item: #1 of 44 id: bmra-10020 author: Whyte-Phillips, Kerese Saneka; Burchell, Jodine Marie title: Effective Strategies Human Resource Business Leaders Use to Implement Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Initiatives That Reduce Worker Turnover date: 2025 words: 8901 flesch: 29 summary: Second, I critically analyzed and synthesized scholarship on potential themes and phenomena related to the study’s purpose: to explore the practical strategies HR business leaders use to implement DEI initiatives that reduce employee turnover in the Southeast United States. In this section, I provide a comprehensive and substantiated review of professional and academic literature related to my research on the practical strategies HR business leaders employ to implement DEI initiatives to reduce employee turnover in the Southeast United States. keywords: business; culture; dei; diversity; employee; initiatives; labor; leaders; leadership; research; retention; strategies; training; turnover cache: bmra-10020.pdf plain text: bmra-10020.txt item: #2 of 44 id: bmra-10074 author: Carter, Arrey title: Retention Strategies in the Information Technology (IT) Industry after A Pandemic: A Qualitative Study date: 2025 words: 6698 flesch: 36 summary: Four key themes critical to employee retention were discovered: (a) leadership, (b) communication, (c) well-being, and (d) organizational commitment. Future research should explore the long-term effects of these strategies and the role of technology and leadership development in enhancing employee retention in other industries. keywords: communication; covid-19; development; employee; et al; health; job; journal; leadership; pandemic; participant; research; retention; work cache: bmra-10074.pdf plain text: bmra-10074.txt item: #3 of 44 id: bmra-10194 author: O'Malley, Michael title: The Impact of the Four Transformational Leadership Dimensions on Organizational Commitment in Small and Medium-Sized Organizations in the US date: 2025 words: 6963 flesch: 26 summary: However, the impact of each of the four dimensions of transformational leadership on employee organizational commitment has yet to be adequately researched, particularly in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the United States. Each of the four dimensions of transformational leadership may have a different impact on employee organizational commitment, and this information can be critical to SMEs seeking to improve leadership effectiveness. keywords: commitment; employees; journal; leadership; motivation; organization; research; satisfaction; smes; study; turnover; vision; work cache: bmra-10194.pdf plain text: bmra-10194.txt item: #4 of 44 id: bmra-10215 author: Rebecca L. Bergh; Maya Q. Tang; Lily Tang; Jennifer Chen; Rajeshwari R. Sabadra; Ryan Rucker title: Driving Change: Motivations and Barriers to Electric Vehicle Adoption date: 2025 words: 6592 flesch: 41 summary: A statewide survey revealed weak correlations between individual demographics and the likelihood of EV adoption, while highlighting key barriers, including high upfront costs, limited charging infrastructure, and concerns about total ownership costs and environmental impacts. These efforts must be implemented in parallel to meaningfully accelerate EV adoption and move toward Washington’s 2035 ZEV target. keywords: adoption; charging; data; figure; incentives; infrastructure; likelihood; range; research; state; stations; survey; vehicle; washington cache: bmra-10215.pdf plain text: bmra-10215.txt item: #5 of 44 id: bmra-10512 author: Hassan Ali Abdelwahed, Salwa; Goldwasser, Bob title: Managerial Competencies and Innovative Work Behavior in SMEs date: 2025 words: 9023 flesch: 24 summary: ABSTRACT This quantitative correlational study examined the relationship between leaders’ managerial competencies and innovative work behaviors (IWB) in small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The researcher analyzed the collected data using R Commander software to determine the correlation between the leaders' managerial competencies (independent variable) and innovative work behavior (dependent variable). keywords: advantage; behavior; business; competencies; innovation; iwb; journal; leaders; relationship; resources; smes; study; work; work behavior cache: bmra-10512.pdf plain text: bmra-10512.txt item: #6 of 44 id: bmra-10541 author: David Stearrett title: A Quantitative Study on Generational Cohorts, Work-Related Quality of Life, and Turnover Intentions in the Mid-Atlantic Technology Industry date: 2025 words: 7372 flesch: 39 summary: Examining the impact of organizational leadership on generational cohorts as it relates to employee turnover intention in the real estate lending industry. Factors impacting employee turnover intentions among professionals in Sri Lankan startups. keywords: business; cohorts; employee; generation; intention; job; journal; life; management; quality; research; study; turnover; turnover intention; work cache: bmra-10541.pdf plain text: bmra-10541.txt item: #7 of 44 id: bmra-11049 author: Crews, Dr. Nathaniel; Burchell, Jodine title: A Software Team Leaders’ Lived Experiences During Agile Adoption: A Phenomenological Study date: 2025 words: 12456 flesch: 37 summary: Twenty-five software team leaders were interviewed who guided Agile teams through the adoption of Agile methodologies, chosen through purposeful sampling. This doctoral literature aimed to explore the experiences Business Management Research and Applications: A Cross Disciplinary Journal 3 and perspectives of software development team leaders during the adoption of Agile methodologies within Agile teams working on system development. keywords: adoption; agility; business; change; development; leaders; management; methodologies; mindset; model; organizations; practices; process; project; research; software; software development; study; teams; transformation cache: bmra-11049.pdf plain text: bmra-11049.txt item: #8 of 44 id: bmra-2120 author: Gunderson, Brian; Goldwasser, Robert title: Line Managers’ Personality Traits Related to Effective Human Resource Management Implementation date: 2022 words: 5509 flesch: 35 summary: Honesty-Humility is related significantly to effective line manager HRM implementation. Extraversion is not related significantly to effective line manager HRM implementation. keywords: hrm; hrm implementation; implementation; journal; line; line managers; management; managers; personality; research; traits cache: bmra-2120.pdf plain text: bmra-2120.txt item: #9 of 44 id: bmra-2121 author: Honer, Franchetta; Burchell, Jodine title: Toxic Leadership and Organizational Commitment in Faith-Based Healthcare Organizations date: 2022 words: 7688 flesch: 26 summary: Research was lacking on the relationship between toxic leadership and organizational commitment within faith-based healthcare settings. The variables for this study included toxic leadership and organizational commitment, categorized as affective, continuance, or normative commitment. keywords: affective; commitment; continuance; continuance commitment; effects; employees; faith; healthcare; journal; leadership; organizations; research; study cache: bmra-2121.pdf plain text: bmra-2121.txt item: #10 of 44 id: bmra-2122 author: Holman, Benjamin; Whitaker, Christine title: COVID-19 Pandemic and Research on the Mediating Role of Absorptive Capacity on the Relationship between Business Analytics Capability and Small-to-Medium-Sized Enterprise Performance date: 2022 words: 8732 flesch: 36 summary: Abstract This initial study's key purpose was to investigate whether absorptive capacity performed a mediating role on the relationship between business analytics capability and small-to-medium- sized enterprises (SMEs) performance in the United States. The purpose of the initial research study was to address the gaps existing in the literature on whether absorptive capacity performed a mediating role on the relationship between business analytics capability and small-to-medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) performance (Qian & Jung, 2017; Turulja et. keywords: business; business analytics; capability; capacity; covid-19; data; journal; knowledge; management; pandemic; performance; relationship; research; small; smes; study cache: bmra-2122.pdf plain text: bmra-2122.txt item: #11 of 44 id: bmra-2123 author: Martin, Yomi; Goldwasser, Robert title: Employee Motivation, Job Reengineering, and Perceived Job Satisfaction: A Quantitative Correlational Approach date: 2022 words: 18203 flesch: 32 summary: Based on this analogy, this research argues that job perception and job satisfaction may be reciprocally related. Confirmatory analytic tests of three causal models relating job perceptions to job satisfaction. keywords: analysis; business; correlation; data; deci; employee motivation; employees; et al; human; job characteristics; job design; job perception; job redesign; job reengineering; job satisfaction; journal; management; perception; relationship; research; research study; study; use; workplace cache: bmra-2123.pdf plain text: bmra-2123.txt item: #12 of 44 id: bmra-3416 author: McIntyre, Theosophist; Burchell, Jodine title: Occupational Mentorship & the Black Female in the Corporate Midsouth date: 2022 words: 15162 flesch: 32 summary: One important limitation of this study is participants only include Black professional females within corporate manufacturing in the Midsouth Region of the U.S. One important limitation of this study is participants only include Black professional females within corporate manufacturing in the Midsouth Region of the U.S. keywords: black; business; career; career advancement; development; females; management; manufacturing; mentoring; mentorship; organization; participants; professional; research; study cache: bmra-3416.pdf plain text: bmra-3416.txt item: #13 of 44 id: bmra-3417 author: Koshes, Kari-Jo title: The Manipulation of Merchandise Returns: A Strategic Approach in the Furniture Industry date: 2022 words: 7588 flesch: 35 summary: Keywords: Merchandise Return Rates, Social Cognitive Theory, Post-Purchase Cognitive Dissonance, Qualitative Case Study 30 June 2022 | Volume 1, Number 2 Introduction The prevalence of customer product returns in the United States is staggering. P2 answered interview question six, How do you tailor your strategy for reducing customer merchandise returns to different scenarios by exploring the necessity of customizing a strategy to decrease customer product returns based on the customer’s needs. keywords: author; customer; customer merchandise; et al; journal; management; merchandise; needs; product; product return; rates; research; return; study cache: bmra-3417.pdf plain text: bmra-3417.txt item: #14 of 44 id: bmra-3418 author: Holland, Mary Ceil; Burchell, Jodine title: Low Resource Availability and the Small- to Medium-sized Retail Enterprise’s Ability to Implement an Information Security Strategy date: 2022 words: 11836 flesch: 28 summary: This pragmatic qualitative inquiry study was designed to explore the influence of lower resource availability on Small-to Medium- sized Retail Enterprise’ (SMEs) ability to implement information security strategies in the retail industry in the Northeastern region of the United States. Seeholzer (2012) explored previous researchers’ eight information security roles (competitor, power relationship, reorganization, public image, umbrella, objectives and priorities, and continual change) to determine the effect on information security strategy, information systems strategy, and business strategy. keywords: business; cybersecurity; data; industry; information security; information systems; management; organizations; participants; research; resources; retail; risks; security strategy; smes; systems; technology; threats; vulnerabilities cache: bmra-3418.pdf plain text: bmra-3418.txt item: #15 of 44 id: bmra-3419 author: Johnston, Sherri; Preiksaitis, Michelle title: Strategies for Small Business Administration 8(A) Business Development Program-Certified Firms in Program Years 4-6 date: 2022 words: 9458 flesch: 43 summary: In 1997, the federal government assigned an annual goal to the Small Business Administration (SBA) to award at least 23% of federal contracts to small businesses (Schilling et al., 2017), with 5% specifically set aside for 8(a)-certified firms. While these goals have been met in some years (SBA, 2019), the complex, lengthy, and costly federal contracting bidding processes create challenges and barriers for small businesses owned by socially or economically disadvantaged principals. keywords: 8acs; bid; bidding; business; contract; contracting; government; incidents; journal; management; performance; program; relationships; research; small; study cache: bmra-3419.pdf plain text: bmra-3419.txt item: #16 of 44 id: bmra-3420 author: Cathcart, Susan D.; Harrison, Connie title: Creating Connections with Online Adult Learners in Business Administration Programs date: 2022 words: 1780 flesch: 50 summary: Adult learners do not want to feel embarrassed; egos and self-esteem are on the line Feedback has been provided with the assumption that you, as the instructor, understand as well as honor the characteristics of adult learners. Engaging and connecting with learners should be a priority, and Schwartz (n.d.) discovered that adult learners valued the instructor-learner relationship when instructors were genuine, approachable, and available. keywords: adult; feedback; learners cache: bmra-3420.pdf plain text: bmra-3420.txt item: #17 of 44 id: bmra-3421 author: Ashley, Chad; Preiksaitis, Michelle title: Strategic Cybersecurity Risk Management Practices for Information in Small and Medium Enterprises date: 2022 words: 14538 flesch: 36 summary: Security policies and practices tend toward simplicity to ensure employee convenience and easier adherence to information security practices. The original solution “Security policies and practices tend toward simplicity to ensure employee convenience for easier adherence to information security practices” received a comment from P3 that adding “effectiveness” and expanding the solution to include the four “P’s” – policies, procedures, processes, and practices was appropriate. keywords: business; business information; culture; cybersecurity; data; develop; employees; ensure; framework; governance; information security; management; practices; research; risk; round; security culture; smes; solution; strategy; training; value cache: bmra-3421.pdf plain text: bmra-3421.txt item: #18 of 44 id: bmra-3778 author: Cicchese, Anthony title: The Strategic Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic by Large Technology Companies date: 2023 words: 6185 flesch: 36 summary: In contrast, when operationalized as a continuous social phenomenon, the process of strategic response may be characterized on a continuum from 100% top-down to 100% bottom-up, with the range therebetween characterizing different variations of a hybrid process for organizational strategic responses to economic downturns. Discussion Concerning the discussions on organizational strategic responses, an interesting result was that the predominance of study participants (all except P5) described the process in terms of both autonomous or bottom-up meetings and plans and induced or top-down meetings and plans. keywords: companies; economic; firms; journal; management; process; research; response; smes; technology cache: bmra-3778.pdf plain text: bmra-3778.txt item: #19 of 44 id: bmra-3898 author: Chinyanya, Clotilda title: Overcoming Barriers to Blockchain Technological Innovation in Trade Finance Faced by U.S. Banks date: 2023 words: 14298 flesch: 36 summary: Collaboration across functional teams and organizations is critical for blockchain technology innovation because skills are scarce (Beck & Müller-Bloch, 2017). 5. Collaborate across functional teams to utilize the scarce skills in blockchain technology innovation by identifying where those skills are concentrated within the firm through HR. keywords: applications; approaches; banks; blockchain; blockchain innovation; blockchain technology; business; data; et al; finance; financial; implementation; infrastructure; innovation; journal; management; participants; project; proof; research; resources; round; technology; trade cache: bmra-3898.pdf plain text: bmra-3898.txt item: #20 of 44 id: bmra-5072 author: Crawley, Carmen; Goldwasser, Robert title: African American Women’s Perspectives on Career Advancement in the U.S. Commercial Nuclear Power Industry date: 2023 words: 5148 flesch: 31 summary: This deficiency indicates the need for additional research into the ways in which African American women are afforded leadership opportunities. The findings of this study can be utilized by all organizations to acknowledge the experiences of African American women and develop strategies to increase their upward mobility within the organization. keywords: american; industry; leadership; nuclear; participants; power; research; study; women cache: bmra-5072.pdf plain text: bmra-5072.txt item: #21 of 44 id: bmra-5216 author: Styron, Kenneth title: Forward-Looking Practices to Improve the Soft Skills of Software Engineers date: 2023 words: 12923 flesch: 39 summary: Researchers disagree on which soft skills are more important, creating conflicting results as to which soft skill practices are beneficial for improving the soft skills of SEs. Soft skills were widely used in the 1990s (Charoensap-Kelly et al., 2016), but soft skills have received little attention (Ahmed et al., 2015). keywords: business; communication; development; engineering; et al; journal; leadership; literature; management; members; practices; problem; project; research; round; ses; skills; software; software engineers; study; team; thinking cache: bmra-5216.pdf plain text: bmra-5216.txt item: #22 of 44 id: bmra-5396 author: Chaban, Katia; Tucker, Jan title: Circular Strategies to Improve Consumer Goods Returns date: 2023 words: 16591 flesch: 45 summary: The left side of Figure 1 highlights the study problem that consumer product company leaders have not taken advantage of CE business models to improve the product return process impacting the company’s profitability and the environment (Ader et al., 2021). Consumer product companies in the United States spend $100 billion annually handling returns (Zhang et al., 2021) and contribute negatively to the environment due to waste created by the process, with an estimated 10% of all returns going to landfills (Ader et al., 2021). keywords: business; business model; ce business; chain; companies; company; consumer; consumer product; design; economy; et al; goods; management; model; need; process; product; research; returns; strategies; supply; theme; waste cache: bmra-5396.pdf plain text: bmra-5396.txt item: #23 of 44 id: bmra-5400 author: Lang, Trina; Saurage-Altenloh, Susan title: Emotional Intelligence as a Predictor of Employee Engagement: A Study of U.S. Manufacturing Workers date: 2023 words: 8330 flesch: 44 summary: The impact of emotional intelligence dimensions on employee engagement. The study also demonstrated that all four dimensions of EI, SEA, OEA, UOE, and ROE are significant predictors of employee en- gagement. keywords: dimensions; employee; engagement; intelligence; oea; predictor; roe; sea; study; uoe cache: bmra-5400.pdf plain text: bmra-5400.txt item: #24 of 44 id: bmra-5582 author: Ademola, Adewoye Peter; Kelly, Michelle title: The Impact of American Organizational Leaders’ Perceptions on their Acceptance of Fourth Industrial Revolution Technologies date: 2023 words: 6127 flesch: 34 summary: Organizational leaders converge around new technological changes with many concerns such as cyberattacks, loss of leadership power, lack of new skills required, robots’ lack of capacity of moral reasoning and inability to make ethical decisions in complex scenarios, high cost of deployment of new technologies, and replacement of human employees by new technologies ( Xu, David, Jeanne, & Suk, 2018). Successful migration to new technologies therefore depends on organizational stakeholders’ adoption of the new innovations (Kelley et al., 2018). keywords: data; ease; fourth; industrial; intention; itu; leaders; research; revolution; technologies; technology; use; usefulness cache: bmra-5582.pdf plain text: bmra-5582.txt item: #25 of 44 id: bmra-5649 author: Mohan, Anmol; Yaqoob, Sadia; Uddin, Qazi Shurjeel; Jarullah, Furqan Ahmed; Mohan Lal, Priyanka; Wara, Um Ul; Ayaz, Aliza; Tejwaney, Usha; Arunachalam, Shivaram P. title: Business and Publication Model of Cardiology Journals date: 2023 words: 3650 flesch: 43 summary: [4] Open access journals are the optimal way of disseminating ground-breaking research, plus the increased readership may also boost citations. The development of open access journal publishing from 1993 to 2009. PLoS ONE, 6(6), e20961. keywords: access; business; cardiology; journals; model; open; publishers; publishing; research; subscription cache: bmra-5649.pdf plain text: bmra-5649.txt item: #26 of 44 id: bmra-5735 author: Bonton, Toni; Tucker, Jan title: Employee Burnout, Gender and Turnover Intent in The Banking Industry date: 2023 words: 8507 flesch: 45 summary: The impact gender has on employee burnout, and turnover intention among customer banking professionals in the Southern United States was the focus of this study. The decision to leave an organization can stem from several factors; however, turnover often stems from employee burnout (Ali, 2018; Babakus & Yavas, 2012; Kaufmann et al., 2022). keywords: banking; burnout; customer; employees; et al; gender; intent; job; journal; management; participants; professionals; relationship; research; stress; study; turnover; turnover intent; work cache: bmra-5735.pdf plain text: bmra-5735.txt item: #27 of 44 id: bmra-6275 author: Tucker, Robert; Udechukwu , Ikwukananne title: Instructional and Student Services Costs in Private Postsecondary Education and Retention Rates in Texas date: 2023 words: 9295 flesch: 41 summary: Overall, previous studies have highlighted the significant relationship between student services costs and student retention rates (Lenhardt, 2017; Musamali, 2019; Nakata et al., 2019). Nakata et al. (2019) conducted a study on the role of student services on student retention rates and degree completion, finding that student support services were effective and timely, which increased student success and retention outcomes, leading to increased completion rates. keywords: costs; data; education; institutions; research; retention; retention rates; services; services costs; student; student retention; student services; study; texas cache: bmra-6275.pdf plain text: bmra-6275.txt item: #28 of 44 id: bmra-6286 author: Pham, Khanhhung Hoang; Burchell, Jodine title: Exploring Implementation Strategies of IoT Technology in Organizations: Technology, Organization, and Environment date: 2023 words: 9775 flesch: 31 summary: Theme 5: Use All Identified Current Internal Infrastructure This theme reinforces the implementation strategies for IoT technology projects in an organization using all identified current organizations' internal infrastructure. Theme 6: Use All Identified External Support Technologies This theme supports implementation strategies for implementing IoT technology projects in an organization using all identified external support technologies based on participants' inputs. keywords: business; cloud; data; implementation; iot; iot project; iot technology; organizations; participant; project; project team; solutions; staff; support; team; use cache: bmra-6286.pdf plain text: bmra-6286.txt item: #29 of 44 id: bmra-6703 author: Caise, Toyia; Tucker, Janice title: Exploring the Impact of Micromanagement Leadership in Remote Work Environments date: 2023 words: 8329 flesch: 27 summary: Scholars and practitioners should focus on post-pandemic information about remote work environments and stay abreast of technology changes and network requirements to support remote employees effectively. All nine participants self-identified as U.S. accounting industry remote employees and reviewed and electronically signed the informed consent form via DocuSign prior to confirming an interview time slot; as all interviews were virtual, site permission was not required. keywords: accounting; behaviors; data; employees; environments; industry; interview; job; leadership; micromanagement; participants; research; study; team; theme; training; trust; turnover; work cache: bmra-6703.pdf plain text: bmra-6703.txt item: #30 of 44 id: bmra-6724 author: Hughes, Jeffrey; Tucker, Janice title: Corporate Social Responsibility: A Quantitative Analysis of the Differences between Black and White Employees in the Financial Services Industry date: 2023 words: 7900 flesch: 40 summary: There is a gap in the literature on how the effects of CSR activities differ among employee race groups. By utilizing a quantitative, nonexperimental, casual-comparative approach, this research study examined the differences in mean CSR scores between Black and White employees in financial service organizations in the Midwest region of the United States. keywords: black; csr; employees; groups; organization; race; responsibility; stakeholder; states; study; theory; united; white cache: bmra-6724.pdf plain text: bmra-6724.txt item: #31 of 44 id: bmra-6725 author: Moon, Rosanne; Tucker, Janice title: Navigating the Supply Chain: An In-Depth Analysis of Job Satisfaction, Tenure, and Work-Life Quality in Logistics date: 2023 words: 12009 flesch: 47 summary: By encouraging logistics managers to provide spaces where all cultures are welcome, communication is not a barrier, and employees are treated as though they belong, the workplace quality of life and employee job satisfaction may be improved. Organizational motivation, employee job satisfaction, and organizational performance. keywords: blank; correlation; data; employees; et al; factors; human; industry; job satisfaction; journal; life; logistics; management; motivation; participants; performance; quality; relationship; research; study; survey; theory; work; work life cache: bmra-6725.pdf plain text: bmra-6725.txt item: #32 of 44 id: bmra-6938 author: Mayes, Raymond; Tucker, Janice title: Best Practices for Aligning Projects with Corporate Strategic Objectives in the Financial Technology Industry date: 2023 words: 13177 flesch: 39 summary: Kashyap (2023) further revealed that project managers and teams implementing projects were often unaware of what needed to be achieved, thus hindering the successful implementation of strategic projects. Strategic project alignment is how project managers arrange, and position projects conducive to the enterprise's strategic goals. keywords: alignment; awareness; business; categories; codes; company; competencies; data; executives; fintech; framework; management; objectives; organization; participants; process; project; project alignment; project management; project managers; strategy; theme cache: bmra-6938.pdf plain text: bmra-6938.txt item: #33 of 44 id: bmra-7300 author: Johnson, Minina; Tucker, Janice title: Perceptions of African American Women Project Managers on Managing Projects and Career Progression in the Aerospace and Defense Industry date: 2024 words: 16416 flesch: 44 summary: The purpose of this qualitative inquiry research was to explore the perspectives of African American women project managers in the U.S. aerospace and defense industry regarding strategies and best practices that can increase African American women's representation, project success, and profitability. This study explored the perspectives of African American women project managers on strategies and best practices to overcome barriers while managing complex projects and attaining career advancement within the U.S. aerospace and defense industry. keywords: advancement; aerospace; american; barriers; career; defense; defense industry; diversity; industry; leadership; management; participants; people; project management; project managers; research; u.s; women; women project; workplace cache: bmra-7300.pdf plain text: bmra-7300.txt item: #34 of 44 id: bmra-7356 author: Munro, Danielle; Goldwasser, Robert title: Guardians of Trust: Exploring Internal Whistleblowing Dynamics in Nonprofit Finance and Accounting date: 2024 words: 7759 flesch: 27 summary: Abstract In nonprofit organizations, where the delivery of crucial services and charitable missions often intersects with vulnerabilities to fraud and corruption, internal whistle-blowing becomes paramount for nonprofits' ethical operations and maintaining public trust. This research delves into how organizational identification and psychological safety predict internal whistle-blowing intentions among employees in nonprofit organizations. keywords: accounting; behavior; employees; identification; intentions; journal; nonprofit; organizations; professionals; research; safety; sector; study; whistle cache: bmra-7356.pdf plain text: bmra-7356.txt item: #35 of 44 id: bmra-7761 author: Hamam, ajmal; Goldwasser, Bob title: The Causes and Remedies for High Employee Turnover in the United States Hospitality Industry date: 2024 words: 7372 flesch: 35 summary: Alabama Abstract This study analyzed the causes and remedies for high employee turnover in the United States hospitality sector. De-Smet et al. (2022) share the same sentiments and explain the rising competition for talent as a driver of high employee turnover. keywords: employee turnover; employees; hospitality; hospitality industry; hospitality sector; labor turnover; management; pandemic; research; respondent; retention; strategies; study; turnover; workers cache: bmra-7761.pdf plain text: bmra-7761.txt item: #36 of 44 id: bmra-7788 author: Latrina Hyde; Goldwasser, Bob title: Improving Retention Among Patient Care Assistants in Hospitals Post COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Inquiry Study date: 2024 words: 8571 flesch: 46 summary: Keywords: PCA retention, burnout, pandemic, HR strategies, compensation June 2024 | Volume 3, Number 2 2 Introduction Retention of Patient Care Assistants (PCA) is a significant concern for healthcare providers (Chatzoudes & Chatzoglou, 2022). While training and organizational culture have a documented influence on PCA retention, they are not the only factors impacting it. keywords: burnout; care; compensation; covid-19; covid-19 pandemic; hospitals; organization; pandemic; patient; pca; pca retention; pcas; researcher; retention; study; work cache: bmra-7788.pdf plain text: bmra-7788.txt item: #37 of 44 id: bmra-8075 author: Noah, Luper Joseph; Burchell, Jodine; Corcoran, Tammy title: Exploring Strategies for Scaling Digital Transformation Business Models Innovation at the Enterprise Level for Sustainable Competitive Growth date: 2024 words: 12745 flesch: 29 summary: This research highlights the influence of digital transformation strategy on digital transformation business model innovation for sustainable competitive growth. Interview data were analysed by examining how digital transformation strategy is applied to scaling digital transformation business models in the Australian construction industry at the enterprise level to gain sustainable competitive growth. keywords: business leaders; business management; business model; construction business; construction industry; digital; growth; industry business; journal; management; model innovation; models; organization; participants; research; strategies; strategy; study; transformation; transformation business; transformation strategy; value cache: bmra-8075.pdf plain text: bmra-8075.txt item: #38 of 44 id: bmra-8194 author: Itesa, Uzezi; Burchell, Jodine title: Leadership Styles and Flexible Work Arrangements as Determinants of Turnover Intention for IT Professionals date: 2024 words: 7309 flesch: 27 summary: This study used a quantitative correlational approach to examine the relationship between leadership styles, FWA, and turnover intention of IT professionals in the US. Business leaders should endeavor to develop and implement a mix of leadership styles and FWA strategies suitable to attract and retain a talented IT workforce in their respective organizations. keywords: arrangements; employee; fwa; goal; goal leadership; intentions; journal; leadership; leadership styles; path; professionals; relationship; study; styles; turnover; turnover intentions; work cache: bmra-8194.pdf plain text: bmra-8194.txt item: #39 of 44 id: bmra-8197 author: Kathayat, Arjun; Burchell, Jodine title: Leadership Style as a Predictor of Employee Safety Performance in the Oil and Gas Industry date: 2024 words: 7873 flesch: 39 summary: Safety specific transformational leadership, safety motivation and personal protective equipment use among firefighters. The mediating role of safety climate in the relationship between transformational safety leadership and safe behavior—The case of two companies in Turkey and Romania. keywords: business; canada; employee safety; gas; industry; job; leadership; oil; research; safety; safety leadership; safety performance; satisfaction; workplace; workplace safety cache: bmra-8197.pdf plain text: bmra-8197.txt item: #40 of 44 id: bmra-8482 author: Randall Westmoreland, DBA; Jan Tucker, PhD title: Well–being as a Predictor of Turnover Intention: A Quantitative Study of Occupational Safety and Health Professionals in the U.S. date: 2024 words: 9398 flesch: 39 summary: Research on the link between OSH employee turnover intention and well–being is sparse, creating a gap in the literature (Liu et al., 2018). Previous research highlights a decline in well-being and an increase in turnover intention among OSH professionals. keywords: analysis; data; employee; et al; health; intention; job; journal; research; satisfaction; spector; study; theory; turnover; turnover intention; variables; work cache: bmra-8482.pdf plain text: bmra-8482.txt item: #41 of 44 id: bmra-8837 author: Williams, Michael; Tucker, Jan title: A Quantitative Study on the Impact of Servant Leadership on Employee Engagement in the Fire Service Industry date: 2024 words: 8533 flesch: 38 summary: Employee engagement: Factors and recommendations for enhancing employee engagement during the COVID-19 pandemic. While previous research has demonstrated a positive correlation between servant leadership and employee engagement in various public service sectors, a gap remains in extending this research to the fire service industry. keywords: data; employee; employee engagement; engagement; et al; fire; firefighters; industry; journal; leadership; relationship; research; servant; service; study; survey; work cache: bmra-8837.pdf plain text: bmra-8837.txt item: #42 of 44 id: bmra-9095 author: Franklyn Bennett; Asburn Pinnock title: Educating Black Males: A Jamaican Case-Issues, Lessons and Trajectory date: 2024 words: 7159 flesch: 45 summary: The findings revealed that PUMP has all the defining characteristics for second chance programs posited in literature; an acknowledgment of the socio-economic benefits to the men who participated in the programs is undeniable; and an opportunity to recruit male teachers to impact boys at an early age and keep them focused on a tertiary educational track is provided. Keywords: underperformance, second chance program, support system, effectiveness, standards mailto:asburn.pinnock@themico.edu.jm mailto:franklyn.bennett@themico.edu.jm mailto:franklyngbennett@gmail.com January 2025 | Volume 4, Number 2 2 Introduction The issue of the underperformance of black Caribbean males is an established problem with some consensus on the complex, interrelated root causes for lower-strata men's declining participation and performance in the educational system. keywords: boys; chance; development; education; jamaica; males; men; participants; program; pump; research; students; support; teachers cache: bmra-9095.pdf plain text: bmra-9095.txt item: #43 of 44 id: bmra-9352 author: Waskiewicz, Thomas title: A Qualitative Study of Transfer of Knowledge in Small Family Farms : An exploration of the types of knowledge transfer strategies employed by retired small-family farm owners date: 2025 words: 4027 flesch: 37 summary: The study’s findings offer valuable insights into knowledge transfer strategies among retired small family farm owners and have broader implications for the theories of knowledge transfer and organizational learning. Given the challenges inherent in small family farms, including the lack of standardized processes for knowledge transfer, qualitative research allows for an in-depth exploration of these complexities. keywords: business; family; farms; journal; knowledge; knowledge transfer; owners; succession; transfer cache: bmra-9352.pdf plain text: bmra-9352.txt item: #44 of 44 id: bmra-9917 author: Atamaya, Solomon; Burchell, Jodine M title: Strategies to Obtain Working Capital for small Business.: A Qualitative Multiple Case Study date: 2025 words: 6518 flesch: 48 summary: U.S. legislators introduced financial aid through small business loans to pay employees’ salaries while businesses were not operating, with many loans forgivable. Small businesses contribute to Maryland’s economy by creating employment, promoting innovation, and expanding the tax base. keywords: access; business; capital; credit; financing; funding; funds; loans; operations; owners; participants; small; years cache: bmra-9917.pdf plain text: bmra-9917.txt