The impact that Andrew Tate has on his audience paired with the platform he holds has made Andrew Tate one of the most infamous names related to misogyny and “male empowerment”. His ability to connect to his audience and convince them of the superiority of his beliefs allows him to...
Optimal commercial fishery management sustains each salmon species' population while maximizing economic benefits. This thesis addresses two questions. What are the Alaska Department of Fish and Game's and the Board of Fisheries' intentions when conducting a fishery management plan in Upper Cook Inlet? How does it compare to its implementation?...
This dissertation consists of three essays that provide comprehensive insights into the complex dynamics shaping entrepreneurial and organizational outcomes. In the first essay I incorporate the Biophilia Hypothesis and the Challenge Hindrance Stressor framework to study entrepreneurial creativity. The findings emphasize the importance of more frequent nature visits for entrepreneurs...
Biochar is a highly porous, carbon-rich residue produced by thermochemical conversion (pyrolysis) of plant biomass and carbonaceous organic materials under oxygen-controlled conditions. Chars produced by this process tend to have high ion-exchange capacities and, when added to soil, increase retention of water and nutrients and improve soil aggregation, porosity, and...
In this study, I investigate how target value uncertainty may lead to acquirer mispricing of an acquisition target and how the mispricing may be a determinant of goodwill impairment. To the extent the mispricing leads to both high and low industry-adjusted purchase price multiples (PPMs are my proxies for overpayment...
This study explores an underground museum located in Pendleton, Oregon. Using the method of Critical Discourse Analysis, I identify the ways Whiteness and Chinese as “the Other” are visually and verbally depicted. This study uses a qualitative approach to identify the ways both groups are presented on the tour. The...
A research project looking into the feasibility and impact of adding a mentorship program to improve the academic and professional success of international students in the Oregon State University College of Business.
The objective of this research is to examine capital market determinants and implications associated with voluntary sustainability disclosures and the extent to which the informativeness of disclosure innovations differs based on given attributes of the financial disclosure and overall information environment.
In determining the quantity of financial information to disclose,...
This research project dives deep into the life cycle and multiple disruptions of the vacation rental management industry as whole, and specifically in Sunriver, Oregon. It uses primary research through interviews of dozens of professionals in the industry along with secondary research to outline the markets life cycle and disruption....
The dissertation examines the effect of two separate yet significant individual level factors—physical and cognitive traits—on entrepreneurial outcomes. The physical factor on which the dissertation focuses is the entrepreneur’s vocal cues and the cognitive traits that the dissertation investigates are the entrepreneur’s goal orientation and his/her ability to take perspectives....
In the literature, a controversy persists over whether speaking multiple languages may result in what has been referred to as a bilingual advantage that is advantages for executive functioning (EF) skills. While evidence in favor of such a has been reported, the reliability of these findings has been questioned. To...
The Confucius Institutes program is a Chinese organization established in 2004 to provide the world with language instruction and increase cultural awareness. The program forms joint venture business models with universities and schools around the world to establish language and culture centers on their school’s campus (“Constitution and By-Laws”). Over...
A widely held belief is that the pre-2018 U.S. repatriation tax has led to stockpiles of cash of multinational corporations being trapped overseas, but there is evidence showing that firms are issuing debt to access cash. Standard and Poor has documented this phenomenon as “synthetic cash repatriation.” This study examines...
Studies on prison contracting have typically focused on the privatization of entire facilities and carceral services offered to inmates. There has been limited research, however, as to how political ideology influences the extent to which state prisons contract out health care services. There also appears to be a need for...
America is said to be the land of the free and the home of the brave. With the unfair treatment of people of color in this country, however, one would believe that somewhere in the fine print, they were excluded from that phrase. The very foundation of this country was...
Research strongly suggests non-articulation is an effective indication of the reporting quality of both the cash flow statement (Gong et al. 2014) and income statement (Collins et al. 2015). I complete the financial reporting circle by examining the association between non-articulation and the reporting quality of the balance sheet, captured...
In this study I explore the relationship between firm value and conforming tax avoidance (tax avoidance that does not create a book-tax difference). Tax avoidance provides firms more cash, creating value for the firm. However, conforming tax avoidance has costs, such as lower book income, and these costs potentially lower...
Green consumerism is an important issue among marketers due to the prevailing green gap (Tseng, 2016). A consumer’s green gap is the distance between the stated importance of protecting the environment and actual behavior (Tseng, 2016). This study strives to understand factors affecting consumer motivations and decisions related to sustainable...
In this three-essay dissertation I explore how CEOs’ self-serving motivation, specifically driven by their relative pay standing and celebrity status, is useful for advancing the understanding of executive behavior and strategic decision-making. In the first essay, focusing on CEOs’ motivation to reduce the dissonance caused by pay inequity, I examine...
Innovation is critical for firm growth and survival. Thus, how much value firms create and capture from their innovative activities has been an interest of scholars. This dissertation explores three important questions on this topic to which extant literature has paid little attention. First, I examine how the external threat...
The Remember Center (TRC) is a long term care center for previously trafficked children. In Ghana, there is a huge child trafficking problem because of the impoverished state the country is in and the lack of involvement from the government. With the fishing industry depleting because Lake Volta is running...
According to Wang and Repetti (2013), American adults are working more hours per week than in decades past. Additionally, more people in each family must work to support their families (Patten, 2015). This has led to an increase in stress levels due to the strain that is placed on balancing...
On a daily basis, employees in the service industry manage their emotional and physical displays, both to their coworkers and customers. Whether this management is for personal gain or organizational requirement, these attempts to manage other’s impressions can have important personal effects. Specifically, when managing emotional displays to customers, there...
The perception that there exists a lack of leadership can be found throughout history. Currently, according to Robert Putnam, there does appear to be a decline is social capital. This research examines the connection between business leadership style and effects on social capital. Most research on corporate social responsibility focuses...
The present research sought to investigate individual differences in the way individuals process intuitive risk judgments. The present investigation is centered on Fuzzy Trace Theory (Brainerd & Reyna, 1991), a developmental dual process theory of cognition which posits two ways in which individuals process information, gist and verbatim processing. 228...
An inventor seeks to leverage his unique means in order to create and commercially exploit new technologies. Until new technologies are sufficiently developed, they have the theoretical potential for commercial exploitation in a wide range of markets. Those opportunities are limited by physical bounds that are often only discovered through...
Bitcoin is a digital cryptocurrency, meaning that it is a currency that is not backed by any government, uses cryptography for security and is difficult to counterfeit. Bitcoin’s popularity stems from the fact that it has little regulation and affords some degree of anonymity in transactions. Bitcoin currently has little...
To explore the possible causes of abusive supervision and rudeness, I used an interactive approach to test whether one domain of implicit personality (implicit aggression) and self-control resource depletion are interactive predictors. By using a sample of 83 students in a large public university in the North Western United States,...
For centuries economists have attempted to explain what causes the ebb and flow of the economy. None thus far have been able to perfectly explain the nuances of the economy as a whole. In this paper, I explore the relationship between consumer lending volume and economic growth. Consumer lending is...
This study outlines the challenges an entrepreneur faces when trying to innovate using public display of music rights. Public display of music rights are the licenses an individual or business needs to play music for a group of people larger than your immediate family either inside your home or in...
This thesis objective is to examine the relationship between individuals' goal orientations (learning-prove, learning-avoid, performance-prove, and performance-avoid) and the extent to which they provide knowledge. Included in this document is a review of literature pertaining to knowledge sharing and goal orientations. The author surveyed 64 College of Pharmacy students at...
To improve energy efficiency of industrial processes, heat exchangers are used to transfer thermal energy between different process streams. The compact size and increased efficiency of microchannel based recuperators make them appealing in extreme environments where costly superalloys are mandatory. Due to the high manufacturing cost of microchannel heat exchanges...
Drawing from the concept of work-life balance, the author used the concept of the spillover effect to theorize the mediating role of work adjustment in the mechanism from homesickness to job satisfaction and turnover intentions. Using a sample of 307 migrant workers in a manufacturing firm in China, the author...
As far back as History goes we have conclusive proof
that man has traded commodities with his fellow-men. At
first these exchanges were in the form of barter, a man
would trade something which he had and did not care much
for,with another man who had something he desired more....
This thesis is mainly a collection of historic data regarding the Union Pacific Railroad together with the opinions of various persons regarding the Union Pacific; also opinions on corporations in general and railway corporations in particular.
Although employee theft is claimed by many authors to be a
significant problem in America with corrosive and damaging effects upon
business and society, very little research has been done to establish
the causes of such behavior. The purpose of this thesis was to identify,
discuss, and critically evaluate theories...
Only when all aspects of the German film industry of
the 1920's have been fully analyzed and understood will
"Weimar film" be truly comprehensible. Once this has been
achieved the study of this phenomenon will fulfill its potential
and provide accurate insights into the Weimar era.
Ambitious psychoanalytic studies of...
Women today represent a larger part of the American workforce
than ever before. The influx of women into the workplace raises
questions about differences in male and female work-related behaviors
particularly in groups, and decision making. For example, existing
research suggests that men and women have differing strategies in
groups...
Over the past decade, federal as well as state
legislation has been passed to eliminate discrimination and
create equality in the workplace. However, the attitudes of
professionals are not as easily changed. Many barriers still
face female executives entering the corporate level. This
study examined the attitudes of professionals in...
This study examines the self-reported behavior and ideals of a
sample of upper level managers, in relation to conflict management
with subordinates.
A survey developed by the author, which measures directive and
participative managerial behavior and ideals, was sent to a randomly
selected sample of 250 female and 250 male...
Many educators are currently revising their curricula
to include critical thinking. However, there are factors
which apparently allow some students to become better
critical thinkers than others. Such factors are the concern
of two mentors of this researcher: Ron Manuto and Lloyd
Crisp. Both the Manuto and Crisp (1987) and...
More Americans are participating in sport every year
and several organizations have made it their mission to
provide the opportunity for organized sport participation.
College and University intramural departments are one of
those organizations. They provide participation
opportunities on nearly every college campus. The review of
literature identifies the sociological...
Museums and tourism have had a long and interrelated history. In this
paper this relationship is reviewed in general, and the contemporary issues
common to them both in the 1990's are discussed. This relationship is also explored
in the context of the Oregon Coastal Zone. Two projects set on the...
For the type of museums discussed in this paper,
the nonprofit organization type, the board of
directors is the governing body. The board approves
the policies that guide the staff in administering the
museum. The relationship between the board and the
staff should be one of respect and cooperation; but...
The depression of the 1930s had an early effect on the state of Oregon. A
decline in timber and agricultural production resulted in severe unemployment in the
late 1920s. State and local charitable organizations attempted to care for the
unemployed but they did not have the financial resources to do...
The purpose of this study is to investigate the influence of a daughter's managerial style and her personal relationship with her father in father-daughter work relationships in family-owned businesses. This research is an attempt to reveal daughters' perceptions of these occurrences and interactions which often are overlooked in current research...
In an attempt to better understand documentary theory and production, I
created Bowling Together; a documentary recounting the experiences of one bowling
team and looking at the relationship between participation in bowling leagues and civil
society. This thesis provided me a first-hand experience at producing a documentary,
allowing me to...
This study analyzed intercultural communication competence between
Malays and Chinese in organizational and social settings in Malaysia. Two
groups: Malays and Chinese in organizations in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia),
were studied.
The intent of this study was to find similarities and differences in
Malays and Chinese' communication styles. A total of...
The climate in which communication occurs is a result of
how employees in an organization perceive and react to such
factors as rewards, support, trust, openness, decision making,
and leadership. The purpose of this case study is to identify
and describe communication climate factors in a health care
organization which...
John Brown Gordon was committed to the mission of national reconciliation.
He knew that the South would have to embrace the North to repair the devastation of
the Civil War. Driven by dedication to public service after the war, he worked
through his positions in governmental offices to help the...
The purpose of this study was to investigate whether
clothing influenced perceptions of personality
characteristics often associated with success in business
environments. Specifically, the study investigated the
effect of clothing on (a) perceptions of task-oriented
abilities of employees in a business setting, (b)
perceptions of relationship-oriented abilities of employees
in...
The purpose of this study was to determine women's perceptions of their physical activity needs and preferences, survey their evaluation of how the Intramural Sports Department accommodates those needs and preferences, and determine if and how intramural sports programming might be adjusted to serve women better. An open-ended survey was...
The purpose of this study is to review Pennsylvania's
use of paper money through two distinct periods: the first
seven years of currency issues starting in 1723 and
concluding in 1730, and the second period encompassed by
the French and Indian War in 1755-63. They represent two
significant periods affecting...
This descriptive research project is a survey and analysis of nineteen community mediation programs in the State of Oregon. These programs were evaluated to determine their responsiveness to issues of culture and ethnicity. Data was gathered by face-to-face and telephone interviews with community program staff members and administrators. Information was...
This research addresses the functional characteristics of a single
organization. It specifically investigates one of the largest festival
organizations in the United States, The Portland Rose Festival Association
(PRFA). In this case, three groups within the PRFA are its foundation: the
paid staff, the executive committee, and the volunteer directors....
This research mainly examines the superior-subordinate relationship between
Japanese managers and Thai subordinates working in joint ventures in Thailand,
especially the management style of the Japanese and the reactions of the Thais,
Cultural adaptation of Japanese expatriates and Thai subordinates is also explored.
Through this study, we gain better understanding...
The purpose of this study was to describe the level to which a target work culture based on core organizational values was shared in one lumber manufacturing plant. The organization under study perceived that their culture was a source of competitive advantage and was key to their success in safety,...
The smartphone is changing the way individuals interact with one another in society. Given the instant accessibility and multitude of socially iconic features, the contemporary handheld device grants users an unprecedented level of connectedness. However, despite the new breadth of access, perhaps the depth of the resulting social networks is...
This research examines women's magazine editors' perspectives of the relationship between editorial and advertising content in women's magazines. It specifically investigates how this relationship affects both general editorial content and more specifically, social topic stories. Mainstream women's beauty/fashion magazine editors—including editors-in-chief—were queried as to the nature of these relationships. Interviews...
Interest in organizational culture has grown enormously over the last twenty years and much
effort has gone into investigating the relationship between organizational culture and
performance. Because most research to date has focused on large organizations, we chose to
investigate the culture in a community bank undergoing a cultural transformation....
The purpose of this study is to develop an analytical framework for identifying and evaluating conditions that precipitate currency devaluation like those experienced by Mexico in 1994. This study develops a framework of financial and macroenvironmental indicators that point to potential currency devaluation in the future. Some of these indicators...
The boom of the microcar market in India has lead to domestic and international firms taking advantage of this growth. Many places including India are experiencing this trend, but due to differences in cultures, preferences and values, the United States is not. Companies that want to venture into the microcar...
This thesis investigates the reported communication experiences of married women transitioning to motherhood. The study involves a series of focus groups in which new mothers share their communicative experiences, explaining how they are navigating their new roles as mothers while also performing roles as wives, daughters, and workers. Informed primarily...
In The Future of Freedom, Fareed Zakaria argues that there has emerged "too
much democracy" and too little liberty in the world today, and suggests this trend may
lead to a crisis of belief in democracy. However, what Zakaria calls "democratization" in
many cases does not lead to democracy.
The...
This exploratory study looks at communication perspectives and applies them to
the transcript of USAir Flight 427, a flight that crashed while attempting to land.
Researchers calculate that 60% to 80% of the accidents can he traced to pilot error.
Many of these errors occur through a single communication event...
In this experiment, 16 three to eight-year-old girls from the Corvallis area came to
our lab with one of their parents. After having the child play with either a Barbie Doll or
a control toy for five minutes, the experimenter orally administered a questionnaire
designed to assess activation of gender...
Each year thousands of college graduates enter the business world armed with skills accumulated as student leaders, but how applicable are these skills to the business world? While there are many studies on learnable behaviors associated with effective student leadership and many studies on behaviors associated with effective business leadership,...
This study examines the effects of corporate social responsibility (CSR) on merger and
acquisitions (M&A). Using data from Kinder, Lyndeberg, and Domini (KLD) Research
Analytics and Thomson’s Securities Data Corporation’s (SDC) Platinum Database, we
empirically test if CSR scores effect a firm’s propensity to pursue M&A activity.
Specifically, I examine...
The rapid development of computing technologies in recent decades has allowed for data to be generated at unprecedented rates. As a result, users are challenged with the task of finding the precise information that they are looking for. Visualization techniques provide the ability to view and analyze data in different...
The scope of this particular research delves into the psychological measurement of
alumni that graduated from the College of Business at Oregon State University. The goal for
this research is to refine the pool of alumni survey items, and to improve the measurement
properties for future use. This research proposes...
Employees from two different organizations, a public university and a hospital in
Oregon, were asked to take part in an interview to assess their perceptions of how
race is discussed in their workplace, if racial humor is used in their workplace, if
this humor offers an opportunity to discuss race...
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live in a foreign country? You perhaps
will experience a roller coaster of emotions in what is termed “culture shock.” This
thesis will investigate the theory of culture shock and explore cultural dimensions that
affect it. These theories will be...
The purpose of this study is to analyze the rhetoric provided by New Orleans
Saints fans and residents from 2004 to 2007. During this time frame there are two
particularly significant events that influence a rhetorical change within the community
and a shift in the perception of the New Orleans...
This study links together two very complicated, but very important subjects: media bias and metaphor. More specifically, this study investigates whether or not examining a media outlet's use of metaphor is an effective methodology for investigating media bias. Using cluster analysis, I identified the source metaphors most commonly used on...
In the last decade food production has undergone dramatic changes. The introduction of biotechnology and genetic modification has greatly increased crop yields and altered the balance of international agricultural trade. This paper aims to discuss and explore a current global issue involving international trade and its sometimes hazardous environmental impact....
This study examined how different urbanization patterns in France and the United States influenced the development of their respective housing markets. More specifically, the study analyzed the evolution of housing size in France and the United States during the 20th century. Descriptive statistical analysis and regression models were used to...
This study compares the accounting standards of three different entities, the United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, the domestic accounting standards of France, and the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). The analysis consists of a comparison between two companies, British Airways and Air France – KLM, for FY 2005, specifically...
As time continues, the issue of full European Union membership for Norway becomes a more pertinent issue. The EU has long awaited the membership of Norway, but unfortunately the Nordic country has decided to remain independent. Norway’s historical past has led many Norwegians to believe their country is not ready...
Many economic development methods over the years have tried to solve the problem of poverty with varied success. Microenterprise development is a method that works with the poor to create small self-run businesses to increase their income, and therefore bring more freedom from disease illiteracy and discrimination. Within microenterprise development...
The purpose of this project was to investigate play and our cultural assumptions as to its usefulness or lack there of. The concepts of hard work versus hard play were explored in order to discover when human beings are operating at their best. In terms of innovation and productivity in...
