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Three Studies of Institutional Transformation: Theorizing an Institutional Logic’s Basis of Worth, The Role of Values in the Coherence of Institutional Logics, and Remaking Worth in Alberta’s Oil and Gas Industry
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Values are core to institutions. The overarching aim of this dissertation is to examine institutional values and their role in enabling or constraining a widely examined phenomenon within organizational studies: transformations. Theoretically, my research contributes towards a growing body of...
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Fall 2011
The papers that comprise this thesis study the internal composition of shopping centers empirically from three different aspects. They examine several interesting economic issues, help to fill the gap in knowledge about shopping center internal configurations, and contribute to the literature on...
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Three Studies on Cultural Entrepreneurship and Crowdfunding: We’ve Got Your Back, The Legitimacy Threshold Revisited, and Four Pathways Towards Cultural Resonance
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The primary goal of this doctoral thesis is to advance knowledge on the processes by which entrepreneurial actors gain and maintain the support of their audiences, such as resource providers. Theoretically, my research contributes to the growing body of work on the cultural dynamics of...
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Fall 2021
The stigma literature is burgeoning in the field of management and organization studies. While much of the existing work has sought to unpack the sources and characteristics of stigma or the varied counter-responses by which individual organizations manage their stigma, stigma scholars only...
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Fall 2019
The art of writing in the Zhuangzi has become a subject of considerable interest in recent years, but many perspectives have yet to be explored. The Zhuangzi is known for its delicate and protean art of writing. Its aesthetic value outweighs its other aspects. I was inspired by Wang Zhongling’s...