framework. Additionally, the role of the chief diversity officer is to mitigate workplace stress. Further, the impact of industrial and organizational psychology on cultural assimilation practices in the workforce improves the understanding of behavioral factors of group dynamics. As a result, group dynamics impact diversity and inclusion initiatives. Provided are recommendations to support …

Change Leadership And The Law School Curriculum, Joan Macleod Heminway

Scholarly Works

No abstract provided.

Preface: Implementing Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, And Belonging Management In Organizational Change Initiatives, Abeni El-Amin Ph.D.

Management Faculty Publications

Implementing Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging Management in Organizational Change Initiatives is an indispensable reference source that provides an interdisciplinary perspective of how issues and challenges pertaining to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging Management (DEIB) affect organizational performance. Additionally, there has been a fundamental shift in the importance of DEIB initiatives in organizations. Further, as leaders navigate change management, they must ask themselves critical questions: what went right, wrong, and what can be improved? Leaders must encourage stakeholders’ to openly share their experiences when DEIB issues arise. Leaders may find challenges engaging stakeholders’ due to a myriad of concerns yet …

Rethinking Human Resources Management In A Complex Context: Proposing Systemic Human Resources Management (Sys Hrm), Regina Tendayi

Full-Text Theses & Dissertations

The emerging disruptive business environment world-wide presents complex challenges to the theory and practice of human resources management (HRM) globally, including the United States. In this dissertation, I argue that against a volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA) context, HRM should adopt systems thinking methodologies, approaches, frameworks, and tools to ensure sustainable HRM problem-solving and decision-making. To this end, I formulated a new approach that I labelled Systemic Human Resources Management (Sys HRM). I emphasized that Sys HRM does not replace traditional methodologies but rather, it is complementary to prevailing HRM methodologies, approaches, tools, and frameworks. Using a case study …

Integration Intrapreneurship: Implementing Innovation In A Public Healthcare Organization, Perrin Moss, Nicole Hartley, Trevor Russell

Project ECHO Bibliography

Aim: As global events impact the way organizations operate and innovate in response to regional, workforce and consumer needs, the concept of intrapreneurism is attracting growing interest from policymakers and executives, particularly within the healthcare sector. The aim of this study was to capture the key learnings from the implementation of a telementoring pilot, to understand how intrapreneurship can embed innovation within an established organization to effect more integrated healthcare.

Purpose: A qualitative approach was used with a phenomenological lens to explore the key learnings of the Project ECHO ® (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) pilot implementation to provide an …

Recruiting, Retaining, And Advancing Women In Stem At An Hbcu:A Model For Institutional Transformation, Sherrice V. Allen, Anna Lee, Maya Corneille, Robin N. Coger, Margaret I. Kanipes, Stephanie Luster-Teasley, Anthony Depass

Articles

Women, especially women of color (WOC), STEM faculty are underrepresented in full professor and leadership positions and overrepresented in non-tenure track positions. It is essential to develop organizational-level approaches which foster equitable and sustainable practices that lead to the success of women STEM faculty at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). The purpose of this paper is to share a model for institutional transformation focusing on recruitment, retention, and advancement of women STEM faculty. We describe our approaches, outcomes, challenges, successes, and lessons learned to serve as a model for other institutions. In order to transform our institution, we focused …

Zoom In/Zoom Out: Equity In Tenure And Promotion Discussions, Advance It North Carolina Agricultural And Technical State University

Commitment to Faculty Success Workshop Series

No abstract provided.

The Perfect Fit: Fostering Equity, Inclusion And Transparency In Faculty Hiring Decisions, Advance It North Carolina Agricultural And Technical State University

Commitment to Faculty Success Workshop Series

No abstract provided.

Implementing Green Human Resources Management To Promote Sustainability Development: Application From Telecommunication Companies In Kingdom Of Bahrain, Saeed Hameed Aldulaimi, Mohammed Yousif Abo Keir, Marwan Mohamed Abdeldayem

Journal of Statistics Applications & Probability

Green Human Resource Management (GHRM) has increasing attention because of the environmental management and development matters. Also, sustainable Green Human Resource Management has gained its unique position in the field of research. The purpose of this study is to discover if the GHRM is applied in the telecommunication companies in the Kingdom of Bahrain. The study distributed 620 survey forms to a random sample of employees working in the human resources of 3 telecommunication companies, namely, Zain, STC and Batelco. While, only 580 forms received and found valid for analysis. The results of the study concluded that the Bahraini telecommunication …

Unprme Annual Report, 2022, United Nations Global Compact

Resources

No abstract provided.

Stakeholder Management, Engagement & Identification, Stephen Puopolo

Lean in Higher Education

USNH 2022 Virtual Lean presentation.

Organizational Change Process Milwaukee - Theory Of Change, Quality Improvement Center For Workforce Development

Other QIC-WD Products

Through a series of steps and causal links, a theory of change provides a roadmap to address the root causes of an identified workforce problem and describes how and why changes are expected to lead to the desired outcomes. In Milwaukee, the theory of change was driven by the results of the Organizational Social Context (OSC) Measure administered during the needs assessment process. More specifically, the OSC showed that there were several aspects of both culture and climate that were in need of improvement, including 1) a hierarchical and rigid decision-making structure, 2) high role conflict and change resistance within …

A Framework Of Leadership Cultural Dimensions In Outsourced Projects, Donnette Noble Ph.D., Ganesh Vaidyanathan

Leadership Faculty Publications

Outsourced projects are implemented often in environments that are impacted by factors that are internal and external to a firm. One key factor that impacts the success of outsourced projects is corporate culture. This paper explores how corporate culture impacts outsourced projects and what factors of corporate culture influence outsourced projects. We formulate a framework of key cultural dimensions in outsourced projects to help business and Information Technology leaders understand and mitigate cultural issues in outsourced projects.

Hispanic-Serving Institutions As Racialized Organizations: Elevating Intersectional Consciousness To Reframe The “H” In Hsis, Blanca Elizabeth Vega, Román Liera, Mildred Boveda

Department of Educational Leadership Scholarship and Creative Works

Conceptualizations of servingness must include an understanding of how racial ideologies shape Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs). Three Latinx scholars offer testimonios on our experiences as students, faculty, and researchers at teaching and research-intensive HSIs. From our testimonios, we found that practices of Blanqueamiento (Whitening of a population) and Mestizaje (racial mixture) operate at HSIs to flatten our understanding of Hispanics in U.S. society. To make sense of our testimonios within these HSI contexts and constraints, we applied an intersectional consciousness perspective on racialized organizations. Findings include Whiteness operating as a credential, legitimizing unequal resources, diminishing agency among minoritized groups, and continued …

Do Multilingual Employees Better Adjust To Work Environment Changes? Examining The Case Of A Credit Union During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Timothy Veach, Yeongjoon Yoon, John D. Iglesias

Faculty Publications - College of Business

Purpose: Organizations have been challenged to identify antecedents to improved employee adjustment to the work environment changes that arose in the wake of the COVID-19 global pandemic. This study explores the effect of multilingualism on employee ability to adjust to workplace changes based on the concept that multilinguals have been found to switch between tasks more efficiently as compared to monolinguals. Methodology: Applying a sequential explanatory mixed methods research approach, quantitative performance evaluation data on 207 credit union employees is analyzed using hierarchical linear modeling to predict employee performance, and thematic analysis of qualitative data representing the adjustment narratives of …

Going Backstage: Examining Justice Perceptions Of Electronic Performance Monitoring, Maurice Harris

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Organizations are rapidly adopting emerging technologies, popularly known in the media as “bossware,” that track the behaviors of employees. The use of these technologies to monitor worker performance is known as electronic performance monitoring (EPM) in the academic literature. EPM systems increasingly utilize advanced algorithms, equipping companies with the capabilities to expose employees' actions, thoughts, and feelings. Prior research on EPM has focused mainly on the reactions of front-line workers, ignoring the perceptions of employees who work at different hierarchical levels within their organizations. An organizational justice perspective is used to examine how a company’s decision to grant employees the …

Tech-Savvy School Principals Leveraging Crisis Leadership To Support Teaching And Learning In Their Schools Through Covid-19 Pandemic, Mohsen Alzahrani

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this exploratory case study was to learn about the effective practices that recognized tech-savvy principals enacted to support teaching and learning in their schools during the first academic year of the COVID-19 crisis. The study involved semi structured interviews with five recognized tech-savvy school principals. It also involved analyzing supporting materials and documents.

The findings of this study indicated that tech-savvy principals were not stuck in the structural rut that most principals found themselves in during the COVID-19 crisis. Four main themes emerged from the data. The first theme addressed how recognized tech-savvy principals demonstrated decisive decision …

Case Study: Personalities And Military Leadership Styles, Joseph Hauser

M.S. in Leadership

The purpose of this research is to understand if there is a correlation between personality traits and preferred leadership style in the military. It examines the four personality traits given by Don Lowry, who created the True ColorsTM personality test, which are represented by color. This research will look into each of the four colors and examine their attributes. Furthermore, this research will look to three leadership styles: Situational, Transactional, and Transformational Leadership. Lastly, the data will be examined to understand if personality has any influence over leadership style. The research presented in this paper was gathered from peer reviewed …

Principals' Perceptions Of Superintendents Emotional Intelligence In A K-12 Public School Setting, Mary Tracy-Macaulay

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this quantitative research study was to determine if there were differences in perception among K-12 Indiana public school principals regarding the emotional intelligence of superintendents, specifically, the domains of self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, empathy, and social skills. The independent variables included building type, location type, and years of experience. This study surveyed all traditional public school and charter school principals in Indiana regarding 30 statements. Three different one-way ANOVA tests were run to find statistical differences on each null hypothesis. The null was retained in building type and location type. The null was rejected in years of experience. …

K-12 Principals' Impact On English Language Learners Through Collective Efficacy, Lori Line

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this qualitative study was to gain an understanding of how a principals English Language Learner (ELL) educational experience and professional development impacts the collective efficacy of a school staff with a high ELL population. Research questions included the role of principals ELL preparation, their history of professional development with an ELL focus, the shared leadership that takes place in their buildings, and how their leadership in general plays a role in the collective efficacy that impacts ELL success. Principals leading a school where at least 25% of the population was ELLs were chosen for this research work. …

Chapter 9: Building An Iron-Clad Supplier Diversity Program, Quinton L. Marks, Abeni El-Amin Ph.D.

Management Faculty Publications

There are critical issues identified with reconciling parity in supplier diversity initiatives. Supplier diversity programs (SDP) are an instrument utilized to facilitate the process. This endeavor analyzes the best techniques to develop diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) strategy to develop manufacturing suppliers. Moreover, quality control frameworks for developing supplier diversity programs in manufacturing necessitates strategic planning, which is necessary to support supplier diversity initiatives. For instance, questions that supplier diversity managers must ask include, Does the company have an existing minority supplier program? If so, what are its pros, cons, and evaluative measures? If not, why hasn’t there been …

Transitioning From Faculty To Administration: A Qualitative Study Of Administrators In 4-Year Institutions, Matthew H. Bradley

Theses, Dissertations and Capstones

The purpose of this study was to better understand the faculty to administration transition process and elements which affect this process in West Virginia’s 4-year colleges and institutions. A secondary aim of this study was to provide a formal model for faculty who transition to administrative roles in higher education. Study participants came from 4-year degree-granting higher education institutions in West Virginia. The study used a qualitative phenomenological design to investigate elements of the process used when faculty members transition to administrative roles. Findings from this study supported the majority of literature reviewed for this research and aided in developing …

Experiences Of Chinese American Psychology Trainees In Multicultural Education, Helen Weng-Ian Chao

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Although research has established that students of color have unique experiences in their multicultural training, few studies have examined the experiences and needs of specific subgroups of students of color. This study examined Chinese American psychology trainees’ experiences in multicultural education. Qualitative data was collected from individual semi-structured interviews with Chinese American doctoral students (N = 6). Interpretative phenomenological analysis was used to understand participants’ perceptions of their experiences in multicultural courses. Data analysis resulted in four themes: the (1) burden of being minoritized, (2) Chinese American identity inflection points, being (3) sidelined by whiteness, and (4) …

What's In A Story? The Impact Of Data Storytelling On Persuasion, Chad Cooper

Dissertations from the Executive Doctorate in Business Administration Program

People tell stories to understand the world around them. Life experience fills us with information and knowledge that we store, retrieve, and communicate to inform and persuade decision-making. And this persuasive process is sometimes driven more by emotion than logic. Telling stories allows us to connect emotionally and better persuade others to help them make informed decisions. For business owners, storytelling is essential to communicate with customers, employees, and investors in a way that data and facts alone cannot. This dissertation investigates the relationship between the use of narrative as a construct of data-driven storytelling and its impact on the …

Implementation Of Tiered Systems Of Support At Secondary Schools In Minnesota, Beth Arlene Praska

All Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to examine data regarding the implementation of critical components of the Multi-tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) framework in Minnesota public secondary schools, defined as middle and high schools that service any combination of Grades 6-12. This study’s mixed method design utilized secondary data collected from the Survey of Multi-tiered Systems of Support Implementation for Addressing the MN ELA Standards distributed by the Minnesota Department of Education. The survey employed a Likert scale that measured the implementation of four critical components identified as: (a) leadership and organizational structures, (b) curriculum and instruction, (c) assessment, and …

Presidential Transition In Higher Education, Julie Dunlop Gednalske

All Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The transition of a college or university president is inevitable. Presidential tenure is becoming shorter and turnover becoming more commonplace at private and public higher educational institutions. Thriving higher education institutions rely on effective leadership to navigate critical areas such as enrollment, financial health, and fundraising, and to meet the competitive demands and pressures facing institutions today. Presidential transition is a significant change to the operation and culture of a higher education institution. Colleges and universities cannot minimize the effect of leadership change and must diligently plan and prepare to adequately address the direct and indirect effects of a presidential …

Understanding How Higher Education Leaders Manage Their Personal Self In A Changing Environment, Brittany Kay Nielsen

All Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This research looked at how higher education leaders identified and managed their emotions in times of institutional change. Interviews were conducted with higher education leaders who were above the level of director and were not chancellors or presidents. The researcher sought to (1) discover the emotions of higher education leaders in times of change, (2) gain an understanding of how leaders managed their emotions, and (3) discover how leaders can build an understanding of emotional awareness in the workplace. Data collected from this study provides opportunities to understand the impact of emotions in the workplace and can benefit current and …