School of Business

Owen N.B. Kavanagh, Understanding Nova Scotia's Liquor Control Act: an exploration of employee perception (Supervisor: Kelly Dye)

Aidan C.T. O’Rourke, Danger in the air: construction workers' perceptions of silica dust through the lens of the health belief model (Supervisor: Kelly Dye)

Holly F. F. Modzelewski, The impacts of elementary and secondary school financial education on the financial literacy levels of university students (Supervisor: Ashley Doyle)

Maple Sloan, Universal basic income: a potential solution to financial inequality and poverty in Canada (Supervisor: Stephen MacLean)

Kelsey Hordyk, The duty to accommodate: an exploratory study of where the threshold of undue hardship exists (Supervisor: Kelly Dye)

Quincy Cochrane, Application of the BCG strategy palette on small and medium sized enterprises (Supervisor: Conor Vibert)

Rosemary Herron, The student experience: how university students perceive success (Supervisor: Ryan MacNeil)

Duncan Patterson, Infrastructure and entertainment: a case study analysis of Halifax's viability to construct and support a professional sporting and live entertainment venue (Supervisor: Paul Callaghan)

Griffin Herrington, The new age of sports entertainment: how context shapes sport engagement in the MLS, NBA, NFL, and NHL (Supervisor: Ryan MacNeil)

Guy Harrison-Murray, The role of player nationality and position on football transfer fees (Supervisor: Stephen MacLean)

Kevin Laing, A wildly different perspective: western culture and the separate self (Supervisor: Ryan MacNeil)

Dahlia Chahine, The intersectional complexity of Olivia Pope: a critical discourse analysis of Scandal (Supervisor: Ryan MacNeil)

Nicole Morrison, Impact of COVID-19 & SARS on countries GDP & stock market returns (Supervisor: Stephen MacLean)

Sulaman Qureshi, Blockchain: exploring perceptions of industry leaders on how distributed ledgers will disrupt assurance and consulting practices (Supervisor: Michael Kennedy)

Rebecca Williams, Designing and testing a social media framework for higher education (Supervisor: Donna Sears)

Breton R. Whalen, The relationship between corporate sustainability and post-merger financial performance (Supervisor: Stephen MacLean)

Desmonique L. Stubbs, The future of audit in the age of blockchain (Supervisor: Yinglei Wang; Ian Feltmate)

Shae E. Mckenzie, The barriers immigrants face when searching for employment in Halifax, Nova Scotia (Supervisor: Kelly Dye)

Madison K. Bergen, Has the application of section 217.1 of the Criminal Code succeeded in remedying the deficiencies in Canadian criminal law at the time of the Westray disaster? (Supervisor: Randall Balcome)

Lee Scully, North American farmland investments for retail investors (Supervisor: Stephen MacLean)

Annika D. Corbett, Hindsight bias in predictions of the 2008 Financial Crisis (Supervisor: Stephen MacLean)

Kristina D.A. Major, Textual analysis of Apple's entrepreneurial orientation (Supervisor: Ryan MacNeil)

Zhen Liu, Risk-based oil spill response planning for the south coast of Newfoundland (Supervisor: Hassan Sarhadi)

Jenna Robertson, The legalization of recreational cannabis: a qualitative approach to exploring the perceived in the workplace from a Canadian perspective (Supervisor: Jim Grant)

Joshua Sampson, The mispricing of US index options surrounding geopolitical events. (Supervisor: Stephen MacLean)

Andrew G. Donaldson, Discussing the value of junior hockey in Lanark County, Ontario. (Supervisor: Ryan MacNeil)

Georgia Hickson, Are there differences between how organizations promote their commitment to workplace diversity and how they enact it within their organizations? (Supervisor: Kelly Dye)

Sheldon McDonald, The Impact of Cash Holdings on Corporate Efficiency. (Supervisor: Stephen MacLean)

Brianna S. Forbes-Crowe, Understanding the (mis)match between intended & perceived brand personality: the case of wine labels/packaging. (Supervisor: Donna Sears)

Maya-Frances R. Baša, A critique of the knowledge base of organizational studies in business education. (Supervisor: Terrance Weatherbee)

Kerri-Anne Rachel McFarland, Being efficient versus becoming efficient: the evolution of efficiency in popular management books. (Supervisor: Terrance Weatherbee)

Stephanie E. Morton, An exploratory study of the effects of information and computing technologies on the practice of law. (Supervisor: Terrance Weatherbee)

Jason Gauthier, Exploring a dilemma in the feminisms: unions’ effects on the sexes’ desires for promotion. (Supervisor: Kelly Dye)

Gareth Rafuse, An exploratory study of bring your own devices (BYODs) & their relationship with the phenomena of technostress & presenteeism. (Supervisor: Terrance Weatherbee)

Jessica Bowlby, Recruitment and retention: Canadian Pony Club. (Supervisor: Donna Sears)

Elizabeth Desjardins, Justice Frank Iacobucci on principles of fairness in employment law. (Supervisor: Jim Grant)

Kazi Kashfia Rahman, Barriers to entrepreneurship in Bangladesh: an exploratory study of causes and solutions. (Supervisor: Michael Sheppard)

Shannon M. Thompson, An exploratory study of how individuals perceive aggression in e-mail. (Supervisor: Terrance Weatherbee)

Oksana Kovalenko, Doing good better: applying principles of adult learning and entrepreneurship education to business development services. (Supervisor: Kelly Dye)

Natalie LeBlanc, Not your parents' Toyota. (Supervisor: Kelly Dye)

Matthew Ryan Balsor, An exploratory study of e-mail and performance feedback in organizations: constructing a preliminary theoretical framework of e-feedback. (Supervisor: Terrance Weatherbee)

Leslie Lewis, To explore women’s career progression experiences and decisions in light of the persistence of a wage gap in academic ranks. (Supervisor: Jim Grant)

Hilary E. Archer, Involvement and the innovative communicator : an exploratory study of fashion apparel. (Supervisor: Scott Follows, Harish Kapoor)

Mark DesJardine, An exploratory investigation into technology, work, and the internet generation. (Supervisor: Terrance Weatherbee)

Ashley Devie Hannon, Definitions and organizational practice of sustainability in the for-profit sector of Nova Scotia. (Supervisor: Edith Callaghan)

Sean M. Kaulback, The efficacy of digital rights management and private copying levies to moderate the extent of digital piracy. (Supervisor: Steven Enman)

Angela Marie Malec, Sex role stereotyping in the Canadian advertising industry. (Supervisor: Stephen Ash)

Alastair William Blakeway Collier, Placemaking: The elements and relations of space, time and activity. (Supervisor: Terrance Weatherbee)

Rakesh G. Gupta, An Examination of Family Businesses in the Kentville, New Minas and Wolfville Regions of NS, Canada, In Regards to Definition, Success Criteria, and Competitive Advantages and Disadvantages. (Supervisor: Roger Wehrell)

Ashley McGill, Martha Stewart: Was justice served? (Supervisor: Edith Callaghan)

Jillian Isabel Pringle, Interactions between female lawyers and clients in a rural setting. (Supervisor: Kelly Dye)

Amanda Bella, Internationalization and intra-organizational sensemaking at Acadia University. (Supervisor: Ian Hutchinson)

Christopher D. Ferguson, The effects of competitive cueing on brand extension evaluation. (Supervisor: Harish Kapoor)

Karlee E. Bedford, Adapting international advertisements to the Chinese market. (Supervisor: Stephen Ash)

Kristina King, A grounded theory approach to understanding gender differences in the experiences of members of boards of directors. (Supervisor: Kelly Dye)

William David Rankin, Biases in post-merger mutual fund performance in the realm of ecommerce specialty funds. (Supervisor: Jun Yang)

Matthew J. Gray, The impact receipt of a sample of contact lens solution has on the final purchase decision of consumers. (Supervisor: Kent Groves)

Paul Jr. Frazier, Proactive regulation: the registration of hedge fund Advisers. (Supervisor: Brian VanBlarcom)

Doug Schipilow, Salary arbitration in the National Hockey League. (Supervisor: Brian VanBlarcom)

Oladoyin Olawaiye, Sustainable water resources management in the agricultural sector of a developing country: essential to economic development. (Supervisor: John Janmaat, Hassouna Moussa)

Jennifer M. Frame, The effects of American direct to consumer advertising on the prescribing behaviour of Nova Scotian family physicians. (Supervisor: Kent Groves)

Linda Yip, Overview of the Kyoto Protocol: policy & response from Canada & industry. (Supervisor: Edith Callaghan)

Robert J. M. Jeffery, Economic regulatory theory and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. (Supervisor: Ian Hutchinson)

Erimel Treva Franklin, Gendering of Air Canada’s culture: annual reports & visual images. (Supervisor: Jean Helms-Mills)

Suzanne Richards, The use of trade dress in over the counter drug products and its impact on product selection. (Supervisor: Kent Groves)

Tyson Birchall, A comparison of electricity industry deregulation in Alberta and Texas. (Supervisor: John Churchill)

Xinhua Li, Learning style research in accounting: a literature review and preliminary investigation of the Felder-Soloman index of learning styles. (Supervisor: Ian Feltmate)

Christopher R. Graham, Non-professional investors’ reliability assessments of pro forma earnings information. (Supervisor: Ian Hutchinson)

Koblavi Aklasu Kizito Fiagbedzi, After the implementation of affirmative action programs: a study of the economic status of Blacks from 1961-2003. (Supervisor: Don Wright)

Tomlinson A. Bynoe, The impact of globalisation and trade liberation on a small island economy : the case of Barbados. (Supervisor: Maurice Tugwell)

Petr V. Volkov, Measurement and valuation of intellectual capital in knowledge-intense organizations. (Supervisor: Shelley MacDougall)

Ernest A. Buist, Hedge funds: strategies and their application to institutional portfolio management. (Supervisor: John Churchill)

Colleen E. Arsenault, The impact of crisis context on corporate performance. (Supervisor: Conor Vibert)