The KSU Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) program is an innovative doctoral program designed to prepare highly experienced professionals for teaching and research positions at AACSB accredited business schools or for advanced research positions in consulting, government or industry. The KSU DBA program combines the rigor of a traditional doctoral program with intense classroom study allowing full immersion into state of the art academic research content and methods, along with a European style mentorship model supporting the student in conducting independent, original research.
As of Spring 2019, the DBA program changed to a Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration. You can find those dissertations by clicking the button below.
Dissertations from 2018
Investigating Information Security Policy Characteristics: Do Quality, Enforcement and Compliance Reduce Organizational Fraud?, Dennis T. Brown
IS A PENSION FUND'S MIX OF FAIR VALUE INVESTMENTS, AUDIT TYPE, AND AUDIT QUALITY ASSOCIATED WITH THE FIRM'S CREDIT RATING?, Trevor England
AN EXPLORATORY STUDY OF ORGANIZATIONAL SECURITY RISK MANAGEMENT FOR IMPROVED EFFECTIVENESS, Angela Jackson-Summers
Trust and Distrust Scale Development: Operationalization and Instrument Validation, John D. Rusk
SOCIAL CAPITAL AND DYNAMIC CAPABILITIES IN A TOP MANAGEMENT TEAM, Blaine Schreiner
Data Analytics in an Audit: Examining Fraud Risk and Audit Quality, Sondra Smith
Intuition in Employee Selection: Examining the Conditions for Accurate Intuitive Hiring Decisions, Vinod Vincent
SEX MAY SELL BUT GENDER IDENTITY PREDICTS: AN INVESTIGATION OF COLLEGE STUDENTS’ PROPENSITY TO JOIN ENTREPRENEURSHIP CLUBS, Jerald Wallace
AUDIT COMMITTEE OVERSIGHT OF INTERNAL CONTROL OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING, Andrea B. Weickgenannt
Dissertations from 2017
Built to Last: Exploring Family Strategy in Dynastic Business Families, Mark William Auger
REDEFINING THE SALES CALL, Judi Billups
Merger and Acquisition Financial Reporting Outcomes: An Examination of Non-Audit Fees and the Impact on Auditor Independence, Jimmy Carmenate
Are Out-Of-Period Adjustments a Type of Stealth Restatement? An Examination of Non-Audit Services, Clawback Provisions, and Out-Of-Period Adjustments, Cori Oliver Crews
What’s In It For Me? Consumer Perceived Value of Marketing Activities as a Driver of Consumer Brand Engagement on Social Network Sites., Mary Jane Gardner
Salesperson Perceptions - An Examination of Sales Manager Leadership and Salesperson Engagement, Marleen Pope
Have We Overlooked the Benefits of NAS, James C. Rich
General Counsel Characteristics and Financial Reporting Quality, John R. Sparger
Conceptualizing and Measuring Design of Retail Environments, Julie C. Steen
FEES, GOING CONCERN OPINIONS AND AUDITOR DISMISSALS: AN EMPIRICAL ASSESSMENT, Frances Ann Stott
Dissertations from 2016
Enterprise Risk Management: The Transformation of Board-level Engagement as Evidenced by Disclosure, Timothy L. Baker
Management and Organizational Influences on the Compliance Behavior of Employees to Reduce Non-malicious IT Misuse Intention, Randy G. Colvin
IS Success Model for Evaluating Cloud Computing for Small Business Benefit: A Quantitative Study, Charles Kenneth Flack
Reflecting on Performance Feedback: The Effect of Counterfactual Thinking on Subsequent Leader Performance, Kelly R. Hall
Understanding the Impact of Information Quality on Customer Relationship Management, Dana Eckerle Harrison
Recognizing and Exploiting New Opportunities in Times of Chaos and Unintended Impacts, Ryan Matthews
From Offshoring to Reshoring: A Conceptual Framework for Manufacturing Location Decisions in a Slow-Steam World, Jeffrey J. Risher
Audit Firm Rotation, Audit Firm Tenure, and Audit Committee Support in Accounting Disputes, Janice E. Rummell
Enterprise Resource Planning Systems in Family Firms, James Nathan Smith
Capital Structure in the Family Firm: Exploring the Relationship Between Financial Sources and Family Dynamics, Diego G. Velez
Dissertations from 2015
Sales and Operations Planning: A Performance Framework, Scott C. Ambrose
A Taxonomy of Emerging Markets, Alexander A. Assouad
The Effects of Risk Management Programs on Financial Professionals' Judgments, James F. Boyle
When Being More Different and Less Visible Leads to Commitment and Justice for All, Lisa Farmer
Differing Effects of Goals on Sales Control Systems and Multifaceted Job Satisfaction, Anne Gottfried
Financial Services: A Taxonomy of Consumer-focused Selling Activities and Sales Positions, Linda Joie Hain
The Effect of Audit Committee Compensation on the Procurement of Non-audit Services, Caroline Hayek
An Examination of Fit and the Use of Mobile Devices for Performing Tasks, Carole L. Hollingsworth
A Study on Information Technology Consumerization: Intentions to Use and Recognize Use Behaviors, Lorraine A. Lamb
Why Empowering Salespeople is a Double Edge Sword, Lucy Matthews
The Role of Demographics: Who Engages in and Who Benefits from Family Supportive Supervisor Behavior?, John Neglia
Intuition and Its Impact on Information Systems Success, Robecca Quammen
The Influence of Leadership Style and Personal Costs on Fraud Whistleblowing Intent, Tonya D.W. Smalls
Supply Chain Managers and Risk Behavior: Testing the Sitkin and Pablo Model, Willie Frank Thompson
Measuring Family Business Performance: A Holistic, Idiosyncratic Approach, Ralph I. Williams Jr