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The Social Impact of Public Safety Exploring

Guzzetta, Brian W. (2018-07)

Purpose. The purpose of this quantitative research study was to investigate the potential social impact that offering early public safety education had on a community. Utilizing Learning for Life’s national membership, ...
United States Military Reserve 2012: Operations Tempo, Organizational Commitment, and Retention

Goodman, Creighton (2018-07)

Purpose. The purpose of this big data study was to explore the relationship among operations tempo, commitment, and retention among the different Reserve component personnel, including the Army National Guard, Army Reserve, ...
Employee Engagement: The Path to Understanding Public Sector Silent Heroes - Millennial Accountants

Harris, Tanya Sarah (2018-08)

Millennials are the fastest growing generational cohort to enter the professional workforce. The workplace is changing, and public sector leaders need tools to attract, motivate, and retain the talent to fill the void ...
Community College Transfer Outcomes: A Measure of Accountability

Aunai, Samasoni (2018-10)

Purpose. Most community college students do not graduate let alone transfer to university. Hence, the purpose of this qualitative study was to (a) examine the learned experiences of California community colleges and ...
The Role of Public-Private Collaborations in Arts Education

Blanco, Javier E. (2018-10)

There continues to be a high demand for public-private partnerships (PPPs) that focus on organizations thinking and working together on issues of critical concern, shifting the emphasis from individual efforts to group ...
Cultural Infusiosn in Tribal TANF Programs of California

Aguirre-Mendoza, Maria (2018-12)

Purpose. The purpose of this study was to examine the inclusion of cultural components in Tribal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program dissemination from the perception of program leadership. Observing ...
Litigation and the Title IX Coordinator: A Look Into the Effects of Litigation on the 23 CSU System Campuses After Implementation of a Title IX Coordinator

Carthen Jackson, Megan (2018-12)

Sexual misconduct remains among the highest underreported crimes across the nation. Incidents of sexual misconduct at institutions of higher education across the United States continue to be of grave concern as well. ...
Waterproofing Children in Selected California Regions: An Explanatory Sequential Mixed Methods Study Examining the Data Collection on Fatal and Nonfatal Drownings

Hernandez, David Allen (2018-12)

Data elements collected from drowning submersion forms are not conclusive when attempting to build reliable drowning prevention initiatives based on the statistical data that have been captured in the field. Coinciding ...
An Examination of Decision Making of Local Elections Officials and Voter Education Programs Throughout the State of California

Harris, Jesse Armon (2018-12)

Recent literature fails to confirm significance between direct democracy (participation in local elections and associated voter education and outreach programs) and perception of low voter turnout as a problem (Seabrook, ...
A Few Good Women: Gender and the Glass Ceiling in the California City Manager Offices

Donaghy, Cammie (2018-12)

Purpose. Glass Ceiling barriers have long been thought substantial reasons why women do not achieve senior-management-level positions. The purpose of this qualitative research study was to investigate the perceptions of ...
Toward a Theory of Action Definition for Homeland Security: A Case Study of Federal, State, and Local Leadership Actions During the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

Moland, Mark Gerhard (2019-03)

Homeland security lacks a consensus definition for the discipline. Government leaders and scholars have proposed a range of definitions that describe the threats, activities, and outcomes of the discipline, but because ...
The Sustainable Groundwater Management Act of 2014: A Comparative Analysis of Alternative Management Plans and Adjudications

Cox, Kimberly Goltry (2019-03)

The confluence of an antiquated water rights system, unpredictable supply, and political intervention fostered legislation that became known as the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act of 2014. The trio of legislation ...
Special District Reform: Enhancement or Impediment

Appel, Steven (2019-05)

Special district governments are probably the least understood and seemingly the least studied unit of government. They occupy a unique place in the American government structure and have been described by the Little ...
Factors Leading to Civil Unrest in the Wake of Police Lethal Use of Force Incidents: A Tale of Two Cities

Austin, George Richard (2019-05)

Since August 9, 2014, the day Officer Darren Wilson shot and killed Michael Brown in the small city of Ferguson, Missouri, large-scale protests after police-involved lethal use of force incidents have become much more ...
The Perceived Impact of Peer Support in Addressing Burnout Among 911 Emergency Dispatchers

Soria, Pauline Lynn (2019-08)

911 Emergency Dispatchers encounter stressful situations and are known to manage life endangering incidents by way of telephone and/or radio. As they are trained to assist the public and the field units, the job they do ...
Property Tax Policy in the City of Kigali (Rwanda): A Case Study of Policy Implementation

Ntayomba, Jean Marie Vianney (2019-08)

Problem: The city of Kigali (CoK), the capital city of the Republic of Rwanda, is fast growing in demography and urbanization amid pronounced fiscal challenges. The city, its districts with the support of the central ...
Hospice Agencies Serving the Cultural Needs of the Hispanic Community

Ormonde, Maria (2019-08)

The Medicare Hospice Benefit (MHB) is a national policy that was enacted in 1982 to reduce end-of-life care expenditures and improve quality end of life. Hospice care is of value to all qualifying individuals who have a ...
A Learning Style Group Comparison of Southern California Public School Employees: Investigating the Level of Understanding Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) When Using a Preferred Learning Style Training

Galarza, Jorge (2019-08)

Purpose. The purpose of this study was to examine whether a Family Educational Rights Privacy Act (FERPA) sponsored training that matches the employee’s learning style preferences increases the level of understanding FERPA ...
Police Leadership in the Wake of Ferguson

Chao, Jason (2019-08)

This exploratory study examined leadership approaches taught in leadership and management training programs attended by police managers and executives within the San Gabriel Valley. Specifically, Los Angeles Police ...
Challenging Gaia: The Ecology of Organizational Restructuring in a Federal Agency

Birmingham-Witucki, Nicole A. (2020-02)

Purpose. The purpose of the study was to reinvigorate the theory of organizational ecology and use the metaphorical relationship between themes in ecology as a way to model structures or reorganizations in the federal ...

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