Strategic Leadership Dissertations

2019
2018
Perceived principal servant leadership and teacher stress, Donald "Greg" Harris, Ph.D.
Examining the impact of transformational and transactional leadership style on work attitudes, motivation, and work outcomes in nonprofit organizations, Kim Hartzler-Weakley, Ph.D.
The influence of engaging centralized student support on the academic achievement of student veterans, Paul Morgan, Ph.D.
2017
Organizational factors associated with quality perinatal care, Lisa H. Akers, Ph.D.
Beyond beneficiaries of corporate philanthropy: The practice of corporate social responsibility in nonprofit firms, Roxann Allen, Ph.D.
Cultural influences on nonprofit servant leadership, Sungil "Calvin" Chung, Ph.D.
Developmental evaluation: Complexity leadership theory in practice-A mixed methods study, Terrence S. Fernsler, Ph.D.
The power of feedback: An indicator of mentor effectiveness during student teaching, Dara M. Hall, Ph.D.
Buying equal student achievement opportunities, Abbott W. Keesee, Ph.D.
Argument education in higher education: A validation study, Paul E. Mabrey III, Ph.D.
Clicks, likes, and shares: Using the theory of planned behavior, self-efficacy, and impression management to predict digital activism activities, Aaron Noland, Ph.D.
Leader self-efficacy in youth leader development: A mixed methods study, Christopher J. Rehm, Ph.D.
The impact of student leadership engagement on meaning in life and work during college, Heather Janel Strine-Patterson, Ph.D.
2016
The achievement gap and students living in poverty: The role of core self-evaluation and transformational leadership in teachers, India Harris, Ph.D.
Predictors of private school sustainability using IRS form 990, Paul G. Leaman, Ph.D.
Leadership, empowerment, and social capital in a civil society mental health program population in El Salvador, Samuel V. Nickels, Ph.D.
2015
Exploring nonprofits in the social economy: The social enterprise phenomena, Kofi S. Adimado, Ph.D.
The congruence of the social and conventional entrepreneur: An examination of goal split distribution, emergence by age, and antecedent model congruence, Eric M. Korn, Ph.D.
The impact of college leadership experiences on long term well-being, Kevin Meaney, Ph.D.
Nonprofit leadership: A study of governance changes over time, Daisha M. Merritt, Ph.D.
A mixed-methods study of Head Start Family Service worker qualifications and Family Services utilization: Implications for policy and leadership, Laura H. Trull, Ph.D.
2014
Transformational leadership and resilience, African-American women nonprofit leaders: A mixed-methods study, Donovan Branche, Ph.D.
The effects of academic libraries’ resource, expenditure, and service decisions on library use: An analysis of ACRL and NCES data, Jody C. Fagan, Ph.D.
Combating occupational apartheid plaguing internationally trained professionals: A mixed methods description of activist entrepreneurship in cross-sector partnerships, Stephen Wayne Lambert, Ph.D.
Influence of entrepreneurship education on entrepreneurship development in post-secondary education, Kenneth Newbold, Ph.D.
Engaged citizenship: A longitudinal study of student engagement and early adulthood, Jennifer Rau, Ph.D.
Predictive modeling of alumni donors: An engagement model for fundraising in postsecondary education, Nicholas Rau, Ph.D.