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Research On The Influence Of Behavioral Forces That Motivate Trader Behavior And Sentiment- A Prospect Theory Exegesis, Deanne Butchey

FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This study focuses on empirical investigations and seeks implications by utilizing three different methodologies to test various aspects of trader behavior. The first methodology utilizes Prospect Theory to determine trader behavior during periods of extreme wealth contracting periods. Secondly, a threshold model to examine the sentiment variable is formulated and thirdly a study is made of the contagion effect and trader behavior.

The connection between consumers' sense of financial well-being or sentiment and stock market performance has been studied at length. However, without data on actual versus experimental performance, implications based on this relationship are meaningless. The empirical agenda included …

The Impact Of Information Technology On Organizations : A Study Of Enterprise Resource Planning System Influences On Job Design And Organizational Culture, Susan Yvonne Clemmons

FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The primary purpose of this research is to study the linkage between perceived job design characteristics and information system environment characteristics before and after the replacement of a legacy information system with a new type of information system (referred to as an Enterprise Resource Planning or ERP system). A public state University implementing an academic version of an ERP system was selected for the study. Three survey instruments were used to examine the perception of the information system, the job characteristics, and the organizational culture before and after the system implementation. The research participants included two large departments resulting in …