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Author:: Freeman, Amy Louise
Title:: Money, Math and Engineering: The Relationships Between Community Economics, Math Preparation and the Graduation of Racially Underrepresented Engineers
Graduate Program:: Workforce Education and Development
Keywords:: prediction
recruitment
math programs
minority engineering program
STEM
poverty
race
retention
money
precollege
underrepresented
minority engineering
minority
math preparation
summer bridge
high school funding
MEP
diversity
graduation
engineering
multicultural
funding
high school
engineering shortage
Penn State
File:: Download Final_Document2.pdf
Committee Members:: William J Rothwell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
William J Rothwell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Judith Ann Kolb, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member
Kenneth Carter Gray, Committee Member

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Author:: Pane Whiteford, Anita
Title:: Measuring the Impact and Value of Training Programs: A Qualitative Study of Selected Programs in the Workforce and Economic Development Network in Pennsylvania (WEDnetPA)
Graduate Program:: Workforce Education and Development
Keywords:: training and development
WEDnetPA
workforce education
measurement and value
File:: Download Final_Dissertation_Anita_Pane.pdf
Committee Members:: William J Rothwell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
William J Rothwell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Lynn Passmore, Committee Member
Wesley Edward Donahue, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

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Author:: Shaw, Cynthia A
Title:: A Study of the Relationship of Parental Involvement to Student Achievement in a Pennsylvania Career and Technology Center
Graduate Program:: Workforce Education and Development
Keywords:: student achievement
parental involvement
File:: Download parent_involvement.pdf
Committee Members:: Cynthia Pellock, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kenneth Gray, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member
Richard Allen Walter, Committee Member

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Author:: Gliddon, David Gregory
Title:: Forecasting a Competency Model for Innovation Leaders Using a Modified Delphi Technique
Graduate Program:: Workforce Education and Development
Keywords:: Innovation
Innovate
Innovative
Competency
Competency Model
Leaders
Leader
Leadership
Leading
Delphi
Diffusion
File:: Download Dissertation-Gliddon_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: William J Rothwell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Lynn Passmore, Committee Member
Cynthia Pellock, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

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Author:: Demers, Debora Lynne
Title:: The Relationship Between Perceptions of Learning Organization Characteristics and Firm Performance
Graduate Program:: Workforce Education and Development
Keywords:: organizational learning
learning organization
File:: Download DDemersDissertationMay2009.pdf
Committee Members:: David Lynn Passmore, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Lynn Passmore, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member
Rose Marie Baker, Committee Member
Judith Ann Kolb, Committee Member

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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

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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

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Author:: Tansuphasiri, Dawarit
Title:: Managers/Non-Managers’ Perceived Importance and Implementation of Skills and Information Workplace Practices at IBM Thailand
Graduate Program:: Workforce Education and Development
Keywords:: IBM Thailand
high performance organizations
high-performance workplaces
Thailand
skills and information
File:: Download etd.pdf
Committee Members:: Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member
Mary J Kisner, Committee Member
William J Rothwell, Committee Member
Kenneth Gray, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

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Author:: Bouquillon, Edward Allen
Title:: Antecedents Associated With Mentor Functions Received and Career Outcomes Reported by Proteges and Non-Mentored Employees
Graduate Program:: Workforce Education and Development
Keywords:: mentor functions
informal mentoring
formal mentoring
career outcomes
File:: Download Bouquillon.eTD
Committee Members:: David Lynn Passmore, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Joseph Sosik, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member
Kenneth Gray, Committee Member
William J Rothwell, Committee Member

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Author:: Richard, Elizabeth Doane
Title:: The Effect of Capstone Cooperative Education Experiences, and Related Factors, on Career and Technical Education Secondary Student Summative Assessment Scores
Graduate Program:: Workforce Education and Development
Keywords:: summative assessment scores
vocational education
cooperative education
NOCTI scores
co-op
experiential learning
contextual learning
career and technical education
File:: Download Formatted_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Richard Allen Walter, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard Allen Walter, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert W Clark, Committee Member
Cynthia Pellock, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

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