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Announcements of stock repurchases during 1988 and 1989 : an empirical analysis examining the disclosure of intended open market repurchases
(1993)
A multi-method approach is used to examine firms that announced stock repurchases on the open market during 1988 and 1989. An event study methodology is used to determine the abnormal returns of these firms relative to ...
An analysis of graduate transportation planning education in the United States
(1993)
Recent federal legislation and policy directives have resulted in significant changes in the transportation planning and decision-making process. The Americans with Disabilities Act, the Clean Air Act Amendments, and the ...
The differential effects of incentives and monitoring on earnings management at the time of a CEO change
(1993)
In recent years, chief executive officer (CEO) compensation levels have become increasingly earnings-based. This has provided a potential opportunity for CEOs to manage earnings in order to affect their own compensation ...
Interbasinal cyclostratigraphic correlation of Milankovitch band transgressive - regressive cycles : correlation of Desmoinesian - Missourian strata between SE Arizona (Horquilla Limestone) and the midcontinent of North America (Cherokee - Lower Kansas City Groups)
(1993)
The cyclic pattern of deposition in the Horquilla Limestone of southeastern Arizona resulted from glacio-eustatic sea-level fluctuations with periodicities within the Milankovitch band. The depositional surface fluctuated ...
Job satisfaction : a synthesis of research in the Educational Administration Quarterly
(1993)
This inquiry synthesized empirical findings on job satisfaction published in the first 26 volumes of the Educational Administration Quarterly (EAQ). A 14- stage model was designed and validated to classify, record, and ...
Over a barrel : government influence and mergers and acquisitions in the petroleum industry : the case of Sun Oil Company, 1938- 1980
(1993)
This dissertation examines the nature of government business relations, as perceived by the owners and managers of the Sun Oil Company, a large integrated oil and gas producer, transporter, refiner, and marketer. Sun has ...
A comparison of work values among American and German exchange students
(1993)
The purpose of this study was to determine whether participation in the CDS Youth Exchange Program for Young Professionals contributed to a change in work values. A total of 241 subjects (105 males and 136 females), ages ...
Corporate restructuring : an investigation of antecedents to divestitures and leveraged buyouts
(1993)
Corporate restructuring of publicly owned firms has recently become a common occurrence. The magnitude of restructuring events, both in terms of value and actual numbers, indicate corporate restructuring is, and has been, ...
Job characteristics affecting the job satisfaction of public relations directors
(1993)
The purpose of this study was to analyze and compare the perceptions of school and corporate PR directors with regard to their general job satisfaction. The Job Diagnostic Survey (JDS) was used to measure the job satisfaction ...
From hero to leader : the development of nineteenth-century American military leadership
(1993)
This study examines the process of military leadership within the Regular Army in the period 1815 to 1898 and poses a paradigm that attempts to go beyond the argument about whether leadership is an art or science. Few ...