Dissertations and Theses from 2021
Dissertation: USD Users Only: Pause; Pivot; Position: A Case Study about Higher Education Communication Strategies and Decision-Making Processes during Two Concurrent Crises, Kristin Scialabba
Dissertation: Open Access: Community Foundations as Community Leaders, Colton Strawser
Dissertation: Open Access: Doing More with Less: A Quantitative Analysis of Mindfulness, Meditation, Sustainable Consumption Awareness and Practice among University Undergraduates, Teresa Van Horn
Dissertation: Open Access: Head of School Retention in Independent Schools, Kevin Yaley
Dissertations and Theses from 2020
Dissertation: Open Access: Exploring Intergenerational Value Changes across Three Generations of Emirati Women Using Focused Ethnography, Ebtesam Ali Alteneiji
Dissertation: Open Access: Institutional Logics and the Double Bottom Line: A Study of Chikum Microfinance Bank Limited, Daniel Anyanwu
Dissertation: USD Users Only: Conocimiento in Community College Leadership: How Latina/Chicana Administrators Reclaim Agency in Contested Terrain Along the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands, Briseida Elenes
Dissertation: Open Access: Do we all agree? A mixed-methods study of the impact of climate strength on psychological safety, team learning, and team performance, Taylor Harrell
Dissertation: Open Access: The Glass Ceiling: Exploring the Leadership Journey of Men and Women in High-Tech, Shelia Faye Krueger
Dissertation: Open Access: An Examination of Gaming Environments in Dungeons and Dragons Groups, Joe Lasley
Dissertation: Open Access: La Maestra’s Circle of Care: Studying the Impact of an Integrated Service Model on the Health and Well-Being of Vulnerable Populations, Zara Marselian
Dissertation: Open Access: Navy SEALS - Crossing Cultures: Cross-Cultural Competence and Decision Styles, Robert Newson
Dissertation: Open Access: Leadership Adapted: Towards an Understanding of How Western-Developed Leadership Theories are Translated and Practiced in the Modern Arab Middle East, Derek R. Olson
Dissertation: Open Access: The Construction of Student Mathematical Identity and its Relationship to Academic Achievement, Ann Trescott
Dissertations and Theses from 2019
Dissertation: Open Access: How Navy and Marine Corps Veterans Make Meaning of the College Choice Process in the Post-9/11 GI Bill Era, Derek Abbey
Dissertation: Open Access: Discursive Leadership: Exploring the "Black Box" Challenge in Transcultural Leadership Studies, Christopher Patrick Brown
Dissertation: Open Access: The Development of Local Government Leaders: The Use of Competencies and Methods in a City Context, Dominika Bukalova
Dissertation: Open Access: Employee Engagement and Burnout: A Quantitative Study of their Correlations with Job/Organizational Satisfaction, Sarah Burnett
Dissertation: Open Access: Making The Invisible Visible: Capturing the Multidimensional Value of Volunteerism to Nonprofit Organizations, Sue Carter Kahl
Dissertation: Open Access: Seeking Mirrors: Representation and Identity at Asian Pacific Islander Film Festivals, Yang Jiang
Dissertation: Open Access: Exploring, Examining, and Explaining How Participatory Governance Adds Value to Saudi Foundations’ Philanthropic Strategy, Afnan E. Koshak
Dissertation: Open Access: Game Types, Game-Related Behaviors and Resilience: Creating a Roadmap for Effective Gamification Design in Higher Education, Patrick Marino
Dissertation: Open Access: A Tale of Two Influences: An Exploration of Downward Accountability in World Vision International, Elena McCollim
Dissertation: Open Access: Examining Inter-Relationships Between Supervisor Full-Range Leadership, Organizational Climate Strength, and Employee Job Satisfaction Using Multi-Level Modeling, Bharat Mohan
Dissertation: Open Access: Academic Libraries and Toxic Leadership, Alma C. Ortega
Dissertation: Open Access: The Replication of the GLOBE Study in Turkey: Understanding the Effects of Social, Economical, and Political Changes on Cultural Dimensions and Leadership Ideals: A Mixed Methods Study, Zeki Pagda
Dissertation: Open Access: Social Innovators and Developmental Stages, Juan Carlos Rivas Espinosa
Dissertation: Open Access: Legal Accountability and Nonprofit Governance: An Exploratory Quantitative Study of Board Member and Executive Knowledge of Fiduciary Duties, Crystal Trull
Dissertation: Open Access: Truth or Myth? Millennial Stereotypes, Self-Image, and Engagement in the Workplace, Stephanie Van Dellen
Dissertations and Theses from 2018
Dissertation: Open Access: In Pursuit of Transformative Learning: Exploring the Stimulation of Curiosity Through Critical Reflection in the College Classroom, Bo Y. Bae
Dissertation: Open Access: Career Decision-Making of Higher Education Professionals of Philippine Descent: The Untold Stories of an Asian Pacific Islander Community, Grace Abenoja Bagunu
Dissertation: Open Access: Identifying Cross-Country Key Drivers of Social Entrepreneurial Activity, Cris Bravo
Dissertation: Open Access: Educating Boys in Jamaica: In Search of a New Lens, Marcia Sharon-May Chin
Dissertation: Open Access: Iranian Leadership Ideals: A Culturally-based Leadership Approach, Azadeh Davari
Dissertation: Open Access: Culturally Relevant Pedagogy: Teacher Experiences and Impact on Student Learning, Jessica Denton
Dissertation: Open Access: Formerly Incarcerated Adults in Higher Education: A Life-History Study of a Restorative Approach to Prisoner Reentry, Robert Michael Ehnow
Dissertation: Open Access: The Lebanese Diaspora: An Exploration of Assimilation and Success in the United States, Elissa Haddad
Dissertation: Open Access: Understanding the Decline in Participation in Fraternal Organizations: A Mixed Methods Approach, John Hinck
Dissertation: Open Access: The Resiliency of Highly Mobile Military Children: Implications for Military and Education Leadership, Kim D. Hunt
Dissertation: Open Access: Command Climate and Ethical Behavior: Perspectives from the Commandant's of the Marine Corps, Brian Kerl
Dissertation: Open Access: African American Women Baccalaureate Success: A Reflective Look at Pre-Collegiate Years Influencing Transition, Persistence, and Degree Attainment, Leilah K. Kirkendoll
Dissertation: Open Access: Tracing the Change Process: Fostering and Sustaining Student Affairs Cultures of Assessment, Margaret Leary
Dissertation: Open Access: Bullies and Allies Near the Playground: Mothers' Experiences of Aggression in Their Children's Schools, Mara Vicente Robinson
Dissertation: Open Access: Performance Feedback: How Structure, Culture, and Agency Affects Feedback, Angelica Sleiman
Dissertation: Open Access: A Whole New World: Students with Disabilities Transition to Postsecondary Education, Warren Whitaker
Dissertations and Theses from 2017
Dissertation: Open Access: Neither Here nor There: Transformational Leadership and Cultural Intelligence in Presidents of U.S. Accredited Universities Located in Foreign Countries, Jeff Bourgeois
Dissertation: Open Access: Low-Fee Private Schools in West Africa: Case Studies from Burkina Faso and Ghana, Corinne Brion
Dissertation: Open Access: The Impact of After School Tutoring on Math Achievement: Perceptions of African American Males and Those Who Teach Them, Eric L. Brown
Dissertation: Open Access: Managers' Responses to Formal and Informal Talent Management Practices: An Exploratory Mixed Methods Study, Adriano Manuel Cabral Ferreira Polonia
Dissertation: Open Access: An Empirical Look at the Impact of Course and Faculty Characteristics on Student Evaluations, Travis J. Degheri
Dissertation: Open Access: When Rules and Common Sense Collide: Expressions, Roots, and Impact of Informal Civil Society in Ukraine, Svitlana Krasynska
Dissertation: Open Access: Faith and Homelessness: Examining the Influence of the Faith-Based Component of a Transitional Housing Program on the Attitudes and Behaviors of Homeless Men, Douglas Edward Luffborough III
Dissertation: USD Users Only: Walking With the Invisible: How TESOL and Communities of Practice Can Create Change Across the California College System, Mark Manasse
Dissertation: Open Access: A Movement Against and Beyond Boundaries: Exploring the Impact of Transgressive Teaching on the Student Affairs Practices of White, Heterosexual Men, Conor McLaughlin
Dissertation: Open Access: Examining Hybrid-Gift Philanthropy in Division I Intercollegiate Athletics: A Mixed Methods Study, John Thomas O'Sullivan
Dissertation: USD Users Only: Mindfully Impacting Transformation: Mindfulness Strategies for an Adult Leadership Academy in a Low-Income Community, Corey Alexander Pahanish
Dissertation: Open Access: Locked Up: Parallel Correctional Officer, Deputy, and Inmate Decision-Making Experiences in County Jails, Mariko Catherine Peshon
Dissertation: USD Users Only: Examining the Joining of the Separated: A Case Study Toward a Conceptual Framework on Attachment Theory and Authentic Leader Development, Rodric Smith
Dissertations and Theses from 2016
Thesis: Open Access: Islamophilia: Challenging Prejudice and Promoting Mutual Understanding, Lallia Allali
Dissertation: Open Access: Latina Principals in Southern California: A Phenomenological Look into their Journey Towards Leadership, Fabiola Bagula
Dissertation: Open Access: Spinning Straw into Gold: A Study of Resource Creation, Flow, and Conversion in a Nonprofit Collaboration, Elizabeth A. Castillo
Dissertation: Open Access: The Multiple Meanings of San Diego's Little Italy: A Study of the Impact of Real and Symbolic Space and Boundaries on the Ethnic Identities of Eight Italian Americans, Thomas Joseph Cesarini
Dissertation: Open Access: Curricular Instruction of Global Leadership at Colleges and Universities in the United States, Tara L. Edberg
Dissertation: Open Access: Implementation of Operational Excellence: Challenges Related to Employee Perception and Organizational Culture, Ruben Fontes
Dissertation: Open Access: A Mixed Methods Exploration of Minority Resource Eligibility for Half White Multiracial College Students, Nicholas Reyes Franco
Dissertation: Open Access: Meaning-Making in Student Conduct Administration: A Developmental Perspective, Sean Robert Horrigan
Dissertation: Open Access: Building and Maintaining Relationships Between Superintendents and School Board Members: The Approach of Two Public School Superintendents, Lamont Alexander Jackson
Dissertation: Open Access: Campus Mental Health Practices and the Stigma of Mental Illness: A Quantitative Analysis of Student Affairs Professionals, Megan Krone
Dissertation: Open Access: Clients as Voting Board Members: A Mixed Methods Examination of San Diego County Nonprofit Human Services Organizations, Elaine Marie Lewis
Dissertation: USD Users Only: A Narrative Inquiry of Student Engagement and Learning in a University-Based Social Venture Plan Competition, Peter Gitonga Maribei
Dissertation: Open Access: Transformative Models in K-12 Education: The Impact of a Blended Universal Design for Learning Intervention, Kai Monet Mathews
Dissertation: Open Access: When Worlds Collide: Bringing the Native/Indigenous Transnational Nonprofit Leader to the Conversation, Christina E. Mitchell
Dissertation: USD Users Only: Leadership Developmental Networks of Professionals of Color: Contemporary Conceptions of Mentoring Relationships, Mai-Anh Tran Ngo
Dissertation: Open Access: Clones in the MBA Classroom: Understanding the Relationship Between Culture and MBA Students’ Attitudes Toward Socially Responsible Business Leadership: A Mixed Methods Cross-National Study, Juan F. Roche
Dissertation: Open Access: "Intonations of their Own Language": An Analysis of Leadership and Resonance in Two Progressive Young-Adult-Filled Congregations in the Pacific Northwest., D. Bethan Theunissen
Dissertation: Open Access: Understanding the Role of Women as Leaders in Mexican Politics: Looking Back and Moving Forward, Rafael Tovar y Lopez-Portillo
Dissertation: Open Access: Who Leads Nonprofit Organizations and What Does it Matter? A Mixed Methods Study of the Impact of Different Sector Experience on Nonprofit Leadership, Darrent Robert Tune
Dissertation: Open Access: Understanding Women Leaders in a Male-Dominated Profession: A Study of the United States Marine Corps' Women Generals, Marianne S. Waldrop
Dissertation: Open Access: Exploring the Intersection of Fat+Wom*n+Leadership: An Action Research Study, Jessica Jamese Williams
Dissertation: Open Access: An Exploration of the Use of Photovoice-Inspired Techniques to Facilitate Narrative Leadership in a Small Group of Middle-Aged Women, Michelle M. Zive
Dissertations and Theses from 2015
Thesis: Open Access: Leadership Cultural Values of United Arab Emirates-The Case of United Arab Emirates University, Ebtesam Ali Alteneiji
Dissertation: Open Access: Exploring Strategies for Effective Advocacy: The Lived Experience of Leaders of Pakistani Non-Governmental Organizations, Rubina F. Bhatti
Dissertation: Open Access: Women Experiencing Aggression From Women: A Mixed Methods Study of How Women Experience Aggression, How it Impacts Leader Efficacy, and How They Navigate Through it, Karen Kitchen Briggs
Dissertation: Open Access: Blended Learning and Bottlenecks in the California State University System: An Empirical Look at the Importance of Demographic and Performance Analytics, Maureen Augusta Guarcello
Dissertation: Open Access: The Relationship Between Toxic Leadership, Organizational Citizenship, and Turnover Behaviors Among San Diego Nonprofit Paid Staff, Melanie J. Hitchcock
Dissertation: Open Access: Beyond Generosity: The Action Logics in Philanthropy, Jennifer Amanda Jones
Dissertation: Open Access: The Development of Intercultural Maturity in Second Year College Students, Nicole A. Schuessler
Dissertation: Open Access: Socially Responsible and Small: A Quantitative Study of Corporate Social Responsibility in Small and Medium Organizations in the United States, Abigail Sorenson Berk
Dissertation: Open Access: Aspiring and Doing Activism Under Repressive Systems: A Narrative Inquiry of Former Student Activists, Kedir Assefa Tessema
Thesis: Open Access: Good Kids, Bad City: The Examination of Crime Resistance in Low Income, High Crime, Communities of Color, Troy M. Williams
Dissertation: Open Access: On Moral Imagination and Indigenous Wisdom: How Leaders Approach Moral-Ethical Tension in Post-Modern Bali, Alan James Yu
Dissertations and Theses from 2014
Dissertation: Open Access: Facilitating Comprehension and Motivation by Engaging Adolescents as iPad Readers, Virginia M. Bauman EdD
Dissertation: Open Access: Services for Parentally Placed Catholic School Students under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act, Julie Cantillon PhD
Dissertation: Open Access: The Role of Chief Diversity Officers in Institutionalizing Diversity and Inclusion: A Multiple Case Study of Three Exemplar Universities, Cynthia D. Dávalos PhD
Dissertation: Open Access: The Relationship between Perceived Toxic Leadership Styles, Leader Effectiveness, and Organizational Cynicism, James M. Dobbs PhD
Dissertation: Open Access: A Multi-Level Investigation of Leadership Effectiveness and Systems Awareness in the Leadership Circle Profile, Crystal L. Dujowich PhD
Dissertation: Open Access: We are Not Mahogany an Exploration of the Social Construction of Masculinity in Ugandan Meaning-Making, Nathaniel P. Dunigan PhD
Dissertation: Open Access: Comparing Factors of Bachelor's Degree Attainment for First and Continuing Generation Students, Holly Gilbertson Hoffman PhD
Dissertation: Open Access: Decision making and creativity: A qualitative study of MacArthur fellows, Leslie Hennessy Ph.D.
Dissertation: Open Access: Convergence or Divergence of Values? A Comparison Case Study of Teacher Credentialing Programs, Rachel Homel Rice PhD