Browsing by Author "Dennard, Linda"

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Collective Leadership in the Public Sector: A Descriptive Study of Structure, Roles, and Functions in Twelve North Carolina Collaboratives

Smith, Stephanie (2010-07-02)

This descriptive study examined collective leadership in twelve North Carolina interorganizational collaboratives. Inquiry into the twelve participant entities focused on organizational structure, leadership roles, and ...

A Comparative Analysis of Client Satisfaction with Food Assistance Programs: The Case of Nonprofit and Public Sector Organizations in Alabama and Georgia

Adams-Cross, Alycia (2011-11-17)

The epidemic of poverty, hunger, and food insecurity is at an all-time high in the United States and other parts of the world, spurring great interest in finding solutions to address and alleviate this economic disparity. ...

Creating a Social Value Added Benefit Through an Informal Collaborative Military Centered Nonprofit Network

Dougherty, Joseph (2015-05-11)

Over the next 50 years, an intergenerational transfer of wealth is expected to occur between elderly adults and aging baby boomers and their families, with an estimated $6 trillion projected to go directly to charitable ...

Defining the Phenomenon: Trafficking in Persons, Advocate Organizations and Issue Framing

Davis, Tameka (2016-12-09)

The modern era of Trafficking in Persons (TIP)—beginning with the African Slave Trade (AST)—has seen an alarming increase in the number of victims of the phenomenon. Contemporary TIP (cTIP) is a result of the increased ...

The Effects of Social Capital on Local Government Performance and Economic Development

Laughlin, Tammy (2012-05-10)

The purpose of this study is to examine the idea that social interaction, government performance, and development efforts positively affect economic wealth on the local level in cities within the United States. New methods ...

The Environmental Outcomes of Collaborative Natural Resource Institutions

Adams, David (2016-03-25)

Across the United States there are collaborative partnerships and networks co-laboring to manage environmental and natural resources including our watersheds. There are over 2,000 of these watersheds in which at least ...

An Examination of Eight Factors Influencing Women's Retention in Federal Law Enforcement

Yu, Helen (2011-11-30)

Using a sample of 168 sworn female federal law enforcement officers with arrest and firearm authority and in-depth interviews with 20 of these women, this study examines eight factors that may or may not influence women's ...

International Military Education and Training Program as a Tool of Smart Power

Mujkic, Edin (2012-12-05)

The International Military Education and Training (IMET) have been functional since 1976 as a part of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (FAA). The proposed dissertation seeks to investigate the effects that the IMET ...

Jefferson County, Alabama: A Perfect Storm of Ethical, Financial, Political, and Market Failures

Morris, Louis (2011-07-06)

This study details the ethical, financial, political, and market failures that have nearly caused the Jefferson County, Alabama to file what may become the largest municipal bankruptcy in the history of the nation.

Just War Theory and Armed Non-State Actors

Smith, Eric (2015-05-13)

In the modern era mankind faces challenges that include: globalization, regional and international institutions assuming sovereign authority over states, devastating acts of terrorism, 24-hour international news coverage, ...

Leading Through Culture Crisis: The Full Range - Adaptive Mixed Leadership Model

Bottomlee, James (2019-07-23) ETD File Embargoed

The primary problem examined in this research project is that two popular leadership models in public administration and business management do not adequately account for the foundational aspect of properly defining problems ...

Marketing War: A Case Study Comparison of Wars Between the United States and Iraq

Lauck, Penny (2008-05-15)

Being able to convince the American public that they need to send their sons and daughters into harms way is not an easy task but one which every United States President may face during his or her tenure. Rallying public ...

More than Moral Leadership: Building Organizational Capacity for Promoting Ethical Behavior - Survey Evidence from Alabama Local Governments

Asencio Aragón, Hugo (2012-07-24)

This study addresses a deficiency identified in the public administration literature on how to design and sustain public organizations in which ethical reasoning and decision making is possible. It employs original survey ...

Patterns of Budget Agent Interaction as Indicators of Internal Transparency in the Budget Processes of Three Southeastern States: A Step Toward Normative Budget Theory

Payne, Kimberly (2019-04-23)

The budget process in any state is more than the structural hierarchy, budget calendars and procedures, and the technical preferences of the day, it is also a network of budget agents interacting to complete the budget. ...