Ph.D. in Strategic Leadership Studies Dissertations
2021
Systems Leadership on Seamless and Transparent National-Level Transfer Credit System: A Mixed Methods Study, Sevinj Iskandaraova, Ph.D.
An Entrepreneurial Mindset: Not Just For Entrepreneurs Lindsay M. King, Ph.D.
An exploration of knowledge type and firm performance: A study in the MLB, Adam Lindberg, Ph.D.
Post-Application Factors Affecting Community College Enrollment, Kyle McCarrell, Ph.D.
Experiencing the Pull and Push: Influences on Independent Contractor Motivation and Job Satisfaction, Andy Miller, Ph.D.
Transformational Leadership: The Role of Leader’s Education and Professional Training, Ahmet Shala, Ph.D.
Using Grit Scale Scores to Predict Retention and Persistence, Kristen Sowden, Ph.D.
Analysis of Alumni Giving at a Public Tier 1 Post-secondary Institution Based on Student Activity Involvement: Multivariate Logistic Regression Modeling for Alumni Giving Six to Nine Years from Graduation, Michael Speight, Ph.D.
2020
First class teachers, second class citizens: A mixed methods investigation of the predictors of organizational commitment among non-tenure track faculty, Melissa Altman, Ph.D.
An integrated developmental model and measure of intercultural competence, N. Simone DuMerville, Ph.D.
Making work-life policies and perceptions public: An examination of corporate websites and employee ratings of work-life balance, Alyse Scicluna Lehrke, Ph.D.
Predicting attrition of new Student Affairs professionals through perceptions of work-related quality of life, synergistic supervision, and executive servant leadership, Wendy Lushbaugh, Ph.D.
Examining the Corrosive Effects of Government Corruption on Social Capital in Afghanistan: A Mixed Methods Study, Samiullah Nuristani, Ph.D.
Religiosity and national political leadership as essential conjoined social determinants of volunteerism: Implications for international non-governmental organization leaders, Theresa L Koepfler Reimbold, Ph.D.
Determining faculty capacity for transdisciplinary instruction, Nick Swayne, Ph.D.
Influence of remaining unmet financial need on the persistence behaviors of students enrolled at a small, liberal arts institution of higher education, Zachary Yoder, Ph.D.
2019
Failure to launch?: Advancing the case for financial literacy interventions in postsecondary education, Cathleen Snyder, Ph.D.
Leading from the Field: Funded international nongovernmental organizations and the participatory development of long-term impact assessments, Geary A. Cox II, Ph.D.
Theatre as an intervention for empathy development among undergraduate students, Jonathan Stewart, Ph.D.
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.
