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Think Communication Framework: Building a Plan to Improve Organizational Morale, Climate, and Culture at a Historically Black College and University

Brown, Deanna Lee
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1721504128666258

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2024, Doctor of Education , University of Dayton, Educational Administration.
One of the challenges faced by Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) has been frequent turnover in crucial executive leadership positions. As of 2022, there were 99 HBCUs; two-year and four-year private and public institutions (NCES, 2024). In the fall of 2023, at least 18% of the HBCUs in the country were without a permanent president, institutions were being led by either an acting or interim president (Moody, 2023). Specifically focusing on HBCUs, this explanatory sequential research design was used to evaluate the organizational morale, climate, and culture of middle-management or what Lipsky’s (2010) describes as, Street-Level Bureaucrats (SLB). In any organization in need of positive transformational change, effective and efficient communication from a place of cultural humility and servant leadership, could be beneficial. Using mixed-methods research, data were analyzed, and themes were identified; communication critical for effective collaboration among university members and communication and organizational direction from leadership. Through the findings, the THINK Communication Framework (Brown, 2023) was developed as the action plan/intervention to assist in strengthening the university’s communication.
Meredith Wronowski, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Luisa Ruge-Jones, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Ebony Speakes-Hall, DSW (Committee Member)
86 p.
Communication; Education; Educational Leadership; Higher Education; Higher Education Administration; Management; School Administration
Historically Black College and University, communication, leadership, culture, morale

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  • Brown, D. L. (2024). Think Communication Framework: Building a Plan to Improve Organizational Morale, Climate, and Culture at a Historically Black College and University [Doctoral dissertation, University of Dayton]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1721504128666258

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Brown, Deanna. Think Communication Framework: Building a Plan to Improve Organizational Morale, Climate, and Culture at a Historically Black College and University . 2024. University of Dayton, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1721504128666258.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Brown, Deanna. "Think Communication Framework: Building a Plan to Improve Organizational Morale, Climate, and Culture at a Historically Black College and University ." Doctoral dissertation, University of Dayton, 2024. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1721504128666258

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