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In over their head? Executive job demands and their effect on decision making and firm outcomes.
(2012)
The business environment is more uncertain, dynamic and complex, organizations are more diverse and harder to manage, and owners demand greater and greater returns. From the perspective of CEOs, these factors, in tandem ...
We are in this together: Group psychological contracts, breach, and outcomes
(2010)
For nearly two decades, researchers have often turned to the psychological contract as a framework for examining employer-employee relations. During this time, they have largely focused on examining the perceived obligations ...
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 ...
Essays in Product Market Competition, Intellectual Property Protection and Corporate Governance
(2018)
This dissertation is a collection of three essays that investigate the value implications of product market competition, the impact of trade secrets protection on capital structure decision-making, and the long-term value ...
Expressed Confidence and Skepticism: The Effect of Expressed Confidence on Auditor Judgments
(2012)
I examine the effects of clients' expressions of confidence on auditor judgments. The confidence heuristic suggests decision makers use expressions of confidence as a cue for reliability (Price and Stone 2004). However, ...
Essays in Corporate Finance and Bond Interest Rate Volatility
(2011)
This dissertation is a collection of three essays in corporate finance and bond interest rate volatility. Chapter 1 investigates the impact of TARP preferred stock on two different types of outstanding preferred stock. The ...
Essays in Corporate Finance and Bond Interest Rate Volatility
(2011)
This dissertation is a collection of three essays in corporate finance and bond interest rate volatility. Chapter 1 investigates the impact of TARP preferred stock on two different types of outstanding preferred stock. The ...
THE RHETORIC OF CROWDFUNDING: A SOCIAL MOVEMENT FRAMING PERSPECTIVE
(2014-05-09)
Crowdfunding has emerged as a popular funding option for entrepreneurs who cannot or choose not to raise funds through traditional venture funding channels. Drawing from research on social movements, this dissertation ...
Essays in Financial Markets
(2016-08-16)
This dissertation is a collection of three essays that analyze the impact of economic uncertainty on financial market activities and evaluate alternative quantitative models for economic uncertainty based on financial asset ...
Do Non-GAAP Exclusions Impact the Extent to Which Current Returns Reflect Future Earnings Information?
(2017-05-12)
Motivated by regulators’ concerns about non-GAAP financial measures and building on research that finds more informative disclosures allow current stock returns to better reflect future earnings, I examine whether non-GAAP ...