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Explore past dissertations from members of the Doctor of Business Administration program at Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University.

  • Chester H. Brearey, DM
    • Dissertation: A Study of the Impact of Informational Complexity, Transparency and Stewardship on Decision Usefulness: The Users' Perspective
  • Thomas H. Carlson, DM
    • Dissertation: Generative Characteristics as Antecedents to Engagement
  • Cecilia C. Chan, DM
    • Dissertation: Managing Commitment as Antecedents to Engagement in Faith-based Organizations: Chinese Protestant Churches in the United States
  • Byron C. Clayton, DM
    • Dissertation: When Practice and Theory Conflict: Do Performance Incentives Drive Management Behaviors in Mergers and Acquisitions?
  • Mary-Beth A. Cooper, DM
    • Dissertation: Ethical Ideologies and Decision Making Among College Student Athletes
  • Alexander Eksir, DM
    • Dissertation: The Role of Human Capital in Predicting Business Outcomes
  • Elizabeth P. Fitz Gibbon, DM
    • Dissertation: Inside the Outsourcing of Innovation
  • Radhashyam Giridharadas, DM
    • Dissertation: The Role of Organizational Learning in Renewing Competitive Advantage
  • James K. Hayes, DM
    • Dissertation: The Private Sector and Anti-Terrorism Spending for Physical Security
  • Ganesh Kumar, DM
    • Dissertation: Unraveling Adaptive Selling: An Empirical Analysis of Underlying Relational Behavior
  • Rebecca M. Minnillo, DM
    • Dissertation: Design and Discovery: The Structure and Function of a Research Network
  • Kathy K. Overbeke, DM
    • Dissertation: Into the Family and Business Nexus: Succession and Daughters in Family Owned Businesses
  • Kevin Roots, DM
    • Dissertation: Executive Leader Development: Mentoring in U.S. Government and Commercial Organizations
  • Lise Anne Slatten, DM
    • Dissertation: An Examination of the Antecedents and Consequences of Accreditation in the Nonprofit Sector
  • Michael N. Wolfe, DM
    • Dissertation: Beyond Financial Transparency and Institutional Structure: Emergent Forms of Accountability in the New Era of Responsibility

  • Randall I. Bambrough, DM
    • Dissertation: Developing a Regional High Tech Environment: What Factors Matter
  • William G. Brunger, DM
    • Dissertation: The Impact of the Internet on Airline Fares
  • Peter Chan, DM
    • Dissertation: Managing Multiple and Interacting Congregations Within the Same Church: The Case of Chinese Protestant Immigrant Churches in North America
  • Barbara Clemenson, DM
    • Dissertation: Heaven, Hell and Everything In Between: How Do Authentic Leaders' Values Contribute to Organizations in Which Followers Flourish?
  • Jonathan H. Coleman, DM
    • Dissertation: They're Making All the Wrong Decisions: Managing Cognitive and Emotive Balance
  • Bruce C. Gockerman, DM
    • Dissertation: The Pathfinder Leader and Complex Decision Making: The Role in Collective Action Governance
  • Rosemary Kamau-Maina, DM
    • Dissertation: College Environments as Enablers and Barriers to Youth Entrepreneurship
  • Margo J. Kraft, DM
    • Dissertation: The Role of Learning and Care Giving Style in Practitioner-Patient Co-Production of Therapeutic Outcomes
  • Raymond Massa, DM
    • Dissertation: Effective Leadership of Financial Service Firms: A Study in Resonance and Emotional Intelligence
  • Betty A. Moon, DM
    • Dissertation: Selling Money: Success Factors for Financial Advisors
  • Brian L. Newton, DM
    • Dissertation: Role Engagement in Co-operative Organizations: A Relational Framework for Understanding Board Commitment
  • Eugene A. Pierce, DM
    • Dissertation: Virtual Teams: Can They Be More Effective
  • Humayun Rashid, DM
    • Dissertation: Commitment to Change as Dynamic Push-Pull Alignment of Messages
  • R. Drew Sellers, DM
    • Dissertation: The Impact of Organizational Destruction in Social Capital
  • Timothy J. Timura, DM
    • Dissertation: The Duplicity Effect: Professional Investment Decisions for Others Versus Self
  • Martin Zummersch, DM
    • Dissertation: You Can Change Strategies in a Conversation: Decision Making in Innovation in the Durable Goods Industry

  • Nina R. Aversano, DM
    • Dissertation: Disconnected: A Consumer Study of Mobile Telephone Technology Rejection in the United States
  • Frank C. Braun, DM
    • Dissertation: The Social-Technical Project Manager Practices That Motivate Knowledge Sharing and Learning in Information Technology Project Team Environments
  • Jane Cooke-Lauder, DM
    • Dissertation: Social Change – Making the Improbable Possible through Collaboration: A Series of Studies on NGO Collaboration in South Africa
  • R. Todd Creasy, DM
    • Dissertation: Employee Reactions to Mergers and Acquisitions - The ‘ME-I Syndrome’; Avoiding ‘Merger-Enabled-Individualism’
  • Matthew J. Gymer, DM
    • Dissertation: Service Feature Considerations for Developing Consumer Satisfaction in Online Environments
  • Monika L. Hudson, DM
    • Dissertation: Studies in Workplace Behaviors and Organizations
  • Pamela C. Hudson, DM
    • Dissertation: Transitioning from Staff Nurse to Nurse Manager-A Change in Identity
  • Kathryn V. Kaminsky, DM
    • Dissertation: Resilience in Action: Exploring Constructive Transitions Among Mid-Career Leaders
  • Zara F. Larsen, DM
    • Dissertation: Change Leader Retention and Career Development: The Role of Social Capital and Balancing Commitments
  • Jimmy Schwarzkopf, DM
    • Dissertation: Venture “TERROIR” Can We Define It ? VC Decision Processes for Investing in Genesis/ Pre-seed ICT Entrepreneurial Teams
  • Arun K. Sharma, DM
    • Dissertation: The Effects of Ownership, Control Rights and Experience on Joint Venture Success
  • David A. Sherman, DM
    • Dissertation: Social Entrepreneurship: Creating Impact in the Social Sector
  • Edward W. Wright, DM
    • Dissertation: An Investigation of Electronic Medical Record Technology Adoption by Family Practice Physicians

  • Maurice Apprey, DM
    • Dissertation: Three Aspects of Social Change Management: Project Ownership, Ethical Project Transfer and Economic Correlate
  • Larry W. Ettner, DM
    • Dissertation: Corporate Governance in the Era of Sarbanes-Oxley
  • Anna H. Gibson, DM
    • Dissertation: The Practice of Medical Error Reporting
  • Alvin E. Hall, Sr., DM
    • Dissertation: The Social Construction of the Interactive Practices of Multicultural Professionals
  • Surendra S. Khambete, DM
    • Dissertation: Practicing Pragmatic Collaboration: The Challenge of Recognizing and Managing Rational Divergence
  • Robert M. Krug, DM
    • Dissertation: Focusing on the End User: Promoting the Successful Deployment of Workplace Programs and Initiatives
  • Suzanne K. Moore, DM
    • Dissertation: Exploration of Social Capital in the Context of Elected Public School Officials
  • Elizabeth Lada Morse, DM
    • Dissertation: A Journey with the End in Mind: An Examination of How Advance Planning May Influence End-of-Life Decisions
  • Schalon H. Newton, DM
    • Dissertation: Innovative or Expendable Human Capital: The Effect of Labor Market Choices, Career System Practices and Self-Directed Career Orientation on Organization Outcomes
  • James B. Ogundele, DM
    • Dissertation: Immigrants Transnational Activities for Home Community Development: The Nigerian Immigrants in the United States
  • Daniel M. Oruoch, DM
    • Dissertation: Factors that Facilitate Entrepreneurship Among Students and Nascent Entrepreneurs
  • Ademola (Demo) Solaru, DM
    • Dissertation: An investigation of Customer Perceived Value, Exchange Partner Trustworthiness and Service Perceptions in e-Commerce
  • Eric C. Woychik, DM
    • Dissertation: Impact of Knowledge on Electricity Markets

  • Richard R. Clune, Jr., DM
    • Dissertation: Corporate Responses to Accounting Regulation
  • James L. Hill, DM
    • Dissertation: Information Technology Adoption by Middle Managers: The Case of Trial Court Judges
  • R. Robertson Hilton, DM
    • Dissertation: Strangers in the Commons: Understanding and Measuring Successful Aging for Low-Income Seniors in Affordable Housing
  • Franklin T. Kudo, DM
    • Dissertation: Adolescent Leadership Development: The Role of Authoritative Parenting and the Mediating Effect of Psychological Autonomy and Mastery Orientation
  • Beverley J. Morgan, DM
    • Dissertation: Trust, Education and Development in Jamaica, 1950-2000
  • Randall D. Oostra, FACHE, DM
    • Dissertation: The Link Between Governance Responsibilities and Performance in Healthcare Organizations: A Trustees Perspective
  • Michael G. Stull, DM
    • Dissertation: Nonprofit Intrapreneurship: How Nonprofit Managers Facilitate and Balance Entrepreneurial Activity
  • Jane A. Van Buren, DM
    • Dissertation: All Cake and No Icing: An Exploration of Female Executive Leadership in the Nonprofit Sector
  • Susan D. Williams, DM
    • Dissertation: A Framework for Maximizing Board Member Outcomes in Nonprofit Organizations
  • Stephen A. Zurcher, DM
    • Dissertation: The Impact of Electronic Medical Records on the Doctor-Patient Relationship in Hospitals in Japan, Korea and the United States: A Cross-Cultural Comparison

  • Stephen S. Brand, DM
    • Dissertation: Sparks of Innovation: Observing the Elements that Lead to Creative and Innovative Success
  • Terrence J. Brizz, DM
    • Dissertation: Pastoral Leadership and Parish Vibrancy
  • Penelope Stohn Brouwer, DM
    • Dissertation: A Tale of Two Colleges: The Fiscal Crisis of the 1990's Strategies for Managing in Uncertainty
  • Margaret L. Drugovich, DM
    • Dissertation: Converting Highly Legitimized Structural Barriers into Vehicles of Change: A Case for Transformational Leadership in Liberal Arts Colleges
  • Nancy K. King, DM
    • Dissertation: The Social Capital of Nonprofit Leaders
  • Michael R. Lopez, DM
    • Dissertation: Synthesizing Managerial Agency and Institutionalism in Manufacturing Facilities
  • Joseph M. Mandato, DM
    • Dissertation: The Evolving Nonprofit Board: Relational Practices and Effective Governance
  • Charles T. Moses, DM
    • Dissertation: Entrepreneurial Emergence: The Challenge of Growth in Urban Contexts
  • Manoj Nakra, DM
    • Dissertation: Change On the Frontlines: A Perspective from the Trenches
  • Benjamin K. Ofili, DM
    • Dissertation: Perspectives on Life Insurance Selling, Retirement Savings among African Americans and Precautionary Saving of Blacks compared to Whites
  • Efrain Rivera, DM
    • Dissertation: Managers, Micro-entrepreneurs and Performance Outcomes: Lessons from Two Worlds
  • Patricia A. Sahm, DM
    • Dissertation: Trust in Project Management Relationships
  • A. Damos Solaru, DM
    • Dissertation: Free at Last? Culturally Rooted Differences in the Workplace Experience
  • W. Aubrey Webson, DM
    • Dissertation: Organization and Empowerment: Policy, Practice and Outcome - The Study of Development Organizations in St. Lucia, West Indies

  • Michael J. Deegan, DM
    • Dissertation: Individual Behavioral Competencies & Organizational Constraints: Some Insights From Health Care
  • Leonard D. Lane, DM
    • Dissertation: From Sitting on Top of the World to Crunched in the Back of the Bus: The Transformation of the U.S. Domestic Airline Industry From 2000 Through 2003
  • Susan M. McTiernan, DM
    • Dissertation: Stakeholders and Organizations: A Three Part Approach to Better Understandings of Who and What Counts
  • Gregory F. Milzcik, DM
    • Dissertation: Research Reports: Strength of Strong Ties: Two Studies on EVA in Cyclic Markets
  • Patricia J. Mintz, DM
    • Dissertation: Beyond the Requirements: Using Technology and Implementing Service Learning
  • Barbara K. Mistick, DM
    • Dissertation: What Tangled Webs We Weave: A Comparative Study of Cooperation, Coping, and Networking Strategies of Women Professionals and Entrepreneurs
  • C. Fritz Reichert, DM
    • Dissertation: Customer Service Satisfaction in Inter-Cultural Service Encounters
  • Stanton D. Sloane, DM
    • Dissertation: Research Into the Effectiveness of an Alternatives to Violence Program in a Prison System
  • Craig E. Soaries, DM
    • Dissertation: A Qualitative Analysis of the Historical and Social Significance of the African American Male Oral Tradition: A Study in Linguistic Anthropology
  • Karie A. Willyerd, DM
    • Dissertation: Leadership Pathways: How Leaders Communicate, Network, and Find Success in Diverse Environments
  • Donald J. Zeilstra, DM
    • Dissertation: Reciprocal Learning in Teams: Relational Practices for Securing the Best From Leadership Volunteers in Nonprofit Organizations

  • Agustin V. Arbulu, DM
    • Dissertation: Workforce Development in a Small Manufacturing Organization
  • Richard J. Bonaccorsi, DM
    • Dissertation: Forces Shaping the Extent of Markets: An Exploration of Wholesale Distributors in Latin America
  • Willaim W. Glover, DM
    • Dissertation: The Meaning of Decision and Choice to a Leader in a Nonprofit Organization
  • J. Bart Morrison, DM
    • Dissertation: Another Thrice-Told Tale: Strategy Formation, Accountability, and Competent Governance in a Nonprofit Organization
  • Sowmyan Raman, DM
    • Dissertation: Study of Direct Internet Selling by Airlines in the U.S. Air Travel Distribution Industry
  • Brigette A. Rapisarda Gulick, DM
    • Dissertation: The Impact of Emotional Intelligence on Work Team Cohesiveness and Performance
  • Mary E. Reidy, DM
    • Dissertation: Political Economy and Price Ratio Changes: Electric Industry Under Transition
  • Thomas D. Schramko, DM
    • Dissertation: Understanding the Characteristics of an Effective Physician-Hospital Contractual Arrangement from a Dyadic Perspective
  • Robert T. Wheeler, DM
    • Dissertation: The Connected Celebrity and Nonprofit Advertising

  • Morris W. Beverage, Jr., DM
    • Dissertation: A Study of the Impact of Ohio’s Instructional Support Funding Process On Institutional Behavior At Two-Year Colleges
  • Deborah Dahlen-Zelechowski, DM
    • Dissertation: The Contributions and Status of Women Inside Directors in Fortune 1000 Companies
  • Edward J. DeJaegher, DM
    • Dissertation: The Influence of Self-Development, Experimental Learning and Networking on the Career Satisfaction of EMBA Graduates
  • John R. Franklin, DM
    • Dissertation: Toward A Theory of Technical Change
  • Sally A. Tom, DM
    • Dissertation: More Than Directing Money: Theories in Use for Helping Distressed Communities as Practiced by Independent Foundations

  • Valerie K. Brown, DM
    • Dissertation: Money and Theology - It's Not an Oxymoron!!
  • Thomas E. Garvey, DM
    • Dissertation: Parental Choice of Elementary Schools Within the Cleveland Catholic Diocese and Its Implications for the Financial Policies of Diocesan Schools
  • Michael W. Grieves, DM
    • Dissertation: Business Is War: An Investigation Into Metaphor Use in Internet and Non-Internet IPOs
  • Shigeo Kagami, DM
    • Dissertation: Theoretical Aspects of the Japanese Institutional Relations Model and Its Effectiveness for Corporate Governance in the Context of Globalization
  • George A. Lehman, DM
    • Dissertation: Sensemaking in a Hospital Strategic Planning Process
  • Lauren L. Williams, DM
    • Dissertation: Strategic Alliance Decisions: The Interpersonal Experience of Alliance Building

  • Michael J. Barnes, DM
    • Dissertation: Environomics: Managing Environmental Change from Rio de Janiero to Buenos Aires (Via Berlin and Kyoto
  • Louann H. Cummings, DM
    • Dissertation: Habitus Wars and Field(s) of Dreams: Using Bourdieu to Reframe the Sense of a Crisis
  • Jeffrey W. Ferguson, DM
    • Dissertation: Managers in the Middle: A Study of Long Term Care Regional Managers Dealing With Organizational Stress
  • Ronald G. Fountain, DM
    • Dissertation: The Relationship of Error-Based Experimental Learning to Organizational Change: How and Why What We Learn May or May Not Change How We Behave
  • Melinda D. Harris, DM
    • Dissertation: Back to the Future: A Search for Economic Progress or Roots? A Comparison of Experiences Between African American Entrepreneurs in the United States
  • Eric S. Harter, DM
    • Dissertation: The Quest for Sustainable Leadership: The Importance of Connecting Leadership Principles to Concepts Of Organizational Sustainability
  • Nancy L. Linenkugel, OSF, DM
    • Dissertation: Achieving Potential in Hospital Mergers
  • Timothy E. Tyburski, DM
    • Dissertation: Mill Creek: A Case Study Applying Actor Network and Transformational Leadership Theories to Urban Housing Development