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dc.contributor.advisorPrechel, Harland
dc.creatorHannibal, Bryce
dc.date.accessioned2012-02-14T22:19:35Z
dc.date.accessioned2012-02-16T16:19:23Z
dc.date.available2014-01-15T07:05:31Z
dc.date.created2011-12
dc.date.issued2012-02-14
dc.date.submittedDecember 2011
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2011-12-10324
dc.description.abstractThis thesis examines the causes of financial malfeasance in the largest U.S. telecommunications corporations between 1995 and 2004. Specifically, it examines whether or not the executive compensation package influences the likelihood that a corporation will falsify its financial statements. The methods used are both qualitative and quantitative. I approach the question form a historical point of view and attempt to identify certain salient characteristics within the telecommunications industry that may influence of unethical or illegal activity. The findings support organizational-political embeddedness theory, which suggests that differential social structures create dependencies, incentives, and opportunities to engage in financial malfeasance. The historical analysis shows that neoliberal policies enacted in the mid-1990s resulted in organizational and political structures that permitted managers to engage in financial malfeasance while limiting the efficiency of regulatory bureaucracies. The quantitative analysis yields mixed findings, many of which are consistent with previous research on white-collar crime and financial malfeasance. This article adds to existing literature by outlining significant public policy shifts and the results those shifts may have on specific industries. These findings have important implications for political officials and corporate oversight organizations.en
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dc.language.isoen_US
dc.subjectPolitical Embeddednessen
dc.subjectFinancial Malfeasanceen
dc.subjectExecutive Compensationen
dc.titlePolitical Embeddedness, Executive Autonomy, Corporate Characteristics, and Financial Malfeasance in Large Telecommunications Companiesen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.departmentSociologyen
thesis.degree.disciplineSociologyen
thesis.degree.grantorTexas A&M Universityen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen
thesis.degree.levelMastersen
dc.contributor.committeeMemberThomas, John
dc.contributor.committeeMemberZheng, Lu
dc.type.genrethesisen
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