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2020-11-16 Message From The President, Morehead State University. Office Of The President.

Faculty Senate Records

A message update from the Office of the President sent November 16, 2020 regarding the completion of all in-person classes by November 20 and ending the semester via virtual methods.

Corporate Brand Impact On Sales / Revenue Per Share, Brad A. Puckey

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this dissertation is to identify the linkage between the corporate brand and sales / revenue per share growth. Utilizing a unique database, the CoreBrand® Index, this study is a quantitative analysis of the interaction between the corporate brand and financial data. A relationship between corporate brand and financial data has been suspected by practitioners; however, it has never been proven. For the first time, quantitative analysis is conducted in this dissertation using this unique dataset.

This study is intended to help those responsible for managing corporate brands to better understand their impacts and benefits. The more that …

On Making Experimental Design Choices: Discussions On The Use And Challenges Of Demand Effects, Incentives, Deception, Samples, And Vignettes, Stephanie Eckerd, Scott Duhadway, Elliot Bendoly, Craig R. Carter, Lutz Kaufmann

Business Faculty Publications and Presentations

In late 2018, the Journal of Operations Management published an invited methods article by Lonati et al. (2018) to provide guidance to authors on how to design behavioral experiments to achieve the rigor required for consideration in the journal. That article was written as a response to a number of behavioral research submissions to JOM, each dealing with interesting topics but viewed by the editors to possess poor design choices at inception. While the Lonati et al. (2018) piece provides experimental guidance fitting to certain research agendas, questions have arisen concerning whether and how exactly to implement some of the …

Clarifying The Relationship Of Design Thinking To The Military Decision-Making Process, Thomas S. Fisher

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The complexity of today’s operational environment where military organizations are conducting campaigns to address some of the nation’s most urgent problems has grown exponentially. To address this expanding complexity, the Defense Department introduced ‘design’ into its problem-solving doctrine as a method to understand the new and dynamic challenges associated with this increasingly complex environment and provide a tool to augment its current doctrinal military decision-making process. However, it appears military ‘design’ as prescribed by the Department may be only marginally effective at producing viable solutions for solving the complex, ill-structured problems that current military campaigns were developed to resolve. This …

2020-11-12 Research And Creative Productions Committee Meeting Minutes, Morehead State University. Faculty Senate., Research And Creative Productions Committee

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Research and Creative Productions Committee meeting minutes for November 12, 2020.

2020-11-11 Undergraduate Curriculum Committee Meeting Minutes, Morehead State University. Faculty Senate., Undergraduate Curriculum Committee.

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Undergraduate Curriculum Committee meeting minutes for November 11, 2020.

Halal Value Chain: A Bibliometric Review Using R, Muhammad Syafii Antonio, Aam Rusydiana, Nisful Laila, Yayat Rahmat Hidayat, Lina Marlina

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study aims to determine the development and trend map of Halal Value Chain (HVC) outbreak research that is published by a reputable journal in the theme of Islamic economics and finance. The data analyzed were more than 163 publications of indexed research publications. The export data is then processed and analyzed using the R Biblioshiny application program to find out the bibliometric map of the development of the role of Islamic economics and finance in the Halal Value Chain. The results showed that the number of publications on the development of the role of Islamic economics and finance …

Do User-Generated Ratings Affect Hotel Valuations? – An Analysis Of The Chicago Hotel Market, Shailesh Patel

Dissertations

Today’s travelers are increasingly relying on aggregated online opinions to make purchase decisions. One of the sectors most impacted by these online reviews is the hospitality industry, where consumer review websites such as TripAdvisor, Expedia, and Bookings.com play a critical role in influencing consumer's choice of hotel and the price they will pay for the room. Recently, there have been studies investigating the various aspects of user-generated online reviews and ratings. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of user-generated ratings on hotel valuations. Our paper does this using regression analysis to study the impact of TripAdvisor …

Investors’ Reaction To Fund’S Performance: A Study On Fund Flow-Performance Relationship In Islamic Equity Funds - An International Evidence, Maimunah Johari

Student Works (2020-2029)

For many Islamic fund investors, in particular, the Muslims, the aim of their investment is not solely for financial rewards. Spiritual merits accrued through the observance of the Islamic principles brought forth another form of satisfaction. The compulsion to any investment, which involves any prohibited elements and businesses as prescribed by Shari’ah law, becomes an unidentified persuasion. These were despite theories, which expound that Islamic investment is a unique category of ethical investment invites a myriad of issues of investment inefficiencies. Investors who choose to invest with Islamic funds are considered irrational as they are ignoring the profitability and performance …

Bidirectional Influences Of Decisions And Outcomes On Organizational Identity And Sustainable Viability In Small, Private, Nonprofit, Mission-Focused Higher Education Institutions, Brian J. Gilliam

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

As educational leaders in small, private, nonprofit, mission-focused higher education institutions confront challenges, their decisions influence organizational identity, culture, and viability. Decision-making is informed in a complex environment of internal and external influences. The purpose of this research is engaged scholarship to inform practitioners of decision-making in mission-focused institutions with better understanding of why and how adaptation is occurring, and provide a conceptual framework for decision-making and further study of organizational leadership in this important sector of higher education.

Four-year private, nonprofit, degree-granting institutions represent 34% of all accredited institutions in the United States and serve over 5 million students. …

People And Process: Successful Change Management Initiatives, Gene E. Fusch, Lawrence R. Ness, Janet M. Booker, Patricia Fusch

Journal of Sustainable Social Impact

The Greek philosopher Heraclitus once said πάντα ῥεῖ (Panta rhei, for everything flows, in contemporary English), and people have expanded upon this philosophy to mean the only constant in life is change. In this article, we will discuss organizational change through change management implementation (CMI) to improve organizational performance as well as a leadership response to social distancing and the global COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. We will discuss research exploring leadership communication, the importance of communication in minimizing or addressing change, and CMI roadblocks including employee resistance.

Analyzing Critical Factors: Motivating Project Managers, Tom G. Henkel, Gordon R. Haley

Publications

The concept of project management has evolved tremendously over the years. In addition to the technostructure changes that have taken place, the recent pandemic and sociocultural events and subsequent reflection that has occurred have impacted how people live and work. The purpose of this research study was to investigate the factors that create a culture of modern-day multigenerational project managers to be fully emotionally engaged when managing and leading organization projects. One hundred twenty practicing project managers working in a variety of industries representing different countries were interviewed. The findings identify the top six most frequently cited factors. The paper …

2020-11-05 Faculty Senate Newsletter, Morehead State University. Faculty Senate.

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Faculty Senate newsletter from November 5, 2020.

2020-11-05 Resolution Of Fractionalization, Morehead State University. Faculty Senate.

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A Resolution of Fractionalization submitted and approved by the Faculty Senate on November 5, 2020.

2020-11-05 Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes, Morehead State University. Faculty Senate.

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Faculty Senate meeting minutes for November 5, 2020.

Digital Identity: A Human-Centered Risk Awareness Study, Toufic N. Chebib

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Cybersecurity threats and compromises have been at the epicenter of media attention; their risk and effect on people’s digital identity is something not to be taken lightly. Though cyber threats have affected a great number of people in all age groups, this study focuses on 55 to 75-year-olds, as this age group is close to retirement or already retired. Therefore, a notable compromise impacting their digital identity can have a major impact on their life.

To help guide this study, the following research question was formulated, “What are the risk perceptions of individuals, between the ages of 55 and 75 …

2020-11-04 Message To The Faculty Senate Executive Council, Morehead State University. Faculty Senate.

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A message to the Faculty Senate Executive Council related to the rescinding of the First Year Seminar Task Force sent on November 4, 2020.

Behavioral Factors Determining The Decisions Of Individual Investors And Their Impact On The Performance Of The Investment Portfolio "An Empirical Analysis From Palestinian Security Exchange", Jameel Alnajjar

Journal of the Arab American University مجلة الجامعة العربية الامريكية للبحوث

This study seeks to determine the relationship between organizational justice (OJ) and organizational citizenship behavior (OSB) among local administration’s employees through the five-factor model consisting of altruism, courtesy, conscientiousness, civic virtue, and sportsmanship. In order to achieve the study’s objectives, two scales have been adopted, namely organizational justice and organizationa citizenship behavior. Aformentioned scales have been adapted to suit both the nature and the environment of the study and have been carried out on 72 employee at workplace. Several results have been achieved, and the most important of these was the existence of a strong positive relational link with statistical …

The Dark Side Of Executive Compensation Duration: Evidence From Mergers And Acquisitions, Zhi Li, Qiyuan Peng

Business Faculty Articles and Research

We find that contrary to popular belief, CEOs with long compensation duration do not make better long-term investment decisions. Using a comprehensive pay duration measure, we find that acquisitions conducted by CEOs with long compensation duration receive more negative announcement returns, and experience significantly worse post-acquisition abnormal operating and stock performance, compared with deals conducted by CEOs with short compensation duration. The negative correlation between compensation duration and mergers and acquisitions (M&A) performance is driven by long-term time-vesting plans, not by performance-vesting plans. The results suggest that extending CEO pay horizons without implementing performance requirements is insufficient to improve managerial …

2020-11-02 Message From The Provost, Morehead State University. Office Of The Provost.

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A message from the Office of the Provost sent November 2, 2020 regarding video recorded lectures and intellectual property.