Portfolio of Master’s Theses, Doctoral Dissertations

Portfolio of Master’s Theses, Doctoral Dissertations, and Journal Articles

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Archaeology

Jericho: Archaeology of a Byzantine and early Islamic city

Business Administration

Increasing and Sustaining Micro Finance to Women Entrepreneurs to Alleviate Poverty In Ghana

Review off the Competency-Based Human Resources Management and Personnel Selection Using a Fuzzy Analytical Hierarchy Process
Succession planning for senior executives in the U.S. insurance industry
Succession planning for senior executives in the U.S. insurance industry
Internationalization of family businesses in Saudi Arabia
Perceived best practices of small business executives in war zones
Employees facing layoffs: Relationships between job security, employee morale, and organizational commitment
Motivational factors promoting postmodern volunteerism in Christian religious organizations
Information security, leadership practive inventory, and their relationship
Relationship between unhealthy organizational environmental factors and self preservation in leadership
Servant leadership: A correlation analysis of servant leadership and job satisfaction in the U.S. Army recruiting organization
The military decision-making process: Antiquated for the modern day business practice
Brand equity of Madeira wine in the U. S. Market
The factors that make entrepreneurs successful on a second business launch attempt
Improving IT lifecycle risk management: An assessment of PMAS quality auditing

Business Management

Influence of organizational factors on supply chain efficiency at Naval Supply Systems Command Fleet Logistics Support Centers
Supply challenges of outsourcing clinical manufacturing—a DMAIC approach (TH)
Identification of causal mechanisms to minimize the recurrence of industrial accidents: A case study

The relationship of ethics training and leadership on employees’ ethical conduct
Considering corporate sustainable development strategy in projects: Integrating sd principles in project strategy
Examining the adoption of donor management systems (DMSS) in not-for–profit (NFP) organizations with an extended technology acceptance model (TAM)
Relationship between unhealthy organizational environmental factors and self preservation in leadership
Brand equity of Madeira wine in the U. S. market

A phenomenological study of small business success factors in Nova Scotia, Canada
Sporting a true identity: Developing a sports team brand using destination and city branding techniques

Business Leadership

Servant leadership: A correlation analysis of servant leadership and job satisfaction in the U.S. Army recruiting organization
Leadership role of supervised visitation providers: A Qualitative Exploration
Relationship between unhealthy organizational environmental factors and self preservation in leadership
Transformational leadership: Building a culture of prepardness using an equitable share of responsiblity

Considerations for publishing an academic paper on cross cultural leadership
An examination of teleworker personality types

and idealized leadership traitsvalued in managers

Organizational barriers and leadership inequalities for non-white women within the not-for-profit sector

Save the organization or save oneself: An exploratory investigation of the relationship between unhealthy organizational environmental factors and self-preservation in leadership

Criminology

National Guard counterdrug enforcement: Is it still relevant and cost effective?

Economics & Finance

Economic impact of money laundering in the financial system of developed countries

Do state-administered pension plans have better investment performance than locally-administered pension plans?

State and local pension plans: Asset allocation and its impact on long-term investment return

Education Administration

The predictive role of academic and emotional self-regulation on academic achievement and adjustment in first-year college students
A New Jersey-based case study of the experiences of teachers regarding the effectiveness of inclusion classrooms

Does conscientiousness moderate the relationship between stress and burnout in distributed learning graduate students?
The impact of communication modes on parents’ participation in secondary schools

Servant leadership: a quantitative study of the awareness of educators in rural southwest Mississippi public schools
The lived experiences of faculty in an online teaching environment
The perceptions of school officials about the value of arts programs

Ingredients for building a peaceful school climate: A cross-case analysis of three Ontario high schools

Education Curriculum, Assessment, & Instruction

Evaluating the implementation of a training program for improving quality service: An action research study
Changes in sat mathematics section test items from 2003–2014 in response to adoption of common core state standards
The impact of Marzano’s teacher evaluation tool and instructional framework: Teachers’ perceptions

Education Early Childhood

From traditional assessment to alternative assessment: A case study of a Hong Kong kindergarten

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Education Leadership

Lived Experiences of Clinical Nurse Leaders Compared to Their Roles in Literature

A phenomenological study of information technology leadership traits in higher education
A study of factors related to person-organization fit for leaders working for a defense contractor

A phenomenological study of the lived experiences of expatriate female administrators leading international schools in Taiwan
Factors that contribute to minority students' retention in community colleges: A qualitative multiple case study

Education – Other Areas of Current Interest
A study of differences between males and females regarding their motivation for entering the field of teaching in North Carolina

Exploring the strong kids social-emotional curriculum and its impact on classroom culture in an urban public school environment

The effectiveness of school based anti-bullying programs in elementary schools
Parents’ perceptions of cyberbullying in an urban middle school

The road taken: A between and within subjects study of intervention selection decisions by performance improvement professionals

Women disrupted: Female academic leaders’ perspectives and experiences in for-profit online higher education
The impact of intercultural competency training on perceived levels of conflict among multicultural student groups

An empirical analysis of white male assistant principal perceptions of black males in high schools

Engineering

Surface acoustic wave (saw)-based gas flow sensor
Application of a plume model to enhance situation awareness to decision makers during an outdoor airborne hazmat release
Haptic-enabled keypad authentication system
Development of a novel camera and laser-based indoor positioning system

Environmental Science

CO2 emissions from several land use types on tropical peatland

Government

Theoretical analysis of US grand strategy and political ideology: A case study of the George W. Bush and Barack Obama Presidencies

Health Sciences

The lived experience of women living in a leprosy colony in India: A phenomenological study
Analysis of sexually transmitted infections among Latino men who have sex with men
Independent and interactive effects of the social determinants of health and lifestyle behaviors on BMI in U.S. military personnel

Leadership spirituality and workplace spirituality as related to organizational performance in branches of a home health care agency
Spillovers of veterans hospice care:
The economic and social impact of palliative care
Predictors of homonegativity in the United States and the Netherlands using the World Values Survey

History

The Legacy of the Chavis Heights’ public housing development & the surroundings of its Black service community, 1776–2006
The voice of the Negro:
African American radio, WVON, and the struggle

for civil rights in Chicago

Nursing

Older Hispanic women with health care provider diagnosed osteoarthritis: Experience and perceptions of culturally competent car

QSEN’s patient safety officer: A quantitative study on nursing students’ patient safety competency

Exploring how clinical education prepares nursing students for clinical practice: A phenomenological study
Cesarean section mothers’ perceptions of benefits associated with skin-to-skin contact
Low resilience related to healthcare workers with compassion fatigue
Exploring the shortage of Florida’s long-term care nurse professionals

Psychology

Use of Wechsler intelligence scales in organization human resource selection

Lasting behavioral change: The effects of step therapy on plan participant behavior
Treating bipolar disorder from a cognitive behavioral therapy & mindfulness perspective
Perceptions of secondary school athletic trainers in counseling student-athletes: A grounded theory
Examining the inter-generational continuity of childhood physical abuse in the United States
A qualitative retrospective program evaluation on virtual reality assessment training and children with autism
A comparison of medical residents and physician assistants in training treatment goals for obese male and female patients

Social Work

Parental involvement of first generation Pakistani Muslim immigrant parents: A narrative qualitative inquiry