Date of Conferral

2022

Degree

Ph.D.

School

Management

Advisor

Daphne Halkias

Abstract

AbstractSparse research on customized executive education programs leaves a gap in the extant literature on the critical success factors needed for reskilling and upskilling engineers in leadership development. The purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to describe executive education program experts’ views on the critical success factors needed in customized executive education programs for reskilling and upskilling engineers in leadership development. To meet this study's purpose, a multiple case study design was used to collect data from a purposeful sample of 11 executive education program experts. Semistructured interviews, archival data, and reflective field notes supported the trustworthiness of the study’s findings through data triangulation. Three conceptual models framed this study: Rottmann et al.’s concept of engineering leadership, Fung’s concept of reskilling and upskilling the workforce, and Retana and Rodriguez-Lluesma’s concept of customized executive programs. The data analysis gleaned 20 themes from the five coding categories: (a) customized executive education in the postpandemic era, (b) cocreation of academic–corporate partnership for customized executive education programs, (c) academic–corporate partnership goals for engineer leadership education, (d) critical success factors for a customized executive education program for engineers, and (e) critical success factors for academic–corporate collaborations for reskilling and upskilling engineer leaders. This study contributes to positive social change by identifying the critical success factors for reskilling and upskilling engineers in leadership development to support their midcareer transitions and ensure livelihoods amidst disruptive global events.

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