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Dissertations from 1995

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Dissertation: Open Access: Experiences of Moral Commitment: A Phenomenological Study, Suzanne West MacRenato EdD

Dissertations from 1994

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Dissertation: Open Access: Effects of Family Stress, Family Social Support, and Family Balance on Maternal Adaptation in Post Birth Families, Constance H. Blake Hansen DNSc, MN, RN

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Dissertation: Open Access: Leadership in a Quality School, Peter J. Bray EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: "Well-Growness" of the Newborn and Factors Contributing to Low Birth Weight, Diane Buck Kruse DNSc

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Dissertation: Open Access: The Influence of Glasser's Control Theory and Reality Therapy on Educators: A Case Study, Debra Cullinane EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: Transforming Leadership in the California Literature Project: Ethnographic Narrative as True Fiction, Jon S. Davies EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: Factors Associated with Women's Decisions to Obtain Routine Cervical Cancer Screening in a Prepaid Health Care System, Vicki DeBaca DNSc

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Dissertation: Open Access: Affecting Change Synergistically: An Interpretative Case Study of Leadership Relationships at Southwest Airlines, Jacquelyn A. Freiberg EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: Implementing Total Quality Management in a College of Business, Jeffrey William Glazer EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: Leadership: Personal Narratives of Practitioners, R. Daniel Israel EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: The Leadership of a Superintendent: Putting the California School Reform Movement to Work, Jennifer L. Jeffries EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: The Environment: Alive, Whole, Interconnected and Interacting, Dorothy Kleffel DNSc, MPH, BSN, RN

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Dissertation: Open Access: Creating Campus Climates that are Free from Sexual Harassment: Implications for Leaders in Higher Education, Susan E. Mitchell EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: Leadership Training of Ministerial Students in Evangelical Institutions of Higher Education, Alan E. Nelson EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: Barriers to Community: The Development of an Instrument to Assess Components of Prejudice, Anita M. Rogers EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: Integrating Chronic Illness into One's Life: A Phenomenological Inquiry, Susan Rush Michael DNSc, MS, RN

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Dissertation: Open Access: Self-Esteem: A Descriptive Study of Students of San Diego Unified School District at Grades 4, 6, 8, 10, and 12 Related to Components of Self-Esteem, Kathryn Dorothy Skube EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: Spirituality and Leadership, Dana M. Walling EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: A Model Part-Time Bachelor's Degree Program for Adults at California Public Research Institutions, Karen Jil Warn EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: Meeting Graduate Student Needs through Alternative Programs: An Analysis of the Impact of Factors Related to Student Choice, Debra Jill Wright EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: The Lived Experiences of Nurses' Interactions with Ethnically Diverse Clients: A Phenomenological Perspective, Colette R. York DNSc, MSN, RN

Dissertations from 1993

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Dissertation: Open Access: The Effect of Reading and Discussing Literature with Strong Women Characters on Sixth Grade Students’ Sex Stereotype and Occupational Attitudes, Leslie Caspi EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: A Framework of Transformational Leadership Concepts Proposed for Undergraduate College and University Student Development and Student Affairs Leadership Programs, Stanley D. Fasci EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: District Elections, Redistricting and Recall: A Study of the Fifth District of the City of San Diego, 1988-1991, Linell Blair Fromm EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: Organizations of the Future: An Analysis of Current Literature and a New Model, Barbara E. Gilliss EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: The Development of an Instrument to Measure Global-Mindedness, E. Jane Hett EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: From Untrained Nurses Toward Professional Preparation in Montana, 1912-1987, A. Gretchen McNeely DNSc, MSN, RNC

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Dissertation: Open Access: Bicultural Women in Monocultural Organizations: Professional Hispanic Women's Experiences of Diversity and their Recommendations for Organizations, Carmen Mestas Bárcena EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: Leadership Relationships and the Superintendency, Theresa M. Peterson EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: Empowerment as a Dynamic of the Leadership Relationship: A Study of Two Local Governmental Organizations, Danell Scarborough Gavares EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: Dimensions of Anxiety and their Effect on an Aspect of the Performance Process: Commission of Mental Errors, Ralph Richard Schoenfeld EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: An Evaluation Study of the Effects of the PIRK Reading Program on Reading and Learning Development in Learning-Disabled Students, Ethelyn Elliott Shippey EdD

Dissertations from 1992

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Dissertation: Open Access: Sociolinguistic Dimensions of Nurse Practitioner Practice: A Question of Power, Merrily J. Allen DNSc, MN, RN

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Dissertation: Open Access: Being Pregnant and Using Drugs: A Retrospective Phenomenological Inquiry, Merry A. Armstrong DNSc, MSN

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Dissertation: Open Access: Leadership in Policy Issue Networks: The New Community College of Baltimore, Helen H. Bishop EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: Principals in Saskatchewan Rural Schools: Their Leadership Behaviors and School Effectiveness, Ronald W. Brice EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: Valuing a Culturally Diverse Work Force: An Examination of Intended Changes and Successes as Perceived by Upper and Middle Management, Supervisors, and Line Staff in a Health Care Organization, Cynthia L. Camberg EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: Factors Influencing a Battered Woman's Perception of Controllability in Violent Intimate Relationships, Patricia Ann Chin DNSc, MSN, RN

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Dissertation: Open Access: Meta-Analysis on Costing Out Nursing Services, Judith G. Eckhart DNSc

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Dissertation: Open Access: Entrepreneurial Leadership: A Delphi Study of New Venture Success Factors, Alan J. Grant EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: A Survey of Teaching Strategies Used in California Community College Nursing Programs to Foster Critical Thinking, Nicki Harrington EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: Leadership in a Different Voice: An Ethnographic Study of a Latina Chief Executive Officer in a California Community College, Lois Margaret Knowlton EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: The Impact of the Accountability Movement on Principals in a Large Southern California School District, Dianette T. Mitchell EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: An Evaluation of Student Perceptions of Academic Advising in a RN/BSN Distance Educational Nursing Program, Barbara A. Trent EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: Constructing and Testing Practical Procedures for Describing a Corporate Culture: The Electric Troublemen, Timothy S. Vonder EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: How Latinas Come to Know about AIDS and AIDS Prevention, Patricia Walker Caudle DNSc, MNSc, FNP, RNC

Dissertations from 1991

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Dissertation: Open Access: Elders Caring for Elders: Risk of Abuse and Neglect?, Marjorie F. Bendik DNSc, MSN, RN

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Dissertation: Open Access: An Investigation of the Preferential Learning Strategies, Modality Preferences, and Academic Performance among Eighth-Grade Students, Sally J. Bottroff-Hawes EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: A Model of Organizational Commitment in Staff Nurses, Donna Burgener Adams DNSc

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Dissertation: Open Access: Memory Change and Cognitive Function among the Elderly, Janet L. Conant EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: An Exploration of the Determinants of Attitude toward Computers in Middle School Students, Earl Wayne Connell EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: Managing Patient Care: A Substantive Theory of Clinical Decision Making in Home Health Care Nursing, Felicitas A. dela Cruz DNSc, MA, RN

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Dissertation: Open Access: Organized Nursing in the Silver State: A History of the Nevada Nurses' Association, Ellen Suzanne Fries DNSc, MN, RNC

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Dissertation: Open Access: Baccalaureate Reentry Students: Effects of Professional Support on Role Conflict and Role Transition, Ruth N. Grendell DNSc, MSN, RN

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Dissertation: Open Access: The Effect of Sexual Harassment on Female Naval Officers: A Phenomenological Study, Kathleen Anne Krohne EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: A Comparative Study of the Perceived Job Satisfaction of Site Administrators in San Diego City Schools, Roderick Reid Matheson EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: An Evaluation of the Program of Theological Education by Extension at the Center for Christian Studies in Northwest Mexico, Joseph E. Mattox EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: Political Participation of Registered Nurses: A Correlational Study, Ophelia B. McDaniels EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: Factors Related to Body Image Appraisal Associated with Receiving Treatment for a Malignant Brain Tumor, Ruth Ann Mulnard DNSc

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Dissertation: Open Access: The Impact of an Integrated Study Skills Program on University of La Verne Adult Undergraduates at Vandenberg Air Force Base and Naval Air Station North Island, Pamela Priest EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: A Study of Leadership: A Qualitative Case Study of Intended Changes within the County Government of San Diego, Shelia Quinlan Williams EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: Factors Related to Self-Care Agency and Self-Care Practices of Obese Adolescents, Kathy Shadle James DNSc, MSN, RN

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Dissertation: Open Access: Profile of a Transformational Leader: A Sacred Mission, Karen Louise Skalbeck EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: An Analysis of Selected California Community College Faculty Members' Perceptions of Challenges Experienced during the First Year of Hire, Kristen M. Stonebreaker EdD, MA, BA

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Dissertation: Open Access: Leadership Development at a Training Center in the Philippines, Henry Heng-Lee Tan EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: The Moral Reasoning of Nurse Practitioners, Diane C. Viens DNSc, MS, FNP, RNC

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Dissertation: Open Access: The Leadership Process and Its Effects on Self-Managed Work Groups in American Manufacturing Companies, Stephen R. Wirkus EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: Ethnic Inclusion Strategies for the World Affairs Council: A Case Study, Adriana Cornelia Theresia Zylmans EdD

Dissertations from 1990

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Dissertation: Open Access: Diverse Voices of Leadership: Different Rhythms and Emerging Harmonies, Kathleen E. Allen EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: A Study of Planned Organizational Change at General Dynamics, Richard A. Barker EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: Literary Perceptions of Leadership, Dallas B. Boggs EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: The Relationship between Family Functioning and Adolescent Substance Use, Vicky R. Bowden DNSc

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Dissertation: Open Access: The Impact of Federal Regulation on Time to Equivalence and Compliance within the Orthopaedic Medical Device Industry, John J. Carlow EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: The Essential Characteristics of Advocacy Associated with the Nurse-Client Relationship: The Client's Perspective, Victoria Louise Cole Schonlau DNSc, MPA, BSN, RN

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Dissertation: Open Access: Impact of Stress and Coping on Adherence and Health Status in Patients with Hypertension, Diane Darby Goldberger DNSc, MN, RN

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Dissertation: Open Access: Patterns of Psychological Adaptation in Death and Dying: A Causal Model and Exploratory Study, Marjorie C. Dobratz DNSc, MSN, RN

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Dissertation: Open Access: An Evaluation Instrument for the Selection of an Integrated Learning System, Sally Ann Draper Zoll EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: The Nurse Manager: An Ethnography of Hospital-Based First-Line Nurse Managers Practicing in an Expanded Role, Sally Everson-Bates DNSc, MA, RN

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Dissertation: Open Access: Personal and Organizational Variables Related to the Strength of Mentoring Relationships in Nursing, Willa Fields DNSc

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Dissertation: Open Access: Vision: An Essential Component of Transforming Leadership, Robert A. Fink EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: Education for Christian Leadership, James H. Ford EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: Nursing Care through the Eyes of the Patient, Donna May Fosbinder DNSc, MSN, RN

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Dissertation: Open Access: Profiles in Faculty Leadership: The Experience of 1985-1986 California Community College Senate Presidents, Candice Ann Francis EdD, MS, BA

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Dissertation: Open Access: Well-Being of Elderly Women: Rural-Urban Differences, Betty J. Gale DNSc, MS, RN

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Dissertation: Open Access: A Study of Factors Contributing to Achieving and Sustaining School Effectiveness in Elementary Schools, Janet A. Hageman Chrispeels EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: An Interpretive Study of the Professional Socialization of Neophyte Nurses into the Nursing Subculture, Elisabeth J. Hamel EdD, RN

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Dissertation: Open Access: Case Studies of First-Year Elementary Teachers on St. Croix to Develop a Model for Teacher Leadership, Ruth Harrigan Beagles EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: The Everyday Life Experiences of Three to Six-Year-Old Children with Comforting Possessions, Susan H. Harris DNSc

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Dissertation: Open Access: Self-Preserving: Patterns Guiding the Experience of Interpersonal Conflict for Female Nursing Faculty, Kathleen L. Harr DNSc, MSN, RN, C

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Dissertation: Open Access: A History of Women's Intercollegiate Athletics in San Diego Community Colleges from 1955 to 1972, Nan Elizabeth Haugen EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: The Impact of Feeding Methods on Exclusion from Child Care for Infants under Six Months of Age, Elizabeth G. Jones EdD, MPH, RD

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Dissertation: Open Access: Human Sexuality Programs in Catholic Secondary Schools in the 80's, Maria Teresa Klein EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: Humanistic Caring: Personal Influences, Coping Processes, Psychological Outcomes and Coping Effectiveness, Christine Lynn Latham DNSc

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Dissertation: Open Access: Faith and Leadership: The Spiritual Journeys of Transformational Leaders, Rita M. Marinoble EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: The Effect of Science Inservice Programs on the Self-Efficacy Belief of Elementary School Teachers, P.A. Moore EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: The Influence of the Strategic Planning Process on a Nonprofit Board and a Public Commission, Mary Alicia Powers EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: A Study of the Differences between Classrooms Using a Meaning-Centered Approach and a Code-Centered Approach in the First Year Implementation of the California English-Language Arts Framework, Carolyn F. Salerno EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: California Pioneers in Speech Pathology: 1915 through 1951, Looking Back for the Future, Sandra L. Singleton EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: The Experience of Female Nurses Being Cared for: A Phenomenological Analysis, Sharon Lu Skinner Shetlar DNSc, MS, BSN, RN

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Dissertation: Open Access: Autonomy in Practice: Conceptualization, Construction, and Psychometric Evaluation of an Empirical Instrument, Judith Smith Dempster DNSc, MSN, RNC, FNP