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Dash of grit, a smidgen of stressor management and a pinch of regulatory tendencies to be engaged?
(2016-08)
This paper involved a path analysis of a new measure of grit to understand work engagement. Recent studies have found significant correlations between both constructs; however an explanation of "how" grit plays a role in ...
Corporate governance and hedge fund activism
(2015-12)
Over the past two decades, hedge fund activism has emerged as a new mechanism of corporate governance that brings about operational, financial and governance reforms to a corporation. Many prominent business executives and ...
Relationship of working memory to job performance and innovation with stress and effort as moderators
(2016-12)
The present study investigated working memory capacity and the affect it has on employees to perform their job and to be innovative. The study also considered moderation of effort and stress to the relationship of working ...
Antecedents to business succession planning in small relationship-dependent service businesses
(2015-12)
As the baby boom generation approaches and enters traditional retirement ages, the owners of small professional service firms are being inundated with advice concerning how to implement a business succession plan. While ...
Effect of grit and orientations to happiness on entrepreneurial performance among venture founders
(2016-12)
To date, research on which factors contribute to entrepreneurial performance falls short of a comprehensive explanation. Grit, although not as thoroughly researched as other personality traits, has been found to be a ...
Grabbing the tiger by the tail, a hybridized retirement system measured through the stakeholders' eyes
(2014-12)
The changing landscape of retirement systems throughout the world presents many challenges for governments, employers, and participants. The future for employees have dimmed with the retreat of pension plans, and the ...
Opacity of private philanthropy
(2015-12)
Calls for greater transparency among corporations and social institutions continue to grow in the literature. Many contend that greater transparency is needed to reduce potential for wrong doing and enhance the capacity ...
Machine learning and personality traits: A disturbing contribution from the algorithmic culture to behavioral science
(2018-12)
The time has come for behavioral scholars to benefit from the superior prediction accuracy of modern data mining practices over traditional data modeling. The current investigative study uses machine learning techniques ...
Essays on the influence of website emotional design features on users' emotional and behavioral responses
(2013-07)
As the Internet technologies have become more advanced, as well as online users that have become more sophisticated, the competition in the e-commerce is increasingly aggressive for online vendors. Therefore, online user ...
Investor activism and mergers and acquisitions (M&A)
(2015-12)
This study analyzed activism that leads to a merger or acquisition (M&A) of a firm to see its benefits for the shareholders at the target firm as well as its acquirer. It used over thirty years of data to understand the ...