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The intent of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOA) was to ensure independent board practices. However, it is unknown whether structural changes alone to the boards of nonprofit organizations (NPOs) can result in independent board behavior. SOA's intent is to prevent future erroneous gro…

My thesis focuses on three related research themes. First, to provide academic rigour to the assertions of the Nyberg Report (2011) that the Irish banks were characterised by both groupthink and herding in the lead up to the recent financial crisis. The Nyberg Report was commiss…

This research study examined how Groupthink affects educational decision making for building level administrators by identifying the most prominent symptoms of Groupthink and by exposing the characteristics that create an increase of vulnerability to Groupthink. Participants for…