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RECURSIVE ADAPTATION AND INTERDEPENDENT COMMUNICATION: A GROUNDED APPROACH TO THE INTEGRATION OF NEW/MOBILE TECHNOLOGY AND THE K-2 TEACHER
(2019-05-10)
The ascendency of technology in contemporary culture has catalyzed vertiginous alterations in the communication practices of individuals, groups, and organizations. The integration of new/mobile technology in educational ...
ADOPTING AND RESISTING EVIDENCE-BASED CALLS FOR CHANGE: DISCURSIVE RESOURCES IN ORGANIZATIONAL RESPONSES TO INSTITUTIONAL PRESSURES
(2019-05-10)
Institutional forces often pressure organizations to conform and behave in similar manners even when those actions go against an organization’s best interests. One particular U.S. football organization, known as the team ...
THE SOLACE OF EXTREMISM: AN EXAMINATION OF EXISTENTIAL MOTIVATION AND THE PERSUASIVENESS OF EXTREME GROUPS
(2019-05-10)
This dissertation examines the persuasive appeal of extreme groups under conditions of self-uncertainty. The guiding theoretical framework, uncertainty-identity theory (UIT; Hogg, 2007) argues self-uncertainty motivates ...
Realistic organizational previews (ROPs) during the offer consideration period: A comparison of candidate responses to absent, explicit, and implicit race-related recruitment messaging from organizational recruiters
(2019-12-13)
This study addresses the critical question as to whether recruiters should provide race-related realistic organizational previews (ROP) to minority job candidates after the candidate receives a job offer to join the ...
FRAMING UP WORKPLACE COMPASSION: THE ROLE OF LEADERS’ PROSOCIAL FRAMING IN COWORKERS’ INTENTION TO PROVIDE SOCIAL SUPPORT
(2019-05)
This dissertation explores the influence of leaders’ prosocial framing on coworkers’ intent to provide social support to fellow coworkers. This study contributes to the growing literature on positive organizational ...