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Hybrid model for IT investment analysis: Application to RFID adoption in the retail sector
(2010-07)
Scope and Method of Study: One of the major obstacles in Information Technology (IT) adoption is its return on investment analysis. IT benefits in organizations are hard to measure and are usually realized over time. System ...
Determinants of top management compensation: The case of NCAA football head coaches
(2011-12)
Scope and Method of Study: This dissertation examined National Collegiate Athletic Association Football Bowl Subdivision head football coach's contracts to investigate the determinants of both maximum compensation and ...
Goody-good effect: When social comparisons of ethical behavior and performance lead to self-threat versus self-enhancement, social undermining, and ostracism
(2013-12)
I extend work on behavioral ethics by proposing that there can be unfavorable consequences to ethical behavior. Drawing on social comparison theory (Festinger, 1954), I find that employees experience self-threat and ...
Team innovation and citizenship performance: The effect of collective regulatory focus and perceived organizational support
(2014-07)
This study investigates the impact perceived organizational support and a team climate for innovation has on team innovation and citizenship performance. Collective regulatory focus is utilized as a mediating process to ...
Leadership climate, attitudes, and evidence-based management behavior
(2015-12)
There is a huge gap between knowing and doing in organizations. Why do organizations find it so difficult to bridge the gap between practice and research? evidence-based management is an approach that tries to bridge this ...
Organizational slack and managerial attention to risk: Impact on an organization's experience with harmful surprises
(2014-07)
Many organizations today are faced with an increasing number of risks related to their internal and external environments. When these risks manifest, the results can be disastrous. Recently, as these disasters have increased ...
Empirical investigation of challenge and hindrance appraisals of customer demands
(2015-12)
My dissertation investigates how frontline employees (FLEs) assess and respond to demanding customers. The results provide normative recommendations for managers for the effective management of FLEs so as to reduce the ...
Two essays on the substitutability of cash holdings and lines of credit
(2016-07)
Essay 1: using a novel database of lines of credit from 42 countries, I study the choice between cash holdings and lines of credit in the liquidity management of the firm and examine the determinants of this choice in the ...
What are business models and how do they work? A case study of community banking
(2014-12)
This study provides a definition of the construct of business model, including its component parts from a practitioner's point of view. It describes how a business model works, including the interaction of its component ...