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Age Differences In Attraction To Instrumental And Symbolic Organziational Attributes, Katherine Joan Roberto
Age Differences In Attraction To Instrumental And Symbolic Organziational Attributes, Katherine Joan Roberto
Management Dissertations
As the demographic landscape in business continues to get more diverse, the need to examine what attracts individuals of different demographic attributes to organizations becomes increasingly more important. This study examined the extent to which individuals across different age groups were attracted to organizations offering different incentives. Specifically, it examined whether the presence of symbolic attributes (work-life balance or corporate social responsibility statements) affected people of different ages in their ratings of attraction to organizations. It also looked at the effect of these symbolic attributes on attraction to an organization over and above the instrumental attribute of pay. The results …
Negative Exchange Spirals: A Process Model Of Incivility Among Coworkers, Jennifer Grace Manegold
Negative Exchange Spirals: A Process Model Of Incivility Among Coworkers, Jennifer Grace Manegold
Management Dissertations
Increasing instances of incivility (e.g. rudeness or disrespect) in the workplace have led to the growing popularity of incivility research within the mistreatment literature. It is believed that incivility may encourage reciprocated behaviors that escalate in intensity. However, the underlying processes by which these `incivility spirals' occur are not yet well understood. Therefore, based on social exchange theory and theories of emotion and organizational justice, I propose and test a multilevel model that examines the effects of daily experienced incivility on daily negative behaviors (e.g. instigated incivility and counterproductive behaviors) via a desire for revenge and state anger. In addition, …
Antecedents Of Foreign Corporate Political Activity In American Politics, Lee Warren Brown
Antecedents Of Foreign Corporate Political Activity In American Politics, Lee Warren Brown
Management Dissertations
International firms compete in the United States in both the market and non-market arenas (Doh, & Lucea, 2013). The international management literature has a long history of research focused on market competition but, non-market competition has been largely ignored (Lawton, McGuire & Rajwani, 2013). At the same time, there is a large and increasing amount of money being spent by foreign firms on lobbying and other non-market activities in America. In an effort to aid in our understanding of foreign firms who engage in corporate political activity (CPA) in the United States, I investigated foreign firms that engage in CPA …