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Impact of top management team diversity on earnings management
(2020-12)
The need to increase diversity among employees gained attention several decades ago. Heterogeneous groups are inclined to make ethical decisions in comparison to homogeneous groups. Organizations manage earnings to show ...
Extending job crafting in sales: A journey of change to positive performance
(2022-12)
Salespeople frequently prioritize their own self-interest and those of the customer above the organization. Thus, a large majority of salespeople actively change their job or job craft. Job crafting involves the act of ...
How emotions influence anthropomorphism
(2021-07)
The purpose of this dissertation is to explore the relations between emotion, consumers anthropomorphism, and related consequences. Current literature examines this relationship by the perspective that anthropomorphic brand ...
Establishing a measure of the likelihood to pursue an entrepreneurial opportunity
(2022-12)
Over the past several decades, considerable research has attempted to better understand the characteristics and traits of those who choose to pursue entrepreneurial opportunities over conventual employment. Multiple theories ...
Examining buyer firm usage of supplier support services
(2022-07)
Prior relationship marketing research has primarily focused on the importance of building strong relationships between suppliers and buyer firms and the positive financial outcomes associated with high quality buyer ...
Boredom: A signal for meaningfulness misfit
(2022-05)
Boredom at work is a ubiquitous experience. Management research on workplace boredom has focused on factors such as workload or task variety as predictors of boredom and tied the experience to negative outcomes such as ...
Three essays on collateral and capital structure: International evidence
(2021-05)
This dissertation comprises with three chapters. In first chapter, I investigate a novel feature of collateral: its role as a commitment device that induces a speedier adjustment of leverage to the optimal ratio. As a ...
When everybody wants what you want: The moderating effect of team envy of supervisors on the relationship between envy, relational energy and subsequent work behaviors
(2021-05)
This dissertation shifts research attention from individual-level envy toward team-level envy (the average level of other team members' envy toward the supervisor). Given that envy leads to tremendous detrimental effects ...
Sound symbolism effect of a brand’s post-transgression apology on consumer forgiveness
(2022-07)
This dissertation investigates what words should be used in a brand apology to increase consumer forgiveness in case of brand transgression. Based on sound symbolism literature, which argues that sounds can convey meanings, ...
Impact of firm reputation and visibility on portfolio manager decision making
(2022-12)
I develop and test theory about the impact of heuristics on the composition of actively managed equity portfolios. Active equity portfolio managers are charged with the task of outperforming their peers and a benchmark ...