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Organizational Behavior, University Of Minnesota

Open Educational Resources Collection

Organizational Behavior bridges the gap between theory and practice with a distinct "experiential" approach.

On average, a worker in the USA will change jobs 10 times in 20 years. In order to succeed in this type of career situation, individuals need to be armed with the tools necessary to be life-long learners. To that end, this book is not be about giving students all the answers to every situation they may encounter when they start their first job or as they continue up the career ladder. Instead, this book gives students the vocabulary, framework, and critical thinking skills necessary to …

The Status Of Women In Utah Politics: A 2017 Update, Susan R. Madsen, D. Candice Pierucci

Marketing and Strategy Faculty Publications

In 2014, the Utah Women & Leadership Project (UWLP) released four research and policy briefs on the status of women in Utah politics, education, nonprofits, and business. These were initially prompted by the Center for American Progress report titled “The State of Women in America: A 50-State Analysis of How Women Are Faring Across the Nation” that ranked Utah last in terms of women being in positions of decision making and leadership. Soon after, a series of other national reports also gave Utah poor rankings, and most used the following four criteria: 1) gender wage gap, 2) educational attainment, 3) …

Toward Better Business Communication, Kristen Lucas

Faculty and Staff Scholarship

No abstract provided.

A Special Issue On Aacsb International Accreditation Issues And A Change In Editorial Leadership, Priscilla M. Elsass

Organization Management Journal

No abstract provided.

A Focus On Engagement: Defining, Measuring, And Nurturing A Key Pillar Of Aacsb Standards, Isabelle Dostaler, Melanie A. Robinson, Thomas J. Tomberlin

Organization Management Journal

The 2013 Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) Standards emphasize three “pillars” upon which schools accredited by the association must regularly demonstrate quality improvement, namely, impact, innovation, and engagement. Focusing on the last of these, our article examines the concept of engagement through both a content analysis of the 2013 AACSB Standards and an empirical study exploring different types of course-level engagement within an undergraduate business course (measured using the Student Course Engagement Questionnaire; Handelsman, Briggs, Sullivan, & Towler, 2005). The results of our content analysis of the 2013 AACSB Standards underscore the focus placed on engagement within …

Introduction To The Special Issue On Current Issues In Aacsb Accreditation, George E. Smith, Kathleen J. Barnes, Sarah Vaughan

Organization Management Journal

No abstract provided.

Engagement, Innovation, And Impact: Tracking Faculty Activities Under The 2013 Aacsb Standards, Amy Foshee Holmes, Michael Wilkins, Shage Zhang

Organization Management Journal

This article describes the process one university followed to develop an efficient way of collecting information related to faculty engagement, innovation, and impact. The purpose of the document (i.e., the tracking record) is to facilitate the production of effective Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) Self-Evaluation Reports and Continuous Improvement Review Reports. The experiences recorded and the sample tracking record provided will be of use to accreditation directors, associate deans, and deans across a wide range of universities as they prepare for initial accreditation or maintenance of accreditation under the 2013 AACSB Standards.

Defining And Achieving Student Success At Non-Elite Schools, Charles J. Fornaciari, J. B. Arbaugh

Organization Management Journal

Ensuring student success has become an increasingly loud conversation for business schools. Unfortunately, most of the solutions offered within the literature tend to be proffered by those at elite institutions, and their advice unconsciously reflects that worldview. However, the vast majority of us do not work at elite institutions, even those residing in the, by definition, limited and prestigious universe of Assocation to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International (AACSB)-accredited schools. Subsequently, the elites’ problems do not match our non-elite realities and, even worse, often push our issues into the background. This article seeks to explore three student success concerns …

What’S Your Cq? A Framework To Assess And Develop Individual Student Cultural Intelligence, Kathleen J. Barnes, George E. Smith, Olivia Hernandez-Pozas

Organization Management Journal

This article’s goal is to provide suggestions for teaching students about culture and cultural intelligence. This article pursues this goal by first exploring and defining culture and presenting the nuances and challenges of teaching students about culture in an environment supportive of multiple cultures (e.g., national, regional, local, corporate, etc.). Finally, the article concludes with a discussion of a cultural intelligence development process consisting of a cultural intelligence pre assessment and feedback, cultural intelligence transformation activities, and a cultural intelligence post assessment and feedback.

Communication Through Social Technologies: A Study Of Israeli Women, Jeretta Horn Nord 405-747-0320, Dafni Biran Achituv, Joanna Paliszkiewicz

Journal of International Technology and Information Management

Social technologies have changed the way we communicate allowing users to interact, share knowledge, reach out to friends and family, keep up with the news, and even promote and support a business. A study of Israeli women was conducted to determine how social technologies platforms — Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, and Google+ — are used and the benefits realized. Women worldwide face challenges including economic, educational, health, and political. Israel women, like women in every other country in the world, are challenged with gender inequity. Do women who use social technologies believe that these platforms provide empowerment leading to greater …

Exploring The Alchemy Of Qualitative Management Research: Seeking Trustworthiness, Credibility And Rigor Through Crystallization, Heather Stewart, Rod Gapp, Ian Harwood

The Qualitative Report

In this paper we explore crystallization in terms of its contribution to qualitative management research. This exploration of crystallization is based on a postmodern view where we utilize triangulation as a point of departure. Currently, the use of crystallization is underdeveloped in the management discipline. Qualitative literature and metaphors are utilized to develop a focus on moving qualitative management research away from positivist terms. To do this we crystalize crystallization with an emphasis on the embodiment of the qualitative researcher as the primary tool in addition to the development of rigor through credibility and trustworthiness. This conceptual approach can benefit …

Generation "P": Philippines' Millennial Impact Entrepreneurs, Jinky Tuliao, Zen Bin, Vivienne Zerrudo

Social Space

"Millennials"—broadly defined as those born between 1980 and 2000— are a dynamic driving force behind any country’s economic progress, but particularly so in the Philippines. Making up about 50 per cent of the national population, Philippine millennials are mainly employed in micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), which in turn account for over 99 per cent of all local businesses.

Technology Transfer Versus Transformation, Ian Aguilar, Dan Mertens, Paul Shelton

Faculty Publications - College of Business

Research defines technology transfer from the viewpoint of business processes and personnel skills (Rogers, Takegami & Yin, 2001). The focus is on action to adapt and embrace an existing technology to gain efficiency (Gilsing et al., 2011). We examine this phenomenon as innovation based on the ability to transfer existing needs, desires, behaviors, and expectations to new technology. We find technology is adopted when transfer opportunities become manifest and each transfer builds upon its predecessor to create transformation in the long term. This relationship between transfer and transformation gradually builds technology adoption across chasms of the S-curve technology innovation curve.

The Role Of Customer Attitudes In Building The Reputation Of A Company Sponsoring Sport Events, Dongjun Rew, Jin-Woo Kim, Yong-Chae Rhee

Faculty Publications - College of Business

This study examines the relationship between sponsorship-fit and customer’s attitude toward the sponsorship, and explains the effect of customer’s attitude on the relationship between sponsorship-fit and firm reputation. Specifically, the effect of customer’s attitude is analyzed as mediator in the relationship between sponsorship-fit and customer-based firm reputation. Regression analysis and Partial Least Square Structural Equation Modeling (PLSSEM) are employed to test the research hypotheses. Empirical findings show the importance of sponsorship-fit affects change in customer attitude customer’s attitude mediates the relationship between sponsorship fit and firm reputation.

Virtues And Exchange: A Biblical Reframing Of Adam Smith’S Vision Of Marketplace Ethics, Nate Peach, Joshua Sauerwein, Seth Sikkema

Faculty Publications - College of Business

This paper explores ways in which Christian business educators can integrate Adam Smith’s views on marketplace ethics into a biblical framework. Often Smith’s thoughts on self-interest are highlighted without reference to his insights regarding the role of virtue in commercial life. After outlining two dominant interpretations of Smith, his ideas are integrated with a biblical conception of commercial life as stewardship. The goal of this integration is to aid Christian business faculty in their continued efforts to go beyond career preparation in their courses to include the higher telos of Christ-like character.

Technology Transfer Versus Transformation, Ian Aguilar, Dan Mertens, Paul Shelton

Faculty Publications - College of Business

Research defines technology transfer from the viewpoint of business processes and personnel skills (Rogers, Takegami & Yin, 2001). The focus is on action to adapt and embrace an existing technology to gain efficiency (Gilsing et al., 2011). We examine this phenomenon as innovation based on the ability to transfer existing needs, desires, behaviors, and expectations to new technology. We find technology is adopted when transfer opportunities become manifest and each transfer builds upon its predecessor to create transformation in the long term. This relationship between transfer and transformation gradually builds technology adoption across chasms of the S-curve technology innovation curve.

The Intersection Of Religiosity, Workplace Spirituality And Ethical Sensitivity In Practicing Accountants, Joshua Sauerwein

Faculty Publications - College of Business

A broad range of ethical decisions cross the desk of practicing accountants everyday. Rest and Narvaez (1994) theorized that ethical sensitivity is influenced by personal factors such as religion. Using Rest’s theory, this study found that workplace spirituality was positively related to ethical sensitivity and extrinsic religiosity was negatively related to ethical sensitivity. In additional analysis significant associations were found between the meaning an accountant ascribes to their job and ethical sensitivity. Significant differences in ethical sensitivity were also observed across the accountant’s role. The results of this study provide evidence that religion and spirituality are associated with ethical sensitivity …

The Halloween Indicator Is More A Treat Than A Trick, Robert Lloyd, Chengping Zhang, Stevin Rydin

Faculty Publications - College of Business

This paper uses stock market returns (2007-2015) and confirms the existence of Halloween effect anomaly after the 2008 financial crisis. Findings suggest that the Halloween effect can still be observed in 34 out of the 35 countries. A more aggressive trading strategy of shorting the market during summer and taking a long position in winter yields 4.77% more than the buy-and-hold strategy. A new explanation is offered for the persistence of the Halloween effect. A positive feedback between investors’ belief and behavior causes the market to underperform in the summer and recover in the winter, resulting in a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Assessing The Financial Knowledge, Behaviours, And Attitudes Of Undergraduates, Nate Peach, Haowen Yuan

Faculty Publications - College of Business

In this study the relationship between undergraduates’ financial knowledge, behaviours, and attitudes are explored. These three dimensions of financial capability are considered in order to identify ways in which they influence one another. Data are collected via a survey administered at a small, private university in the United States. Financial knowledge is evaluated with five questions related to basic financial concepts. The financial behaviours considered are following a formal budget and paying off one’s credit card balance every month. Individual’s attitudes towards risk and self-reported financial stress are the financial attitudes queried. The results suggest that a higher level of …

Environmental Advertising In China And The Usa: The Desire To Go Green, H De Burgh-Woodman

Business Papers and Journal Articles

Book Review

Environmental advertising in China and the USA: the desire to go green, by Xinghua Li, London and New York, NY, Routledge, 2016, 158 pp., £90.00 (hardback), ISBN 978-415-74413-3

Analytics In Sport Marketing, Ceyda Mumcu, Gil Fried

Sport Management Faculty Publications

The use of analytics has been growing throughout the sport industry. Although the concepts of analytics and big data are frequently used in the sport industry and highlighted in numerous media outlets, sport management students often do not have a strong understanding of why and how analytics are important for their future career, especially as it relates to sport marketing. This case study describes a fictitious student’s interaction with an industry professional who is an expert on Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and marketing analytics in the sport industry, and the student’s desire to be an intern in the Analytics Department …

The Rise Of It Services Clusters In India: A Case Of Growth By Replication, Polavarapu M. Rao, M.H. Balasubrahmanya

Faculty of Marketing & International Business Publications

The Indian IT sector has grown from small beginnings at the bottom of value creation to a major player in the IT services segment of the global information and communications technology (ICT) industry. It commands a 55 percent share in the global market for IT services. India’s IT sector value proposition in terms of low cost with large supply of high quality talent is compelling. As a result, India has become the premier choice not only for outsourcing IT services by the developed-world’s multinational corporations (MNCs) but also for locating their own global In-house centers (GICs), which simultaneously compete and …

It Risk Management: Fundamental Issues Impacting Auditors And Audit Committees, Daniel Dellapina

Undergraduate Honors College Theses 2016-

This research identifies key areas of interest regarding IT risk management for accountants and CPAs in the field of auditing and those on an audit committee. It identifies IT risks which threaten the security of organizations. These include both internal and external threats. It explores the motivations and methods of cyber-attacks. It presents security challenges that are created by outsourcing IT to the cloud and key topics to consider before moving to the cloud. This research also examines IT risk management and IT governance using the COSO Internal Control Framework and COBIT 5 framework for the governance and management of …

Do Women Have What It Takes? A Study Of Advancement And Leadership In Accountancy, Michelle Saturnino

Undergraduate Honors College Theses 2016-

This paper examines prior quantitative and qualitative research and statistical data relative to the issue of gender inequality that persists within accounting careers at upper-level management and partnership positions. The paper raises questions pertaining to the inequality that exists in upperlevel management and partner-level accounting positions in the United States. This may be true because, the work place in the accounting profession is not responding to its environment in ways that accommodate changes at a fast-enough pace, given that there is a shift to Generation X accounting professionals upon the retirement of the Baby Boomers. As different generations progress toward …

A Participatory God For A Participatory Culture: Christian Theological Perspectives On Networks, Dwight J. Zscheile

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Governance Interactions In Sustainable Supply Chain Management, Errol Meidinger

Transnational Business Governance Interactions Working Papers

“Supply chains” are a major site of transnational business governance, and yet their dynamics and effectiveness are usually more assumed than interrogated in regulatory governance discourse. The very term “chain” implies a more determinist and simplistic understanding of supply relationships than is empirically supportable. Supply chains in practice are complex, dynamic, and highly variable networks. Based on peer-group presentations by over 60 supply chain professionals, this paper analyzes sustainable supply chain management practices in terms of the interactions conceptions of the Transnational Business Governance Interactions framework. It discusses possible refinements of the framework and suggests that sustainable supply chain management …

The Gettysburg Economic Review, Volume 10, Spring 2017

Gettysburg Economic Review

No abstract provided.

2017 Residence Hall Association Constitution, Morehead State University. Housing & Residence Education Office.

Housing & Residence Education Records

The constitution of the Morehead State University Residence Hall Association from 2017.

2016-2017 Financial Summary, Morehead State University. Budget & Financial Planning Office.

Morehead State University Financial Summaries Archive

2016-2017 Financial Summary of Morehead State University.

Department Of Information Systems & Supply Chain Management Annual Report, 2016-2017, Raj Soin College Of Business, Wright State University

ISSCM Annual Reports

A sixty-nine page 2016-2017 annual report from the Department of Information Systems and Supply Chain Management in the Raj Soin College of Business at Wright State University.