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A Behavioral Study of Supply Chain Inventory Management
(2022-07-15)**Please note that the full text is embargoed until 6/20/2024** ABSTRACT: This dissertation explores issues regarding inventory management in the domain of behavioral operations management by employing a combination of ... -
A MULTIFACETED VIEW OF CAREER CHOICE AND WORK OUTCOMES OF NURSES IN HEALTHCARE
(2021-08-03)Turnover among new nurses is rampant within the health care industry and generated significant costs for organizations and the nursing profession. The overall aim of this dissertation is to understand the career choice ... -
Age Differences In Attraction To Instrumental And Symbolic Organziational Attributes
(Management, 2014-07-14)As the demographic landscape in business continues to get more diverse, the need to examine what attracts individuals of different demographic attributes to organizations becomes increasingly more important. This study ... -
An exploration of social class: Its symbols and influence on the selection process and career success
(2017-08-25)With a shrinking middle-class population, and an increasing economic divide between the haves and haves not, social class within the United States has become an important topic of conversation in the popular press. Yet, ... -
Antecedents And Effects Of Perceived Age Discrimination Against Employees Under 40
(Management, 2007-08-23)Over the past decade, much of the organizational literature has used age-associated stereotypes and the age context of jobs to explain the occurrence of age discrimination against older workers (e. g., Cleveland & ... -
Antecedents And Outcomes Associated With The Individual Stress Response
(Management, 2013-03-20)This dissertation explores the antecedents and outcomes associated with the individual stress response. It begins with an extensive literature review of three conceptualizations of stress in organizations. Next, the ... -
Antecedents Of Foreign Corporate Political Activity In American Politics
(Management, 2014)International firms compete in the United States in both the market and non-market arenas (Doh, & Lucea, 2013). The international management literature has a long history of research focused on market competition but, ... -
Are Coworkers Good Soldiers Or Good Actors?
(Management, 2011-10-11)Drawing from attribution theory, I propose a field study which develops and tests a model to describe (1) how individuals use multiple observations of coworker behavior to form attributions about whether beneficial behaviors ... -
Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Employee Selection: How Algorithm-Based Decision Aids Influence Recruiters’ Decision-Making in Resume Screening
(2022-08-16)With the development of artificial intelligence (AI), algorithm-based decision aids have been adopted by more and more organizations to help recruiters and hiring managers screen and review job candidates. This dissertation ... -
“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 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 ...