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Ideas with Impact

Learn more about how faculty in the College of Business are having a positive impact on our region

Bryan Schaffer

WNBA Teams’ Success Factors Offers Insight for Business Leaders

With the Women’s National Basketball Association recently tipping off its 29th season during a massive surge in popularity for women’s sports, a team of faculty members from the ĢƵ College of Business has completed a research project they consider a “slam dunk” in the arena of leadership studies.  

James DeConinck

Role of Job Embeddedess on Sales Force Turnover

Turnover in the workplace is affected by the depth of attachment that employees feel for their job or the business where they work, a factor that is greatly influenced by a worker’s perception of the amount of support received from supervisors and the organization as a whole.  

Bryan Schaffer

Study examines diversity of workplace spirituality

Although the word “diversity” has become somewhat controversial in the current political climate, a recent study by a faculty member in the College of Business at ĢƵ indicates that diversity of levels of workplace spirituality can have a positive impact on the productivity of businesses and organizations.  

Vittal Anantatmula

The Intersection of Knowledge Management and Managing Projects

A new book written by a professor of project management in the College of Business at ĢƵ is designed to help members of business organizations improve their skills in both project management skills and knowledge management.  

Joe Giordano

From ‘Night Court’ to internal auditor: The impact of extraneous factors on perception of competency

Joe Giordano, assistant professor of accounting in the ĢƵCollege of Business, conducted a study of the dilution effect – that is, the impact of superfluous factors – on internal auditors and their judgment of risk factors within an organization.  

Kadence Otto

Changing Landscape of College Athletics from Labor Market Perspective

While most sports fans look at the changing landscape of intercollegiate athletics – including the transfer portal and financial compensation for players – through the perspective of the impact on their favorite teams, two professors in ĢƵ’s College of Business are examining the issue from a different angle.