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Author:

Stern, Deborah Jo

Title:

A Study of Competencies and Competency-Based Human Resource Management: Exploring Practices and Perspectives of Selected Senior Human Resource Leaders/Practitioners

Graduate Program:

Workforce Education and Development

Keywords:

human resource management
business
competency-based
competencies
competence
David C. McClelland

File:

Download The_Pennsylvania_State_University_1_L_1__1_AUGUST142010_1__1_LINDAJO_1__1_.pdf

Committee Members:

William J Rothwell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edgar I Farmer Sr., Committee Member
Judith Ann Kolb, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

Author:

Spokus, Diane M

Title:

Factors Influencing Older Worker Quality of Life and Intent to Continue to Work

Graduate Program:

Workforce Education and Development

Keywords:

quality of life
human resource management
supervisory support
nursing
retention
older workers
exhaustion
corporate fit
healthcare management

File:

Download Spokus-wjrcomments_June_4_08__pdf_Format_Changes_LC1.pdf

Committee Members:

William J Rothwell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member
Edgar I Farmer Sr., Committee Member
Wesley Edward Donahue, Committee Member

Author:

Hickman, Faye Jean

Title:

The Identification of Effective Recruitment Strategies from Non-Traditional Engineers: A Recruitees' Perspective

Graduate Program:

Workforce Education and Development

Keywords:

diversity
workforce shortage

File:

Download FayeHickman.pdfDownload Hickman_Errata.pdf

Committee Members:

William J Rothwell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edgar I Farmer Sr., Committee Member
Wesley Edward Donahue, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

Author:

Song, Ji Hoon

Title:

THE INTEGRATIVE DETERMINANTS OF ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT: THE IMPACTS OF DIMENSIONS OF LEARNING ORGANIZATION AND DYNAMIC KNOWLEDGE CREATION

Graduate Program:

Workforce Education and Development

Keywords:

Knowledge creation
Performance improvement
Learning organization

File:

Download Final_Dissertation_Ji_Hoon_Song.pdf

Committee Members:

Judith Ann Kolb, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
William J Rothwell, Committee Member
Edgar I Farmer Sr., Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

Author:

Al-Alawneh, Muhammad Khaled

Title:

EXAMINING EDUCATORS‘ AND EMPLOYERS‘ PERCEPTIONS ON CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION GRADUATES‘ EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS FOR THE LABOR MARKET IN JORDAN

Graduate Program:

Workforce Education and Development

Keywords:

Employability Skills
Career and Technical Education
Labor market in Jordan

File:

Download Five-Chapters-Employability-skills-Muhammad-Final-final-work.pdf

Committee Members:

Professor Edgar I Farmer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edgar I Farmer Sr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
William J Rothwell, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member
Richard Allen Walter, Committee Member

Author:

Sherwani, Naseem Saeed

Title:

THE STUDY OF WORKPLACE LEARNING AND PERFORMANCE COMPETENCIES AMONG PAKISTANI PRACTITIONERS

Graduate Program:

Workforce Education and Development

Keywords:

Technical Competencies
Foundational Competencies
Personal Competencies
Interpersonal Competencies
Business Competencies
Measuring and Evaluation
Designing Learning
Delivering Training
Career Planning and Talent Management
Pakistani Practitioners
Competencies
Competency Models
Performance
Learning
Workplace
Perceptions
Importance of Competencies
Pakistani Workplace
Split Questionnaire Design
Snow ball Sampling
Convenience Sampling
Correlational Research

File:

Download Naseem__Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

William J Rothwell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
William J. Rothwell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edgar I Farmer Sr., Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member
Wesley Edward Donahue, Committee Member

Author:

Gouse, Patricia Ann

Title:

EXAMINING THE LESSONS LEARNED FROM LINKING MEANINGFUL EXPERIENCE, THE INNER-SELF, AND CAREER DECISION MAKING: A QUALITATIVE GROUNDED THEORY STUDY OF MID-CAREER PROFESSIONALS

Graduate Program:

Workforce Education and Development

Keywords:

career decision-making
the inner self
personally meaningful experience
qualitative grounded theory study.

File:

Download Patricia_Gouse_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Edgar I Farmer Sr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edgar I Farmer Sr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Fred Michael Schied, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
William J Rothwell, Committee Member
Spencer Niles, Committee Member

Author:

Ward, Shakoor A.

Title:

AN INVESTIGATION OF FACULTY INFLUENCE ON PSYCHOSOCIAL VARIABLES AFFECTING THE PERSISTENCE OF AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS AT PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY

Graduate Program:

Workforce Education and Development

Keywords:

African Americans
psychosocial variables
student persistence
faculty influence

File:

Download ShakoorWardDissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Edgar I Farmer Sr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edgar I Farmer Sr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert W Clark, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
William J Rothwell, Committee Member
James B Stewart, Committee Member

Author:

Hyde, William Garland

Title:

DETERMINING ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN NONTRADITIONALLY PREPARED AND TRADITIONALLY PREPARED CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION TEACHERS IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA

Graduate Program:

Workforce Education and Development

Keywords:

Career and Technical Teacher Education
Career and Technical Education
in-service
nontraditional

File:

Download Hyde2007.pdf

Committee Members:

Edgar I Farmer Sr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
William J Rothwell, Committee Member
Richard Allen Walter, Committee Member

Author:

McClendon, Wesley Payne

Title:

RELATIONSHIPS AMONG BUSINESS STRATEGIES, HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, AND EMPLOYEE RELATIONS STRATEGIES AND THEIR EFFECT ON FIRM PERFORMANCE

Graduate Program:

Workforce Education and Development

Keywords:

human resource management
business strategy
employee relations
firm performance
strategies
systems

File:

Download Wesley_Payne_McClendon_Jr-Final.pdf

Committee Members:

William J Rothwell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dennis Patrick Scanlon, Committee Member
Edgar I Farmer Sr., Committee Member
Charles C Snow, Committee Member
James B Stewart, Committee Member