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Senior Army Women's Leader Behaviors And Their Civilian Career Transition, Sharon R. Hamilton
Senior Army Women's Leader Behaviors And Their Civilian Career Transition, Sharon R. Hamilton
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Female retired Army colonels (FRACs) have significant potential to contribute to civilian organizations. To take advantage of that talent, it is important to have a better understanding of their behaviors based on their dual identities as women and leaders. The purpose of this qualitative case study was to understand the under researched factors accounting for the development of FRACs' leader behaviors and the transfer of those behaviors to civilian careers. The 4 underlying meta categories of leadership behavior formed the conceptual framework. The theory of planned behavior was used to explore potential influences on FRAC leader behavior development. The 3 …
Hispanic Women Business Executives' Self-Perceptions Of Leadership Effectiveness, Daniel R. Dusch
Hispanic Women Business Executives' Self-Perceptions Of Leadership Effectiveness, Daniel R. Dusch
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Hispanics will become the majority ethnic group in the U.S. by 2060. The social and business cultural changes affected by these demographics are inevitable and will require leadership from academic and business communities in order to ensure clear direction for the future. Gender research in managerial and professional positions mostly includes White women and typically excludes those of other racial, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds. The research problem was that there is little known about the lived experiences of Hispanic women business executives. The purpose of this phenomenological study was to explore the self-perceptions of leadership effectiveness of Hispanic women business …
A Delphi Study Of The Potential Influence Of Women In Stem Careers, Sharyn Elizabeth Mlinar
A Delphi Study Of The Potential Influence Of Women In Stem Careers, Sharyn Elizabeth Mlinar
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
American businesses are working with educational institutions to attract women into technical and scientific professions. However, less than one quarter of the people working in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) are women. The educational system as-a-pipeline model is not supplying business with skilled workers, specifically female STEM employees. Organizational change must occur and this process begins with the organization's leadership. Guided by the the conceptual frameworks of Kotter & Rathgeber and Kouzes & Posner, this Delphi study asked 54 female professionals, in various locations across the United States, about what influenced them in their education and career choices. Responses …