Employee empowerment has long been associated with organizational outcomes such as innovation, greater effectiveness, and better performance. Non-academic professional employees in higher education are responsible for the important day-to-day operations of a university; therefore, organizational...

ABSTRACTTrust is a central component in leadership and has been shown to beassociated with employee commitment, motivation and performance. Thephenomenon has been investigated at the organisational level and there havebeen previous studies of trust within the manager/subordinate...

Diese Magisterarbeit befasst sich mit Marken, die ausschließlich im Internet auftreten (E-Brands) sowie der Markenführung im Internet (E-Branding). Innerhalb dieses Rahmens wird eine Online-Befragung der wichtigsten Internet-Marken in Deutschland sowie eine Datenerhebung unter Internet-Nutzern...

To date, consumer behaviour research is still over-focused on the functional rather than the dysfunctional. Both empirical and anecdotal evidence suggest that service organisations are burdened with the concept of consumer sovereignty, while consumers freely flout the ‘rules’ of social...

This dissertation consists of three largely independent essays. The first finds a significant correlation between the price of crude oil and significant terrorist attacks by groups of Middle Eastern origin against Western nations. In particular, such terrorist attacks are considerably more...

The focus of this dissertation lies on the brand personality (BP) and the brand relationship concept. They represent two particularly important measures of brand equity. And more importantly, both concepts still lack a comprehensive understanding. Hence, this dissertation provides deeper insight...

Lean manufacturing has been widely adopted by many production companies. Apart from the operational difficulty associated with conversion from a traditional, functional based operation, adoption of Lean manufacturing involves significant organizational transformations. It requires formation of...