CBA Honors Theses
Below are some honors theses completed by graduates of the program, under the direction of Dr. Pamela Miles Homer. These are in PDF format and require Adobe Acrobat Reader. Please do not cite theses without author permission. Special thanks to the CBA faculty who assisted many of these students.
- Eyad Aljubran (2009), "Understanding Expatriate Assignments: Location, Promotion, and Individual Difference Characteristics."
- Cassandra Janelle Barger (2009), "Understanding the Impact of Applicant Attire on Interviewer Perceptions."
- Ronald James Bernard (2009), "The Effects of Materialism, Brand Image, and Ad Appeal Type on Persuasion." [This study won Third Place/Honorable Mention at the 24th Annual CSULB Student Research Competition (February 2010).]
- Ahmed Buholaiqah (2009), "Employment Branding: The Impact of Company Image and Training."
- Cynthia K. Bui (2009), "What Matters to Job Applicants? An Empirical Look at Salary Versus Schedule Flexibility."
- Parker C. Chaffee (2009), “Playing to Win: An Analysis of Organizational Structure in World of Warcraft Guilds.”
- Anthony A. Chew (2006), "The Adoption of M-Commerce in the United States."
- Matthias Duenner (2010), "The Impact of Legal and Illegal Downloading of Music on the Financial Performance of the Recording Companies."
- Preston Gegenfurtner (2007), "Motivation to Lead: The Impact of Situational Factors."
- Robin Diane Gensicke (2006), "Undercover Marketing: Conversation or Commerce?"
- Hillary L. Goldberg (2008), "Will Companies Finally Change Their Ways? A Look at the 2006 Executive Compensation Disclosure Regulation."
- Catherine Cole Gutierrez (2006), "Consumer Attraction to Luxury Brand Products: Social Affiliation in Terror Management Theory."
- Stephanie Isenman (2010), "Understanding Financial Crises: Identifying the Differences Between the Financial Crises of 1984 and 2007."
- Jade L. Kramer (2011), "The Impact of Level of Abstraction of Goals and Consumption Quantity on Consumer Reactions to Multiple Versus Single Ingredient Dietary Supplements."
- Kevin D. Krump (2008), "The Effects of Anti-Scalping Regulation on Primary and Secondary Event Ticket Markets."
- David Michael Larson (2005), "Growth and Value Stocks: Risks Associated With Value's Outperformance of Growth."
- Brian Kenneth Edward Leip (2011), "Profitability and Impact of Complexity on Technical Trading Systems in the Foreign Exchange Market." [This study won Honorable Mention at the 25th Annual CSULB Student Research Competition (February 2011).]
- Christopher John Lewis (2009), "Capitalization or Lock-In? An Empirical Study of the 2003 Capital Gains Tax Cut?" [This study received the Gloria Rummels Award for the Best Paper Using Quantitative Data at the 33rd Annual SSRIC Student Research Conference in the Social Sciences at CSU Sacramento (May 2009).]
- Anthony F. Olea (2006), "What Do Underwriters See? What Do Investors See? An Empirical Investigation of Factors that Impact Underpricing." [This study won First Place at the 20th Annual CSULB Student Research Competition (February 2006) and Second Place at the 20th Annual CSU Statewide Student Research Competition (May 2006).]
- Jennifer L. Pearson (2009), "Time Versus Money: What Are They Worth?" [This study won First Place at the 23rd Annual CSULB Student Research Competition (February 2009).]
- Jessica Lee Pugh (2010), "A Qualitative Study of the Facebook Social Network: The Desire to Influence, Associate, and Construct a Representative and Ideal Identity."
- Rawan G. Sawalha (2011), "Understanding the Interrelationships Among Cultural Orientation, Psychological Contract, and Job Attitudes."
- Joshua Robert Schultz (2005), "Warez Everyone Going: An Exploratory Look at Online Piracy."
- Danielle A. Stoumbos (2005), "Effects of Legal Insider Trading on Equity Returns."
- Binh T. Tran (2009), "Language Familiarity Effects on Bilingual Consumers' Brand Attitudes." [This study won First Place at the 24th Annual CSULB Student Research Competition (February 2010) and Second Place at the 24th Annual CSU Statewide Student Research Competition (San Jose, May 2010).]
- Adam Joseph Trivison (2008), "For What It's Worth: Understanding the Comparative Accuracy and Explanatory Performance of Relative Value Models and Absolute Value Models." [This study won First Place at the 22nd Annual CSULB Student Research Competition (February 2008 and First Place at the 22nd Annual CSU Statewide Student Research Competition (May 2008).]
- Yu, Liangiee (2010), "Are US GAAP and IFRS Moving Towards Convergence? A Comparison of Earnings Attributes in the U.S. Market."