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Human Resources Newsletter

• Electronic Staff Performance Evaluations

• Helpful Hints

• November is American Diabetes Month!

• Recipe of the Month

• Wellness Tip of the Month

• Upcoming USG Well-Being Events

• Virtual Holiday Helper Tree

Staff Council Agenda, Georgia Southern University

Staff Council Meeting Minutes & Agendas

• Call to Order
• Consent Agenda
• Presidential Updates and Comments | Dr. Kyle Marrero
• Information Sharing and Gossip
• Human Resources Updates | Vicki Hodges, Director of Benefits & Wellness
• RA Recruitment | Kellianne Curley, Resident Director, Freedom’s Landing
• Treasurer Report | Matthew Pulliam
• Committee Reports
• Old Business
• New Business
• Important Dates and Announcements
• Adjournment

The Hr Connection, Georgia Southern University

Human Resources Newsletter

• Open Enrollment
• 2022 Benefits Comparison Guide
• October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month!

Staff Council Agenda, Georgia Southern University

Staff Council Meeting Minutes & Agendas

• Call to Order
• Consent Agenda
• Presidential Updates and Comments | Dr. Kyle Marrero
• Information Sharing and Gossip
• Human Resources Updates | Carissa Hendricks
• Treasurer Report | Matthew Pulliam
• Committee Reports
• Old Business
• New Business
• Important Dates and Announcements
• Adjournment

Staff Council Agenda, Georgia Southern University

Staff Council Meeting Minutes & Agendas

• Call to Order
• Consent Agenda
• Presidential Updates and Comments | Dr. Kyle Marrero
• Information Sharing and Gossip
• Human Resources Updates | Carissa Hendricks
• Treasurer Report | Matthew Pulliam
• Committee Reports
• Old Business
• New Business
• Important Dates and Announcements
• Adjournment

The Hr Connection, Georgia Southern University

Human Resources Newsletter

• Paid Parental Leave
• Happening This Month
• Wellness Tip of the Month
• Recipe of the Month
• USG Virtual Suicide Prevention Conference
• Upcoming USG Well-Being Events
• Hiring Timelines
• H.E.R.O. Folder
• Upcoming Inclusive Excellence Events

Staff Council Meeting Minutes, Georgia Southern University

Staff Council Meeting Minutes & Agendas

No abstract provided.

Staff Council Agenda, Georgia Southern University

Staff Council Meeting Minutes & Agendas

• Call to Order
• Consent Agenda
• Presidential Updates and Comments | Dr. Kyle Marrero
• Information Sharing and Gossip
• Human Resources Updates | Carissa Hendricks
• Treasurer Report | Matthew Pulliam
• Committee Reports
• Old Business
• New Business
• Important Dates and Announcements
• Adjournment

Staff Council Agenda, Georgia Southern University

Staff Council Meeting Minutes & Agendas

• Call to Order
• Consent Agenda
• Presidential Updates and Comments I Dr. Kyle Marrero
• Information Sharing and Gossip
• Human Resources Updates I Rebecca Carroll
• Treasurer Report I Matthew Pulliam
• Committee Reports
• Old Business
• New Business
• Important Dates and Announcements
• Adjournment

Staff Council Agenda, Georgia Southern University, Staff Council

Staff Council Meeting Minutes & Agendas

• Call to Order
• Consent Agenda
• Long-Range Enrollment Presentation | Dr. Scot Lingrell
• Presidential Updates and Comments | Dr. Kyle Marrero
• Information Sharing and Gossip
• Human Resources Updates | Rebecca Carroll
• Treasurer Report | Paul Barnes
• Committee Reports
• Old Business
• New Business
• Important Dates and Announcements
• Adjournment

Staff Council Meeting Minutes, Georgia Southern University, Staff Council

Staff Council Meeting Minutes & Agendas

No abstract provided.

Staff Council Meeting Minutes, Georgia Southern University, Staff Council

Staff Council Meeting Minutes & Agendas

No abstract provided.

Staff Council Agenda, Georgia Southern University

Staff Council Meeting Minutes & Agendas

• Call to Order
• Consent Agenda
• Presidential Updates and Comments | Dr. Kyle Marrero
• Information Sharing and Gossip
• Human Resources Updates | Rebecca Carroll
• Treasurer Report | Paul Barnes
• Committee Reports
• Old Business
• New Business
• Important Dates and Announcements
• Adjournment

Staff Council Meeting Minutes, Georgia Southern University, Staff Council

Staff Council Meeting Minutes & Agendas

• Cal to Order
• Consent Agenda and Minutes of Meeting
• Presidential Updates & Comments
• Employee Engagement Survey
• Budget Update
• Stimulus Funds
• VPBF Search
• Questions
• Human Resources- Updates
• Treasurer Report
• Committee Reports
• Old Business & New Business
• Important Dates
• Meeting Adjourned at 9:52 am

Staff Council Agenda, Georgia Southern University, Staff Council

Staff Council Meeting Minutes & Agendas

• Call to Order
• Consent Agenda
• Presidential Updates and Comments I Dr. Kyle Marrero
• Information Sharing and Gossip
• Human Resources Updates | Vickie Shaw
• Treasurer Report | Paul Barnes
• Committee Reports
• Old Business
• New Business
• Important Dates and Announcements
• Adjournment

Footloose Business Plan, Ashlyn Sarah Burnsed

Honors College Theses

Savannah, Georgia has over ten million visitors that spend over three billion dollars each year. The streets of Savannah are filled with countless retail stores to meet the needs of every tourist and local. Unfortunately, even with all of these stores there is still an unmet need. There is currently no store in Savannah that offers a trendy and affordable shoe. The following business plan presents a way to capitalize on this unmet market need. Our company, Footloose, has the potential to have a competitive advantage in an unsaturated shoe market. Footloose will cater affordable shoes to any women looking …

The Hr Connection, Georgia Southern University

Human Resources Newsletter

No abstract provided.

“Merry Christmas!” & “Happy Holidays!” Consumer Reactions To Holiday Advertising Messaging, Gaelle Moal – Ulvoas, Valerie A. Taylor, Elizabeth A. Minton

AMTP Proceedings 2021

No abstract provided.

Modeling The Stock Market Through Game Theory, Kylie Hannafey

Honors College Theses

Game Theory is used on many occasions to help us understand interactions between decision-makers. The famous Nash equilibrium is a steady state in a model that shows the interaction of different players, in which no player can do better by choosing a different action if the actions of the other players do not change. These two concepts can be applied to numerous situations that vary in types of players, but for our research, we are focusing on businesses in the stock market. The main objective is to use Game Theory to analyze data collected from the stock market, model our …

Cross-Border Acquisitions: A Country-Level Analysis, Jenny M. Heller

Honors College Theses

Country-level factors play an important role in the success or failure of cross-border acquisitions (i.e., acquisitions where the acquiring and target firms are in two different countries). If we are to understand and improve the success rates of these acquisitions, we must explore this issue in more depth. As globalization continues to emerge around the world, cross-border acquisitions have become a common way to enter a new foreign market. There is limited research available so far for these acquisitions on the country-level. Currently, cross-border acquisitions have failure rates of up to 70%. We analyze acquisition premium and use three dimensions …

Taking Flight – April 2021, Georgia Southern University

College of Business: News & Publications

• Message from the Dean
• Alumni Spotlight: John Shumanr
• Yuminami to Play and Coach for Pro Team in Japan
• Pi Sigma Epsilon Virtual National Convention
• Finance Association Hosts Guest Speakers from Bloomberg and CAT Financial
• SEF Top Sales Award
• Fidelity Investments VP Is Guest Speaker for Classes
• Faculty/Staff News

Influence Tactics As A Function Of Supervisor Age, Zachary R. Weiner

Honors College Theses

Within the field of Human Resource Management, the topic of age related differences within the workforce has been of interest as a method of understanding the dynamics of workforce management. This study aims to develop a deeper understanding in age related differences by focusing specifically on influence tactics subordinates use to influence their supervisors. The current research shows gaps in the understanding of how the comparative age of a supervisor (the age of a supervisor compared to the age of a subordinate i.e. older, younger) affect the use of influence tactics. This study shows how the comparative age of a …

Staff Council Agenda, Georgia Southern University

Staff Council Meeting Minutes & Agendas

• Call to Order
• Consent Agenda
• Treasurer Report
• Committee Reports
• Presidential Updates and Comments
• Information Sharing and Gossip
• Human Resources Updates
• Old Business
• New Business
• Important Dates and Announcements
• Adjournment

Staff Council Meeting Minutes, Georgia Southern University, Staff Council

Staff Council Meeting Minutes & Agendas

No abstract provided.

An Exploratory Examination Of The Impact Of Customer Service Features On Conversion Rates For Online Retailers, Richard Heiens, Ravi Narayanaswamy, Emily Siegfried

AMTP Proceedings 2021

The present study explores the link between customer service features and conversion rates for the 500 largest online retailers in the U.S. market. Twelve distinct customer service features were examined, including auto-replenishment, co-branded credit cards, currency conversion tools, free shipping, free return shipping, in-home services such as product installation or in-person consultations, live chats, providing website content in multiple languages, next-day delivery, online return processing, paid memberships with enhanced customer services, and same day delivery. Consistent with previous studies that indicate typical conversion rates in the range of 2-4 percent, the mean conversion rate for the firms in our sample …

An Exploratory Examination Of The Relationship Between Digital Traffic Channels And Web Sales For Hedonic Products, Ravi Narayanaswamy, Richard Heiens

AMTP Proceedings 2021

The present study explores the relationship between digital traffic channels and Web sales for online retailers of hedonic-type products. The hedonic product categories studied include Flowers/Gifts, Jewelry, Sporting Goods, and Toys/Hobbies. The digital traffic channels incorporated in the analysis include direct traffic to a marketer’s website, display ads, email marketing, organic search engine results, paid search engine results, and referrals from other sites. Our preliminary findings indicate that each of these traffic channels is in fact significantly correlated with both monthly website visits and Web sales. However, the traffic channels with the strongest correlations with Web sales were shown to …

Spatial Expressions And Consumer Perceptions Of Quantity, Scott D. Swain, Danny Weathers

AMTP Proceedings 2021

Marketplaces and media sources frequently present consumers with information or measurements that involve “extreme” quantities (e.g., the size of the national debt or the number of pounds of plastic in the Earth’s oceans). Often, communicators express these quantities in spatial terms in an effort to influence the perceptual impact of the information (e.g., expressing the national debt in terms of the number of miles it would extend if laid out in paper currency form). Across three experiments, we find evidence that perceptual impact diminishes with spatial dimensionality (e.g., expressing a quantity as a length makes it seem larger than expressing …

The Hr Connection, Georgia Southern University

Human Resources Newsletter

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• University Exit Checklists
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• Upcoming USG Well-Being Events
• Leave Explained

How Generational Preferences, Cultural Trends, Workplace Expectations, And Other Factors Have Changed The Definition Of Professionalism In Terms Of Attire And How Employers And Managers Can Respond, Allie R. Guinn, Melek Meral Anitsal, Ismet Anitsal

AMTP Proceedings 2021

Business attire is an essential part of personal branding as well as corporate branding activities. Fashion, cultural trends, workplace expectations play a role, among others form and change what an acceptable work attire is. Corporations even use their definitions of work attire in their advertising activities as a part of identity development. Such recent examples are State Farm Insurance, Progressive, and Enterprise Rent a Car. Observations during career development activities at multiple universities also revealed that Millennials might have different professional attire interpretations.

The literature review indicated a gap regarding how perceptions change from generation to generation in this topic. …

A Framework For Product To Service Brand Extension Success Factors In B2c Markets, Michael Musante

AMTP Proceedings 2021

No abstract provided.