Thesis (Ph.D. (Education)) - Rhodes University, 2009.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--UCLA, 2009. / Vita. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 305-323).

Digest of Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Minnesota, 1931. / Vita. Bibliography: p. 55-56.

Thesis (Ph. D. (Education))--Rhodes University, 2005.

The phenomena of stakeholder identification and involvement in the affairs of public entities has become of great importance in the recent years. Literature review reveals the extent of knowledge and discloses gaps that exist in the management of technical training institutions in Kenya. Therefore, key research questions aimed at achieving the objectives of this study were formulated. For empirical responses, a sample comprising three institutions was chosen, where respondents were selected purposively. Focus group and individual interviews were conducted for qualitative data collection from purposively selected respondents. The data analysis led to the conclusion that stakeholders are varied and their involvement in specific issues minimal. This implies lack of clarity of knowledge of the stakeholders and variation regarding the extent to which they need involvement and the effects. One recommendation is to carry out an analysis to establish legitimate stakeholders and their specific potential influences. / Educational Studies

Informed by archival data and oral history interviews, this dissertation explored stories of the lived experiences of the stakeholders of Mercer University’s Beloved Community. The goal was to gain insight into how higher educational institutions (HEIs) engaged community partners to address long-term racial injury through the process of racial reconciliation. This study included the insights of 18 participants in a racial reconciliation project named the Beloved Community; which began in 2005 and was sponsored by Mercer University, a private higher educational institution; formerly affiliated with the Georgia Baptist Convention. An aim of the project was to sustain a frank discourse within a safe, public forum, that would address the present and past injuries of racial segregation at the local church level and include the injured in problem solving. Mercer is one of few formerly segregated southern universities engaged in such an endeavor. The research questions were: 1) What do Mercer University’s Beloved Community stakeholders perceive as the primary goals of higher educational institutions in addressing racial reconciliation? 2) What are Mercer University’s Beloved Community stakeholders’ perceptions and lived experiences of racial reconciliation, through this project? 3) What patterns and contradictions are there in the stakeholders’ stories about their perceptions and lived experiences of racial reconciliation? The findings validate the research of Androff (2012) that reconciliation is a slow process, occurring at multiple levels, and provides insights into such an endeavor at a local level. Further, this study found that enactment of the project is influenced by social identity, collective memory, and intergroup interaction. A culture of social reconciliation, in the form of building interpersonal relationships and creating forums for racial dialogue, was the dominant form of reconciliation found within Mercer’s Beloved Community. This study is significant in examining the role of HEIs who include community partners to extend sustained scholarship, learning, and civic engagement.

Thesis (MTech (Business and Information Administration))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2019 / Various efforts have been made to address the issue of gender equality at the workplace. It can be noted that even though equal opportunities between men and women may exist, the discrimination of women is still immanent in the workplace for example gender bias, unequal opportunities and underrepresentation. Previous research has failed to give a clear picture on the impact of information, communication, and technologies on gender gaps. It is mostly generalised. This study evaluates the role of Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) in promoting gender equality in the workplace. The research explores different theoretical perspectives namely Gender Glass Ceiling, Equity Theory, Technology Acceptance Model, Gender Inequality and Discrimination, Critical Information Systems Theory and the Feminist Theory. The study used a qualitative research method and a case study design in order to fulfil the study’s objectives and aim. It was carried out at a selected higher education institution in South Africa. Purposive sampling was used and 19 research participants were interviewed both men and women. The data that was collected was transcribed, coded using open coding, analysed and interpreted using thematic analysis to make sense of the findings. Ethical codes of conduct such as truthfulness, confidentiality, anonymity, beneficence and data protection were employed due to the sensitive nature of the study. Results show that ICTs play a vital role in promoting gender equality. ICTs enable employees to become educated, skilled and knowledgeable becoming aware of their rights and fair practices in the workplace. ICTs also enhance both men and women empowerment in independency, decision making and self-actualisation. Fundamental recommendations are given by the researcher regarding ICTs and the promotion of gender equality in the workplace to enhance organisational performance. Organisations need to view ICTs as an integral part of business and enhance its use to promote gender equality.

Many university leaders lack the knowledge necessary to retain skilled employees and decrease employee turnover. The purpose of this multiple case study was to explore strategies that leaders of colleges/universities in the United States used to retain skilled employees. Research participants included 7 leaders in higher education in central Florida who had at least 1 year of managerial experience in academic or human resources administration and were able to provide information on evaluating the effectiveness of approaches to employee retention. The conceptual framework was the behavioral leadership theory of Skinner. Data were collected using semistructured face-to-face interviews, phone interviews, and review of organizational documents. Using the thematic analysis approach, 4 themes emerged from data analysis: open communication, generational gap, work-life balance, and effective implementation of retention strategies. The implications of this study for social change could include the potential for leaders in higher education to improve employee morale and job satisfaction by applying strategies to retain employees and reduce turnover.

Studiens syfte var att undersöka skillnader i kostvanor som kan ha betydelse för utveckling av karies mellan ungdomar vid yrkesinriktade respektive högskoleförberedande gymnasieprogram. Datainsamling skedde vid två gymnasieskolor i södra Sverige med användning av en enkät som bestod av 32 frågor. Det skulle både finnas yrkesinriktade- och högskoleförberedande gymnasieprogram på de skolor som deltog. Sextio elever från respektive gymnasieinriktning skulle ingå i studien. Totalt erbjöds 143 elever >16 år att delta från två skolor. Resultatet baserades på 118 besvarade enkäter, 60 från de yrkesinriktade- och 58 från de högskoleförberedande gymnasieprogrammen. Individerna som studerade på högskoleförberedande gymnasieprogrammen åt i större utsträckning frukost (p=0.009) och skollunch dagligen (p=0.003) och handlade mer sällan i skolans kiosk eller närliggande livsmedelsbutik (p=0.000). De drack även kaffe med socker mer sällan under skoltid (p=0.006), drack juice eller saft mer sällan i hemmet (p=0.009) och åt chips eller ostbågar mer sällan i hemmet (p=0.044). Studiens slutsats är att det fanns skillnader mellan gymnasieelever vid de yrkesinriktade- och högskoleförberedande gymnasieprogram när det gäller frukost- och lunchvanor. Få skillnader fanns i övrigt mellan gymnasieeleverna vid de båda gymnasieinriktningarna avseende konsumtion av produkter som kan ha betydelse för karies. / The aim of this study was to examine differences in dietary habits that have significance for the development of caries between youths at professional- respectively higher educational preparatory high school programs. A survey with 32 questions was conducted at two high schools in southern Sweden. The schools should have hade professional- and higher educational preparatory high school programs. Sixty students from each high school orientation would be included in the study. A total of 143 students >16 yearswere invited to participate from two schools. The result is based on 118 answered surveys, 60 from the professional- and 58 from the higher educational preparatory high school programs. Individuals that studied at the higher educational preparatory high school programs ate in greater numbers breakfast (p=0.009) and school lunch (p=0.003) daily and shopped more rarely at the school kiosk or nearby grocery store (p=0.000). They also drank coffee with sugar more rarely under school time, (p=0.006), drank juice more rarely at home (p=0.009) and ate potato chips or cheese doodles more rarely at home (p=0.044).The conclusion of this study is that there were differences between high school students at the professional- and higher educational preparatory high school programs with regards to breakfast- and school lunch habits. Few differences existed otherwise between both high school orientations regarding consumption of products that could have significance for the development caries.

Thesis (doctoral)--Deutsche Hochschule für Vewaltungswissenschaften, Speyer, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references and webliography (p. 215-228).