PAP Doctoral Dissertations
Total Quality Management: The Case for the Public Sector; a Comparative Study of the Implementation of Total Quality Management (TQM) in Three Health Care Organizations — Mohammed Abu Zayed Qoud
The Role and Performance of Governmental and Nongovernmental Organizations in Family Planning Implementation: Jordan as a Case Study — Khalaf Al Haddad
The Policy Role of the Senior Civil Servants in The Government of Yemen — Khalid Al Akwaa
Analyzing the Effect of Flexible Working Hours on Organization Performance and Employee Welfare: The Saudi Aramco Experience — Mohammed Al Bishi
Teenage Intimate Partner Violence: An Exploratory Study — Clarice Bailey
Oregon Primary Care Physicians' Support for Health Care Reform — Timothy Baker
Civic Infrastructure, Organizational Civic Capacity and Service Learning: A Community Capacity-Building Model — Margaret Banyan
Implementation of the Direct Supervision Jail Management Program: A Study of the Multnomah County Detention Center and the Inverness Jail — Bruce Bikle
The Impact of Collective Bargaining on the Civil Service Merit System in Oregon — David Blanchard
Attaining a Sustainable Future for Public Higher Education: The Role of Institutional Effectiveness and Resource Dependence — Mirela Blekic
Empirical Investigation of the Intrinsic Reward Preferences of Washington County Oregon Employees — Leonard Bright
The Value of Independence in Old Age — Paula Carder
The Institutionalization of Diversity and Gender Equity Norms and Values in Higher Education Settings — Rowanna Carpenter
Elderly Migration and Risk Factors of the Grey Gold or Grey Peril — Leland Coxe
Media Technology Use Among Native American Teens and Young Adults: Evaluating Its Utility for Designing Culturally-Appropriate Sexual Health Interventions Targeting Native American Youth in the Pacific Northwest — Stephanie Craig-Rushing
Organizational Complexity in American Local Governance: Deploying an Organizational Perspective in Concept and Analytic Framework Department — Charles Crumpton
Presidential Values: Implications for Foreign Policy — Jordan Durbin
Nurse Practitioners' and Physicians' Perceptions of Intraorganizational Factors Affecting Collaborative Comanaged Primary Care — Kathleen Errico
Scenery as Policy: Public Involvement in Developing a Management Plan for the Scenic Resources of the Columbia River Gorge — Gordon Euler
Reorganizing the Oregon Department of Human Services: An Exploratory Case Study of Organizational Change — Charles Gallia
Portrayals of Disability in the Professional Preparation of Speech-Language Pathologists — Jane Eric Gravel
The Challenging Paradigm of Emergency Management: Improving Professional Development for the Emergency Manager — Robert Grist
A Dynamic Programming Model for Constrained Optimal Water Impact Fees, Volume Charges, and Capacity Expansion — Jianhua Guo
Multi-Level Environmental Governance: A Comparative Case Study of Five Large Scale Natural Resource Management Programs — Shpressa Halimi
Oregon Physicians' Perception of the Drug Enforcement Administration's Use of Enforcement Discretion Related to the Use of Opiods in the Treatment of Chronic Pain — Dale Harrison
Cost-Benefit Analysis of Physician Assistants — Roderick Hooker
A Case Study of the Acceptance of the Tacoma-Pierce County Needle Exchange Program by Three Diverse Groups: Law Enforcement Personnel, Health Department Officials, Program Clients (i.e., Intravenous Drug Users) — Lauren Ibrahim
An empirical assessment of job satisfaction and voluntary employee turnover of Saudi Arabian middle level civil servants — Sami Ibrahim
Impact of the Medical Library Assistance Act of 1965 on Health Sciences Libraries in the Pacific Northwest: An Interorganizational Approach — Leonoor Ingraham-Swets
American Indian Elderly and Long-Term Care: Interorganizational Barriers to the Use of Oregon’s Home and Community-based Medicaid Waiver — Jo Isgrigg
Police Organizations: An Empirical Examination of America Sheriff's Offices and Municipal Police Agencies — Matthew Jones
Portraits in Resiliency — Gregory Kammann
Measuring Community-Engaged Departments: A Study to Develop an Effective Self-Assessment Rubric for the Institutionalization of Community Engagement in Academic Departments — Kevin Kecskes
An Analysis of the Anticipated Effects of Budgetary Reform at Portland State University — Jay Kenton
Creating a Theoretical Framework for Understanding Homeland Security Using Multiple Frame Analysis — Linda Kiltz
State Funding for Special Education in Oregon: Calculating Cost Differentials of Special Education for Handicapped Students in Oregon School Districts — Kyung Kim
Emerging Governance at the Edge of Constrained Federalism: Public Administrators at the Frontier of Democracy — Gary Larsen
George Lakoff's Theory of Worldview: A Case Study of the Oregon Legislature — Catherine Law
City Management Theory and Practice: A Foundation for Educating the Next Generation of Local Government Administrators — Scott Lazenby
An Analysis of Employee Responses to a Health Care Merger: Implications for Human Resource Planning — Gregory Lee
Administrative Reform in China: Its Impact on Economic Development after Mao — Meira Liu
Women’s Social Citizenship in the Welfare State — Vicky Lovell
Who Benefits? A Multilevel Analysis of the Impact of Oregon's Volunteer Mentor Program for Postsecondary Access on Scholarship Applicants — Alisha Lund-Chaix
Global Civil Society: Finding Collective Voice in Diversity — Kristin Magis
Organizational Change in Corrections Organizations: The Effect of Probation and Parole Officer Culture on Change in Community Corrections — Shea Marshman
Portland's Multifamily Recycling Program: A Study of Coproduction Policy Implementation and Citizen Involvement — William Messer
Governance in the United States Columbia River Basin: An Historical Analysis — Eric Mogren
Performance Appraisal in Organizational Cultural Context — Unoda Moyo
The Institutional Context of Natural Resources Management: A Case Study of Salmon Fisheries Management in the Columbia River Basin — Nancy Mundy
The Interactions Between Carbon Regulation and Renewable Energy Policies in the United Kingdom — Hal Nelson
Continuous Detection and Treatment of Depression in a Large HMO — Greg Nichols
Assessing the Impact of a Diversity Initiative in Local Government — Masami Nishishiba
Examining Community Engaged Scholarship in Public Administration — Katrina Norvell
Information Technology Training in the Public Sector: Essential Planning Elements — Elizabeth Reynolds
The Effects of Mentoring on Work-parenting Gains and STrains in a Sample of Employed Predominately Female AFDC Recipients — Charlene Rhyne
The Effects of Parent Care and Child Care Role Quality on Work Outcomes among Dual-Earner Couples in the Sandwiched Generation — Angela Rickard
The Contribution of Social Trust and Reliance to Administrative Process — Kent Robinson
A Qualitative Inquiry into a Maturing Field of Organization Development: Godparents and Gurus on Potential Professionalization — Beryl Robison
Cultivating Promises: Incorporating Human Development and Governance in U.S. Foreign Drug Policy — Erin Saunders-Rath
Lost in Translation: Ideas of Population Health Determinants in The American Policy Arena — Maria Sistrom
The Impact of Organizational Climate on the Relationship Between Job Characteristics and Job Satisfaction: An Empirical Assessment of Public Sector Managers — Unsuk Song
Representation Without Taxation: China's Rural Development Initiatives for a New Millennium — Minzi Su
The Sustainability of Federations: A Case Study of The Federation for Children and Youth — Joseph Suggs
Media Framing of the Social Security Privatization Debate (1993-2004) — Brenda Sulick
How Organizational Arrangements Affect High Reliability in Public Research Universities: Perceptions of Environmental Health and Safety Directors — Rita Sumner
Challenging the New Penology: A Case-Study Analysis of Correctional Management, Interstate Inmate Transfers, and Administrative Intent — Robert Swan
Patient Satisfaction in a Changing HMO Environment — Vivian Tong
From Prison to Community: The Role of Citizen Participation in Female Prison Reentry — Dana Torrey
The Impact of Enterprise Zones on Employment — Terry VanAllen
A Comparative Case Study of Employee Work Stations — Richard VanOrden
Network Analysis of a Shared Governance System — Debra Whitall
State Policy and Public Administration Impacts on an Emerging Industry: The Wine Industry in Oregon and Washington — Anthony White
The Washington State Patrol, Accountability-Driven Leadership, and The Organizational Factors That Propelled Their Success: An Organizational Analysis — Timothy Winchell
Motivation in the Workplace: An Examination of Psychological Empowerment of Police Officers in Oregon — Steven Winegar
