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Author:

Martin, Michael James

Title:

Continuing Education and Cooperative Extension: A Comparative Assessement of Organizational Culture

Graduate Program:

Workforce Education and Development

Keywords:

Continuing Education
Cooperative Extension
Organizational Culture

File:

Download MJMDissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

William J Rothwell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Claudia Cross Mincemoyer, Committee Member
Wesley Edward Donahue, 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:

Newhard, Michele L.

Title:

An Exploratory Study of Competencies of Appreciative Inquiry Practitioners: Discovery

Graduate Program:

Workforce Education and Development

Keywords:

appreciative inquiry
competencies
competency study
strengths-based
organization development
qualitative research
coding
thematic analysis
grounded theory

File:

Download NewhardDissertation2010.pdf

Committee Members:

William J Rothwell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Judith Ann Kolb, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member
Susan E Cromwell, Committee Member
Jacqueline M Stavros, Committee Member

Author:

Bernhard, Mark

Title:

Examining Brain Drain: Demographic, Educational And Employment Factors Influencing Lehigh University Graduates To Stay Or Leave The Region

Graduate Program:

Workforce Education and Development

Keywords:

Out-Migration
Lehigh Valley
Lehigh University
Brain Drain
Stay Or Leave Decisions

File:

Download mcbernharddissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

William J Rothwell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Judith Ann Kolb, Committee Member
Wesley Edward Donahue, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

Author:

Jones, Norm Jay

Title:

PERCEPTIONS OF TRUSTWORTHINESS IN THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF A SMALL COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER: IMPLICATIONS FOR ORGANIZATIONAL DIRECTION

Graduate Program:

Workforce Education and Development

Keywords:

interpersonal trust
organizational leadership
leadership
organizational direction
organizational culture
trust and strategic planning
trust

File:

Download Dissertation_eTD2.pdf

Committee Members:

William J Rothwell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
William J Rothwell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Judith Ann Kolb, Committee Member
Keith B Wilson, Committee Member
Wesley Edward Donahue, 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:

Jackson, Robert

Title:

PERCEPTIONS OF STRATEGIC PLANNING, ORGANIZATIONAL ALIGNMENT, AND TALENT: A MULTIPLE SITE CASE STUDY OF SELECTED SMALL BUSINESSES IN PENNSYLVANIA

Graduate Program:

Workforce Education and Development

Keywords:

small business
case study
multiple site case study
talent management
talent
organizational alignment
strategic planning
small businesses
small businesses in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania

File:

Download R.D.Jackson_Dissertation_1.31.10.pdf

Committee Members:

William J Rothwell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
William J Rothwell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Wesley Edward Donahue, Committee Member
Judith Ann Kolb, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

Author:

Conn, Robert Edward

Title:

The Relationship Between Non-employment and Respondent Personal Charasterics, College Major, GPA and Work Experience Among 1992-1993 College Graduates

Graduate Program:

Workforce Education and Development

Keywords:

work experience
college major
GPA
non-employment
baccalaureate degree employment outcomes
race
gender
financial aid
age

File:

Download RobertEConnThesis1.pdf

Committee Members:

David Lynn Passmore, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kenneth Gray, Committee Member
Elwood Lewis Shafer, Committee Member
William J Rothwell, Committee Member

Author:

Shafer, Ronald J.

Title:

An Examination of High-performance Work Skills Among Manufacturing Workers in One Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area

Graduate Program:

Workforce Education and Development

Keywords:

high-performance work places
skill sets
manufacturing work force

File:

Download etd.pdf

Committee Members:

Judith Ann Kolb, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member
Kenneth Carter Gray, Committee Member
William J Rothwell, Committee Member