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A Management Dashboard Model For Supply Chain Cost Estimations
(Business Administration, 2014-03-12)As many organizations are unable to alter existing accounting systems for an Activity Based-type costing requirement, a "Dashboard" Costing Model is proposed. The model will 1) empirically verify management assumptions ... -
Marketing Ploy or Strategic Initiative? An Investigation of Deceptive Advertising
(2018-07-31)The number of commercial messages that consumers are exposed to on a daily bases is unknown, although some experts estimate it is at least 500 ads per day. Most pundits in the field of advertising agree that it is ubiquitous. ... -
Meaning-Mating And Hyphenated Actualizing In Individual-Organization Units: Lived Experiences Of Organization Development Practitioners Learning And Carrying Out The Philosophy Of Organization Development
(2022-08-05)Individuals have been organizing for millennia. The purpose of this study was to investigate what it means for individuals and organizations to each experience how an exposure to the instrumentalized philosophies of one ... -
Moderating Effects of Institutional Logics on Strategic Response to Coercive Institutional Change
(2015-12-07)Using institutional theory, the study examines the relationship between compliance behaviors and attitudes of small business owners and managers toward external coercive institutional change pressures. Organizations can ... -
NOT ALL DISCOUNTS ARE CREATED EQUAL: POWER DISTANCE BELIEF AND LOCUS-OF-DISCOUNT IN A PRODUCT BUNDLE
(2022-05-17)**Please note that the full text is embargoed until 5/17/2024** ABSTRACT: This paper examines the relationship between power distance belief (PDB) – the tendency to accept and endorse power disparity – and preference for ... -
Place Attachment: An Investigation Of Environments And Outcomes In A Service Context
(Business Administration, 2007-08-23)Place attachment refers to the process of human-place bonding; the bonding process includes both physical and social ties formed within an environment. This dissertation engages in a detailed investigation of the dimensions ... -
Researching Appointment Robbery: Voices from the Street
(2022-08-15)This dissertation is composed of three papers that will examine three topics related to the main research project of examining whether or not CPTED strategies have an effect on the decision to participate in appointment ... -
Separate, And Not Equal: How the Implicit Links Between Social Class, Race, and Leadership Differentially Impact Evaluations of Women Leaders
(2023-07-31)**Please note that the full text is embargoed until 8/1/2025** ABSTRACT: Much research suggests that Whites are more likely to emerge as leaders than Blacks. However, this research has primarily focused on male leaders. ... -
Shareholder activism: Does gender diversity among hedge fund managers affect activism returns?
(2020-07-22)Divergent and often contradictory arguments appear in organizational research on the relationship between gender-diverse top management team and performance. In the present study, I integrate several distinct literatures ... -
Social Media Use at Work
(2017-05-05)Social media use permeates everyday life, including work lives of employees. Banning social media use at work may is not entirely possible, therefore it is pertinent to question whether all social media use is detrimental ... -
Temporary Network Development Capability In High Velocity Environements: A Dynamic Capability Study Of Disaster Relief Organizations
(Business Administration, 2011-03-03)Organizations involved in crisis relief after a natural disaster face the multifaceted challenge of significantly changing needs of their various stakeholders, limited, ambiguous and even incorrect information, and highly ... -
The Influence of Social Capital On Project Success Outcomes and the Moderating Role of Project Complexity
(2016-08-12)Social capital has been found to benefit projects and project teams in organizations. However, the research literature is unclear about the extent to which these benefits may be negatively impacted by project complexity. ... -
UNVEILING THE DYNAMICS OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENTS: THE MODERATING ROLE OF ENVIRONMENTAL UNCERTAINTY ON FIRM PERFORMANCE
(2023-08-15)The proficient administration of information technology (IT) investments is essential for organizations aiming to attain a competitive edge in the current dynamic business landscape. Nevertheless, the correlation between ... -
What Drives Firm-level Consensus Growth Forecasts? Cash Flow News Or Expected Return News?
(Business Administration, 2007-09-17)Recent findings in the finance literature document that analysts adjust their growth forecasts in response to major news, proxied by large changes in company stock price. However, Campbell and Shiller (1988) argue that ...