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Relationships Between White Privilege, Organizational Belongingness, Racial Stereotypes, And Motivation To Lead, Scott Alexander Vaughan-Bonterre

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Despite changes in the law and efforts by organizational diversity practitioners to expand leadership opportunities for people of color, there is still a sharp contrast in the ratio of white leaders to leaders of color. While much research exists regarding the diversity disparity in leadership, there is little research on factors that influence the motivation to lead. The purpose of this correlational study was to test critical race and leader categorization theories by comparing how the independent variables of white privilege, organizational belongingness, and racial stereotypes affected the dependent variable of motivation to lead of black American versus white American …

Implementation Variables Of Corporate Social Responsibility In The Financial Services Industry, Gregoire Kokomo

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Abstract

Seventy percent of small and medium-sized U.S. companies experience negative performance because of leaders' lack of knowledge of corporate social responsibility (CSR) program implementation. CSR implementation is complex and requires organizational resources such as expertise, personnel, time, and money. Implementing CSR programs is challenging for many leaders. Research on CSR implementation in the U.S. financial services industry is scarce, and leaders of financial services firms do not have a clear understanding of how to make CSR implementation successful. The purpose of this study was to explore optimal strategies for making corporate social responsibility program implementation effective. The central research …

A Phenomenological Study On The Leadership Experience Of Teleworking Leaders, Patrice Ann Louie

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Technological advances and the desire for employees to improve work-life balance have contributed to the growth of telework. Finding and retaining effective leadership talent are critical needs of organizations. Recruitment and retention of leadership talent can be supported by access to perquisites such as the ability to telework. Although research on teleworking employees in general, and virtual team leaders, can inform the industry, few leadership models exist that specifically help understand what it takes to be a teleworking leader. The purpose of this phenomenological study of teleworking leaders filled this gap by examining the experiences of 12 teleworking leaders with …

Survival Strategies For Small Independent Full-Service Restaurants, Haitham Nizam

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Small businesses play a vital role in the modern economy. They represent the main catalyst for economic development. However, small businesses fail at a high rate, especially small independent restaurants. Around 25% of small independent restaurants fail within the first year of operation, and around 60% do not survive for more than 3 years. The purpose of this multiple case study was to explore what strategies small independent full-service restaurant owners in the Al Rehab District, Cairo, Egypt implemented to sustain operations for more than 5 years. The restaurant viability model provided the conceptual framework for this study. The population …

Efficacy Of Social Media To Promote Green Technology Use, Ehi E. Aimiuwu

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Global warming has become a major threat to life, yet very little information systems

research has been conducted to help sustain the environment and many people do not

understand how social media can be used to combat global warming and climate change

to save the earth. The purpose of this single qualitative case study was to explore whether

social media can be used to increase the use of green technology, thereby reducing the

cost of environmental sustainment. According to the integrated sustainability framework,

which served as the conceptual framework for the study, firms should include green

practices in their business …

Small Business Participation In Federal Set-Aside Contracting, Steven R. King

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

In the United States, 99.9% of small businesses, which account for two-thirds of new jobs annually, do not participate in the federal set-aside program. Half of all small businesses will not survive their first 5 years. The purpose of this multiple case study was to explore strategies that U.S. small business leaders operating within the greater Colorado Springs metro area used to participate successfully in the federal contracting set-aside program. Von Bertalanffy's systems theory grounded the study. Data collection included semistructured interviews with an intensity purposeful sampling of 3 small business leaders participating successfully in the federal contracting set-aside program …

Creating Leadership Efficacy Through Digital Media In The Electricity Supply Industry, Kenny Moodley

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Business leaders lack transformational leadership strategies to promote the use of digital communication in the electricity supply industry. The purpose of this multiple case study was to explore transformational leadership strategies to promote the use of digital communication to mitigate electricity-related shutdowns and other electricity-related product recalls. The conceptual framework for this study aligns with general systems theory. The participants recruited in the study were business leaders, key account electricity consumers, and electricity consumers located in Johannesburg, South Africa. The rationale for the target population was their success in implementing transformational leadership strategies to promote the use of digital communication …

Exploring Organizational Change Through An Understanding Of Intrapreneurship, Raj Sampath

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Organizations need to constantly innovate to be relevant in a highly competitive market. Intrapreneurship, defined as entrepreneurship within the organization, is one method to bring about this constant innovation. The purpose of this study was to explore intrapreneurship, through a multiple case study, to gain a better understanding of which business strategies can foster successful intrapreneurship initiatives. The theories of Pinchot and Porter on intrapreneurship and organizational competitiveness formed the theoretical lens for this study. The sample for this study consisted of 5 business leaders in Atlanta, Georgia who had demonstrated intrapreneurship in their organization by encouraging their employees to …

Stakeholders' Perceptions Of Ethical Leadership: Implications For Organizational Success, Adejobi Sunday Odeneye

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Leaders focus on the attainment of personal and organizational goals without consideration for the needs of stakeholders, especially those of followers. Ethical leadership (EL) studies' focus on leaders' perspectives represented a research gap that necessitated this study. Followers are the least researched among stakeholders; thus, this study explored EL from their viewpoints. Stakeholder theory, social learning theory, eudaimonia, and utilitarianism were the conceptual frameworks that guided this study. Twenty participants drawn from followers in a public organization in New Jersey were questioned about their experiences and expectations of EL using open-ended interview questions. Participants with shared experiences were selected based …

South Carolina State Government: Organizational Succession Plans, Angela West-Barnett

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

In the South Carolina state government, 43.4% of all full-time equivalent employees will be eligible to retire by the mid- to late-2020s. The potential loss of core organizational knowledge may occur as a result of the retirement of seasoned employees. Grounded by the transformational leadership theory, this qualitative case study explored the successful succession strategies of 8 Certified Public Managers (CPMs) in South Carolina state government organizations. Purposeful sampling led to selecting the 8 CPMs who each had more than 11 years of experience managing employees and each directly influenced the programmatic operations for their respective state government organizations. Data …

Functional And Dysfunctional Themes In Successful Peace Agreements Arising From Intractable Conflicts, Sharon Ryan Ryan

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

An important challenge facing humanity today is to determine how to resolve intractable conflicts. Intractable conflicts are intensely violent conflicts that are difficult to resolve and last at least one generation. The purpose of this study was to explore the themes leaders used in resolving intractable conflicts by writing peace agreements, which achieved at least a ninety percent implementation rating by the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame. The research questions focused on the distribution of societal themes defined by Bar-Tal as present within societies experiencing an intractable conflict. This study used a multicase …

Employee Responses To Pay Raises, Center For Executive Succession

Research Briefs

• Employees say that 10% is a minimum pay raise that will be meaningful. • However, pay raises in the 5%-8% pay range evoke positive attitudinal and performance responses among employees. • Small pay raises appear more likely to evoke feelings of unhappiness (as if it were a punishment) than feelings of appreciation or increased motivation.

Pay-For-Performance's Effect On Future Employee Performance, Center For Executive Succession

Research Briefs

• Pay-for-performance affects future employee performance as well as prior employee performance. • Pay-for-performance effectiveness is influenced by employee, job and pay system characteristics as well as by the experience that an employee has in the pay system. • Bonus pay appears to have a greater performance effect than merit increases.

The Core And Balance Model Of Family Leisure Functioning: A Systematic Review, Jasmine A. Townsend, Marieke Van Puymbroeck, Ramon Zabriskie

Faculty Publications

In the past 15 years, the Core and Balance Model of Family Leisure Functioning has emerged as a focus in family leisure research. This body of work has demonstrated that family leisure involvement is consistently a significant predictor of elements of family well-being frommultiple perspectives in the family, and among a variety of family types. A closer examination of thiswork reveals a more complex interrelationship between family leisure involvement and well-being and calls for further refinement and testing of the model. A systematic review of this body of work was conducted with the goals of offering a summary of findings, …

“Culture Shock”: An Ethnographic Account Of A Small Business In The Face Of Change, Alexia Maggos

Undergraduate Honors Thesis Collection

This ethnography follows a small business in Indianapolis that was founded on a small business philosophy that embodied family-oriented, close-knit employee relationships. Aside from the small firm finding success in its established company culture, this small business found great financial success within a niche market. However, as part of new expansion plans, management began imposing a more traditional, hierarchical management styles. While this shift is predicted by contemporary management theory, the human effects and cultural costs of this process are worthy of study. This ethnography follows employees’ perceptions and reactions to the change in business philosophy and analyzes the instability …

The Desires To Work For An Organizational Culture Type Based On Personality Characteristics And Gender, Emily Lauth

Undergraduate Honors Thesis Collection

Finding a company to work for is a two-way street in that a job applicant must like the company and the company must like the applicant. Job applicants and hiring companies both want to find a mutual fit. This fit can potentially be observed through the personality characteristics and gender of the applicant as well as the organizational culture type of the company. The purpose of this study is to understand how individuals view an organizational culture and have the desire to work for an organizational culture type based on individuals’ personality characteristics and gender.

A Question Of Food Intake: The Impact Of Living Arrangement And Meal Factors On Total Daily Caloric Intake, Kalei Sorenson

Undergraduate Honors Thesis Collection

There has been dramatic weight gain among college students during their collegiate years. A food diary can give much insight of a college student’s life. The purpose of this study is to analyze the food intake of college-aged students taking in factors such as the size of meal, the foods being eaten, the location of the meal, and if the meal was eaten with others. This research will examine how the student’s food intake throughout the day may affect their overall food calorie intake.

Analysis Of Public Accountants: What Personality Traits And Skill Sets Distinguish Auditors And Tax Accountants In The Public Accounting Sphere?, Lauren Madison Wood

Undergraduate Honors Thesis Collection

The two main career paths within public accounting are auditing and tax accounting. Auditors render an opinion as to whether a client’s financial statements are fairly presented, while tax accountants provide tax-planning services and prepare tax returns. This study examines the personality traits and non-accounting skill sets of practicing auditors and tax accountants to determine whether there are significant differences between the types of people working in each field. Prior research has analyzed the personality and skill sets of accountants in relation to marketing professionals or financial analysts, but little research has compared the two types of public accountants directly. …

Ua62/4/1 Gordon Ford College Of Business Accounting Administration, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Records created by the Accounting Department chair in the administration of the department.

Ua37/5 Faculty Personal Papers E.A. Diddle, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Artificial collection of records created by and about E.A. Diddle during his tenure as athletic director and coach at Western Kentucky University from 1922-1964. It consists mainly of scrapbooks of clippings regarding Hilltopper basketball. William Jenkins' interviews regarding Diddle used in preparation of his book Man with the Red Towel are also included.

The Importance Of Empirical Research Design In Asset Pricing, Richard Followill, Brett C. Olsen, Adam Smedema

Journal of Business, Industry, and Economics

The selection of methodological alternatives in asset pricing analysis can serve to significantly alter the interpretation and possibly the statistical inference of empirical results. We examine the statistical and economic impact of subtle yet important changes to the methodological design of an important empirical study. We select the pricing of idiosyncratic volatility as our test model, and we find that equally valid test designs can generate significantly different results and conclusions. We estimate monthly alphas for portfolios sorted by idiosyncratic volatility and find a set of plausible monthly alphas that range from ‑1.478% to +0.044%. We expound upon the challenges …

Efficacy Of A Structured Free Recall Intervention To Improve Rating Quality In Performance Evaluations, Maximum Mgrdich-Ararat Sirabian

Wayne State University Theses

This experiment investigated the effects of a rater training on halo errors and accuracy during performance evaluations. 408 participants were randomly assigned to three groups (n=136) where they were either presented with a structured free recall intervention (SFRI), frame of reference training (FoRT), or no training. The purpose of this study was to further investigate the efficacy of SFRI against prominent training methods and no training at all. Results were not significant, and did not support previous finding in the literature. Further explanations are offered and a discussion is presented as to why these results were obtained.

Identifying Earnings Management: The Case Of Small-Cap Corporations In The United States, Cecilia W. Ricci, Susan O'Sullivan-Gavin

Department of Accounting and Finance Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

The purpose of this study is to identify the characteristics of large cap companies that have been sanctioned by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for earnings management, and to test those characteristics on small cap companies to determine whether they can be used to detect earnings management in the small cap space. Thirteen non-accrual financial characteristics identified by previous researchers are tested, including both financial ratios and account levels. Univariate and multivariate analysis are used in the determination of the applicability of large company indicators of earnings management to small cap companies.

4 Vicars: Modern Dining On The Hill, Dinner Menu, 4 Vicars

Menus of the 21st Century

4 vicar's hill

Armagh

BT617ED

028 3752 7772

[email protected]

4 Vicars: Modern Dining On The Hill, Drinks Menu, 4 Vicars

Menus of the 21st Century

4 vicar's hill

Armagh

BT617ED

028 3752 7772

[email protected]

4 Vicars: Modern Dining On The Hill, Sample Drinks List, 4 Vicars

Menus of the 21st Century

4 vicar's hill

Armagh

BT617ED

028 3752 7772

[email protected]

4 Vicars: Modern Dining On The Hill, Pre And After Dinner Drinks List, 4 Vicars

Menus of the 21st Century

4 vicar's hill

Armagh

BT617ED

028 3752 7772

[email protected]

Aniar Restaurant, Aniar Restaurant

Menus of the 21st Century

53 Lower Dominick St,

Galway City,

H91 V4DP, Ireland. Tel: 091 535 947 Email: [email protected]

Aniar Restaurant And Boutique Cookery School, Aniar

Menus of the 21st Century

53 Lower Dominick St,

Galway City,

H91 V4DP, Ireland. Tel: 091 535 947 Email: [email protected]

Ard Bia At Nimmos Breakfast/Lunch Menu 2017, Ard Bia At Nimmos

Menus of the 21st Century

Ard Bia at Nimmos,

Spanish Arch,

Long Walk,

Galway, H91 E9XA Ireland

T +353 091 561 114