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
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
A Comparative Analysis of Training, Mentoring and Coaching in the Sales Environment: Evaluating the Impact of Personal Learning on Role Ambiguity and Organizational Commitment, Shalonda K. Bradford
Sales Incentives and Sales Performance: The Moderating Effect of Cultural Dimensions, Morten Brante
Crisis Management: A Qualitative Study of Extreme Event Leadership, Charles A. Casto
Essays on Motivating Investment, J. Reid Cummings
An Investigation of Sustainable Product Purchase Behavior: A Social Cognitive Perspective of Consumer Action, Keith Edmund Ferguson
Behavioral Finance: Factors Influencing Angel Investor Decisions, Robert C. Forrester
Vendor Firm Characteristics and Buyers' Perceptions of Transaction Costs and Relationship Governance, Imran M. Khan
Stuck in the Middle: The Impact of Implementing Corporate Decisions on Middle Managers' Justice Perceptions, Lee A. Macenczak
Autopsy of the Banking Crisis: Examining the Impact of Director Characteristics on Bank Failures, Gregory L. Prescott
The Franchisor/Franchisee Relationship: The Antecedents and Outcomes of Perceived Franchisor Support, Mary Kay Rickard
Modeling Diversity Management Practices in Corporate Ethics: The Spillover Effect, Yves-Rose SaintDic
Are All Shares Equal? A Measure of Secondary Agency Conflict and an Examination of its Influence on Investor Reactions to Acquisition Announcements, Christine C. Sutton
Segmenting Segmentation: A Taxonomy Bridging Theory and Practice of Strategic Consumer Segmentation, Andrew Thomas Thoeni
Audit Committee Oversight of Fraud Risk, Robert M. Wilbanks
The Effect of Third Party Procedural Justice Perceptions on Purchase Decisions: The Role of Uncontrolled Marketing Communications, David L. Williams
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
The Impact of Social Influence Pressure on CFO Judgments, Carol C. Bishop
The Influence of In-House Tax Expertise on Corporate Tax Avoidance, Kimberly Hutton Honaker
Revenge or Reconciliation? A Rejection-Based Model of Firm-Induced Relationship Termination, Lucas Hopkins
Two Essays on the Unintended Consequences of Sarbanes-Oxley on Small Banks and Small Businesses, Earl C. Howell
Formal and Informal Institutional Influences on Multinational Enterprise Social Responsibility: Two Empirical Studies, Dawn L. Keig
Online Social Presence (OSP) In E-Tailing: Construct Development And Testing, Russell Reams
The Impact of Post-Acquisition Autonomy upon Small to Medium Enterprise Integration Success, Robert Weichel Reich
The Effects of Pricing on the Sales Force and the Firm: A Strategic View, Wendy Ritz
Understanding the Determinants of Corporate Social Disclosure Strategies: An Examination of Firms' Use of GRI Guidelines, James Michael Simmons Jr.
A Contemporary Examination of the Miles and Snow Strategic Typology Through the Lenses of Dynamic Capabilities and Ambidexterity, Marc D. Sollosy
Influences on Supply Manager Behavior Toward Environmental Responsibility, James Anthony Swaim
The ERM Process: Evidence from Interviews of ERM Champions, Therese R. Viscelli
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
An Examination of the Influence of Top Executives on Entrepreneurial Orientation, James Ruben Boling
The Effects of Internal Audit Report Type and Reporting Relationship on Internal Auditors' Judgments, Douglas M. Boyle
Job Embeddedness: Do the Interaction Effects of Attitude, Personality, and Exchange Relationships Detract from Performance?, Juanne V. Greene
Multi-Family Businesses — An Exploratory Study of Trust and Intergroup Relations, Jerry Kudlats
Antecedents and Outcomes of the Investment in Internal Auditing and the Moderating Role of Family Business Culture, Debra J. Lasher
Two Essays on the Degree of Globalization of a Firm: Measurement, Antecedents, and Consequences, Victor B. Marshall
The Drivers of Future Generosity Behavioral Intentions of College Service-Learning Experience Participants, Jeananne Nicholls
Extended Stakeholder Orientation: Influence on Innovation Orientation and Firm Performance, Vijay K. Patel
Institutional Theory and Cross-National Differences in International Market Selection for Direct Selling, Charles B. Ragland
A Taxonomy of Regulations: The Effect of Regulation on Selling Activities, John F. Riggs
Two Papers on "How Perceptions of Fairness and Influences of Social Capital and Source Credibility Matter to Compensation Committees And Investors", Anne M. Wilkins