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Degrees of Relevance: A Basic Qualitative Study of How MBA Students Make Their Education Relevant as They Cross Boundaries Between School and Work

Description:: The purpose of the study was to explore how working professionals enrolled in MBA programs make their education relevant. This inquiry was guided by the following central research question: How do students enrolled in MBA programs make their education relevant as they cross boundaries between...
Author:: Dunlop, Connie Whittaker
Keyword:: boundary object, transformation, learning from experience, brokering, inquiry process, and boundary crossing
GW Unit:: Human & Organizational Learning
Degree:: Ed.D.
Advisor:: Scully-Russ, Ellen
Committee Member(s):: Korte, Russell and Swayze, Susan
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

The Power and Politics of Cybersecurity: A Quantitative Study of Federal Cash Windfall Allocation as a Measure of Impact on Comprehensive Cybersecurity Posture

Description:: In their attempts to create a comprehensive cybersecurity posture, chief information security officers (CISOs) can only be as effective as the resources they garner. In the federal context, budgets and spends are ultimately under the auspices of the agency heads who set priorities and direction....
Author:: Rodrigue, Tiina K.O.
Keyword:: Cybersecurity, Unfunded mandate, Government Spending, Holonic, Cash Windfall, and Complex Adaptive System
GW Unit:: Human & Organizational Learning
Degree:: Ed.D.
Advisor:: Burley, Diana
Committee Member(s):: Nakamura, Yoshie T, Crane, Earl, Swayze, Susan, and Ryan, Julie J
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Organizational Role Influences on Organizational Identity Construction

Description:: This single case study examined the influence that organizational roles play in the process of organizational identity construction. Specifically, this study addressed the research question: How do the multiple roles of organizational members influence the construction of organizational identity...
Author:: Stover, Tim
Keyword:: Organizational Theory, Role Influences, Organizational Roles, Organizational Identity, and Organizational Behavior
GW Unit:: Human & Organizational Learning
Degree:: Ed.D.
Advisor:: Casey, Andrea
Committee Member(s):: Griffith, Cameron and Swayze, Susan
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Readying the Pond: The Experiences of African American Male Leaders in Predominantly White Independent Schools and Their Strategies for Navigating Nonprototypicality

Description:: This basic qualitative study addressed one research question: How do African American male leaders in predominantly white K-12 independent schools describe their strategies for navigating social identity? The study utilized the semistructured interview format (Merriam & Tisdell, 2016). The...
Author:: Glasgow, Jr., Rodney Maurice
Keyword:: social identity theory of leadership, gender, prototypicality, predominantly white institutions, intersectionality, and race
GW Unit:: Human & Organizational Learning
Degree:: Ed.D.
Advisor:: Casey, Andrea
Committee Member(s):: Swayze, Susan and Stevenson, Howard
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Exploring Interagency Collaboration in a Secondary Transition Community of Practice

Description:: This study examined how interagency collaboration occurs within one local transition community of practice using Wenger's (1998) social theory of learning. While postschool outcomes of youth with disabilities have improved moderately, there continue to be many barriers based upon changes in...
Author:: Kester, Joan Eleanor
Keyword:: secondary transition, disability, interagency collaboration, communities of practice, social learning, and special education
GW Unit:: Human & Organizational Learning
Degree:: Ed.D.
Advisor:: Burley, Diana
Committee Member(s):: Swayze, Susan and Leconte, Pamela
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Strategic Thinking and Learner Autonomy Levels Among Senior Military Leaders

Description:: Strategic Thinking and Learner Autonomy LevelsAmong Senior Military LeadersThis quantitative, correlational study investigated the relationship between strategic thinking and learner autonomy levels in a population of newly promoted military generals, admirals, and civilians attending a...
Author:: Yung, Ling
Keyword:: Strategy, Systems Thinking, Reframing, Reflection, Learner Autonomy, and Strategic Thinking
GW Unit:: Human & Organizational Learning
Degree:: Ed.D.
Advisor:: Marquardt, Michael J.
Committee Member(s):: Swayze, Susan and Confessore, Gary
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Resilient Career Narratives: An analysis of mid-career managers' long-term unemployment narratives

Description:: This study is a qualitative inquiry into mid-career managers' perceptions of the impact of long-term (six months or more) unemployment on their career and career management practices. The study examined what career models, if any, reflected the career management practices of the managers prior to...
Author:: Gagnon, Ann Marie Witt
Keyword:: Career Management, Long-Term Unemployment, Career Resilience, Mid-Careeer Managers, Re-Employability, and Narrative analysis
GW Unit:: Human & Organizational Learning
Degree:: Ed.D.
Advisor:: Burley, Diana
Committee Member(s):: Swayze, Susan and Hill, Vanessa
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Managers' Perception of Organizational Learning and Organizational Innovativeness in a Global Healthcare Organization

Description:: This study investigated the relationship between organizational learning and organizational innovativeness through the lens of Schwandt's Organization Learning Systems Model (OLSM). The study used an explanatory correlational design with a comprehensive sample. A total of 789 leaders, from four...
Author:: Mauchet, Michele
Keyword:: Organizational Innovativeness, Organizational Learning, Innovation, Innovativeness, Collective Learning, and Organization Action Survey
GW Unit:: Human & Organizational Learning
Degree:: Ed.D.
Advisor:: Schwandt, David R.
Committee Member(s):: Gorman, Margaret and Swayze, Susan
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Examining Use of Information Power in the Practice of Strategy Making: A Strong Structuration Case Study

Description:: Given the relevance of strategy making in an unpredictable environment, both practitioners and scholars have embraced the possibilities espoused by strategy-as-practice, a discipline designed around developing a better understanding of what people actually do in relation to strategy and how their...
Author:: Cataldo, Christina
Keyword:: Strategy-as-Practice, Case Study, Strong Structuration, Information Power, Strategy, and Resource Dependence Theory
GW Unit:: Human & Organizational Learning
Degree:: Ed.D.
Advisor:: Schwandt, David R
Committee Member(s):: Ambrosini, Veronique, Kayes, Christopher, Swayze, Susan, and Croswell, Clyde
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

In Pursuit of Energy Conservation: President Carter's Attempt to Change American Culture and Pass a Transformational and Non-incremental National Energy Policy

Description:: Abstract of DissertationIn Pursuit of Energy Conservation: President Carter's Attempt to Change American Culture and Pass a Transformational and Non-incremental National Energy PolicyThe success rate of modern U.S. presidents in passing significant, non-incremental policy initiatives, that...
Author:: Porter, Jr., William James
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GW Unit:: Human & Organizational Learning
Degree:: Ed.D.
Advisor:: Cseh, Maria
Committee Member(s):: Gorman-Kirchoff, Margaret D. and Swayze, Susan
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Degrees of Relevance: A Basic Qualitative Study of How MBA Students Make Their Education Relevant as They Cross Boundaries Between School and Work

The Power and Politics of Cybersecurity: A Quantitative Study of Federal Cash Windfall Allocation as a Measure of Impact on Comprehensive Cybersecurity Posture

Organizational Role Influences on Organizational Identity Construction

Readying the Pond: The Experiences of African American Male Leaders in Predominantly White Independent Schools and Their Strategies for Navigating Nonprototypicality

Exploring Interagency Collaboration in a Secondary Transition Community of Practice

Strategic Thinking and Learner Autonomy Levels Among Senior Military Leaders

Resilient Career Narratives: An analysis of mid-career managers' long-term unemployment narratives

Managers' Perception of Organizational Learning and Organizational Innovativeness in a Global Healthcare Organization

Examining Use of Information Power in the Practice of Strategy Making: A Strong Structuration Case Study

In Pursuit of Energy Conservation: President Carter's Attempt to Change American Culture and Pass a Transformational and Non-incremental National Energy Policy

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