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Mixed Methods Study Examining Organizational and Socioeconomic Factors Affecting Management of Pet Populations in Shelters

Andrews, Sean Patrick
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7882-5350
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=casedm1636120670418476

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2022, Doctor of Management, Case Western Reserve University, Weatherhead School of Management.
The companion pet overpopulation is mainly a social and organizational problem. Improvements achieved over the past twenty years by United States (U.S.) animal welfare organizations (AWO), including subsidized pet sterilization, foster pet programs, community engagement, and marketing innovation, are commendable. Despite progress, companion pet overpopulation persists, especially on a regional level. Research acknowledges human and companion pet attachment, but a paradox of adoption failures remains, and shelter pet inflows never abate. This mixed-methods research examines socioeconomic factors influencing the pet adoption process and pet retention, pet fostering and shelter collaboration. This is a novel and exploratory study involving qualitative interviews of 26 adapters and shelter/AWO leaders to examine drivers of pet adoption and retention. A quantitative study among 3,700 shelters is conducted to understand the role and impact of poverty, shelter type, shelter size, and receipt of transferred pets on live release rates for sheltered canines and felines. Together, these studies address the overarching research question: What socioeconomic and organizational factors affect and to what extent shelter live release rates?
Philip Cola, Ph.D. (Advisor)
Kalle Lyytinen, Ph.D. (Advisor)
96 p.
Animals
pet overpopulation; collaboration; poverty; private/public shelter; shelter size; geographic classification (rural/urban)

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  • Andrews, S. P. (2022). Mixed Methods Study Examining Organizational and Socioeconomic Factors Affecting Management of Pet Populations in Shelters [Doctoral dissertation, Case Western Reserve University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=casedm1636120670418476

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Andrews, Sean. Mixed Methods Study Examining Organizational and Socioeconomic Factors Affecting Management of Pet Populations in Shelters. 2022. Case Western Reserve University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=casedm1636120670418476.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Andrews, Sean. "Mixed Methods Study Examining Organizational and Socioeconomic Factors Affecting Management of Pet Populations in Shelters." Doctoral dissertation, Case Western Reserve University, 2022. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=casedm1636120670418476

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