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PhD Dissertations: Recent submissions
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On the importance of being scrappy : entrepreneurial orientation and bricolage in social enterprises (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2019)Social enterprises are hybrid organizations that create social value using market-based models. Social entrepreneurship (SE) as a process is increasingly seen as holding promise for tackling mounting social and environmental ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2019)Although transformational leadership has consistently been shown to have a positive effect on direct reports’ well-being, a focus on leaders' own well-being is lacking. Moreover, leadership interventions have been proposed ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2019)Although the impact of psychologically healthy workplaces on organizational and employee level outcomes has received increased attention over recent years (e.g., Day & Randell, 2014; Loughlin & Mercer, 2014), leaders ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2019)The aim of this dissertation is to de-naturalize the overly mentalist, self-contained and singular depictions of subjectivity that populate the field of Management and Organizational Studies. To do so, my dissertation ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2019)This study aims to explore the link between stressors and strain at work by examining individuals’ experiences of stressors over time. The link between stressors and strain was evaluated with the job demands-resources ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2019)The application of mindfulness in organizations has been steadily rising. Despite the popularity of applying mindfulness to the workplace, the use of mindfulness techniques at work has outpaced scientific understanding of ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2019)If current trends continue, Alberta oil sands production could increase by a million barrels per day in the next decade. Demand would then overwhelm existing domestic transport routes, and one would predict pressure to ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2018)Co-operative organizations operate as an economic commons and focus on meeting the needs of their members. Co-operatives operate through an identity of values and principles that center the actions of the organization on ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2018)We present an investigation of McWilliam & Bernstein's 2008 globular cluster (GC) stellar population synthesis method, focusing on the impact of non-local thermodynamic equilibrium (NLTE) modeling effects. For this purpose, ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2018)Scholars have explored conflict work conflict for more than 70 years and yet the basis for this research—a definition and severity scale—are not available. The absence of such a measure limits research linking the psychological ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2018)Because there is a lack of empirical research on public innovation in goods, the importance of public organizations for innovation may be underestimated. I show that public organizations engage in the development of important ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2018)We build a K-selected catalog of z ∼ 1.6 gzKs galaxies in the Deep and Wide fields of the Canada-France-Hawaii Legacy Survey, with a final effective area of 27.6 deg2. This catalog allows us to recover ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2017)This dissertation revisits the socio-historical origins and perspectives of Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) practice and its relationship to OHS studies in Canadian business schools by concentrating on the first ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2017)Using interpretive narrative analysis to examine a series of interviews with members of selected family businesses in the US funeral industry, this case study offers a deeper understanding about the gendering processes and ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2017)Recent business scandals (e.g., Lehman Brothers) raise questions regarding the role of decision-making in shaping outcomes such as performance. Researchers have examined decision-making of organizational teams from a variety ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2017)This thesis is about subjectivity. It is a critique and problematization of the concept of development, and takes a poststructural/postcolonial approach to examine how the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) shapes an ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2017)There are more privacy issues and concerns with the use of a growing number of invasive technologies. This research determines if there is a role that privacy management plays on brand protection and brand value. An extensive ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2017)There is substantial research on the importance of autonomous motivation in the workplace; however, little is known on how to change motivation. Drawing on motivation and leadership theories, this dissertation examined the ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2017)The field of high-energy AGN astrophysics is about to be transformed as data of unprecedented quality and quantity will be arriving from the next-generation of X-ray observatories. With the advancement of technology, we ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2017)Age diversity has the potential to offer significant advantages in contemporary workplaces. However, surprisingly, many organizations fail to realize these benefits. This may partially be due to a lack of understanding of ...
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