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Employee Wellbeing and Compassion Fatigue Among Animal Caregivers: A Hermeneutic Phenomenological Study

Description:: The purpose of this study was to develop an understanding of the experience of employee wellbeing and compassion fatigue (CF) in the animal care industry. According to Figley and Roop (2006) in Compassion Fatigue in the Animal-Care Community, compassion fatigue is found at every level among the...
Author:: Cavallaro, Liz
Keyword:: Employee wellbeing, caregiver burnout, Compassion fatigue, animal care, caregiver wellbeing, and compassion stress
GW Unit:: Human & Organizational Learning
Degree:: Ed.D.
Advisor:: Chalofsky, Neal
Committee Member(s):: Meneses, Liliana and Morrison, Emily
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Organizational Memory and Project Development: A Case Study Examining How a Small Business Uses Its Organizational Memory When Making Project Development Decisions

Description:: The goal of this research was to explore the structure and functions of the organizational memory of a small, privately held, for-profit energy consulting and engineering firm, focusing on the use of organizational memory in project development decisions. A secondary focus was the role of...
Author:: Berridge, Mary Stephanie
Keyword:: social capital, organizational memory system, organizational memory, organizational learning, organizational knowledge, and small business
GW Unit:: Human & Organizational Learning
Degree:: Ed.D.
Advisor:: Casey, Andrea J.
Committee Member(s):: Olivera, Fernando and Ekmekci, Ozgur
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

A Qualitative Study of the Experience of Individuals within Information Technology Teams during Transition Using the Kübler-Ross Grief Construct and the Bridges Transition Model

Description:: AbstractA Qualitative Study of the Experience of Individuals within Information Technology Teams during Transition Using the Kübler-Ross Grief Construct and the Bridges Transition Model This study explored the experience of transition for eight information technology staff in response to...
Author:: Larry, Letitia
Keyword:: Change, IT, and Transition
GW Unit:: Human & Organizational Learning
Degree:: Ed.D.
Advisor:: Swayze, Susan
Committee Member(s):: Kearney, Kerri and Scully-Russ, Ellen
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

A Case Study on the Nature of Informal Conversation in an Organization Utilizing Microblogging Technology

Description:: The purpose of this case study was to determine the nature of conversations that occur within an organizational microblog and compare them to traditional informal conversations. Since informal conversations are closely associated with reaction to change, this study explored how organizational...
Author:: Dembeck, Thomas John
Keyword:: Counter Resistance to Change, Microblogging, Resistance to Change, Organizational Culture, Organizational Communication, and Organizational Change
GW Unit:: Human & Organizational Learning
Degree:: Ed.D.
Advisor:: Marquardt, Michael
Committee Member(s):: Burley, Diana, DeWolfe Waddill, Deborah, Croswell, Clyde V., and Szabla, David B.
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Leadership Development Experiences of Exemplary Roman Catholic Parish Priests: An Exploratory Study

Description:: bold>Leadership Development Experiences of Exemplary Roman Catholic Parish Priests: An Exploratory Studyby Ong, Rosemarie, Ed.D., bold>GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, 2013, 269 pagesAbstract: This qualitative, phenomenological study addressed the research question: How do exemplary Roman Catholic...
Author:: Ong, Rosemarie Arcenas
Keyword:: clergy experiential learning, religious leadership development, clergy leadership development, clergy leadership, parish leadership, and clergy adult learning
GW Unit:: Human & Organizational Learning
Degree:: Ed.D.
Advisor:: Goldman, Ellen F.
Committee Member(s):: Howard, Lionel and Wallace, Jr., Dewey
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

The Nature of the Learning Experiences of Leadership Coaches that Lead to Coaching Competencies: A Phenomenological Study

Description:: Abstract of the DissertationThe Nature of the Learning Experiences of Leadership CoachesThat Lead to Coaching Competencies:A Phenomenological StudyThis qualitative, phenomenological study addressed the research question: What is the nature of the learning experiences of leadership coaches that...
Author:: Backus, Clark
Keyword:: Experiential Learning, Emotion, Leadership Coaching, Coaching, Reflection, and Adult Learning
GW Unit:: Human & Organizational Learning
Degree:: Ed.D.
Advisor:: Goldman, Ellen
Committee Member(s):: Storberg-Walker, Julia and Tompkins, Rosamond
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

The Experience of Strategic Thinking in a Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, and Ambiguous (VUCA) Environment

Description:: This qualitative, phenomenological research study addressed the research question: What is the experience of leaders when they think strategically in a VUCA environment? The study explored what happens when leaders think strategically in a VUCA environment and how such thinking occurs. Of...
Author:: Moore, Dale
Keyword:: strategic, VUCA, leaders, complex, thinking, and cognition
GW Unit:: Human & Organizational Learning
Degree:: Ed.D.
Advisor:: Goldman, Ellen F.
Committee Member(s):: Casey, Andrea J. and Howard, Lionel C.
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

The Influence of Gender and Ethnicity on the Identity and Actions of African American Female Criminal Investigators

Description:: Abstract of the DissertationThe Influence of Gender and Ethnicity on the Identity and Actionsof African American Female Criminal InvestigatorsIn the past four decades, women and African Americans have made great strides in the labor market, breaking the proverbial glass ceiling as well as...
Author:: Burns-Ramirez, Angela
Keyword:: law enforcement, gender, career decision making, identity, African American, and ethnicity
GW Unit:: Human & Organizational Learning
Degree:: Ed.D.
Advisor:: Marquardt, Michael J
Committee Member(s):: Wright, Benjamin S and Savion, Sydney M.
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

A Correlational Study on the Relationship Between Entitativity and Workplace Satisfaction in an Automotive Setting

Description:: Abstract of DissertationA Correlational Study on the Relationship BetweenEntitativity and Workplace Satisfaction in an Automotive SettingThis research explored the relationship between entitativity and individual perceptions of the union-management workplace environment as viewed by production...
Author:: Pugliese, Louis
Keyword:: management, labor, prejudice, affect, entitativity, and union
GW Unit:: Human & Organizational Learning
Degree:: Ed.D.
Advisor:: Croswell, Clyde
Committee Member(s):: Marquardt, Michael and Szabla, David B.
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Social Mechanisms of Team Science: A Descriptive Case Study Using a Multilevel Systems Perspective Employing Reciprocating Structuration Theory

Description:: Though accepted that "team science is needed to tackle and conquer the health problems that are plaguing our society" (Disis & Slattery, 2010, p. 1) significant empirical evidence of team mechanisms and functional dynamics is still lacking in abundance. Through a social constructivist worldview...
Author:: Lotrecchiano, Gaetano Romano
Keyword:: Recriprocating, Social Interactions, Social Mechanisms, Transdisciplinarity, Structuration, and Team Science
GW Unit:: Human & Organizational Learning
Degree:: Ed.D.
Advisor:: Schwandt, David
Committee Member(s):: Lantz, Paula, Gorman, Margaret, Hinds, Pamela, and Fiore, Stephen
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

The Entrepreneurial Learning Processes of Saudi Women Entrepreneurs: A Grounded Theory Study

Description:: This study sought to understand how women entrepreneurs learn to become entrepreneurs in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). The KSA’s context has a significant impact on the manifestation of entrepreneurial learning (EL) processes and the development of entrepreneurial identity. However, no...
Author:: Alturki, Malikah
Keyword:: Grounded Theory, learn*, gender, women, Saudi*, entrepreneur*, females, identity, woman, and female
GW Unit:: Human & Organizational Learning
Degree:: Ed.D.
Advisor:: Cseh, Maria
Committee Member(s):: Howard, Lionel, Chalofsky, Neal, Coningham, Beatriz, and Storberg-Walker, Julia
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

A Phenomenological Study of the Boomerang-Employment Experience of Scientists and Engineers

Description:: Talent management (TM), first introduced in 1997 by McKinsey & Company consultants, is broadly defined as the creation and maintenance of human capital management systems designed to support organizational success by effectively recruiting, utilizing, developing, and retaining high-performing and...
Author:: Pierre, Ramien R.
Keyword:: Resource-based View, Talent Management, Boomerang Employees, Turnover, and Retention
GW Unit:: Human & Organizational Learning
Degree:: Ed.D.
Advisor:: Khilji, Shaista E
Committee Member(s):: Hoffman, Edward J and Howard, Lionel C
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Dynamics of Creativity: A Study of Early Drug Discovery Scientists' Experience of Creativity

Description:: Research and development (R&D;) innovation has become an important competitive advantage that is essential to the biopharma industry and critical to drug development (Bennani, 2012; Cuatrecasas, 2006; Douglas, et al., 2010; Garnier, 2008; Hine & Kapeleris, 2006; McKelvey, 2008; Pisano, 2006,...
Author:: Crowley, Kathleen Marie
Keyword:: Paradox, Motivation, Innovation, Organizational Dynamics, Antecedents, and Creativity
GW Unit:: Human & Organizational Learning
Degree:: Ed.D.
Advisor:: Khilji, Shaista E
Committee Member(s):: Schwandt, David R and McDonald, Paige
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

An Exploration of Emotion in the Sensemaking of Presidential News Events: Journalists Making Sense of Reporting the News

Description:: Research on sensemaking continues to expand the understanding of the perspective beyond organizational transformation, change, and crisis. Recent research acknowledges affective features of sensemaking in the everyday experience of organizing (Bucher et al., 2019). This phenomenological study...
Author:: Lee, Darnell A
Keyword:: Organizing, Emotion, Sensemaking, Temporality, and Unexpected events
GW Unit:: Human & Organizational Learning
Degree:: Ed.D.
Advisor:: Casey, Andrea
Committee Member(s):: Meneses, Liliana and Schwandt, David
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Employee Wellbeing and Compassion Fatigue Among Animal Caregivers: A Hermeneutic Phenomenological Study

Organizational Memory and Project Development: A Case Study Examining How a Small Business Uses Its Organizational Memory When Making Project Development Decisions

A Qualitative Study of the Experience of Individuals within Information Technology Teams during Transition Using the Kübler-Ross Grief Construct and the Bridges Transition Model

A Case Study on the Nature of Informal Conversation in an Organization Utilizing Microblogging Technology

Leadership Development Experiences of Exemplary Roman Catholic Parish Priests: An Exploratory Study

The Nature of the Learning Experiences of Leadership Coaches that Lead to Coaching Competencies: A Phenomenological Study

The Experience of Strategic Thinking in a Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, and Ambiguous (VUCA) Environment

The Influence of Gender and Ethnicity on the Identity and Actions of African American Female Criminal Investigators

A Correlational Study on the Relationship Between Entitativity and Workplace Satisfaction in an Automotive Setting

Social Mechanisms of Team Science: A Descriptive Case Study Using a Multilevel Systems Perspective Employing Reciprocating Structuration Theory

The Entrepreneurial Learning Processes of Saudi Women Entrepreneurs: A Grounded Theory Study

A Phenomenological Study of the Boomerang-Employment Experience of Scientists and Engineers

Dynamics of Creativity: A Study of Early Drug Discovery Scientists' Experience of Creativity

An Exploration of Emotion in the Sensemaking of Presidential News Events: Journalists Making Sense of Reporting the News

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