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Essays in Corporate Governance and Executive Compensation
(2015-05)
This dissertation is a collection of three essays that investigate the issues related to corporate governance and executive compensation. In Chapter 1 I employ a sample of U.S. public firms to investigate the effect of ...
Do the ends justify the means: A role identity examination of pro-social rule breaking
(2015-08-14)
Pro-social rule breaking, the volitional violation of explicit organizational rules in an attempt to increase organizational efficiency or to provide a greater service to a stakeholder such as a customer or coworker, has ...
Media Affordance and Emotion Regulation in Organizational Communication
(2015-05)
Emotion regulation and the use of emotion regulation strategies to manage one’s emotional experiences or expressions have received extensive attention in the management, communication and psychology literatures. Despite ...
IMPROVING ORGANIZATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS VIA LOGIC DIVERSITY: THE ROLE OF SOCIAL MEDIA NARRATIVES AND USE IN THE ENERGY SECTOR
(2015-05-08)
Over the last decade, social media has diffused widely through society, increasingly impacting aspects of our lives. In the private sphere, we use social media to develop and maintain personal relationships. In the civic ...
Three Essays on Credit Market
(2015-05-08)
My dissertation focuses primarily on credit markets from a corporate finance perspective, with a concentration on corporate bonds and security offerings. My dissertation consists of three essays. Essay One is titled ...
Essays in Corporate Finance and Governance
(2015-05-08)
This dissertation is a collection of essays that investigate the intersection of managerial behaviors, corporate governance quality, and financial outcomes. Chapter 1 explores the relationship between chief executive ...
Cognitive Fit in Visualizing Big Data
(2015-05)
This dissertation examines the consequences of cognitive fit in visualizing big data. Specifically, it focuses on the interplay between different types of business data analysis tasks and visualization methods, and how the ...
Which of These is Not Like the Other? The Role of Segment Reporting Differentiation in Determining Firm Value
(2015-05-08)
This study examines a firm’s excess value based on segment reporting for the firm and its peer group. Firms often operate in industry segments not reported by peers. When such operating segments are reported separately, ...
Networks of Meaning: Identity Productions across Digital and Print Media
(2015)
Managing organizational identity evolution is critical for identity coherence and consequent legitimacy. The complexity of identity evolution management has increased with the widespread adoption of digital media. In ...
Electronic Word-of-Mouth and the Crowdfunding Environment: A Store Environment Approach to Crowdfunding Success
(2015-05)
Crowdfunding has transformed the new venture financing process by expanding the possibilities for not only who can receive funding but also who can become a funder in new venture projects. Rewards-based crowdfunding ...