Browsing Auburn Theses and Dissertations by Department "Management"
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New Venture Success: The Role of Principal's Social Capital and Social Effectiveness
(2007-08-15)
Previous empirical research indicates that founder social capital and founder social effectiveness may both be beneficial during the venture creation process. However, few, if any, studies have examined the combined influence ...
Organizational Change Readiness Sentiments: Understanding Middle Manager Sensemaking and Sensegiving
(2012-08-15)
Much has been written about managing change in the workplace, including how to develop change readiness in the organization. However, little is known about how middle managers form their change readiness sentiments, and ...
Organizational Change Recipients and Choosing an Opinion Leader: A Mixed Methods Investigation
(2008-08-15)
To better understand the phenomenon of opinion leadership within the context of organizational change, a study of employees was conducted across two banks in the midst of a corporate merger. Qualitative and quantitative ...
Power in the upper echelons: Females, racial minorities and the distribution of power
(2019-04-03)
The distribution of structural power in the upper echelons is unequal, but more so for females and racial minorities in the C-suite (Kulich, Trojanowski, Ryan, Haslam & Renneboog, 2011). Discrimination towards females and ...
Predicting Managerial Performance: Testing an Integrated Model
(2012-12-05)
In today’s complex business environment the role of middle managers is critical for organizational success (Hansen & Wernerfelt, 1989; Ren & Guo, 2011). This is because middle managers must deal with high levels of complexity ...
Putting Exchange Back into Leader-Member Exchange (LMX): An Empirical Assessment of a Social Exchange (LMSX) Scale and an Investigation of Personality as an Antecedent
(2005-08-15)
In the early 1970s, researchers began investigating a new approach to the study of leadership within organizations. In contrast to traditional theories of leadership, this new approach proposed the study of leaders and ...
The Relationship Among Character Strengths, Moral Potency, and Individual Performance
(2014-07-09)
Ethical decision making is a critical component of successful leadership. Many individuals struggle with the ability to move from deciding what is ethical to taking ethical action. The so-called decision-action gap causes ...
The Relationship Between Personality Traits, Learning Styles, and Website Interaction
(2014-05-02)
This study examines behavioral traits to determine what impact they have on average visit duration when interacting with a website, a major part of search engine and webpage performance metrics commonly reported in practice. ...
The Relationships Among Personality, Stress, and Situation Awareness: The Effect of Situation Awareness Training
(2008-12-15)
Conventionally, the study of situation awareness (SA) has predominantly been confined to the field of aviation. However, SA has been recognized to be of vital importance in information-processing and decision-making in a ...
The Reverse Logistics Process in the Supply Chain and Managing Its Implementation
(2010-12-09)
Increased competition caused by globalization and rapid technological advances has driven organizations to address and make efforts to improve efficiency in their supply chain. Increasing efficiency in reverse logistics ...
The role of digital platform adoption and venture capital abundance location in scale entrepreneurship: An entrepreneurial ecosystem perspective
(2023-04-22)
This paper investigates the role of digital platform adoption and VC abundance location in scale entrepreneurship from an EE perspective. My results show positive relationships between digital platform adoption and VC ...
The Role of Emotion in Computer Skill Acquisition
(2008-08-15)
In response to recent calls for researchers to identify the underlying causes of training effectiveness, this study investigated the role of emotion in computer skill acquisition (CSA). The current study introduced empathetic ...
The Role of Information Technology in Effective Recovery and Aiding Sustainability of Coastal Regions After a Disaster
(2008-05-15)
In 2004 Hurricane Ivan caused an estimated $13 billion of damage in the United States. The economic impact can presumably be reduced by implementing information technology (IT) disaster recovery methods. This dissertation ...
The Role of Perspective Taking in Leader-Member Exchange
(2007-12-15)
A two-part model is proposed to investigate the relationship between dyad-specific perspective taking and leader-member exchange (LMX). In addition, a series of dispositional and situational antecedents of dyad-specific ...
Strategic Valuation of Enterprise Information Technology Architecture in Healthcare Organizations
(2006-12-15)
The knowledge and skills required to manage information technology (IT) resources are obtained, driven, and dictated by a firm's information technology architecture (ITA). IT resources are assets and capabilities that are ...
Survival of the Fittest: Understanding the Role of Individual Adaptability during Cultural Transitions
(2016-01-06)
Using longitudinal data from an international student sample, I hypothesized and tested a process model, in which cultural identification mediated the relationship between individual adaptability and cross-cultural adjustment. ...
Technology Acceptance and Organizational Change: An Integration of Theory
(2009-12-15)
This dissertation uses a sequential mixed method research design to examine a new model of change readiness that focuses on change initiatives involving technology. The model is called the model of technological change. ...
TO BE, OR NOT TO BE FUNNY? THE DOUBLE-EDGED NATURE OF ENTREPRENEUR HUMOR EXPRESSION IN EQUITY-BASED CROWDFUNDING
(2022-06-21)
Humor is omnipresent in our daily interactions. However, we know surprisingly little about how potential investors react to entrepreneurs who use humor during fundraising, a critical stage of the entrepreneurial process. ...
Transformational-Transactional Leadership and Work Outcomes: An Organizational Justice and Cultural Perspective
(2009-12-16)
Leadership involves a process whereby leaders inspire followers and motivate them to accomplish goals. This dissertation investigates the processes and boundary conditions of effective transformational-transactional ...
Understanding the Effect of Proactive Personality on Job Related Outcomes in an Organizational Change Setting
(2007-08-15)
Individuals vary in their tendency to take action to control their environment. Proactive individuals actively create environmental change, while less proactive people take a more reactive approach toward their jobs. In ...