Mobile applications are gaining more and more market share and virtually everyone today has smartphones. This reality is no different in Africa, where the use of mobile payment systems has grown and allowed people without access to bank accounts to use their phones to perform ba…
This dissertation consists of three chapters demonstrating novel applications of social choice and game theory concepts to Formula 1 racing. Chapter 1 explores the history of the sport, focusing on early connections to national politics in Europe, strategic manipulation of rules…
This two-article, mixed-methods dissertation examines social contextual influences on donor and fundraiser behavior. It presents an extension of the Charitable Triad Model to conceptualize philanthropic behavior as a contextualized act informed by the social context shared among…
People working together in teams for a common purpose has been a centerpiece of human social organization since our ancient ancestors first banded together to hunt game, raise families, and defend their communities. But despite the ubiquity throughout human history of teams and …
The call for further empirical research on the effects of task interdependence and levels of virtuality on the performance of teams was addressed herein. The researcher sought to extend the work of Hertel, Konradt, and Voss (2006) who proposed that the competencies required for …
To be successful in the age of accountability, principals and all school leaders need to continue to build their capacity to lead meaningful, systemic and sustainable student improvement efforts that incorporate the required areas of reading and mathematics. A review of the educ…
An emerging topic in the team research literature is team adaptation. While many studies have been conducted on the topic of team adaptation, the construct of team adaptation and the antecedent behaviors that lead to team adaptation have been defined in numerous ways through the…
Agile methods are being adopted in the software development industry increasingly and even beyond this sector. Outsourcing software development from developing countries in the Global South is increasing in the industry. With Lebanon being the hub for outsourcing software for th…
With the continuous increase of the world population and technological needs, energy consumption dramatically increases in the world. The most used energy source, even though new investments are made to renewable energy sources, is still the petroleum crude oil. Because of the c…