Design & Innovation Faculty, Staff, Student Scholarship
This collection holds the creative and scholarly works of the Department of Design & Innovation's faculty, staff, and students. It includes scholarly content such as journal articles, book chapters, conference papers, etc.
Submissions from 2018
Emergence and Growth of the Medical Device Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Minnesota, Brian Abraham
The Complexity in the Discrepancy: A Holistic View of the Electricity Supply and Demand Discrepancy in Nigeria, Olufunso O. Olulafe
Submissions from 2017
Success Towards Sustainable Development in Lagging US Cities? A Grounded Study, Larry Clay Jr.
Cultivating Relationships from a Common Cor*: What Teachers Do to Relate to Othered Students, Lucia Desantis-Heddleson
Food Deserts: What Are the Decisions to Achieving a Healthy Life and Well-being in Low Income – Low Access Neighborhoods?, Roxanne Jimenez
Teams Building A Shared Reality to Create Project Success, Susan Johnson
Sports Leaders, Sensemaking, and Self-Preservation: Uncovering the Real Crisis in Sport, Daryl L. Jones
Building Globally Accepted Local Brands and Locally Authentic Global Brands, Ellen Schmidt-Devlin
Building Globally Accepted Local Brands and Locally Authentic Global Brands, Ellen Schmidt-Devlin
Senior Leaders Create It: A Supportive Environment, The Missing Link to Effective Leadership Development, Dartanian Warr
Factors Influencing the Case Selection of IRS Special Agents, Robert A. Warren
Submissions from 2016
Local and International Entrepreneurial Relationship Experiences of Black Business Leaders, Shola Ajiboye
Understanding the Concept of "Inspiring Professors" in Mexico, Ivone Juárez Barco
How Do They Do It? Legislators as Leaders: A Quantitative Study of the Influencers of Legistators' Decision-Making, Alison J. Battaglia
Culture: For Small to Medium Sized Enterprises it Enhances Entrprenurial Orientation, Donald G. Chambers
Barriers to Growth: How High Performing African-American Owned Businesses Overcome Them, Natasha Conley
Breaking Barriers: Saudi Women in Non Traditional Careers, Suad Dukhaykh
Breaking Barriers: Saudi Women in Non Traditional Careers, Suad Dukhaykh
The Role of Supervisor Support, Mentorship and Autonomy in Developing the Next Generation of Leaders, Candace Steele Flippin
Motivating the African American Patient: What Can Healthcare Leaders Learn About Motivating Type 2 Diabetic Patients to Adhere to Their Treatment Plan?, Yolonda Freeman-Hildreth
Nonprofit CEO Sustainability: Maintaining Personal Wellbeing and Effective Organizational Leadership Over the Long Haul, Jeffrey D. Frey
How U.S. Executive Expatriates Work in Environments of Pervasive Corruption, Carl H. Greppin
What Always-On Connected Consumers Can Teach Retailers About Marketing Relevancy and Segmentation, Donna M. Iucolano
Internal Controls for Reputational Threats: Organizational Governance Intelligence, Jesus Rodolfo Jimenez-Andrade
Consciousness of Connectedness, Greater Purpose and Positive Business, Social and Environmental Outcomes, Joseph Leah
Looking Beyond the Bottom Line: Connecting the Dots Between Business Enterprise Sustainability Initiatives and Growth in Financial Value, Matthew H. Levin
Senseshaping: The Dynamics of Sensemaking and Sensegiving in High Velocity Product Innovation, Varun Nagaraj
Developmental Factors Influencing Effective Leaders: A Lifestory View of Executive Leadership Development, Jennifer A. Nash
Leading Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in a Difficult Period: What Differentiates Success From Failure, Emmanuel Quansah
Are We Having Fun Yet? What is the Relationship Between Fun at Work, Manager Job Satisfaction, and Employee Job Satisfaction?, Anthony Scardillo
IT Leader Knowledge: Dimensions, Measurement and Outcomes, Jess Shoop
Systems-Savvy Selling: A Grounded Theory Approach to Understanding What Motivates Contemporary Industrial Salespeople, Donald P. St. Clair
On Becoming Analytic: The Effect of Data Interactions on Decision Making, Brian G. Williams
Submissions from 2015
Engagement Factors in Community College Faculty as Mediated Through Shared Vision in U.S. Community Colleges, Manoj Babu
How Do They Do It? Legislators As Leaders: A Study of Legislators' Values and Decision-Making, Alison J. Battaglia
The 'Free Purposing' Organization: Beyond Empowerment...Towards 'Engaged Commitment', Hani N. Boulos
Manufacturing Organizations During Sub-Acute Crises: An Examination of Critical Interactions in Five Sub-Acute Crisis Cases, William A. Brake
Bridging Executive Succession Gaps: Organizational Factors that Most Accelerate Executive Readiness, Carolynn Cameron
Bridging Executive Succession Gaps: Organizational Factors that Most Accelerate Executive Readiness, Carolynn Cameron
Mis-Institutionalization: Accounting Information Systems (AIS) and Decision Making in Higher Education, Cory Allen Campbell
For Small To Medium Sized Enterprises Entrepreneurial Orientation Is Not A Necessary Attribute For Success, Donald Chambers
Empowering the 99%...One ESOP at a Time! A Qualitative Study of Employee-Owned Company Acquisitions, Suzanne Cromlish
Energy Access for the "Powerless": The Role of Relational Connectivity between Entrepreneurs and Private Capital Investors, Michael E. deSa
When Disobedience Delivers Success: Factors Influencing Subsidiary Top Manager's Compliance With Multinationals Head Office's Instructions, Arron M. Fraser
The Road to 60 Years and Beyond: How the Emotions of a Leader Drive Sustainable Brand Growth, Roy Gifford
The Moderating Effects of Incentives and Informal Contracts on Post-Merger Executive Turnover and Engagement, David P. Grogan
Looking Beyond Culture: Building Successful Multiparty Collaboration, James R. Hemsath
The Effects of Emotional Intelligence and Relational Climate of Innovation, Lori D. Kendall
Adolescent Leadership Development: Redirecting Self Assessment to Enhance Leadership Development in Youth Organizations, Franklin T. Kudo
Patient-Driven vs. Evidence-Centric Decision Models in the Treatment of Hemophilia, Christopher C. Lamb
Retirement Values: What Explains Career Transition and Well-Being, Gregg Lunceford
Remote Worker Characteristics: The Positive Relationship of Intrinsic Motivation in Remote Worker Productivity, Josefina Martinez-Amador
How Organizational Identity Influences Information Technology (IT) Success, Stephan P. Miller
The Liminal Workplace, Michael O'Hare
Strategy as Interaction:The Dynamics between Strategy Execution Effectiveness and Organizational Interactions during Strategy Implementation, Stanley Omeike
Creating Customer Love: How Organizations Can Engender Positive Affect, in Online Product-Centered Communities, William J. Paolillo
How Do Project Post-Mortems Contribute to Organizational Learning?, Tarina Pettiway
A Tale of Two Communities: The Journey to Subjective Well-Being Via a Sense of Community, Noble C. Philip
"Chambeando": Risk and Success Among Street Corner Vendors in Mexico City, Efrain Rivera
Career Success of Underrepresented Minority Groups, LaVonne D. Slaton
Career Success of Underrepresented Minority Groups, LaVonne D. Slaton
The Foul, Or What's Up (Wassup) on the Court?: A Study of African-American Male Social Interactions on the Outdoor Basketball Court, Craig E. Soaries
Shaping Problems, Not Decisions: When Decision Makers Leverage Visual Analytics, Brian G. Williams
Submissions from 2014
The Impact of Symbiotic Visions: Increasing Engagement and Motivation Through Vision Alignment, Jodi Berg
Is Earnings Guidance a Treacherous Servant?, Thomas A. King
Does An IT Organization Transform Its Identity When Engaged in Outsourcing?, Carol McGuire
Situational Factors Influencing Sustained Volunteer Commitment in Professional Associations, Michael G. Niederpruem
Playing To Win: Dynamics of Teams That Innovate, Suzanne Piotrowski
Tapping the Power of Complex Adaptive Systems (CAS): What Influence Can Informal Interactions Have on CAS and the Resultant Innovation-Change Process?, Shabazz A. Rah-Khem
How Hackers Think: Understanding the Mental Models and Cognitive Patterns of High-Tech Wizards, Timothy C. Summers
Submissions from 2013
Design For Social Change: Consequential Shifts in the Designer's Role, Mariana V. Amatullo
Strategic Anticipation: Toward an Understanding of How Managers Anticipate Strategic Moves, Gabriel Berczely
Effects of Changes in Temperature on Mechanical Behavior of Bulk Metallic Glasses and BMG Composites, Jessica A. Booth, S. Mohsen Seifi, and John J. Lewandowski
Change and Discomfort in Academia: How Far Should We Stretch In Our Readiness For Change?, Laurie A. Branch
Change and Discomfort in Academia: How Far Should We Stretch In Our Readiness For Change?, Laurie A. Branch
Enhancing Firm Profitability by Improving Director Dynamics, Solange Charas
The "People" In Science: Identifying Lived Experiences Of Physician Scientists In Academic Medical Centers, Philip A. Cola
Leading in Combat: The Role of Situation Awareness and Perceived Control During In Extremis Situations, Deirdre Dixon
The Strategic Decision-Making Process of the Board and its Impact on Decision Outcomes, Mark T. Engle
Embedding in Organizations: Individuals' Perspective of the Effects of Internal Versus External Focus on Team Adaptability and Potency, Heather Grooms
Energy Development in Africa and the Performance of Renewable Energy Projects, Yohannes Haile
Managerial And Organizational Factors That Influence A Firm's Safety And Environmental Performance: An Examination Of The Fortune 500 Companies, David Klossner
The Institutional-Professoriate Tension: Scholarship Identity and Academic Alignment that Impact Scholars' Productivity and Well-being, Milagros Pereyra-Rojas
Decision Styles of Corporate Leaders: Do Differences Make a Difference, Sherry Sanger
Institutional Factors Influencing the Effectiveness of Scientist-Physician Partnerships in Biomedical Research, Yunmei Wang
Understanding Supply Chain Resiliency: Identification Of The Factors Contributing To Performance, David Widdifield
Submissions from 2012
Adversary To Ally: A Relational Approach To Shifting Buyer Paradigms, Donald P. Addison II
Out Of Control: The Impact Of Unaddressed Affective Conflict On SME Board Stability, Solange Charas
Factors Influencing Radical and Incremental Innovation and Firm Performance in Consumer Electronics and Information Technology Industries, Shengfa Johnson Chuang
Realizing Breakthrough Radical Innovations In CE/IT Industries, Shengfa Johnson Chuang
The Happy Memories Of North Korean Defectors: Discovering Personal Narratives Of Hidden Happiness Through Disintegrative Inquiry, Eric P. Foley
Emerging Patterns In 21st Century Leadership: An Exploration Of Generational Normative Collisions, Donna L. Haeger
Work-Life Fusion: A Paradigm Shift In Understanding Work and Life Management: Scale Development, Validation, and Multigenerational Analysis, Donna L. Haeger
Risks & Rewards: Understanding Management Influences On Employee Engagement & Well-Being During Management Transitions, Dale E. Hartz