Kate Andrews

Dr. Kate Andrews – Dr. Andrews worked as an engineering specialist and program manager for 18 years. During that time, Dr. Andrews spent 2 years in Israel working for the government and lived in Romania for 8 years working with teenage orphans in their integration into society from the orphange life. Dr. Andrews then transitioned to working in Industrial-Organizational Psychology coaching executives, teams, and individual employees. She has a Master’s Degree in Education and one in Psychology as well as a Ph.D. in Industrial-Organizational Psychology.

She has conducted training in the workplace on every-day life situations including effective parenting and communication strategies for employees. Dr. Andrews has developed curriculum for a multitude and variety of courses including leadership, technical training, and lean manufacturing. She has provided guidance as a mentor in statistics and research and psychology courses in communication, motivation, and leadership supervision, and professional development. Dr. Andrews serves learners with their dissertations at Walden University and Wescliff University.

Dr. Andrews is the editor of two European and one American journal, has published peer-reviewed research articles, and is the director of a humanitarian organization in Romania. Dr. Andrews currently volunteers with heroin addicts moving towards recovery and has research projects centered on maching learning in business performance and psychological factors in the workplace. Her research interests include spirituality and emotional intelligence in the workplace and in education, heroin addiction and ADHD, disabilities services, the Big Five personality instrument, distance learning, and group dynamics. She has served as a Research Fellow at the University of Phoenix and presently has a faculty fellowship at Westcliff university.

Courses Taught

DDBA 8101 - Doctoral Study Mentoring

DDBA 9001 - Doctoral Study Completion

DDBA 8307 - Quant Bus Data Anlys Use SPSS

Education

PhD, Alliant International University

MA, Alliant International University

MA, Alliant International University

BS, San Diego State University

Public Service

Hand in Hand for Romania, Inc., President - Gaesti

Publications

Andrews, K. S. (2021). Effective strategies for communicating insights in business.

Andrews, K. S., Bin Sawad, A. (2022). Marketing training strategies that pharmaceutical sales managers use to reduce unethical behavior. Journal of Education and Health Promotion

Andrews, K. S., Petrie, E. J., Neito, A. G. (2021). Racial differences in perceptions of shared leadership among IT managers.

Andrews, K. S., Mohammed, T. (2020). Strategies for reducing employee turnover in small-and medium-sized enterprises. Westcliff International Journal of Applied Research

J. Sahlin, Andrews, K., Mickahail, B. (2014). Business and social media: Collaboration as the sixth discipline.

C. Lenz, Mickahail, B., Andrews, K. (2013). The enlightened pen: The Praxis documentation & aesthetic interpretation.

Presentations

Andrews, K. (2014). Research‑Here for YOU!. University of Phoenix Research and Scholarship Symposium.. University of Phoenix

Mickahail, B., Andrews, K. (2014). Capturing the essence of change: A completed PDAI project.

Andrews, K. (2015). Correlation of doctoral dissertation mentor competencies with mentor and learner expectations.