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Essay on unexpected mandatory pension contributions in defined benefit pension plans
(2015-12)
Corporate sponsors of defined benefit (DB) pension plans in the US are legally required (if underfunded) to make mandatory pension contribution (MPC) as a non-linear function of the funding status of the pension plan. Prior ...
Excessive entitlement, psychological contract fulfillment, and employee outcomes: The moderating effect of accountability
(2014-12)
Excessive entitlement attitudes of employees are an increasing problem for organizations. However, there has been little research regarding a clear framework related to the construct of excessive entitlement, and articles ...
Predicting firm performance by integrating funding climate and CEO-COO dyad
(2014-12)
This research starts to unravel the nomological network of a funding climate and defines the regulatory state and efficacy level of the CEO - COO dyad needed to increase firm performance. Funding climate is further validated ...
Evaluation of RFID for information visibility based job-shop scheduling in Lean manufacturing environments
(2012-07)
Scope and Method of Study: This dissertation investigates the impact of radio frequency identification (RFID) in manufacturing. Two simulation studies of an organization that is considering implementing RFID on a production ...
Assets of foreignness: Colonial mentality and Western private equity managers in the ex-Western colonies
(2016-12)
This dissertation provides the first exploration of the effects of colonial mentality within a business field by examining how indigenous entrepreneurs and business managers interact with Western private equity managers ...
Another missing link to burnout and job performance: The mediator role of work self compassion
(2016-12)
This study presented and tested a model of the impact of work self-compassion (WSC) on burnout and role based performance while controlling for stable personality traits. WSC is a new construct first developed and validated ...
Real-world, high-stakes deceptive speech: Theoretical validation and an examination of its potential for detection automation
(2014-12)
The study of deception and the theories which have been developed have relied heavily on laboratory experiments, in controlled environments, utilizing American college students, participating in mock scenarios. The goal ...
Personality, grit, and psychological capital as they relate to sales performance
(2016-07)
Salespeople produce significant value for organizations. The ability to identify or hire a salesperson with the capacity for higher than average performance is therefore important to sales managers and business owners. The ...
Super girl power: Can girls move swiftly through deliberate practice to become successful entrepreneurs?
(2017-12)
The researcher developed a five-day, seven-city entrepreneurship program--Envision Lead Grow--which introduces middle-school girls to entrepreneurship through small groups managed by camp counselors. This program culminates ...
Volitional Vulnerability: From Qualitative to QuantitativeVolitional vulnerability: From qualitative to quantitative
(2016-10)
This paper introduces a newly developed psychometric measure called volitional vulnerability. Results of the present study show how the qualitative theory of vulnerability as set forth by Dr. Brene Brown can be expressed ...