Drew Allen and David Wood, Accounting In order to ensure accurate financial reporting, deter fraud, and safeguard assets, companies implement internal controls throughout their organization. Internal controls can be something as simple as requiring a manager to sign off on all expenses or having two people present to handle and count cash receipts. Without these controls, companies […]
Fitness Tracker Technology Motivating Healthy Living
Andrew Petersen and William Tayler, Accounting Introduction The purpose of this project was to test whether wearing a fitness tracker, such as a Fitbit, induces wearers to increase their physical activity. We believe that when wearers know that their physical activity is being measured, they will accelerate their physical activity. To test this hypothesis, we needed […]
The Impostor Phenomenon
Derick Simmons and Jeff Bednar, Organizational Leadership and Strategy Introduction Impostor Phenomenon (or Impostor Syndrome) is a psychological phenomenon in which individuals are unable to internalize their accomplishments. Despite external evidence of their competence, persons with the syndrome remain convinced that they are frauds and do not deserve the success they have achieved. The primary […]
Judging Juror Judgments: Reactions to the Discovery of Reduced Audit Quality Acts
Hannah Whipple, Bryan Stewart, and Doug Prawitt; School of Accountancy Introduction As watchdogs of public companies’ financial reporting, auditors have the responsibility to attest whether a firm’s financial statements fairly represent its finances. As such, auditors are subject to professional standards to ensure high-quality audits. At times, however, auditors fail to meet these standards with their […]
Mobile Hands: What Your Phone Use Says About You
Parker Williams and Jeff Jenkins, Information Systems Introduction The percentage of individuals using mobile phones to respond to online applications, forms, and surveys is predicted to rapidly increase in the future. As of June 2, 2015, there were an estimated 2.6 billion smartphones in use in the world; by 2020 there will be 6.1 billion smartphones […]
The Intersect of Housing and Health
Cameron Zenger and Faculty Mentor: Paul Godfrey, Department of Organizational Leadership and Strategy Introduction Housing is closely related to mental and physical health. Extensive research demonstrates that even relatively basic housing features such as cement floors or running water create life-altering improvements in the health of occupants. Predictably, homeless populations benefit from such interventions. Utah […]
Examining the Longitudinal Nature of Information Privacy Perceptions and Behaviors
Summary The purpose of this project was to develop and execute improved research methodology for studying how consumer information privacy perceptions and behaviors change over time. This project is unique because most of the behavioral research regarding information privacy (and with mobile devices in particular) had previously been based entirely on surveys and laboratory experiments […]
Mergers and Acquisitions Document Vector Space Analysis
Steven Fortney and Faculty Mentor: Karl Diether, Finance Brief Overview of Methodology and Results This project involved looking at Mergers and Acquisitions and a textual analysis of their SEC filings. We index, clean and match documents in the SEC EDGAR database to the CRSP and Compustat databases in order to consider multiple instruments for “specificity” […]
Making Ethics Practical
Tyson Tharp and Dr. Brad Agle, Marriott School of Management Introduction The purpose of this project was to gain a deeper understanding of ethical dilemmas in an organizational context. From our increased understanding of these dilemmas, we hoped to offer guidance for practitioners and students of management that would help them to identify the major […]
Human Capital Strategy: The Effect of Human Resource Competencies on Innovative Capabilities within the Firm
Grant Russell and David Kryscynski, Organizational Leadership and Strategy Introduction The aim of this project was to better understand how individuals within an organization would affect the organization’s ability to innovate, compete, and sustain strategic advantage in the marketplace as measured through ‘expert’ surveys. This was driven by David Kryscynski in partnership with the RBL […]
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