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Workload, Work–Family Conflict, And Job Satisfaction For Women In Science, Elizabeth Ervin
Workload, Work–Family Conflict, And Job Satisfaction For Women In Science, Elizabeth Ervin
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Job dissatisfaction among women working in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields costs the United States up to $1.5 billion per year. Understanding work-life balance is important for pharmaceutical leaders to assist in enhancing job satisfaction for women in science. Grounded in the work-life balance theory, the purpose of this quantitative correlational study was to examine workload and work-family conflict in predicting job satisfaction for women in science. Survey data were collected from 76 women employed in the pharmaceutical industry who completed a combined Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire and Warr-Cook-Wall job satisfaction questionnaire. The multiple linear regression results were significant, …
Perspectives On Gender Stereotypes And Glass Ceiling Beliefs Of Male And Female Corporate Professionals, Shellie Cecelia Jones
Perspectives On Gender Stereotypes And Glass Ceiling Beliefs Of Male And Female Corporate Professionals, Shellie Cecelia Jones
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
In the United States, as of 2021, women comprise almost half of the entire workforce (46.8%), yet only represent 24% of top earning officers and 6% of CEO positions. A phenomenon known as the glass ceiling is recognized as an unofficial barrier to advancement within a profession or a company that specifically affects minority populations, including women in business. The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between the glass ceiling barriers to career advancement for professional women and gender stereotypes. The framework used for this study was based on the role congruity theory that proposes prejudice towards …
Leaders’ Strategies For Motivating The Millennial Generation To Sustain High Levels Of Performance, Juan Alvarez
Leaders’ Strategies For Motivating The Millennial Generation To Sustain High Levels Of Performance, Juan Alvarez
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Failure to identify and implement strategies to address the needs of the Millennial workforce can lead to a decrease in productivity in the organization. The increasing number of Millennials in the workforce creates a challenge for many business leaders in maintaining or surpassing the productivity levels found in organizations where the baby boomer employees are the majority. Grounded in transformational leadership theory, the purpose of this qualitative single case study was to explore the strategies that warehouse supervisors use to enable Millennial employees to maintain or surpass productivity levels in organizations. Interviews were conducted with six warehouse supervisors who had …
Understanding Successful Strategies Human Service First-Level Managers Utilize When Addressing Workplace Incivility, Mary Elizabeth Barlow
Understanding Successful Strategies Human Service First-Level Managers Utilize When Addressing Workplace Incivility, Mary Elizabeth Barlow
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
The social problem of workplace incivility is a well-researched issue that impacts employees, work groups, and organizations across the nation. The purpose of this study was to understand how first-level human service managers describe employee turnover in relation to workplace incivility and what first-level human service managers view as successful strategies they have used to address workplace incivility. The theoretical framework utilized for this study was incivility spiral theory, as described by Andersson and Pearson. The purpose of this generic qualitative study was to gain an understanding of successful strategies that first-level human service managers utilize when addressing workplace incivility …
Effective Decision-Making Strategies That Support Long-Term Sustainability In Nondenominational Churches, Andre Paul Davis Jr.
Effective Decision-Making Strategies That Support Long-Term Sustainability In Nondenominational Churches, Andre Paul Davis Jr.
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Ineffective financial decision-making has frequently led to nondenominational church failures and contributes to 4,000 to 8,000 churches closing each year in North America. Grounded in stewardship theory, the purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore effective financial decision-making strategies in nondenominational churches that support long term sustainability. Participants were 10 church leaders who successfully used financial decision-making strategies to support long-term sustainability in Central North Carolina was used for this study. Data were collected from semi structured interviews and internal church documents relating to church leadership's financial decision-making and analyzed using thematic analysis. Four themes emerged: budgeting …
Empowerment, Personality, And Leader-Member Exchange Quality In Physicians, Tony S. Reed
Empowerment, Personality, And Leader-Member Exchange Quality In Physicians, Tony S. Reed
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Nearly 100,000 people suffer injury or death each year due to errors in the United States healthcare system. Researchers have identified that empowerment by physicians can address this significant social issue. Despite this knowledge, qualifications to empowering behaviors in physicians have not been identified. A quantitative nonexperimental correlation approach was used to determine the role that personality type and high-quality leader-member exchange may play in the physician’s ability to create empowerment at academic medical centers in the United States. The theoretical framework of empowering leadership, Jung’s psychological types, and leader-member exchange quality informed the research design and contributed to the …
Leadership Strategies For Implementing Organizational Change, Aljanal Hamer Carroll
Leadership Strategies For Implementing Organizational Change, Aljanal Hamer Carroll
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Change initiatives within the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) industry fail because business leaders are not successful in implementing change readiness strategies. Grounded in transformational leadership theory, the purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore the strategies that some leaders in HVAC companies use to implement change initiatives successfully. The participants consisted of 4 business leaders from 4 HVAC companies who successfully implemented change initiatives within their organization. The 4 businesses have fewer than 100 employees located in Charlotte, North Carolina. Data collection procedures included semistructured interviews and a collection of organizational documents. Validating the study …
Key Strategies For Small Business Information Technology Consulting With Sustainability Beyond 5 Years, Christopher Lassiter
Key Strategies For Small Business Information Technology Consulting With Sustainability Beyond 5 Years, Christopher Lassiter
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
AbstractSmall business information technology consulting owners lack strategies to sustain their businesses beyond 5 years financially. Small business owners are concerned with sustaining their businesses, as their livelihood and employees are at stake. Grounded in Porter’s five forces theory, the resource-based view model, and Hax and Wilde’s delta model, the purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore strategies small business information technology (IT) consulting owners used to achieve financial sustainability beyond 5 years. Data were collected by semistructured interviews from 5 small business information technology consulting owners. Performance and financial success documents augmented the data collection of …
Small And Medium Enterprises Strategies For Winning Mining Contracts For Profitability And Sustainability, Patrick Sipopa Akayombokwa
Small And Medium Enterprises Strategies For Winning Mining Contracts For Profitability And Sustainability, Patrick Sipopa Akayombokwa
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Zambia experience annual failure rates of 20%. SME survival is essential for improving national economic development and social benefits. Grounded in a resource-based view and Freeman’s stakeholder theory, the purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore strategies supply and contracting SME owners used to avoid failure. Data were collected through semistructured interviews from four successful SME owners in Zambia and a review of company documents. Data were analyzed using thematic analysis. Three themes emerged: competitive quality products, interactive marketing and financial strategies, and resource acquisition and effective utilization. The key recommendations …
The Effect Of Victim’S Responses To Coercive Sexual Harassment On Bystander Intentions And Moral Perceptions, Inna M. Learn
The Effect Of Victim’S Responses To Coercive Sexual Harassment On Bystander Intentions And Moral Perceptions, Inna M. Learn
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Female graduate students are targets of coercive sexual harassment (SH) three times more than female undergraduates; 67.8% of their harassers were university faculty. While SH victims expected peer support, peers often socially rejected female victims of coercive SH. Gray and Wegner’s theory of dyadic morality and Bowes-Sperry and O’Leary-Kelly’s bystander response model guided this quantitative study to examine the effect of victim response on helping intentions by peers. After reading the same vignette that described coercive SH, 207 student participants read one of four randomly assigned victim’s responses: victim did nothing, directly confronted the professor during the incident, sought peer …
Exploring Systemic Collaboration Across Organizational Strata Within Public Schools’ Improvement Systems, Lori L. Foltz-Rea
Exploring Systemic Collaboration Across Organizational Strata Within Public Schools’ Improvement Systems, Lori L. Foltz-Rea
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Despite government policies and reform efforts, the adoption of improvement systems that include collaborative practices has failed to increase student achievement as measured on Ohio’s state report cards for public school districts that have implemented the Ohio Improvement Process. Systemic, collaborative practices hold promise, but a gap existed in understanding how members engaged in collaborative practices across the organization. The study's purpose was to qualitatively explore principals’, teachers’, and district-level administrative members’ behaviors, perceptions, and practices across one Ohio school district’s three organizational strata associated with teaching and learning to discover how collaborative practices influence continuous improvement. Gronn’s leadership distribution …
Preventable Error Reduction Leadership Strategies Of Nurse Managers In A Hospital Setting, Sedrick Diego Bedolla
Preventable Error Reduction Leadership Strategies Of Nurse Managers In A Hospital Setting, Sedrick Diego Bedolla
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
AbstractPreventable medical errors in the healthcare industry account for hundreds of thousands of patient deaths annually. Nurse managers strive to develop strategies to reduce incidences of preventable medical error and increase patient safety in their organization to improve performance and reduce harm in the healthcare industry. Grounded in the complex adaptive systems theory, the purpose of this qualitative single case study was to explore strategies nurse managers use to reduce the rate of preventable medical errors among employees. The participants comprised 6 nurse managers who successfully used strategies to lower the rate of preventable errors in a healthcare facility in …
Strategies Worker-Owned Cooperatives Use To Remain Profitable During Economic Downturns, Termaine Davis
Strategies Worker-Owned Cooperatives Use To Remain Profitable During Economic Downturns, Termaine Davis
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
New managers of worker-owned cooperatives who fail to adapt to changing conditions can threaten the organization’s viability. Some new managers of worker-owned cooperatives may lack the strategies they need to maintain consistent employment levels during economic downturns. Grounded in the expected utility theory, the purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore the strategies used by managers of worker-owned cooperatives to maintain consistent employment levels during sustained periods of low revenue. Participants comprised seven managers of worker-owned cooperatives with a minimum of 5 years’ experience in the Midwest of the United States managing cooperatives during sustained periods of …
Knowledge Sharing Among Finance Employees In The U.S. Banking Sector, Russell Lascko
Knowledge Sharing Among Finance Employees In The U.S. Banking Sector, Russell Lascko
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
AbstractBanking is one of the most knowledge-intensive sectors, relying heavily on accrued knowledge and the experiences of employees. Knowledge sharing is the most crucial, yet most difficult, process in knowledge management due to human behavior. The purpose of this qualitative case study was to explore the factors that influence finance employees in the banking sector to participate in knowledge sharing with their colleagues. The overarching research question focused on these factors. The conceptual framework included the self-determination theory, theory of planned behavior, Vroom's expectancy theory, and the socialization, externalization, combination, and internalization model. Criteria for the selected participants included more …
Increasing Employee Motivation Through Job Satisfaction And Empowerment, Alicia Banks Myers
Increasing Employee Motivation Through Job Satisfaction And Empowerment, Alicia Banks Myers
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Leaders with high employee dissatisfaction have excessive absenteeism, complaints, and attrition, leading to low employee motivation. Dissatisfied employees are directly linked to customer dissatisfaction, resulting in decreased sales revenue. Grounded in Herzberg’s motivation–hygiene theory, the purpose of this qualitative single case study was to explore motivation strategies that three department store managers have used to increase job satisfaction and empowerment in a retail store in South Carolina. Data were collected from semistructured interviews and company documents, including employee handbooks, strategic plans, and business forecasts. The three primary themes that emerged using thematic analysis were (a) effective leadership attributes, (b) understanding …
Strategies Project Managers Use That Reduce Information Technology Project Failures In The Insurance Industry, Jamarcus Snipes
Strategies Project Managers Use That Reduce Information Technology Project Failures In The Insurance Industry, Jamarcus Snipes
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
The worldwide failure rate of information technology (IT) projects is approximately 65%. Insurance project managers who fail to successfully implement IT projects negatively impact organizational performance and profitability. Grounded in the management by objectives theory, the purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore strategies project managers use to reduce IT project failures in the insurance industry. The participants comprised four IT project managers in Alabama who successfully used strategies to reduce IT project failures in the insurance industry. Data were collected from virtual semistructured interviews, company documents, existing literature, and journal notes. Thematic analysis was used to …
Strategies For Retaining Organizational Knowledge From Retiring Employees, Deborah Ann Tauro
Strategies For Retaining Organizational Knowledge From Retiring Employees, Deborah Ann Tauro
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Risk management business leaders face eminent knowledge loss from retiring senior leaders if written succession strategies are not in place. Grounded in the organizational knowledge creation theory, the purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore the succession strategies used by risk management leaders to retain tacit knowledge from retiring senior leaders. Data were collected through semistructured interviews with five risk management leaders in Florida, organizational succession plans, and reports from organizational knowledge transfer programs. Data were analyzed using thematic analysis. Four themes emerged: organizational knowledge transfer, knowledge management-succession planning, knowledge retention, and generational knowledge transfer. A key …
Alternative Finance Strategies For Small Business Sustainability And Growth, Kim Hyde
Alternative Finance Strategies For Small Business Sustainability And Growth, Kim Hyde
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Many small business leaders lack alternative financing strategies to sustain and grow their businesses. Small business leaders are concerned with accessing financial capital to ensure sustainability. Grounded in Donaldson’s pecking order theory (POT), the purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore alternative finance strategies some small business leaders use to sustain and grow their businesses. Participants comprised five small business leaders in Oakland, California, with successful experiences using alternative financing strategies to raise financial capital for their businesses. Data were collected from semistructured interviews, archival organizational documentation, and physical artifacts. Yin’s 5-step analysis process guided the data …
Leaders’ Strategies For Motivating The Millennial Generation To Sustain High Levels Of Performance, Juan M. Alvarez
Leaders’ Strategies For Motivating The Millennial Generation To Sustain High Levels Of Performance, Juan M. Alvarez
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Failure to identify and implement strategies to address the needs of the Millennial workforce can lead to a decrease in productivity in the organization. The increasing number of Millennials in the workforce creates a challenge for many business leaders in maintaining or surpassing the productivity levels found in organizations where the baby boomer employees are the majority. Grounded in transformational leadership theory, the purpose of this qualitative single case study was to explore the strategies that warehouse supervisors use to enable Millennial employees to maintain or surpass productivity levels in organizations. Interviews were conducted with six warehouse supervisors who had …
Strategies Women Business Owners Use To Sustain Their Enterprises Beyond 5 Years, Alyce Herndon
Strategies Women Business Owners Use To Sustain Their Enterprises Beyond 5 Years, Alyce Herndon
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Women business owners lacking adequate business knowledge often fail within the first 5 years. Business knowledge is a critical competency for women to compete, grow, and survive in business for more than 5 years. Grounded in the organizational life cycle model, the purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore the strategies that women business owners used to sustain their enterprises for more than 5 years. Data were collected through face-to-face interviews with 7 women business owners in Missouri, member checking, and a review of company documents. Data were analyzed using Yin’s 5-step process: compiling, disassembling, reassembling, interpreting, …
Communication Strategies For Increasing Nonprofit Organizations’ Fundraising Revenues, Peterson Mirville
Communication Strategies For Increasing Nonprofit Organizations’ Fundraising Revenues, Peterson Mirville
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Some nonprofit organization (NPO) leaders lack communication strategies to improve fundraising revenues and ensure financial sustainability. Failure to obtain the funds necessary to support operations affects the NPO’s ability to achieve the organization mission and positive social change for organization recipients. Grounded in stakeholder theory, the purpose of this qualitative single case study was to explore strategies senior leaders of NPOs use to improve fundraising revenues. The three study participants included the founder and two senior leaders of one NPO located in San Antonio, Texas. The data collected included the NPO’s website and organizational documents, public data, governmental data, and …
Job Burnout And Turnover Intentions Among Telecommuting Call Center Agents, Gigianna Griffin
Job Burnout And Turnover Intentions Among Telecommuting Call Center Agents, Gigianna Griffin
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Telecommuters have been shown to have higher job satisfaction and job performance and lower turnover intentions and job-related stress than office-based workers. The association between telecommuting, job burnout, and turnover intentions of call center agents has not been fully investigated. The purpose of this study was to determine if telecommuting is associated with job burnout, and turnover intentions among call center agents. Maslach and Jackson’s burnout theory was used as the theoretical framework. Data were obtained from a convenience sample of 89 nontelecommuter and 63 telecommuter call center agents in the United States via an online survey. This nonexperimental correlational …
Relationship Between Waste Prevention, Stakeholder Confidence, And Financial Performance Of U.S. Public Manufacturers In The Advanced And Technology Industries, Deborah Lynn Davenport
Relationship Between Waste Prevention, Stakeholder Confidence, And Financial Performance Of U.S. Public Manufacturers In The Advanced And Technology Industries, Deborah Lynn Davenport
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Some U.S. small public corporations are delisting within five years of an initial public offering, mostly because of financial failure. Domestic small capitalization firms in the advanced manufacturing and technology industries may not know which specific business practices impact financial performance. Grounded in stakeholder theory, the purpose of this quantitative study examined the relationship between waste prevention, stakeholder confidence, and financial performance. Archival data records (N = 72) were from public U.S. firms with a specific Standard Industrial Classification code, deemed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as stock issuers without suspended or revoked securities in 2013. Results of …
The Impact Of Job Stressors On Psychological Detachment And Experienced Recovery From The Workplace During Nonwork Hours, Tiffany Scott Ellerbee
The Impact Of Job Stressors On Psychological Detachment And Experienced Recovery From The Workplace During Nonwork Hours, Tiffany Scott Ellerbee
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Job stressors and the inability to psychologically detach from work during nonwork hours is a growing problem in the United States. When an employee is unable to psychologically detach from work and recover from the job stressors, it may negatively affect the employees’ performance, job satisfaction, health and well-being. The purpose of this quantitative study was to examine the impact of job stressors on psychological detachment and experienced recovery from the workplace during nonwork hours. This study was based on two theoretical frameworks: Conservation of Resources (COR) theory and Effort-Recovery (E-R) theory. The COR theory is a stress theory that …
Strategies For Small Business Owners To Sustain Their Businesses In A Competitive Market, Michael Anthony Hicks Jr
Strategies For Small Business Owners To Sustain Their Businesses In A Competitive Market, Michael Anthony Hicks Jr
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Half of new small business startup establishments fail to survive the first 5 years of operation. New small business owners are concerned with competitiveness, as the failure rate increases for those establishments after the first 10 years. Grounded in Porter’s competitive advantage theory, the purpose of this multiple case study was to explore competitive strategies small business owners use to sustain their businesses beyond 5 years. Data were collected from semistructured interviews with owners and managers of three small businesses in the restaurant industry in a large metropolitan city in Texas and reviews of organizational documents. Data were analyzed using …
Employer Strategies For Military Spouse Retention, Shanna Smith
Employer Strategies For Military Spouse Retention, Shanna Smith
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Employee turnover is extremely costly to organizations, which concerns business leaders in the United States because organizations invest time and money in resources such as recruiting, hiring, onboarding, and training. Grounded in systems theory, the purpose of this multiple case study was to explore strategies employers use to retain military spouse talent. The sample consisted of nine business leaders from large companies in San Antonio, Texas, known for successful talent retention initiatives for military spouses. Data were collected from semistructured interviews with business leaders and publicly available organizational documents. Data analysis was guided by thematic analysis, member checking, and methodological …
Human Resource Strategies For Retaining Clinical Health Care Professionals, Shagunna Renee Muse
Human Resource Strategies For Retaining Clinical Health Care Professionals, Shagunna Renee Muse
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Human resource (HR) professionals who lack effective clinical employee retention strategies negatively affect patient care, employee well-being, and organizational culture. Grounded in the human capital theory, the purpose of this qualitative single case study was to explore effective strategies HR professionals use to retain clinical human capital. The study participants were five health care, HR professionals from one health care organization in the Northeast United States who successfully implemented strategies to improve clinical human capital. Data were collected from organizational documents and conducting semistructured interviews. Data were analyzed using thematic analysis, and four themes emerged: work-life balance, compensation, effective communication, …
Relationship Between Multiple Train Derailment Causal Factors And The Occurrence Of Train Derailment, Samantha Cooper
Relationship Between Multiple Train Derailment Causal Factors And The Occurrence Of Train Derailment, Samantha Cooper
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Train derailments can result in loss of life, interruption of services, and destruction of the environment. Understanding the correlates of train derailments can help railway managers and safety managers reduce the occurrences of train derailments. Grounded in the Swiss cheese model, the purpose of this quantitative correlational study was to examine the relationship between train derailment causal factors, visibility, weather, number of crew members, crew members’ length of time on duty, and the occurrence of a train derailment. Data were collected from secondary data on 1,396 Class I and Class II railroad accidents during the 2019 calendar year. The results …
Family- Owned Business Leader Succession Planning Strategies, Gary Michael Williamson
Family- Owned Business Leader Succession Planning Strategies, Gary Michael Williamson
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
AbstractSome business leaders in family-owned businesses lack leadership succession planning strategies. Family-owned businesses that lack succession planning strategies decrease the likelihood of business sustainability after the transition from founder to the successor. Grounded in the socioemotional wealth theory, the purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore succession planning strategies first-generation family-owned business leaders in the metro Atlanta, Georgia area used to transfer leadership and ownership to the second generation. Data collected for this study consisted of semistructured interviews via teleconferences, company website information, press releases, and internal company documents. Yin’s 5 step process was used to analyze …
Electric Cooperative Managers’ Strategies To Enhance Organizational Commitment To Increase Employee Productivity, Michael Edward White
Electric Cooperative Managers’ Strategies To Enhance Organizational Commitment To Increase Employee Productivity, Michael Edward White
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Lack of effective leadership strategies contributes to a reduction in employee engagement and productivity. Managers are concerned about the lack of effective leadership strategies because it negatively affects employee engagement and productivity, reducing organizational growth. Grounded in Bass’s transformational leadership theory, the purpose of this qualitative single case study was to explore effective leadership strategies used to enhance employee engagement and increase productivity. Five managers from an electric cooperative in Northwest Florida who implemented effective leadership strategies participated in the study. Data were collected using semistructured interviews and a review of organizational documents. Data were analyzed using Yin’s five-step approach. …