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Managing Reputation, Sustainability, And Self Interest: The Case Of Ceo Remuneration In The United States And The Importance Of Being Earnest, Ernest H. Hall Jr., Jooh Lee

Rohrer College of Business Departmental Research

Executive compensation has long been a lightning rod of interest in the popular press and frequently makes the headlines . It seems that everyone has an opinion on the subject, with most demanding an end to inflated compensation packages . Depending on whether you are a member of the C suite or not will likely skew your opinion on the matter. Given that the CEO is the most visible manifestation of the company to the outside world it is common to fixate on the way in which they are being compensated. However, after all of the research that has been …

Simulation-Based Scenario Mapping Model To Investigate Post-Brexit Implications On The Irish Beef Export Sector: A Case Study, Amr Mahfouz, Rishi Choudhary

Conference papers

Purpose Brexit introduced a range of new tariffs and non-tariff barriers that will significantly disrupt Irish beef exports, particularly to the UK market. Firms should be able to accurately anticipate the adverse effects of Brexit trade barriers on the flow of their products and change their practices accordingly. This research introduces a scenario planning solution based on a process simulation technology to investigate the implication of Brexit risks on Irish beef export performance. Scenarios implications on the transportation time and shelf-life of Irish meat exports to the UK market are investigated.

Research Approach An agent-based and discrete event simulation model …

Mccune Fraternal Organizations Collection, 1886-1962, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library

Finding Aids

This collection includes forms, notes, by laws, checks, and journals related to the McCune, Kansas Ancient Order of United Workmen and the Modern Woodmen of America fraternal organizations.

The Ancient Order of United Workmen (AOUW) was founded in Meadville, Pennsylvania in 1868 by John Jordan Upchurch as an organization to improve work environments and provide insurance for its members. By 1869, insurance became a main priority of the group as it was usually reserved for businessmen and manufacturers. By 1885, the AOUW was the largest fraternal group in the United States.

The Modern Woodmen of America (MWoA) was named after …

Mcnally Pittsburg Collection, 1952-2013, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library

Finding Aids

A collection of records, guides and booklets, and photographs related to the McNally Company of Pittsburg, Kansas.

Thomas McNally Sr. and his wife, immigrants from Ireland and boilermakers in Wisconsin, accepted the Pittsburg Board of Trade’s offer to build a 40’ by 80’ wooden boiler shop for the McNally’s. Local coal mines needed his trade because they ran on steam engines and were growing in size and number. McNally expanded business to general repairs and machinery. Following his father’s death in 1906 Thomas McNally Jr. took over the business at the age of 23 and studied and worked under other …

How To Construct A Bar Chart, Harini Mittal

Open Educational Resources

This file gives step-by-step instructions to construct a bar chart in excel.

How To Construct A Frequency Distribution For Non-Numeric Data, Harini Mittal

Open Educational Resources

This is a step-by-step instruction file with screenshots to help anyone construct a frequency distribution table with non-numeric data.

Quantifying The Structure Of Residential Water Demand In The United States: A Generalized Exact Affine Stone Index Demand Framework, Bakhtavoryan Rafael, Vardges Hovhannisyan

Faculty Publications

We utilize a Generalized Exact Affine Stone Index system to evaluate the structure of residential water demand that recognizes demand interrelationship between residential and bottled water in the United States, allowing for precommitted consumption. Further, we address expenditure and price endogeneity by accounting for the supply side of the price determination mechanism. A significant substitutability relationship between residential and bottled water is found, while substantial precommitments are established in both residential and bottled water consumption. Residential demand becomes price-elastic once the precommitted level is reached. Finally, ignoring substitutability, precommitments, or endogeneity distorts the demand structure, resulting in erroneous policy implications.

In The Eye Of The Beholder: Challenge And Hindrance Appraisals Of Work Characteristics And Their Implications For Employee’S Well-Being, Peikai Li, Maria C. W. Peeters, Toon W. Taris, Yejun Zhang

Management Faculty Publications

Previous research on the association between job characteristics and employee well-being has returned mixed results. In particular, the possible impact of individual appraisal of these job characteristics has not been well-acknowledged. To address this limitation, we drew on appraisal theory and examined: (a) how workers appraise particular job characteristics, and (b) how these appraisals affect the relationships between these job characteristics and well-being (i.e., work engagement and burnout). We tested our hypotheses across two studies. In a cross-occupation sample (Study 1, n = 514), we found that job demands and resources can be appraised as both challenges and hindrances. In …

2021-September-07-Appalachian Teaching Project 20th Anniversary, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

JOHNSON CITY (Sept. 7, 2021) – East Tennessee State University’s Center of Excellence for Appalachian Studies and Services recently completed 20 years of coordinating the Appalachian Teaching Project (ATP), an annual program in which students work with a local community to address a critical need that affects the community's long-term economic development.

The ATP is supported by the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC), which annually provides both a grant to support the student work and a forum in which students present their research in Washington, D.C. The program offers a unique opportunity for students to get out of the classroom and …

2021-September-07-Esports Season Two, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

JOHNSON CITY – (September 7, 2021) Two of East Tennessee State University’s Esports teams begin their fall competition seasons today.

“Last year was a year of firsts,” ETSU Head Coach Jeff Shell reported during today’s Media Day.  “Our first media day, our first recruitment season, our first games, our first jerseys, our first tournament, our first team captains…it was an incredible first year!” 

The school’s Overwatch® team begins its second season after finishing in the top 16 of the National Association of Collegiate Esports (NACE) playoffs.  This past spring, the Overwatch® varsity and junior varsity teams competed in the NECC …

2021-September-07-Etsu Health Pediatrics Offering Extended Hours, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

Extended Hours

ETSU Health's Dr. Demetrio R. Macariola, of ETSU Health Pediatrics, performs a checkup for Emmie Hollinger in this 2018 file photo. ETSU Health Pediatrics is offering extended hours to improve access for families to annual well-child visits and unexpected sick visits.

JOHNSON CITY (Sept. 7, 2021)  – As children and teenagers return to school this fall, ETSU Health Pediatrics encourages families to schedule an annual well-child visit to update immunizations and obtain a comprehensive physical exam.

“This is a great time of the year to schedule those well visits, because as your kids get back into school, they …

2021-09-07 Minutes, Morehead State University. Staff Congress.

Staff Congress Records

Staff Congress meeting minutes from September 7, 2021

Public Budgeting As Moral Dilemma, Ben Wroblewski

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Government budget managers are responsible for the proper stewardship of public funds and facilitating the business transactions necessary to meet the public’s needs. Sometimes, during these decisions, managers can experience pressure to make an unethical decision. A better understanding of this issue can help organizations prevent misallocation of funds and adverse effects within the community. The problem is that the general pressure model lacks a framework to explain the decision-making process. Moral utility theory can provide insight into how people weigh or score choices with ethical considerations. This study found that government budget managers included their self-interests when experiencing tension …

Determining The Factors Influencing Cloud Computing Implementation In Library Management System (Lms): A High Order Pls-Ann Approach, Manish Dadhich, Shalendra Singh Rao, Surendra Sethy, Renu Sharma

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The principal component of this paper is to ascertain the prominent variables of technological, organizational, environmental, and financial constructs that influence library cloud computing (LCC) among the library users and professionals in the selected universities of India. This paper discusses the advantages, opportunities, challenges, and Models of Smart Library in the ICT age library management system. The study also commissioned tools viz. EFA, CFA, and structural equation assess the degree to which selected factors were associated with LCC adoption. Empirical research proposed four hypotheses by selecting the technological, organizational, environmental, and financial constructs and 16 manifests in the specified model. …

Nebraska Innovation Studio Celebrating Marked Growth, Deann Gayman

Nebraska Innovation Studio

Since Nebraska Innovation Studio (https://innovationstudio.unl.edu/) opened its doors in 2015, the makerspace has continued to retool and expand its offerings, becoming one of the best facilities of its kind in the nation.

A re-opening event is announced in this news released, planned for September 16, 2021.

Competitive Rationales: Beneath The Surface Of Competitive Behavior, Goce Andrevski, Danny Miller, Isabelle Le Breton-Miller, Walter Ferrier

Management Faculty Publications

Competitive dynamics research has focused on studying whether rivals are able and likely to carry out competitive actions, typically by examining indirect reasons such as characteristics of the actions themselves, the firms involved, or the competitive context. We explore why rivals initiate a specific competitive action at a particular time and situation. Drawing from the philosophy of action literature, we introduce the concept of competitive rationales to examine the primary reasons that cause tactical actions. Given the rapid exchanges characterizing tactical competitive dynamics, we conducted an inductive, multicase study to explore the reasons behind over 800 discrete tactical decisions carried …

Boosting Employee Motivation With Loving- Kindness, Jochen Reb, William Tov, Smu Office Of Research

Research@SMU Infographics

New research at SMU, conducted by Professor Jochen Reb and his collaborators, Assosiate Professor William Tov and PhD student Theodore Masters-Waage, shows that loving-kindness can increase employee motivation and cultivate a positive mental state. This can impact job performace and job satisfaction.

2021-September-03-Innovative Leader, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

JOHNSON CITY – (Sept. 3, 2021) Philip Stuckey, founder and chief executive officer of FC Renew, has been inducted into the fifth cohort of Innovation Crossroads. The program, held at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, allows leading innovators from across the country to develop their research for commercialization. To support his research and entrepreneurial efforts, Stuckey is an affiliate member of the East Tennessee State University Innovation Lab.

Audrey Depelteau, Innovation Lab director, has known Stuckey since 2012 when he first became a member of the Innovation Lab.

“Dr. Stuckey has impressive academic and scientific credentials as well as an entrepreneurial …

2021-September-03-Slocumb Galleries Hosts Collaboration Now Exhibition, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

JOHNSON CITY (Sept. 3, 2021) — On Tuesday, Sept. 7, from 5-7 p.m., Slocumb Galleries at East Tennessee State University will host a reception for its printmaking exhibition “Collaboration Now,” a collection of works by 18 artists created during their residencies with five different international printmaking studios. 

These studios include Jackalope Editions and Brimstone Editions of the United States, Silver Magic Ships of Spain, Paper Plains Editions of Belgium and Pulp Editions of Singapore.

Curated by Chen Shitong and Jake Ingram, “Collaboration Now” runs through Sept. 17 and aims to shine a spotlight on the medium of printmaking and the …

Counting Monopoly Money Twice: Resale Discounting In Consumer-To-Consumer Exchange, Catherine A. Armstrong Soule, Sara Hanson

Marketing Faculty Publications

Consumer-to-consumer (C2C) secondhand exchange activity has exploded due to increased user connectivity stemming from widespread digital platform development and adoption. This research focuses on the effects of participation in secondhand exchange collectives on price perceptions. In three studies, the authors find that participation in secondhand exchange leads to price perception changes at various stages of the buying and reselling process, including traditional retail purchase decisions via resale discounting, a novel decision making bias. This research demonstrates that secondhand markets can cause individuals who are considering a purchase to (1) view firsthand prices as more reasonable and (2) increase purchase likelihood …

Dr. Bethany Alden-Rivers Named Provost, Lindenwood University

Archived Lindenwood Press Releases

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2021-September-02-Etsu Host Free Application Month During September, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

JOHNSON CITY – (September 2, 2021) Prospective freshmen and transfer students interested in East Tennessee State University will have the opportunity to apply for free during “TN Free Application Month” Sept. 1-30. This opportunity is for residents of Tennessee and the select border counties in North Carolina and Virginia that are eligible for in-state tuition and scholarships at ETSU.

Interested applicants should visit etsu.edu/apply and use the code TNFreeApp22 to have the standard $25 application fee waived.

ETSU is offering this opportunity in support of the Tennessee Higher Education Commission’s Path to College series of events.  September is Tennessee College …

2021-September-02-Etsu's Care Womens Health Continues To Grow With Recent $3m Award, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

JOHNSON CITY (Sept. 2, 2021) — The East Tennessee State University Center for Applied Research and Evaluation in Women’s Health (CARE Women’s Health) continues to grow with a $3,192,884 research award in 2021 for a total of approximately $18 million in grant funding since 2017.

Dr. Amal Khoury, director of CARE Women’s Health and a professor in the ETSU College of Public Health, said the latest award will expand and extend research and evaluation on priority women’s health issues at the center.

“Obviously, this helps us advance the mission of the center, which is to improve the lives of …

2021-September-02-Tyree Daye To Give Lecture, Poetry Reading, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

JOHNSON CITY (Sept. 2, 2021) – Poet and educator Tyree Daye will visit East Tennessee State University on Wednesday, Sept. 8, for a lecture and poetry reading. 

Daye’s appearance at ETSU is the inaugural event in the Black American Writers Series presented by the university’s Black American Studies Program, with additional support provided by the Bert C. Bach Written Word Initiative and Department of Literature and Language.

His lecture, “Nina Simone and Tone,” will begin at 2 p.m. in The Cave in the D.P. Culp Student Center. Later, at 7 p.m. in the Culp Center’s Martha Street Culp Auditorium, Daye …

2021-09-02 Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes, Morehead State University. Faculty Senate.

Faculty Senate Records

Faculty Senate meeting minutes from September 2, 2021.

2021-09-02 Faculty Senate Newsletter, Morehead State University. Faculty Senate.

Faculty Senate Records

Faculty Senate newsletter from September 2, 2021.

The House Edge And Play Time: Do Industry Heuristics Fairly Describe This Relationship?, Anthony F. Lucas, A.K. Singh

UNLV Gaming Research & Review Journal

Based on modified versions of licensed pay tables from reel slot machines, simulations of play failed to indicate a statistically significant difference in the spins per losing player (SPLP), despite a marked difference in the pars (i.e., 7.9% vs. 12.9%). To reflect a volume of play consistent with frequent gambling, the simulations included results from 1-4 visits per week, for the equivalent of one year. Additionally, this level of play was repeated for 100 “years,” within multiple scenarios of buy-in amounts and stoppage-of-play criteria. Still, most outcomes indicated a negligible decline in SPLP, in spite of the 63%-increase in the …

Raj Soin College Of Business Monthly Update - September 2021, Raj Soin College Of Business, Wright State University

RSCob Monthly Update

The RSCoB Monthly Update highlights various happenings within the University community from Student updates, to faculty updates.

Business Families As Stewards Of Sustainability, John Cheng, Ankesh Shahra, Cynthia Handriani Wijaya, Louise Dudley

Perspectives@SMU

The drive to preserve the business for future generations makes family-owned enterprises especially suited to sustainability initiatives. Embracing ESG frameworks will help measure their effectiveness

How Has Covid Changed The Way We Need To Collaborate And Innovate?, Singapore Management University

Perspectives@SMU

Organisations need to adopt a specific approach to hybrid working in order to improve collaboration, communication, productivity and innovation