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Climbing the corporate ladder: How top management team structure affects corporate misconduct
(2017-12)
To bolster the possibility of becoming the next CEO, the heir apparent of a corporation has both a level of expectancy and motivation to reduce corporate misconduct. Studies that examine the relationship between corporate ...
Cronyism and entrepreneurship: An international analysis of the influence of cronysim on country level productive and unproductive entrepreneurship
(2016-05)
Cronyism or the practice of favoritism based on network connections represents a strong informal institution or rule of the game in many countries. This study adopts Baumol's model of productive, unproductive, and destructive ...
Another missing link in the service profit chain: Composite self-regulation as a mediator
(2014-12)
The service profit chain contends that service-related human resource practices and management influence service behavior, performance, and ultimately organizational performance. This study builds upon recent work implicating ...
Does perceived belonging impact performance? Examining the impact that minority status and time perspective have on perceptions of belonging and ultimately performance
(2016-12)
Despite social commentary and a more top-of-mind awareness of the demographic characteristics of the workforce, cultivating a gender and performance-balanced workforce has proven to be a challenge in many industries. Many ...
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 ...
When the student is ready, the teacher will appear: The impact of change on readiness to learn
(2017-12)
As individuals go through life and experience the workplace they encounter changes, new and novel situations, planned and unplanned. Each of those encounters is an opportunity for an individual to appraise their readiness ...
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 ...