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“CAN ENTREPRENEURS SELL THEIR FIRMS AND STILL OWN THEM?”: THE ADOPTION OF DUAL-CLASS STRUCTURES AND THEIR EFFECTS ON IPO PERFORMANCE
(2019-08-12)Dual-class Structures enable entrepreneurs to separate voting rights and cash-flow rights in arbitrary proportions to exercise control of the firm. Dual-class structures allow entrepreneurs to retain the benefits of being ... -
CEO CHARACTERISTICS, INDUSTRY 4.0 CAPABILITIES, AND FIRM PERFORMANCE
(2022-08-11)**Please note that the full text is embargoed until 8/6/2024** ABSTRACT: Industry 4.0 has received significant attention from academia and industry in the last decade. Despite its growing popularity, this area is relatively ... -
CEO NARCISSISM, PRIOR EXPERIENCE, BOARD PRIOR EXPERIENCE, AND CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (CSR): AN INTEGRATED FRAMEWORK USING UPPER ECHELONS THEORY, STAKEHOLDERS’ THEORY, AND A DECOMPOSED MEASURE OF CSR
(2017-03-14)This study examines the relationship between chief executive officer (CEO) narcissism and the firm’s corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategy, the relationship between CEO prior CSR experiences and the focal firm’s ... -
A Communication-centered Approach To Leadership: The Relationship Of Interpersonal Communication Competence To Transformational Leadership And Emotional Intelligence
(Management, 2007-09-17)Communication is frequently cited as a critical component of leadership. This study takes a significant theoretical departure from that view and embraces the realm of communication as a lens through which we understand ... -
CUSTOMER MISTREAMENT, THIRD PARTY OBSERVERS, AND EMOTIONAL LABOR: AN EXPLORATION OF THE PHENOMENON OF BREAKING CHARACTER
(2022-06-27)The emotional labor literature is vast and complex. Overwhelmingly, most studies focus on surface acting and deep acting. Breaking character, expressing true, negative emotions to a customer, is understudied, despite ... -
Demographic Characteristics and the Bounds of Occupational Choice
The purpose of this research is to examine the relationships between race, gender, generation, perceptions of discrimination, and socioeconomic status (SES) of origin and the prestige level of occupational choice. This ... -
Differences Between Women And Minority Businesses And Nonminority Businesses: A Culture-based Explanation
(Management, 2007-08-23)As the American workforce is buffeted by industries that are downsizing, requesting pay concessions and relocating production to foreign countries with lower factor costs, politicians and union representatives wave the ... -
EARNINGS MANAGEMENT IN RESPONSE TO FAIR TREATMENT: THE ROLES OF ORGANIZATIONAL IDENTITY AND MORAL IDENTITY
(2022-05-04)Fraud continues to be an issue that organizations face globally, losing an estimated 5% of annual revenue for a total of $4.5 trillion globally. However, fraudulent behavior is difficult to study due to the unacceptable ... -
The Effects Of Equity Sensitivity And Personality On Transformational Leadership Behavior
(Management, 2007-08-23)This thesis examines the relationship between the Big Five personality traits (extraversion, agreeableness, openness to experience, conscientiousness, and neuroticism) and equity sensitivity and transformational leadership ... -
The Effects Of Religious Fundamentalism On Individual Belonging
(Management, 2007-09-17)In the last several years there has been an increase in the interest of religion in the workforce (Mitroff & Denton, 1999; Konz & Ryan, 1999; Mohamed, Wisnieski, Askar, & Syed, 2004; Marques & King, 2005). A number of ... -
The Effects Of Supervisor-subordinate Goal Congruence On Performance And Turnover Intentions During Expatriation
(Management, 2007-08-23)This dissertation investigates how the quality of the relationship between sending supervisors and expatriates is related to turnover and performance. Utilizing goal congruence and social exchange theories, it is hypothesized ... -
EMOTIONAL DEMANDS-ABILITIES (ED-A) FIT, EMOTIONAL LABOR, AND RESOURCE DEPLETION
(2020-08-03)Perceived emotional demands-abilities (ED-A) fit, defined as a perception of the congruence or fit between emotional demands of a job and abilities to fulfill these demands (Diefendorff, Greguras, & Fleenor, 2016), has ... -
Entrepreneurial Orientation: An Investigation Into The Ecology Of "EO" Measures
(Management, 2010-11-01)This dissertation is designed to investigate variables that may influence the application of Entrepreneurial Orientation (EO) related measures commonly used in Entrepreneurship research. It examines the theoretical development ... -
Firm Governance And Shareholder Value Creation: A Study Of Cross-border Acquisitions By U.S. Acquiring Firms
(Management, 2011-10-11)Cross-border acquisitions have become an important part of the arsenal of strategies that firms deploy in internationalizing their operations. With the significant resources that are generally involved in such transactions ... -
FORMATION OF SUPPLY CHAIN CONTRACT: THEORY AND EXPERIMENT
(2021-07-12)In recent years, the globalization in business has transformed the traditional linear supply chain into a complex network of interactions among supply chain participants across different tiers. In such a supply chain system, ... -
Hire For Personality, Train For Skill: The Relationship Between Cognitive And Non-cognitive Human Capital, Desired Employee Behaviors, And Performance
(Management, 2014-03-12)This study proposes to examine the relationship between cognitive and noncognitive human capital and work performance as mediated by desired employee behaviors. The study will also explore the moderating effects of high ... -
Institutional Distance And Foreign IPO Performance: The Moderating Effects Of Governance And Organizational Capabilities
(Management, 2008-08-08)To date scholars have examined a wide range of factors which impact the ability of firms to raise optimum levels of equity capital in their domestic markets. However, little attention has been paid to the growing number ... -
International Compensation: An Examination of the Relationship Between Societal Culture and Preferred Compensation Policies
(2020-06-08)In my thesis, I review the research literature on the influence of national culture on reward preferences and compensation practices. I first review the major models of culture used to examine reward practices and then ... -
ME, MYSELF, AND I, AT WORK AND AT HOME, TODAY, TOMORROW, AND THE DAY AFTER: UNDERSTANDING INTRA-INDIVIDUAL MULTIPLE SELVES ACROSS THE WORK-NONWORK INTERFACE
(2017-08-14)While scholars commonly agree that self-concept is a complex set of self-representations, or identities that influences individual’s decisions, evaluations, attitude, and behaviors, little is known about how individual’s ... -
Multinational Strategies As Options Creation And Exercise: An Analysis Of Country, Industry, And Firm Specific Characteristics
(Management, 2007-08-23)This study investigates international expansion strategies using a real options framework. Decisions to enter foreign markets and their subsequent decision to increase, delay or abandon their commitments are both predicted ...