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A New Approach to Promote Employee Engagement: One-on-one Meetings Between Managers and Direct Reports
Title
A New Approach to Promote Employee Engagement: One-on-one Meetings Between Managers and Direct Reports
Author
Flinchum, Jonathan
Date Created
2022
Subjects--Topical
Psychology, Management
Description
Organizations often struggle to engage their workforces despite various known benefits and predictors of employee engagement. The current study examined a new approach to promote employee engagement—1:1 meetings between managers and direct reports...
A Post Construction Evaluation of Subcontractor Performance
Title
A Post Construction Evaluation of Subcontractor Performance
Author
Vialet, Kurrisa
Date Created
2022
Subjects--Topical
Management
Description
Construction projects are increasing in complexity and thus more contractors are becoming more reliant on subcontractors that are trade specific to complete a project. Since a large portion of the work is subcontractor-driven, the success of a pro...
Antecedents in Building Resilience: Extending Conservation of Resources Theory
Title
Antecedents in Building Resilience: Extending Conservation of Resources Theory
Author
Werntz Coatman, Lindamarie
Date Created
2022
Subjects--Topical
Management, Organizational behavior, Psychology, Industrial
Description
Stress in the workplace is a pertinent factor influencing people’s lives and performance at work. Stress creates a cost to employees through their psychological and physical well-being, and it has financial consequences for organizations. One pers...
Examining Early Perceptions of Leaders and Entitativity in a Shared Leading Situation with a Focus on Gender
Title
Examining Early Perceptions of Leaders and Entitativity in a Shared Leading Situation with a Focus on Gender
Author
Caudill, Leann
Date Created
2022
Subjects--Topical
Psychobiology, Sociology, Management
Description
As organizations become increasingly team-based and less hierarchical, the leader (and follower) role could stretch within groups and be shared by all group members. When faced with gender-diverse groups, members or observers of the group may have...
Improvement or Peril: The Paradox of Professionalizing Innovation-Driven Portfolio Firms
Title
Improvement or Peril: The Paradox of Professionalizing Innovation-Driven Portfolio Firms
Author
Medaugh, Melissa
Date Created
2022
Subjects--Topical
Entrepreneurship, Management, Psychology
Description
To understand why some innovation-driven portfolio firms benefit more from venture capital (VC) funding than others, I explore the salient phenomenon of founder CEO exit. Integrating institutional logics and psychological contracts theories, I pro...
Intersectional Status Beliefs Transfer in Employee Referral Processes
Title
Intersectional Status Beliefs Transfer in Employee Referral Processes
Author
Sargent, Amanda
Date Created
2022
Subjects--Topical
Management, Social psychology, Organizational behavior
Description
Using employee referral programs is generally considered a best practice for organizations seeking top quality talent. However, research on whether or not these programs result in positive outcomes equally for all applicants is mixed. To date, mos...
The Multidimensional Self at Work: An Intersectional Examination of Identity Conflict and Authenticity Among Black and White Men and Women
Title
The Multidimensional Self at Work: An Intersectional Examination of Identity Conflict and Authenticity Among Black and White Men and Women
Author
Summerville, Karoline
Date Created
2022
Subjects--Topical
Management, Organizational behavior, Psychology
Description
Diversity initiatives are often ineffective because they characterize differences at the group-level, and therefore, do not adequately address individuals’ specific identity-related challenges. I apply intersectionality theory to understand how mu...