Pamplin College of Business: Recent submissions
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Property value effects of the Hemlock wooly adelgid infestation in New England, USA
(Elsevier, 2022-04)We investigate residential property-price effects of the spread of the Hemlock wooly adelgid infestation northward through central portions of Connecticut and Massachusetts, USA. We find that hemlock trees and the accompanying ... -
Voices of Privacy
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Resident perceptions and responses to tourism: individual vs community level impacts
(Routledge, 2022-11)This paper reviews resident tourism attitude research through the lens of the individual- and community-level perceived impacts of and responses to tourism. It explores how perceived impacts of tourism and responses to ... -
Information acquisition and cognitive processes during strategic decision-making: Combining a policy-capturing study with eye-tracking data
(Public Library of Science, 2022-12)Policy-capturing (PC) methodologies have been employed to study decision-making, and to assess how decision-makers use available information when asked to evaluate hypothetical situations. An important assumption of the ... -
Examining the differential effectiveness of fear appeals in information security management using two-stage meta-analysis
(2023)Most of the information security management research involving fear appeals is guided by either protection motivation theory or the extended parallel processing model. Over time, extant research has extended these theories, ... -
Social and Personal Norms in Shaping Customers' Environmentally Sustainable Behavior in Restaurants' Social Media Communities
(MDPI, 2023-04-09)This study aimed to investigate how personal and social norms affect customer engagement with social media that promote environmentally sustainable behaviors. A self-administered survey of potential participants was ... -
“Do as I say but not as I do”: Influence of political leaders’ populist communication styles on public adherence in a crisis using the global case of COVID-19 movement restrictions
(Elsevier, 2023)This paper explores the influence of political leaders’ populist communication styles on public adherence to government policies regarding COVID-19 containment. We adopt a mixed-methods approach that combines: theory ... -
Tell Me A Story: The Effects That Narratives Exert on Meaningful-Engagement Outcomes in Antiphishing Training
(Elsevier, 2023)Antiphishing training is a critical element of an organization’s security posture. Yet, its effectiveness is often limited by trainees’ perception that it is boring and unengaging, which weakens their attention and thus ... -
Patient trust in physicians matters—Understanding the role of a mobile patient education system and patient-physician communication in improving patient adherence behavior: Field study
(JMIR Publications, 2022-12-31)Background: The ultimate goal of any prescribed medical therapy is to achieve desired outcomes of patient care. However, patient nonadherence has long been a major problem detrimental to patient health, and thus is a concern ... -
Does Firm Life Cycle Stage Affect Investor Perceptions? Evidence from Earnings Announcement Reactions
(2021-08-06)This paper argues that firms in certain life stages may be more subjectively valued by individual investors, leading to an overoptimistic bias in stock prices that is subsequently corrected upon the release of earnings ... -
How Lending Experience and Borrower Credit Influence Rational Herding Behavior in Peer-to-Peer Microloan Platform Markets
(2023-03)This paper analyzes the herding behavior that characterizes lenders’ lending decisions on a microloan platform and explains how rational herding behavior can resolve the information-asymmetry problem, which is a well-known ... -
Evolving Landscape of Partnerships of U.S. Destination Marketing Websites: External Hyperlinks From 1999 to 2018
(SAGE Publications, 2023-03-01)Hyperlinks to external websites are a reflection of partnerships of destination marketing organizations (DMOs). This longitudinal study investigates the external hyperlinks placed on the home page of U.S. state tourism ... -
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion,and Belonging Pamplin College of Business Impact Report 2021-2022
(Virginia Tech, 2022)The efforts highlighted in Virginia Tech Pamplin College of Business’ inaugural Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB) Impact Report represent progress toward the college’s commitment to fostering an inclusive ... -
Explaining the outcomes of social gamification: A longitudinal field experiment
(Taylor and Francis, 2023)Social gamification, which allows technology users to interact with each other in gamified tasks, has drawn increasing interest due to its effectiveness in facilitating users’ game engagement and task efforts. In social ... -
When and where does it pay to be green? – A look into socially responsible investing and the cost of equity capital
(2023-02-11)We investigate the circumstances under which socially responsible investing (SRI) enhances firm long-term financial performance, and therefore provides incentives for firms to self-regulate their environmental performance. ... -
Do Security Fear Appeals Work When They Interrupt Tasks? A Multi-Method Examination of Password Strength
(Management Information Systems Research Center, University of Minnesota, 2022-09)Weak passwords are one of the most pervasive threats in cybersecurity. Facing this threat, users require guidance on how to protect themselves. A method frequently used by IS practitioners and researchers to provide this ... -
Deviant Affordances: When Tensions, Deadlocks and Nonconformance Generate Performance
(2022-03-17)Novel information technologies (ITs), such as mobile devices and third-party cloud services, offer users an increasing variety of action possibilities, i.e., affordances. Organizational IT policies, however, often specify ... -
Dissecting the Equity Premium
(University of Chicago Press, 2022-08-01)We use option prices and realized returns to decompose risk premia into different parts of the return state space. In the data, 8/10 of the average equity premium is attributable to monthly returns below -10%, but returns ... -
Apex Center Annual Impact Report, Fy 21-22
(Virginia Tech, 2022)The 2021-22 academic year has been a year of change and growth for the Apex Center for Entrepreneurs at Virginia Tech. We continue to believe entrepreneurship, creativity, and innovation are vital elements of higher education ... -
2022 Dean's Annual Report
(Virginia Tech, 2022)The 2021-22 Dean’s Report illustrates the realization of the Pamplin College of Business’ dedication to academic excellence and aspirations to make a difference in the world during a global pandemic and other large-scale ...