ANN ARBOR, Mich., June 12, 2006 - ProQuest Information and Learning's annual analysis of the best-selling dissertations once again finds business research leading the way. While the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses (PQDT) database records scholarship from hundreds of academic disciplines, 9 of the top 10 on this year's list are business related - with topics such as organizational sustainability, knowledge management, and manager-employee collaboration.

In the best-selling dissertation of 2005, Kelly Preston Anderson of the University of Phoenix focuses on job satisfaction. Her work, “A correlational analysis of servant leadership and job satisfaction in a religious educational organization,” analyzes the extent to which employee job satisfaction correlates to perceptions of servant leadership in the Church Educational System of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Anderson’s results illustrate a strong correlation between individual job satisfaction and perceptions of servant leadership. This is the second year in a row a University of Phoenixgraduate has topped the list.

Second place goes to Tammie Latrese Page, with her dissertation “A phenomenological study of female executives in information technology companies in the Washington, D.C.area.” In third place is Chalita D.  Germany’s “African-American women in educational leadership: An examination of their characteristics, attitudes, leadership styles, self-images, and perceptions.” A complete list of top dissertations appears below.

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BEST SELLING DISSERTATION LIST FROM 2005:

1. “A correlational analysis of servant leadership and job satisfaction in a religious educational organization”, Anderson, Kelly Preston, D.M., University of Phoenix, 2005, 146 pages; AAT 3162292 

2. “A phenomenological study of female executives in information technology companies in the Washington, D.C. area”, Page, Tammie Latrese, D.M., University of Phoenix, 2005, 294 pages; AAT 3158527

3. “African-American women in educational leadership: An examination of their characteristics, attitudes, leadership styles, self-images, and perceptions”, Germany, Chalita D., Ph. D., Capella  University, 2005, 121 pages; AAT 3151314 

4. “A case study on shaping organizational sustainability in a newly formed entrepreneurial firm”, Pelley, S. Wynan, D.M., University of Phoenix, 2005, 179 pages; AAT 3162294 

5. “Emotional intelligence competencies in the team and team leader: A multi-level examination of the impact of emotional intelligence on group performance”, Stubbs, Elizabeth Christine, Ph. D., Case  Western Reserve  University, 2005, 132 pages; AAT 3141150 

6. “A case study of a successful urban school: Climate, culture and leadership factors that impact student achievement” Onoye, Kathy Jane, Ed. D., University of Southern California, 2004, 110 pages; AAT 3145258 

7. “Addressing the nursing shortage in southwestern Pennsylvania through steward leadership: A phenomenological study”, Opher, Valerie Denise, D.M., University of Phoenix, 2004, 162 pages; AAT 3120407

8. “A correlational study of leaders' use of performance evaluation systems relating to manager-employee collaboration”, Murray, Renard L., D.M.,

University of Phoenix, 2004, 221 pages; AAT 3136140

9. “Criteria for measuring knowledge management efforts in organizations”, Anantatmula, Vittal Sree Panduranga, D. Sc., The George Washington University, 2004, 245 pages; AAT 3123064

10. “A descriptive study of the impact of executive coaching from the perspective of the executive leader”, Bougae, Cyd, Ph. D., Capella  University, 2005, 158 pages; AAT 3162727

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