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Servant Leadership On Burnout Among Physicians In Residency Training, Karen Grant-Hewitt
Servant Leadership On Burnout Among Physicians In Residency Training, Karen Grant-Hewitt
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Physicians in residency training (PIRTs) in the United States are facing extreme burnout. The prevalence of burnout among physicians in residency training may cause adverse consequences such as medical malfeasance, alcoholism, or suicide due to physical and mental exhaustion. The purpose of this study was to analyze the servant leadership style of physician trainers and burnout among PIRTs in academic medical centers in the United States to ultimately increase wellness and thereby mitigate burnout. Servant leadership was the theoretical foundation for this study. This research investigated whether servant leadership characteristics of physician trainers played a statistically significant role in burnout …
Strategies For Using Crowdsourcing As A Product Development Tool To Increase Innovation, Beryl Jessamyn Castillo
Strategies For Using Crowdsourcing As A Product Development Tool To Increase Innovation, Beryl Jessamyn Castillo
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
AbstractFailure to increase innovation and revenue can harm business operations. Small business owners must explore strategies to increase innovation and revenue to remain competitive. Grounded in the diffusion of innovation theory, the purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore strategies small business leaders use to successfully integrate crowdsourcing into business operations to increase innovation and revenue. The participants were five small business leaders in northern Utah who engaged in collaboration initiatives to increase innovation and revenue. Data were collected from semistructured face-to-face interviews, member checking, field notes, a review of company documents, and artifacts. Data were analyzed …
Increasing Nurse Leader Knowledge And Awareness Of Information And Communication Technologies, Cory Stephens
Increasing Nurse Leader Knowledge And Awareness Of Information And Communication Technologies, Cory Stephens
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Due to the recent coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, rapid technological innovation and nursing practice transformation exposed a deepening divide in the knowledge and awareness of information and communication technologies (ICT) among nurses. This technological skills gap undermines the benefits of ICT to nursing practice such as increased nurse satisfaction, improved care quality, and reduced costs. Nurse leaders are positioned to promote the use of ICT among nurses but may suffer from the same knowledge deficit of ICT as their followers. Guided by Locsin’s technological competencies as caring in nursing theory, Staggers and Parks’ nurse-computer interaction framework, and Covell’s nursing intellectual …