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Resilience, Crisis Management And Continuous Improvement Against The Impact Of Covid-19 On Employees’ Engagement And Emotions. Insights From A Cypriot Sme, Christina Nizamidou

All Works

COVID-19 forced governments and organizations to navigate unchartered waters and shift to remote work to prevent its spreading, aiming to be resilient and maintain their sustainability. Recent research showed that COVID-19 impacted employees’ engagement and emotions. As every crisis is unique and every organization experiences a crisis differently, this study adopts the single-case study research method to understand better how a Cypriot SME in the financial service dealt with COVID-19 and its aftermath. By interviewing multiple employees from all hierarchical levels, it assesses the company’s level of resilience. Moreover, it demonstrates the company’s challenges to preserve its commitment to continuous …

Us Consumers' Confidence And Responses To Covid-19 Shock, Suzanna Elmassah, Shereen Bacheer, Eslam Hassanein

All Works

Purpose: This research's main objective is to investigate the relationship between consumption expenditure and consumer confidence in the USA and to study their effects on US economic revivalism during and after the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) shock. Design/methodology/approach: The authors use Michigan's monthly Consumer Sentiment Index and its five components from January 1978 to April 2020. The study is unique in quantifying the potential variations in US consumer confidence due to COVID-19 under different scenarios, by providing a projection until December 2021. It also estimates the time needed for recovery and offers guidance to policymakers on ways to contain the …

ปัจจัยที่ส่งผลต่อแรงจูงใจและแนวทางการส่งเสริมการใช้งานเทคโนโลยีเครื่องมือช่วยเหลือเพื่อสูงอายุ, ศุภวิชญ์ ถือคง

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

สารนิพนธ์ฉบับนี้มีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อสำรวจปัจจัยที่ส่งผลต่อแรงจูงใจและแนวทางการส่งเสริมการใช้งานเทคโนโลยีเครื่องมือช่วยเหลือสำหรับผู้สูงอายุในประเทศไทย เนื่องจากประเทศไทยกำลังก้าวเข้าสู่สังคมผู้สูงอายุ (Aging Society) อย่างรวดเร็ว โดยข้อมูลจากปี พ.ศ. 2548 ระบุว่าประเทศไทยมีประชากรผู้สูงอายุ (อายุ 60 ปี เป็นต้นไป) อยู่ที่ 10.4% ของประชากรทั้งหมด และคาดการณ์ว่าในปี พ.ศ. 2566 สัดส่วนนี้จะเพิ่มขึ้นเป็น 20.08% แสดงให้เห็นถึงจำนวนผู้สูงอายุที่กำลังเพิ่มจำนวนมากขึ้นอย่างต่อเนื่อง ทำให้ทั้งกลุ่มผู้สูงอายุและกลุ่มลูกหลานมีความต้องการให้ผู้สูงอายุมีสุขภาพร่างกายที่แข็งแรง โดยการนำเทคโนโลยีและเครื่องมือต่าง ๆ มาช่วยป้องกันอุบัติเหตุและเพิ่มความปลอดภัยแก่ผู้สูงอายุในชีวิตประจำวัน งานศึกษาชิ้นนี้ใช้ระเบียบวิธีวิจัยเชิงคุณภาพและเชิงปริมาณ การเก็บข้อมูลเชิงคุณภาพโดยการสัมภาษณ์เชิงลึกกับผู้สูงอายุและบุคคลทั่วไปจำนวนทั้งหมด 20 คน เพื่อศึกษาถึงความต้องการและปัจจัยที่ส่งผลต่อการเลือกใช้เครื่องมือช่วยเหลือผู้สูงอายุ ต่อมาคือการเก็บข้อมูลเชิงปริมาณผ่านการสำรวจด้วยแบบสอบถามออนไลน์จากกลุ่มผู้สูงอายุและกลุ่มบุคคลทั่วไปจำนวนทั้งหมด 200 คน เพื่อทำความเข้าใจในการใช้เครื่องมือช่วยเหลือของผู้สูงอายุได้ลึกซึ่งมากยิ่งขึ้น ผลการศึกษาพบว่ามีปัจจัยสำคัญสำคัญทั้งหมด 3 ปัจจัย คือ 1) การใช้งานเครื่องมืออิเล็กทรอนิกส์ของผู้สูงอายุ 2) ความต้องการของฟังก์ชั่นในเครื่องมือช่วยเหลือผู้สูงอายุ และ 3) รูปทรงของเครื่องมือช่วยเหลือผู้สูงอายุแบบพกพา นอกจากนี้การศึกษาครั้งนี้ยังพบว่า ผู้สูงอายุมีความต้องการเครื่องมือที่ใช้งานง่ายและมีความปลอดภัยสูง รวมถึงการสนับสนุนจากครอบครัวด้วยเช่นเดียวกัน จากผลการศึกษาทำให้ได้แนวทางในการพัฒนาให้สอดคล้องกับความต้องการการใช้งานเทคโนโลยีเพื่อช่วยเหลือผู้สูงอายุและส่งเสริมการใช้งานเครื่องมือช่วยเหลือผู้สูงอายุแบบพกพาให้มีประสิทธิภาพมากยิ่งขึ้นตามปัจจัยสำคัญต่าง ๆ โดยมีการพัฒนาแบบจำลองผลิตภัณฑ์แนวความคิด (Conceptual Product) ออกมาเป็นรูปแบบนาฬิกาข้อมือ ซึ่งได้มีการนำแบบจำลองเครื่องมือช่วยเหลือผู้สูงอายุแบบพกพา มาวิเคราะห์ความเป็นไปได้ทางการตลาดและโอกาสในการต่อยอดออกสู่เชิงพาณิชย์ในอนาคต

The Impact Of Private Equity Investment On The Market Performance Of Listed Companies On The A-Share Market In China, Mengyu Zhan, Sorasart Sukcharoensin

DLSU Business & Economics Review

This study aims to analyze all the Chinese Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) during 2010–2014 and follow their performance for five years. The study particularly tests the competing hypotheses on the role of Chinese private equity. The sample includes 916 firms that operate continuously for five years after IPOs to provide additional evidence on long-term performance. The results using the BHARs method indicate that private equity-backed IPOs tend to have significantly higher initial returns than non-PE-backed ones during three years of listing, supporting the screening and monitoring effect hypothesis in China’s capital market. After three years, the market performance of PE-backed …

Validation Of An Operationalized Model Of Iso-Ahola’S Theory Of Tourism Motivation: A Case In Point-To-Point Suborbital Space Travel, Brian T. Musselman, Scott R. Winter

Journal of Aviation/Aerospace Education & Research

The purpose of the study was to validate Snepenger, King, Marshall, and Uysal’s (2006) model of Iso-Ahola’s (1982) theory of tourism motivation for use in point-to-point suborbital space tourism research. No previous research was discovered, which assessed point-to-point suborbital space flight within the theoretical foundation of the theory of tourism motivation. Snepenger et al.’s (2006) model was assessed as published, and exploratory factor analysis (EFA) failed to produce data fitting the four dimensions. The researchers modified the item descriptions based on research. Using a second sample, the modified model was assessed. EFA produced four factors with adequate convergent and discriminant …

Machine Learning Predictions Of Electricity Capacity, Marcus Harris, Elizabeth Kirby, Ameeta Agrawal, Rhitabrat Pokharel, Francis Puyleart, Martin Zwick

Complex Systems Faculty Publications and Presentations

This research applies machine learning methods to build predictive models of Net Load Imbalance for the Resource Sufficiency Flexible Ramping Requirement in the Western Energy Imbalance Market. Several methods are used in this research, including Reconstructability Analysis, developed in the systems community, and more well-known methods such as Bayesian Networks, Support Vector Regression, and Neural Networks. The aims of the research are to identify predictive variables and obtain a new stand-alone model that improves prediction accuracy and reduces the INC (ability to increase generation) and DEC (ability to decrease generation) Resource Sufficiency Requirements for Western Energy Imbalance Market participants. This …

Wirecard And Potential U.S. Audit Issues, Benoit Boyer, Danny A. Pannese, Paul N. Iannone

WCBT Faculty Publications

The German company Wirecard saga is yet to be fully written. Similar in scope to Enron and others in the early 2000’s, many lessons will be learned for company executives, regulators, and especially auditors worldwide. For U.S. companies and auditors, the PCAOB (Public Company Accounting Oversight Board) has promulgated comprehensive audit standards and procedures designed for public companies, but these standards also could have ancillary application to private companies for auditors when planning the audit engagement. The red flags and audit issues that manifested in the Wirecard events will provide the financial and academic communities with robust case studies as …

Propaganda Of Car Ecotourism In Glacier National Park, Hanna Y. Mohammed

Honors Undergraduate Theses

This paper discusses the promotion of car ecotourism and its impact on Glacier National Park. Coinciding with the creation of the park's flagship Going-to-the-Sun Road from 1921 to 1932, both the state and the private sector presented the image of the newly commodified automobile as a vehicle to explore nature with. Historically, national parks have served the interests of the middle and upper classes, by suppressing marginalized communities, primarily through forced relocation in order to clear the lands for creation of the parks. The public's conception of the “wilderness” drastically changed during the time the car was commodified, as nature …

Cybersecurity Breaches And Auditor Turnover, Kilian O'Connell

Honors Theses and Capstones

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Nba Tean Valuation: What Drives Value?, Jackson Cleary

Honors Theses and Capstones

The National Basketball Association (NBA) has slowly become one of the most popular professional sports leagues in the United States as well as growing its reach in European and Chinese ties. With this growth, we have seen the value of NBA teams climb significantly. Mark Cuban, a well-known entrepreneur and Shark on ABC’s Shark Tank, purchased the Dallas Mavericks for $285 million in 2000. They are now worth a staggering $2.5 billion (as of 2021). In 20 years since Cuban bought the Dallas Mavericks, they have seen close to ten times increase in their value. This begs the question, what …

Digital Transformation, Applications, And Vulnerabilities In Maritime And Shipbuilding Ecosystems, Rafael Diaz, Katherine Smith

VMASC Publications

The evolution of maritime and shipbuilding supply chains toward digital ecosystems increases operational complexity and needs reliable communication and coordination. As labor and suppliers shift to digital platforms, interconnection, information transparency, and decentralized choices become ubiquitous. In this sense, Industry 4.0 enables "smart digitalization" in these environments. Many applications exist in two distinct but interrelated areas related to shipbuilding design and shipyard operational performance. New digital tools, such as virtual prototypes and augmented reality, begin to be used in the design phases, during the commissioning/quality control activities, and for training workers and crews. An application relates to using Virtual Prototypes …

Food Or Fairness? An Ultimatum Game Concerning A College Student’S Budget, Ethan Flowers, Matthew J. Wiser, Alan F. Chow

Journal of Business, Industry, and Economics

The influence of personal establishment and satisfaction has been the theoretical influence underlying conventional economics since proposed by Adam Smith. Results from many previous ultimatum experiments, which dictate that both parties must mutually agree on an ultimatum in order to win the game, often contradict the theories and ideals presented by conventional economic models. In this replication of the ultimatum experiment, instead of a minimal amount of $10 as the evaluating increment as used by past experiments, we have examined college students’ allocation decisions when presented the estimated cost of food for an entire month. This data will then be …

A Historical Analysis Of Accounting Salaries As A Key Factor In The Staffing Crisis, Susan Coomer Galbreath, Han-Sheng Chen, Mark Jobe

Journal of Business, Industry, and Economics

The accounting profession is facing a staffing crisis. Addressing the causes for the decline in the number of accounting professionals and collegiate accounting majors is a multifaceted problem. To remain competitive and overcome the staffing shortage, the accounting profession must analyze the causes and make appropriate adjustments. To this point, in February 2023, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) issued a draft plan that tackles eight root causes that are negatively impacting the accounting talent pipeline. Interestingly, salary challenges are not included in the eight root causes examined by the AICPA’s plan. This article analyzes the history of …

The Impact Of Live On-Campus Events On University Enrollments, Lane Boyte-Eckis, Dewey W. Todd, Steven J. Lee, Anand Krishnamoorthy

Journal of Business, Industry, and Economics

Due to declining college enrollment rates and intense competition to recruit students to attend one's college or university, we must avoid the limitations of bounded awareness (i.e., wemust think outside the box) when marketing our institution. This paper examined a College of Business teaming up with University Admissions to host a live on-campus event targeted at high school juniors and seniors. The event allowed students to be involved hands-on with numerous competitions, networking events, and the potential to win scholarship monies. We investigated if experiences of this nature are effective tools to increase student interest and enrollment. This study used …

Syllabus College Now Ba11 - Introduction To Business, Erika Gershuni

Open Educational Resources

No abstract provided.

The Search For Value For New England Skiers, Colin J. Liebert

Honors Theses and Capstones

No abstract provided.

Index Funds And Etfs: Simplifying Investing For Better Returns, Patrick J. Cotton

Honors Theses and Capstones

No abstract provided.

The Impact Of Compensation Framing On Work Relationships, Jack Wixson

Honors Theses and Capstones

This paper attempts to understand the effects of compensation framing on performance, work relationships, and organizational citizenship behavior. 108 study participants worked under either a bonus or penalty framed contract to complete an effort-based task. The results of the study indicate that employees will exert more effort to get to know their supervisor and demonstrate more good behavior under a bonus frame versus a penalty frame. These findings are important for companies to recognize how different compensation structures impact their employees. Companies can be more successful if they put in more time and effort to better understand their employees.

The Growth Drivers And Inhibitors Of The B Corp Movement, Jason Plant

Honors Theses and Capstones

No abstract provided.

The Effects Of Different Personalized Services On Consumer Cognition, Emotion, And Intention To Share Information, Thomas John Stimson Ii, Jing Wang

Honors Theses and Capstones

No abstract provided.

Productivity Working From Home During The Pandemic, Jacqueline M. Veglia

Honors Theses and Capstones

I will be focusing my research on productivity during working from home. Specifically I will be focusing on men versus women productivity levels working from home, as well as single women versus women with children. This research is also designed to investigate the extent of work employees do while working at home and their productivity levels. The Covid19 pandemic had a major impact on the working environment. People were stuck inside their houses and were not able to go to their offices for months to years and this is still an ongoing problem we are dealing with today. It can …

Breaking The Glass Ceiling: Do Female Auditors In Public Accounting Shine?, Katie Dubois

Honors Theses and Capstones

This honors thesis examines the significance that female auditors have in shaping the public accounting profession. The study investigates the impact of female auditors on various aspects of the profession, including quality, profitability, and risk. By conducting a comprehensive literature review and analyzing gathered data, this research explores the factors that contribute to the influence of female auditors and the implications for the profession.

The findings highlight that female auditors do in fact impact the public accounting profession positively. Moreover, the data revealed that gender-diverse audit teams enhance audit quality and firm profitability. Client relationships are also positively influenced, as …

Using Primates As A Flagship Species In Marketing Campaigns: Effects On Proenvironmental Attitudes And Behavioral Intentions, Taylor Barber

All Master's Theses

Shade coffee plantations grow coffee under a canopy of trees and provide alternative habitats for many bird and primate species, known as agroecosystems, particularly in Latin America. The aim of the current project was to better educate the public about shade plantations and the positive effects they can have on conservation for primates. In addition, marketing tactics such as the presence of a shade plantation certification label and howler monkey images were assessed for their effects on consumer purchasing intentions as well as participant support for biodiversity and sustainability. Participants were recruited through the Department of Psychology’s research system at …

An Assessment Of "Long-Thin" Airline Routes: Network Structure And Emissions Implications For Environmental Policy, Porter Burns

All Master's Theses

The purpose of this research was to define, map, and quantify the network and environmental implications of “long-thin” routes (LTRs) – a route structure that has been discussed in the aviation industry but not formally studied in literature. LTRs were defined through the use of global OAG scheduling data from 1998 to 2018 to identify trends in air traffic growth and network dynamics. Flights were separated into seven aircraft class sizes (e.g., 75–150 seats, 150–225 seats) to measure LTRs at multiple scales. Routes were considered “long” if the stage length was at or above the 75^th percentile in each …

Review Of Conscious Leadership: Elevating Humanity Through Business By John Mackey, Steve Mcintosh, & Carter Phipps, Dorcas Adega

Journal of Applied Christian Leadership

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Review Of Equity: How To Design Organizations Where Everyone Thrives, Morris Beckford

Journal of Applied Christian Leadership

No abstract provided.

Can Honesty Reminders Reduce Dishonesty In Budgetary Slack?, Wilfred W. H. Cheng, Chee Yeow Lim, Chi Kwan Yuen

Research Collection School Of Accountancy

This study investigates the effect of honesty reminders on budgetary slack. Based on self-concept maintenance theory, the authors posit that honesty reminders can reduce budgetary slack by making people more aware of their own standards of honesty, resulting in more honest behavior. Using an experimental research design, the authors find evidence that honesty reminders reduce budgetary slack. The authors also find that although penalties can similarly reduce budgetary slack, they tend to cause distrust and resentment from subordinates. Therefore, honesty reminders may be a less costly method than penalties for reducing budgetary slack.

The Role Of Personality, Self-Disclosure, And Envy In Maladaptive Social Media Engagement, Doreen E. Shanahan, Cristel A. Russell, Jillian R. Alderman

All Faculty Open Access Publications

Through online social networks, individuals establish and maintain social connections to satisfy their need to belong. Recent research suggests that taken too far, one’s need to belong can increase envy and lead to maladaptive social media behavior aligned with obsessive-compulsive disorder. This study examines the role of two personality traits, one’s intrinsic need to belong and trait reactance, on feelings of envy and the self-disclosure processes that lead to obsessive-compulsive disorder on social networks. A sample of 354 U.S. adult users of Facebook completed a survey measuring individuals’ need to belong, trait reactance, envy, self-disclosure, and online social network obsessive-compulsive …

The Role Of Social And Technological Predispositions In Participation In The Sharing Economy, Doreen E. Shanahan, Cristel A. Russell, Nelson Granados

All Faculty Open Access Publications

This study contributes to the growing body of research on drivers of participation in the sharing economy. We extend the well-established technology acceptance model and include layers of personality architecture related to the social nature of these markets (extraversion) and their technology intermediation (technology proclivity). Findings from a cross-sectional survey (n = 292) show that extraversion is related directly to the intention to use sharing economy applications, such as in-home gig services, and related indirectly to likelihood to use these technologies and to engage as a provider of such services, through technology proclivity and the technology’s perceived usefulness.

It Takes Heart: Building Peer-Driven Training Initiatives Through Workers' Stories, Deborah Lynne Moy

Antioch University Dissertations & Theses

My research inquiry is centered on the larger project of building a transformational, empowerment model of worker voice in workplaces. The purpose of my research is to explore/illuminate the question, “How can I use workers’ stories to center and advance collaborative worker voice on the job through peer-driven training initiatives?” I frame this general research inquiry around two key questions: (a) How do I create authentic spaces for workers’ stories to emerge from the heart? (b) How do I use workers’ stories to create the environment needed for workers to become peer teachers/leaders of their own training initiatives? This study’s …