Faculty of Management Graduate Theses
Recent Submissions
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Did Diversity Training Enhance Workplace Inclusion and Organizational Outcomes During COVID-19?
(2024-04-25)Workplace diversity has always been a popular topic, especially in an immigrant country like Canada. Canada’s diverse workforce is likely to increase due to the growing percentage of immigrants. Yet the COVID-19 pandemic ... -
HOW DO CROWDED SHELVES IMPACT CONSUMERS’ ATTITUDE TOWARD MINIMAL DESIGN?
(2024-04-24)This research aims to understand consumers' motivation to purchase products in retail stores when retail shelves are either crowded or not crowded. Existing research has mostly focused on social crowding. There is limited ... -
Investigating Bibliometrics tools for article screening in a Cochrane systematic review
(2024-04-14)This research applies bibliometric methods to a case study Cochrane review, to describe attributes of the groups of articles that were eligible for inclusion, included, and excluded for research integrity concerns. The ... -
RELATIONSHIP AMONG INTEREST RATE, MONEY SUPPLY, AND STOCK PRICE: EVIDENCE FROM CHINA AND THE U.S.
(2024-04-02)The relationship between macroeconomic indicators and the stock market has always been a hot topic in the field of financial economics. This thesis analyzes the relationship between stock indices, interest rates, and money ... -
EXPLORING THE FACTORS INFLUENCING THE CONTINUED USE OF MEDICATION EVENT REPORTING SYSTEMS IN COMMUNITY PHARMACIES
(2024-04-09)Medication incidents, also known as medication errors, within community pharmacies (CPhs), persist as significant safety concerns despite the evolution of medication dispensing practices. Understanding and addressing these ... -
Excluded But Empowered: How Social Exclusion Drives Responsible Investment Preference
(2023-12-10)Social exclusion is a common experience that can have impacts on our daily life, such as choosing a product, joining a group or even our risk tolerance and financial decision-making. This study investigates the relationship ... -
Validating a Meditation-based Mind Wandering BCI: A Pilot Study
(2023-09-06)Brain-computer interfaces (BCI) have become a burgeoning field of research as computers become embedded in everyday life. Electroencephalography (EEG) is the preferred brain measurement device used in BCIs, though research- ... -
DOES RUDENESS REDUCE CREATIVITY? EXAMINING THE ROLE OF APPRAISAL AND RUMINATION FOLLOWING INCIVILITY AT WORK
(2023-04-24)The current study examines how rude customers might deplete the creativity of service workers by investigating the roles of negative appraisal and rumination following customer incivility. Simultaneously, we also examine ... -
Gratitude Journal Exercise Increases Leaders’ Individual Consideration Through Change in Objectification and Perceived Closeness: A Randomized Experiment
(2023-04-13)Effective leadership is critical for achieving positive outcomes in the workplace, including increased profits, job satisfaction, and performance. However, little is known about what enhances positive leadership behaviors. ... -
The Rise and Fall of the NFT Empire: The Social Phenomenon of Non-fungible Tokens
(2023-04-13)Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) burst into popular culture in 2021 with the $69 million dollar sale of Beeple’s artwork Everydays: The First 500 Days. Since then, this potentially disruptive technology created new digital markets ... -
The Present in Our Past: A Large-Scale Analysis of Canadian Historiography
(2023-04-14)Using a bibliometric approach to understand the development of the Canadian history field, this research analyzes trends and characteristics as observed in articles published in eight major Canadian history journals from ... -
A Dynamic Asset Allocation Strategy with Macroeconomic Indicators
(2023-04-12)This thesis proposes a novel approach to strategic asset allocation (SAA) that uses macro-econometric factors and a regime-switching regression model to capture systemic risk, which is crucial in setting target allocations ... -
SUSTAINABILITY PERFORMANCE AND CORPORATE FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE: EVIDENCE FROM THE G20 COUNTRIES
(2023-04-12)This study analyzes the relationship between sustainability and financial performance in a sample of G20 firms over a decade (2010-2021), while controlling for relevant variables. Results show a positive bidirectional ... -
Vaccine Approval Effect on Firms in Socially Responsible and Conventional Funds During the Covid-19 Pandemic
(2023-04-11)This research investigates the effects of vaccine approval on socially responsible and conventional funds in the United States and Canada. The study analyzes the daily total returns of the constituents of the Jantzi Social ... -
Impact of Expressed Emotions (EE) in TikTok Beauty Influencers' Content on the Degree of Engagement: the Moderating Effect of Inclusive Marketing Factors (IMF)
(2022-12-14)Nowadays, companies using social media are looking for innovative ways to improve engagement on their pages. Previous studies show the positive effect of eliciting emotions on engagement in image- and text-based platforms. ... -
Asset Pricing Model Fit for Canadian Mutual Funds
(2022-12-15)Asset pricing models have been used extensively in studies to predict fund performance. However, my motivation is to test which asset pricing model is the best to evaluate mutual fund performance in Canada. In addition, ... -
THEY/THEM/THEIR: GENDER-NEUTRAL PRONOUNS ON NAMETAGS AND CONSUMERS’ MICROAGGRESSIONS TOWARDS THEM
(2022-12-15)This study draws on theories from psychology and sociology to examine how consumers will react to non-binary individuals in sales and service situations. Results from an online experiment show that consumers tend to evaluate ... -
What makes people share news on social media? Exploring the moderating role of perceived fakeness
(2022-12-12)Social media platforms help individuals form social relationships. They enable the quick spread of information. One of the most common misuses of these platforms is the creation and sharing of fake or misleading news or ... -
EXAMINING CUSTOMERS’ INTENTION OF CONTINUED USE AND CROSS-BUYING ON INTERNET-ONLY BANKS
(2022-12-09)Internet-only banks (IOB) refer to financial institutions which provide services entirely through online digital platforms without physical branches. Although IOBs have been around for over 26 years, there is still room ... -
What Makes Brand TikTok Videos Engaging? An Elaboration Likelihood Model Perspective
(2022-12-09)Short-form videos in social media are growing in popularity and becoming a promising channel for marketing. This study explores consumer engagement in brand short-form videos by investigating the effect of five non-content ...