ABSTRACTBRIAN KEITH FOREMAN. An investigation of the success of organizations involved in community engagement initiatives. (Under the direction of DR. DAVID M. DUNAWAY)Organizations seeking to invest human and financial resources in community-bui...
This dissertation aims to reveal the institutional dynamics in corporate political linkages as the extant literature largely fails to recognize that corporate political linkages are institutionally embedded. Specifically, three studies have been c...
Extant scholarship in organizational science explains the conditions under which organizational actors adopt established institutional practices. Organizational scientists have been less successful in explaining the origins of institutional practi...
With the rise of more women-led firms in the tech industry, the question of how these organizations either differentiate or align themselves with their male-dominanted competitors is of growing interest. I examine whether a women-led tech startup ...
Safety is often understood as freedom from unacceptable loss; reliability as the capacity to accomplish particular outcomes repeatedly through operational sensitivity. Both compel performance objectives for high-risk organizations. If either is ab...
The modern economy is high-paced and demanding, in part due to globalization's effect on business processes and expanded technological capabilities; as a result, employees can experience greater pressure and stress in the workplace that can lead t...
Prior research shows the value of cultural strength in an organization and how that canfoster job satisfaction, leading to a greater likelihood of retention and employee commitment. Since the onset of the pandemic in 2020 and the sudden shift to r...