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Author:

Ciocirlan, Cristina Elena

Title:

Developing and testing a positive theory of instrument choice: Renewable Energy Policy in the fifty American states

Graduate Program:

Public Administration

Keywords:

instrument choice
innovation and diffusion
renewable energy policy
legislative professionalism
comparative state
policy formulation

File:

Download CIOCIRLAN.pdf

Committee Members:

Beverly Ann Cigler, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jeremy Plant, Committee Member
Nihal Bayraktar, Committee Member
Steven Ames Peterson, Committee Member

Author:

Bowling, Christopher A.

Title:

PERCEPTUAL PATTERNS OF INVOLVEMENT MANAGEMENT AND EFFECTIVENESS IN PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION

Graduate Program:

Public Administration

Keywords:

organization theory
involvement management
participatory management
organization design
higher education

File:

Download Dissertation_CABowling.pdf

Committee Members:

Jeremy Plant, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Cynthia Z M Mara, Committee Member
John M Trussel, Committee Member
Steven Ames Peterson, Committee Member

Author:

Thompson, Denise D.P.

Title:

BUILDING EFFECTIVENESS IN MULTI-STATE DISASTER MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS: THE CASE OF THE CARIBBEAN DISASTER & EMERGENCY RESPONSE AGENCY

Graduate Program:

Public Administration

Keywords:

emergency management
organization theory

File:

Download Denise_Thompson_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Goktug Morcol, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Goktug Morcol, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jeremy Plant, Committee Member
Steven Ames Peterson, Committee Member
Refik Culpan, Committee Member
Dr Gary L Wamsley, Committee Member

Author:

Kitlan, David Paul

Title:

Factors Affecting the Intentions of Voters to Participate in Internet Voting Systems

Graduate Program:

Public Administration

Keywords:

information technology
online voting
elections
e-voting
Internet voting
e-government
information security

File:

Download Kitlan_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Jeremy Plant, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jeremy Plant, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Truman Ziegenfuss Jr., Committee Member
Steven Ames Peterson, Committee Member
Rhoda Joseph, Committee Member

Author:

Woods, III, George J

Title:

ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE: ITS IMPACT ON IDENTITY, COMMITMENT, INTERORGANIZATIONAL PERCEPTIONS, AND BEHAVIOR

Graduate Program:

Public Administration

Keywords:

Goldwater-Nichols Act
military professional education
organizational change
Organizational identity
commitment

File:

Download WoodsGeorgedissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

James Truman Ziegenfuss Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephen Patrick Schappe, Committee Member
Frances T. Munzenrider, Committee Member
Steven Ames Peterson, Committee Member

Author:

Stone, Jeffrey Alan

Title:

Policy Implementation and Technological Literacy: A Case Study

Graduate Program:

Public Administration

Keywords:

21st Century Skills
Technological Literacy
Education Policy
Policy Implementation
Public Policy
Information Technology

File:

Download Final_Dissertation_Jeffrey_Stone_07-01-2010.pdf

Committee Members:

Steven Ames Peterson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Steven Ames Peterson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jeremy Plant, Committee Member
James Truman Ziegenfuss Jr., Committee Member
Elinor M Madigan, Committee Member

Author:

Pierce, James Gerard

Title:

Organizational Culture and Professionalism: An Assessment of the Professional Culture of the U. S. Army Senior Level Officer Corps

Graduate Program:

Public Administration

Keywords:

organizational culture
professionalism
U.S. Army
Officer Corps

File:

Download Dissertation_Final_Version_-_James_Pierce.pdf

Committee Members:

Jeremy Plant, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Steven Ames Peterson, Committee Member
Frances T. Munzenrider, Committee Member
Melvin Blumberg, Committee Member

Author:

Cerami, Joseph Richard

Title:

Policy Innovation and Public Leadership: The Clinton Administration's Counterproliferation Policy Initiative

Graduate Program:

Public Administration

Keywords:

policy innovation
public leadership
public management
Clinton Administration
WMD proliferation
coercive diplomacy
international institutions
performance management
Nunn Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Programs
North Korea Agreed Framework
U.S. and U.N. in Iraq

File:

Download Joe_Cerami_Dissertation_May_2007.pdf

Committee Members:

Jeremy Plant, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Steven Ames Peterson, Committee Member
Robert J Bresler, Committee Member
Michael Lee Barton, Committee Member

Author:

Young, Mary Myrtle

Title:

A CONTENT ANALYSIS OF DESIGN CHARACTERISTICS OF STATE LOBBY DISCLOSURE LAWS

Graduate Program:

Public Administration

Keywords:

state legislatures.
content analysis
lobbying
policy design
lobbying disclosure laws

File:

Download Revised_PSU_Final_Dis.pdf

Committee Members:

Beverly Ann Cigler, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Steven Ames Peterson, Committee Member
Harold Bundick Shill Iii, Committee Member
Michael King, Committee Member

Author:

Patrick, Patricia A.

Title:

The Determinants of Organizational Innovativeness: A Study of GASB 34 in Pennsylvania Local Government

Graduate Program:

Public Administration

Keywords:

Everett Rogers
local governmental accounting
GASB 34
organizational innovativeness

File:

Download Patrick_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Steven Ames Peterson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Frances T. Munzenrider, Committee Member
Goktug Morcol, Committee Member
John M Trussel, Committee Member

Author:

Park, Sung Chul

Title:

The Comparison of Knowledge Management Practices between Public and Private Organizations: An Exploratory Study

Graduate Program:

Public Administration

Keywords:

Private organization
Public Organization
Knowledge Management

File:

Download Dissertation-Sung_Chul_Park.pdf

Committee Members:

Frances T. Munzenrider, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jeremy Plant, Committee Member
James Truman Ziegenfuss Jr., Committee Member
Parag C Pendharkar, Committee Member
Steven Ames Peterson, Committee Member

Author:

Myers, Susan

Title:

Evaluation of Strategic Leader Cognitive Development Through Distance Education

Graduate Program:

Public Administration

Keywords:

Distance Education
Cognitive Development
Strategic Leader

File:

Download pennstate2__2_.pdf

Committee Members:

James Truman Ziegenfuss Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Steven Ames Peterson, Committee Member
Frances T. Munzenrider, Committee Member
Steven Melnick, Committee Member

Author:

Wachhaus, Theodore Aaron

Title:

Networks in Contemporary Public Administration: A Discourse Analysis

Graduate Program:

Public Administration

Keywords:

discourse analysis
networks

File:

Download Wachhaus_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Steven Ames Peterson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Goktug Morcol, Committee Member
Holly L Angelique, Committee Member
Frances T. Munzenrider, Committee Member

Author:

Ketter, Jason W

Title:

Predictors of Alumni Donor Behavior in Graduates of the Traditional MBA and iMBA Programs at The Pennsylvania State University

Graduate Program:

Public Administration

Keywords:

donor behavior
fundraising
philanthropy
public higher education
predictors of donor behavior
online education
traditional higher education.

File:

Download Jason_Ketter_Dissertation_Final_Draft_for_Thesis_Office_9_23_2013.pdf

Committee Members:

Jeremy Plant, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Steven Ames Peterson, Committee Member
Stephen Patrick Schappe, Committee Member
Triparna B Vasavada, Committee Member

Author:

Mcneal, Gregory S

Title:

Killer Bureaucracy: A Case Study of the U.s. Government's Targeted Killing Program

Graduate Program:

Public Administration

Keywords:

public administration
accountability
targeted killing
law of armed conflict
commander in chief
bureaucracy
national security

File:

Download McNeal_Killer_Bureaucracy_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Jeremy Plant, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jeremy Plant, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Steven Ames Peterson, Committee Member
Bing Ran, Committee Member
Amy Clothier Gaudion, Committee Member

Author:

Finkenbinder, Karen Jonita

Title:

A Pilot Study: The Adoption of New Professionalism in Small Police Agencies in Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Public Administration

Keywords:

Police
New Professionalism
Policing Models

File:

Download Finkenbinder_FINAL_DISSERTATION.pdf

Committee Members:

Jeremy Plant, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jeremy Plant, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Steven Ames Peterson, Committee Member
Shaun L Gabbidon, Committee Member
John Henry Kramer, Committee Member

Author:

Smith, Michael Forrest

Title:

Examining the role of narratives in policy agenda setting amid a "manufactured crisis"

Graduate Program:

Public Administration

Keywords:

public policy
narratives
agenda setting
crisis
legitimacy
Narrative Policy Framework
Multiple Streams Framework

File:

Download mfsmith_-_Dissertation_-_FINAL_-_100920.pdf

Committee Members:

Bing Ran, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Bing Ran, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Beverly Ann Cigler, Committee Member
Younhee Kim, Committee Member
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Outside Member
Steven Ames Peterson, Committee Member
Bing Ran, Program Head/Chair