Barry West and Gibb Dyer, Organizational Leadership and Strategy In developing countries throughout the world, one often-used approach to alleviating poverty has been to encourage entrepreneurship among the poor. Micro-credit is a highly popular solution to encourage the poor to launch new enterprises, but has somewhat mixed results (Field et al., 2013; Banjeree et al., […]
America’s Transition to New Healthcare Policy: Applying Airline Pricing Models to Healthcare Providers
Westin Leavitt and Dr. Mark Hansen, Management Program Introduction As America’s healthcare industry becomes increasingly regulated under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the economic effects of regulation are still in question. One of the most puzzling questions is the price at which hospitals and clinics will charge for treatment. Because hospitals’ costs and prices are […]
Shadow IT and Data Credibility: The Impact of Shadow Systems in an ERP Environment
Noah Myers and Dr. David Wood, School of Accountancy Introduction In recent years, companies have increasingly turned to large software solutions known as ERP (enterprise resource planning) systems to centralize and streamline their accounting information systems. However, this centralization has caused tension with end users because of the system’s rigid structure and unfamiliarity to employees. […]
Ethical Consistency and Courage Scale
Matthew Moen and Dr. Brad Agle, Public Management This project was created to help assist a doctoral candidate research for their dissertation. The following come from the dissertation proposal and working paper that I am helping to write as a research assistant. INTRODUCTION Integrity matters. If a person says one thing and then does something […]
Following the Flows of Money to Supply Chain Sustainability
Lonnie Ikaika Bullock and Dr. Kristie Seawright, Business Management Introduction The purpose of this project was (1) to conduct exploratory research on the flows of money within supply chains, including aid chains that exist in poverty environments, and (2) to identify the potential of money flows to mask inefficiencies in the supply chain that can […]
Increasing User Password Strength by Introducing Group Dynamics
Lee J Hinkle, Arthur Weagel, and Spencer Bean Abstract Password strength is an issue of growing concern. As more and more personal information, including financial information, is stored online, creating strong passwords to safeguard this information is paramount. In this study we draw from Asch’s conformity experiments and other group conformance-related psychology research to develop […]
Maintaining Routine by Co-authoring Repair and Reinforcement
Lyndon Garrett and Dr. Curtis LeBaron, Organizational Leadership and Strategy Routines within organizations enable members to execute their work plans and achieve their strategic objectives. Because routines involve replication and repetition, some researchers have regarded them as rather mindless patterns of action, but recently scholars have begun to view routines as “mindful” accomplishments—especially routines that […]
Making Systems Users Accountable through User Interface Design Features
Lee Wood and Dr. Anthony Vance, Dept. of Information Systems The purpose of this research was to determine how features of the user interface of an information system could be designed to increase users’ perceptions of accountability within the system, and thereby decrease levels of unauthorized access. One of the most persistent problems of information […]
STRONGER PASSWORDS THROUGH INTERACTIVE FEAR APPEALS
Kirk Ouimet and Dr. Anthony Vance At the beginning of the year Tony and I started our journey to find out if real-time feedback during the account creation process on a website would result in users creating stronger passwords. While the project has been larger than we thought, I am very pleased with the progress […]
Community Affair: The Effect of Public Consumption on Cooperation in Redistribution Markets
Jowanza Joseph and Dr. Sterling Bone, Business Management Department Protocol and Hypothesis: In this research we set out to understand why people choose to trade in redistribution markets. We define a redistribution market as a market where people swap good-for-good, and no cash exchanges take place. Economic theory predicts that individuals would be reluctant to […]
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