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A Cold Pot Does Not Boil: A Case Study Of The Virginia Beach City Municipal Center Shooting To Understand Disgruntled Employee Violence
Title
A Cold Pot Does Not Boil: A Case Study Of The Virginia Beach City Municipal Center Shooting To Understand Disgruntled Employee Violence
Author
Bynum, Karly
Date Created
2021
Subjects--Topical
Organizational sociology
Description
The phenomenon of the violent disgruntled employee is a symptom of increasing mass violence in the U.S. Previous literature on mass violence in the workplace is mostly based on the individual psychologization of attackers. This case study is a rea...
A Cold Pot Does Not Boil: A Case Study Of The Virginia Beach City Municipal Center Shooting To Understand Disgruntled Employee Violence
Title
A Cold Pot Does Not Boil: A Case Study Of The Virginia Beach City Municipal Center Shooting To Understand Disgruntled Employee Violence
Author
Bynum, Karly
Date Created
2021
Subjects--Topical
Organizational sociology
Description
The phenomenon of the violent disgruntled employee is a symptom of increasing mass violence in the U.S. Previous literature on mass violence in the workplace is mostly based on the individual psychologization of attackers. This case study is a rea...
AN INVESTIGATION OF THE SUCCESS OF ORGANIZATIONS INVOLVED IN COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT INITIATIVES
Title
AN INVESTIGATION OF THE SUCCESS OF ORGANIZATIONS INVOLVED IN COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT INITIATIVES
Author
Foreman, Brian
Date Created
2010
Subjects--Topical
Educational leadership, Organizational sociology
Description
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...
Abusive Supervision and Subordinate Characteristics: A Relative Importance Analysis
Title
Abusive Supervision and Subordinate Characteristics: A Relative Importance Analysis
Author
Durham, Brooks
Date Created
2021
Subjects--Topical
Organizational behavior, Management, Organizational sociology
Description
Abusive supervision is defined as the sustained display of hostile verbal and nonverbal behaviors, excluding physical contact by a supervisor or leader. Abusive supervision is pervasive in the workplace and has many pernicious consequences, rangin...
Ambient Discrimination and Observer Task Performance
Title
Ambient Discrimination and Observer Task Performance
Author
Harrington, Nicole
Date Created
2017
Subjects--Topical
Organizational behavior, Social psychology, Organizational sociology
Description
Research shows that being a target of workplace incivility is related to negative outcomes for both the individual and the organization. According to the theory of selective incivility, stigmatized groups such as women or people of color experienc...
Institutional Dynamics in Corporate Political Linkages: Evidence From China's Emerging Economy
Title
Institutional Dynamics in Corporate Political Linkages: Evidence From China's Emerging Economy
Author
Ge, Jianhua
Date Created
2015
Subjects--Topical
Management, Business, Organizational sociology
Description
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...
Proto-Institutionalization as a Complex Socio-Technical Process: The Emergence of Diversity Practices in Computer Science Education
Title
Proto-Institutionalization as a Complex Socio-Technical Process: The Emergence of Diversity Practices in Computer Science Education
Author
Davis, Daniel
Date Created
2018
Subjects--Topical
Organizational behavior, Management, Organizational sociology
Description
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...
TIME AND THE WORK/FAMILY INTERFACE IN A FORTUNE 500 ORGANIZATION: THE DIRECT AND INTERACTIVE EFFECTS OF TEMPORAL STRUCTURES, OUT-OF-OFFICE CONTACT, AND POLYCHRONICITY ON NEGATIVE WORK-TO-FAMILY SPILLOVER
Title
TIME AND THE WORK/FAMILY INTERFACE IN A FORTUNE 500 ORGANIZATION: THE DIRECT AND INTERACTIVE EFFECTS OF TEMPORAL STRUCTURES, OUT-OF-OFFICE CONTACT, AND POLYCHRONICITY ON NEGATIVE WORK-TO-FAMILY SPILLOVER
Author
Agypt, Brett
Date Created
2013
Subjects--Topical
Organizational behavior, Management, Organizational sociology
Description
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...